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THE OLD BENCHERS OF THE INNER TEMPLE

        I AS born, and passed t seven years of my life, in temple. Its cs s gardens, its fountain, its river, I    said -- for in t o me but a stream t ered our pleasant places? -- t recolles. I repeat, to to myself more frequently, or ion, t.

        towers,

        th ride,

        udious lawyers heir bowers,

        t templer knigo bide,

        till through pride.

        Indeed, it is t elegant spot in tropolis.    a transition for a tryman visiting London for t time -- trand or Fleet-street, by ued avenues, into its magnifit ample squares, its classic green recesses!    a c portion of it,    goodly pile

        Of building strong, albeit of Paper ,

        fronting, rast, ter, older, more fantastically s,    opposite tately stream,    scarcely trade-polluted ers, and seems but just e aspect    fine Elizabetain plays, o tou of temporaries, o guess at its redite mac tempted to    an antique air    effaced sun-dials, ions, seeming coevals    time ake tions of its fligely from ain of ligeal imperceptibly on, co detect its movement, never catc cloud -- or t arrests of sleep!

        A doty like a dial-hand

        Steal from his figure, and no pace perceived!

        a dead ts ponderous embos of lead and brass, its pert or solemn dulness of unication, pared ar-like structure, and silent -language of t stood as tian gardens.    almost every e iions, its moral uses, its beauty, migs tinua spoke of moderate labours, of pleasures not protracted after su, of temperance, and good- ive clock, t    e for s plants and flo by, for to apportion to pasture and be led to fold by. t;carved it out quaintly in t; and, turning pion, provided it tos more toubstones. It ty device of tificial gardening, made a dial out of    quote tle ry ty delicacy. t e in aains and sun-dials.    garden ses:

        his I lead!

        Ripe apples drop about my head.

        ters of the vine

        Upon my moutheir wine.

        tarine, and curious peach,

        Into my hemselves do reach.

        Stumbling on melons, as I pass,

        Insnared h flowers, I fall on grass.

        Meanwhe mind from pleasure less

        ito its happiness.

        t o, where each kind

        Does straigs own resemblance find;

        Yet it creates, transding these,

        Far other seas;

        Anniing all ts made

        to a green t in a green shade.

        tains sliding foot,

        Or at some fruit-trees mossy root,

        Casting t aside,

        My soul into the boughs does glide:

        t sits and sings,

        ts and claps its silver wings;

        And, till prepared for longer flight,

        aves in its plumes t.

        he skilful gardner drew,

        Of flowers and his dial new!

        he milder sun

        Does t zodia:

        And, as it rious bee

        putes its time as well as we.

        and wholesome hours

        Be red, but h herbs and flowers?

        [Footnote] * from a copy of verses entitled "t;

        tificial fountains of tropolis are, in like manner, fast vanis of t,    little green nook be a fres gives to ttle o play ting out ever fresreams from t-on lips, in tell me, is gone by, and teemed c tify g tand? La least.    every t in t and t some of t left, to respond to its earliest es? tesque. Are tiff- still flitter and cter about t area, less gotter of t rorie    as ttle cool playful streams ttered?

        tely gotrao temple-, to assimilate to t at all resemble.    is bee of t stood over tately arms! and     of allegory! t at to me for tly.

        terrace is, indeed, left,    traces are passed asteps    a is bee on and profa almost sacred to t of t least. t not be sided or jostled. ted t    you, o be delivered of a jest, almost invites a strao vie a repartee . But    familiar durst ed try ? -- ory and patible from er of equals and superiors, atory notes being, indeed, of all, t repulsive and ing tural terrors of iostril, darkening took it, not by pinc a palmful at once, diving for it uy flaps of coat pocket; coat red and angry,    dark rappee, tinctured by dye inal, and by adjuncts, tons of a obsolete gold. And so errace.

        By imes to be seen; tility of Samuel Salt. t t and tics Salt auncory. Many a sarcastic groter cast out -- for try    tical federates of e, ter like on-balls from    ruffle Samuel Salt.

        S. ation of being a very clever man, and of excellent disment in tice of t    amount to muc disposition of moestamentary or ot over rus to tle felloc out of    of natural uanding, of e for talents S. enjoyed by trick of gravity.    pose e -- i and procrastinating to t degree. Yet men    application in spite of    to be trusted y. y but     of o do it. o di a relatives of tunate Miss Blandy on tion ; -- and L. , sxiety not in any possible mao allude to ory t day. S. promised faito observe tion.    beeed in ting tes,    of ;it ; and added, "Miss Blandy must be ime, I suppose." Instances of t ual. Yet S.    by some of test men of ime a fit person to be sulted, not alone in matters pertaining to t in ties and embarrassments of duct -- from foranirely. une among toast o rifled or talked gallantry tentions.    ed met, t t sage to tre. -- Not so, t Susan P----; y, ime, unapaing t of B----d Roears t fell in drops y years -- a passion, inguise; nently enforced, puttings off of uing bacs ohy friend in heaven!

        try    of t name. racted circumstances,    time I knes-inn, Fleet-street. J., t, for , at t at Nort above a day or t a time in t preferred, during t montanding at o c;ter all day long." I suspect    arma fuere.    treasures more safe.    of a strong box. C.    upon a cer,     certain admirable points of steadiness and unity of purpose. One may e a true miser, but ot, I suspect, so easily despise aking care of ten eo part    leaves us careless generous fello an immeasurable distance be on ime to a blind cy. er, but    table of a gentleman.    out of    co freeze.

        Salt     a petency for    s tle calculated to improve, mig    people about ook care of every t once , ;flapper," op-cor, treasurer.    sulting Lovel, or failed in any t expeg and fearing     too muc been t in title almost to respect as a master, if L. could ever ten for a moment t .

        I kney A good fello;rike." In ties, or calculated ts. ed a s of ty t    of it. t to a female -- an occasion upon erference of Lovel. a day bare-o tly to excuse erference -- for L. never fot rank,    ed. L.    little felloly to resemble (I rait of ), possessed a fiurn for ry -- o S and Prior ---- moulded er of Paris to admiration, by t of natural genius merely; turned cribbage boards, and suc toys, to perfe; took a    quadrille or boy; made pu quips and ceits, and ogetions as you could desire.    sucy,    panion as Mr. Isaac alton ten, in t sad stage of ;a remnant most forlorn of    even t up upon tion of e Garrick. est, ;age nearly t t; At intervals, too, tle boy from Lin to go to service, and    parting urned, after some feo see    t to believe t it ;; A subsiding, ill I    sad sed-c ill to lay its    time after received ly into hers.

        itry, and , in terrace, most only Peter Pierson o make up a t ;as noout triumvirs sreets," -- but general ate, or    least be, but not a prepossessing mad.    in    term un raty of being o        of reat p. I kno s, but I could never make out    subordinate, on -- anoty -- ation, I try --    tained not to ty of otype. y rengtolerable antiquarian, and    of reasurerso be audited, t;Item, disbursed Mr. Allen, ty suff to poison t; o on -- a jolly ion, ion rooms at college -- muco t of ous is upon . tenuated and fleeting. Many must remember er date) and , eps and a jump regularly succeeding. teps tle efforts, like t of a co ively vigorous, as a foot to an inc occasio, I could never discover. It self, nor seemed to areme tenuity of , set . It rial of poising. ten rally y; but . ures eful. I    s ears extremely, ion of possessing more multifarious knoime. erate portion of temple. I remember a pleasant passage, of to y of apology, or instrus o e doo be -- as I    -- fortifying y omical reasons as dismissed time) learned and    yet perversely, aitcs s of te so denominated. I    fotten Mingay     later.     , and supplied it olerable adroitness. I detected titute, before I ificial or not. I remember tonis it raised in me. ering, loudtalking person; and I reciled to my ideas as an emblem of poill very lately) in tume of t recolles of temple. Fantastis, ood appearances, ear aernatural mist, brig ension, o my cemple? In t;old men covered le,"    try perisinct be trumpery of legendary fabling,in t of c or ion -- tion al -- from every-day forms edug t little Gos, eriality. , imagination s otally to fly th.

        P.S. I ice to t s. See    is to trust to imperfect memory, and tices of c I protest I al t leman, R. N. informs me, married young, and losing    year of to a deep melancs of    by a gentler name!) of mild Susan P----, unravelling into beauty certain peculiarities of tiring cer --    no one receive tives of Elia for true records! trut s -- verisimilitudes, not verities -- or sitting but upon te edges and outskirts of ory.    cter pero ed t gentleman, before    te reminisces to press. But treasurer --     ties of Elia. ts not, peradventure, of t in tence beyond tleman`s --    mo Urbans obituary. May it be long before o stery! -- Meantime, O ye Neake    in green and vigorous senility -- make allo "ye yourselves are old." So may t badge and isaill flourisure rate your ore melodious quiristers, unpoisoned    your ately gardens, drop tiest blussy as ye pass, reductive of juve emotion! so may tion eye you, pag your stately terrace, itious veion,    solemhe parade before ye!
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