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Show Dryden's Wit. , The duke of DorBet, John Dryden. I I Bolingbroke and Chesterfield were In I the habit of speuding their evenings K together. TWaa In general "th H fea6t of reason and the flow of sonl." y I i On one occasion, however, ennui had F taken possession of the whole. At E last It was proposed that the thres K . aristocrats should aeh write some- p thing and place It under the caudle- p stick, and that Dryden (who was at that period In very different circum- V stances) shonfd determine who hsd fl written the best thing It was no sooner proposed than agreed to The H I scrutiny commenced; Judgment was I given "My lords." said Dryden, ad- I dressing Bolingbroke aand Chester- M field, "you each of you have proved I I your wit, but I am sure you will. nevortholess, agree with me that his grace the duke of Dorset has excelled Pray attend, my lords 'I promise to I I pay to John Dryden. Esq., on demand. I ! one hundred pounds Dorset'" It scarcely need be observed that the I j noble wits subscribed to the Jodg- M N ment. I |