the account, which Franklin, in his history of his, own life, gives of the patience, with which he once bore a similar accident. The printers, with secret. imprecations against oratory, or at least against those orators, who think that action is every thing, set to work again, to repair the mischief.

Forester, much fatigued, at length congratulated himself upon having finished his hard day's. work; when a man from the shop came to inquire, whether three hundred cards, which had been ordered the week before to be printed off, were finished. The man to whom the order was given, had forgotten it; and he was going home; he decidedly answered, "No; the cards can't be done. till tomorrow-we have left work for this night, thank God."

"The gentleman says he must have them,” expostulated the messenger.

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"He must not, he cannot, have them. would not print a card for his majesty at this time of night," replied the sullen workman, throwing his hat upon his head, in token of departure.

"What are these cards?" said Forester. "Only a dancing-master's cards for his ball,", said the printer's journeyman. "I'll not work beyond my time, for any dancing-master that wears a head."

The messenger then said, that he was desired to ask for the manuscript-card.

This card was hunted for all over the room; and, at last, Forester found it under a heap of refuse papers: his eye was caught with the name of his old friend, monsieur Pasgrave; the dancing-master, whom he had formerly frightened by the skeleton with the fiery eyes.

"I will print the cards for him myself; I am not at all tired," cried Forester, who was determined to make some little amends for the injury, again set up as before. In his tune the king of

which he had formerly done to the poor dancing. master. He resolved to print the cards for nothing, and he staid up very late to finish them. His companions all left him, for they were in a great hurry to see, what in Edinburgh is a rare sight, the town illuminated.

These illuminations were upon account of some great naval victory.

Forester, steady to Monsieur Pasgrave's cards, did what no other workman would have done, he finished for him on this night of public joy his three hundred cards. Every now and then, as he was quietly at work, he heard the loud huzzas in the streets his waning candle sunk in the socket, as he had just packed up his work.

By the direction at the bottom of the cards, he learned where M. Pasgrave lodged, and as he was going out to look at the illuminations, he resolved to leave them himself at the dancing-master's house.

JEN

ECENTRIC BIOGRAPHY.

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ENKINS, (HENRY) a native of Yorkshire, remarkable for having lived to the extraordinary age of 169 years. He remembered the battle of Flodden-Field, and was examined in court on a circumstance that happened 140 years before. He retained his faculties, but as he was born before parochial registers were kept, no parish would support him, so that he subsisted by alms. He died in 1670, at Ellerton upon Swale in Yorkshire, after living 169 years; viz. sixteen years longer than Old Parr. The interesting events that happened in this man's life are very extraordinary -he was born when popery was established by law; he saw the papal supremacy thrown off; two queens beheaded; the monasteries dissolved; the protestant religion established; and popery

Spain was crowned king of England, a third queen beheaded, the whole navy of Spain destroyed by the English, the republic of Holland formed, and the protestant religion firmly settled in England. In his time the king of Scotland was crowned at Westminster, and his son and successor beheaded before the gates of his own palace; the government of the church and state overturned; the royal family proscribed as traitors, and again settled on the throne.

LOOKUP, (Mr.), was a North Briton by birth, but served an apprenticeship to an apothecary in the north of England, and acted in that profession, as a journeyman, in the city of Bath. Soon after the death of his master, he paid his addresses to the widow, and prevailed on her to favour him with her hand. From his infancy, he had a strong propensity for play; and living constantly in that seat of gaiety and dissipation, he had frequent opportunities of indulging it. As he grew older, he gave a greater latitude to his inclinations, and became very expert at several games, being endowed with a very good understanding, and a penetrating genius. Finding himself by his connubial alliance, master of about five hundred pounds, he presently shut up shop, and turned his application from pharmacy to calculation. He became a first-rate piquet-player, a very good whist-player, an excel. lent back-gammon-player, and a tolerable billiardplayer. In a short time, by his incessant industry, he greatly increased his capital. About this time, lord Chesterfield particularly distinguished Mr. Lookup, and from his patronage, people of the first rank did not think Mr. Lookup's company beneath them; so true is the observation, that he who plays as deep as any man, is company for

any man." His lordship and Mr. Lookup, were, for a long time, a constant match at piquet, his lordship playing the game more than tolerably well; but Mr. Lookup's superior skill at length prevailed and the latter was a very considerable gainer by the party. His lordship sometimes amused himself at billiards with Mr. Lookup; and it was upon one of these occasions that his lordship had the laugh against him, from a finesse of his antagonist. Mr. Lookup had met with an accident, by which he was deprived of the sight of one of his eyes, though to any cursory observer, it appeared as perfect as the other. Having been the conqueror on even terms against lord Chesterfield, Lookup asked how many his lordship would give him if he put a patch upon one eye. Lord Chesterfield agreed to give him five, and Lookup beat him several times successively. At length his lordship, with some petulance, exclaimed, "Lookup, I think you play as well with one eye as two." "I don't wonder at it," replied Lookup, "for I have seen only out of one for these ten years." With the money he won of lord Chesterfield, he bought some houses at Bath, and jocularly named them Chesterfield-row. After accumulating a considerable sum by play, he repaired to the capital: and having buried his wife' married another widow with a very large fortune. His plan of operations was now much enlarged, and though he played occasionally for his amusement, or when he met with what is termed a good thing, he did not now pursue gaming as a regular profession. He struck out several schemes, some visionary, and others advantageous; among the foremost of these was a project for making saltpetre; for which cxtensive buildings were erected at Chelsea. So sanguina were his hopes of success, that he persuaded a particular friend of his to become a partner, and the loss of many thousande was the consequence of pursuing his project. He

was concerned in many privateers at the beginning of the war, and at the close of it he engaged in the African trade. His darling passion would, however, sometimes predominate, and he has been known to sit up whole nights, playing for very considerable sums, within a few weeks of his death. Nay, it was averred that he died with a pack of cards in his hand, at his favourite game, humbug, or two-handed whist; on which Mr. Foote facetiously observed, "That Lookup was humbugged out of the world at last." The affair for which he was on the point of suffering a disgraceful punishment, made a great noise in the world, we shall therefore briefly state it. Meeting with Sir Thomas F-k, they agreed to repair to a tavern, to play at cribbage. They played very deep, and Mr. Lookup won between three and four hundred pounds, which he received. But it having been hinted to Sir Thomas that Lookup must have had a pull upon him, the baronet commenced an action to recover double damages, according to the statute. In defending this action, by the blunder of Lookup's attorney, he swore to a circumstance which was proved to be false. Lookup was hereupon imprisoned and prosecuted for perjury, and would have stood on the pillory if a flaw had not been discovered in the indictment, which opened a door for his escape. Mr. Lookup, upon the whole, was almost as extraordinary a character as has been seen for many years. He possessed a considerable share of good sense, cultivated by a long acquaintance with the world; he had a smattering of learning, a retentive memory, a fluency of words, and a vivacity of imagination. We cannot add that he was generous, grateful, or courageous. He ended his days in Holland, whither he went to settle some commercial affairs: we cannot positively assertain his age, but we think he must have been bordering upon seventy.