Too Much Of A Bad Thing
ENGLISH tourists in Ireland soon discover that the length of Irish miles
constantly recurs to their observation; eleven Irish miles being equal
to about fourteen English. A stranger one day complained of the
barbarous condition of the road in a particular district; True, said
a native, but if the quality of it be rather infairior, we give good
measure of it, anyhow.
DCCLVII--BAD COMPANY.
AT the time that the bubble schemes were flourishing, in 1825, Mr.
Abernethy met some friends who had risked large sums of money in one of
those fraudulent speculations; they informed him that they were going to
partake of a most sumptuous dinner, the expenses of which would be
defrayed by the company. If I am not very much deceived, replied he,
you will have nothing but bubble and squeak in a short time.