PHILO.
[1] Here is a stump of wood which denotes the grave of Major
Labelliere, a deranged officer of the Marines, who, by his own
request was buried on this spot, with his head downwards; it
being a constant assertion with him, "that the world was turned
topsy-turvy, and, therefore, at the end he should be right."
From this point may be seen _Leith Hill_, with an old prospect
tower, within which are interred the remains of another
eccentric gentleman who died in the neighbourhood. In the road
from Dorking thence is _Wotton_, the family seat of the Evelyns.
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NOTES OF A READER
THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER AND OTHER POEMS.
We usually leave criticism to the _grey-beards_, or such as have passed
the _viginti annorum lucubrationes_ of reviewing. It kindles so many
little heart-burnings and jealousies, that we rejoice it is not part of
our duty. To be sure, we sometimes take up a book in real earnest, read
it through, and have _our say_ upon its merits; but this is only a
gratuitous and occasional freak, just to keep up our oracular
consequence.
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