OUVKU GOLDSMITH'** LIFE AND TIM KB. n<*« i
list obstinate notions of MB own, which it WUH not v««ry «wy t<»
vBt.20. dissipate by ordinary modes of jwwmwinji, OIK* of tlwiw,
Miss Milner told our informant* wn« a j>rt»|HiHti*r*m« t<»thimto
of his capacity to do astonishing thintfK, whirit nobody t<Iw
could attempt, in the eating and drinking way. "flu* wh»»h*
kitchen laughed at him ; but of t'ounu' refund tu nw|»l bin
challenge for a trial at HOIUU uuwunoiw draught, t»r fttnt unlit
for a Christian. They enlktwl (iutilutuith nt Itwt» howi'vi-r.
who, having promised to adwiiiiwtcr eom,'cti«ni t« thw vi»rj
eccentric vanity, thiiH eoinmoucetl prt'pitnttioiw, lit; pri«*itrtnl
a pieca of tmctoloured (IhoHhire t-lu'cHP, rolled it tip in tltt» form
of a candle about un inch in length, timl, twwtiug » bit tif
whitu paper to thti uhti of a- wick, and blacking it** i»xtr*'t»iif?»
thruHt it into one of the endn of tiu« c'hets«i?» which 1»« Ua*ti
put into a candlestick over the .kitehtm firt'jiliuHS tttkiiiff run*
that in another, by the Bide of it, there shuttle! IM* |jia*'t'«I th«*
end of a real candle, iusizo tuul ttppettrnneti exiu'tly tiie« »wtw,
Everything thus ready, in caiuo WilUuiu, mul WIIH Htnii^ht'
way challenged by the usher to display whitt ho hud m» uftnji
boanted of, in a trial with hiniBi'lf, " You c»rtt yuntlrr |»irt**'
" of candle," said he, taking down the cht'iwt?, " mttl I will
" eat this," William asKuntad rutlter drily. ** I hnvo lit*
" objection to begin," continiu»d (InldHtnith, " but both nuwt
" finish at the aame time." Wiliiiun iwddetl, tcxtk hw
portion of candle, and, still reluctant, looked ruefully «it
with the other servants while Goldsmith bocraii irtmwiitir
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away at his supposed share, making terrible wry fiimt.
With no heart or stomach for a like uiigtivouiy im?iitt
his adversary beheld with amazement the «it«Ii\
and not till Goldsmith had devoured all but tlie wry
last morsel, did he take sudden courage, open Mi mouth,
.and " fling his own piece clown ME throat in a moment."