AN IRISH PAVIOUR'S WIT.
. Dr. Radclifte, who lost tho favour of William 111 by his jest upon tho king's dropsical ankles—"! wouldn't have ■ your Majostys two legs for your three kingdoms," had a horror of paying a debt. When'an Irish *paviour, who had dunned him in vain for weeks for his wagos, caught iiim as ho descended at his own door from his carriage, and renewed his importunity, the doctor shouted— "Why, you rascal, do. ypu pretend to' bo paid lor such a pieco of work? Why, von have spoiled my pavement, and then covcrcd it over with ea'rtn to liido your bad work." "Ah, thin, doctor, mine is not tho onlybad work the'earth hides 1" "You dog, you! You are a wit, are you? 'J'hon you must bo poor. Conic in, and I'll pay you." By a similar retort his doctor turned the tables on Frederick tho Great. "Come now, doctor, how many persons have you killed in tho course of your career?" "Not so many as your Majesty, and with infinitely less honour to myself."—From "T.l'. 'in his Anccdotagc," in "T.P.'s Weekly."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 92, 11 January 1908, Page 9
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184AN IRISH PAVIOUR'S WIT. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 92, 11 January 1908, Page 9
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