Many.Wobse Thing 3 Than That.— Ona of the wooden mitres carved by Grinlin Gibbons over a prebend'i stall in Canterbury Cathedral having been noticed to be loose, the surveyor of. the edifice inquired of the dean whether he, should make it fast, " for perhaps," said he, " it' may, fall on your reference's head." •' Well," answered the humorous dean, ." tuppose it does fall on my head, I don't know that a mitre falling on my, head will hurt it." . . " Can you do the Landlord in the 'Lady of Lyons ?'" asked a manager of a seedy actor. ."I should think I might,' 1 was the reply; " I hare done a great many landlords."
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1919, 26 February 1875, Page 2
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