Was a Person of Such Consummate Gravity
“That during a familiar acquaintance with him for many years, he never once saw him laugh,”—“Nunquam in risum viderim solutum.” As an antidote to such eternal gravity, I can scarcely do better than append the following Aristophanic morsel, attributed to Porson, and cry “Hold, enough!” Chorus of Printers’ Imps—“Enough!”