FIRST AND LAST.

(_From the Italian_.)


One single truth before he died
Poor Dick could only boast;
"Alas, I die!" he faintly cried,
And then--gave up the ghost!


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FRENCH GAMING HOUSES.

(_For the Mirror_.)


Dicing-houses, where cheaters meet, and cozen young men out of
their money.

_Lord Herbert._


Begin with a guinea, and end with a mortgage.

_Cumberland._