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“VARIETIES. Original Anecdotes, Literary News, Chit Chat, Incidents, &c,” Atheneum; or, Spirit of the English Magazines, vol. 1 [series 2] (1824), pp. 362–8; selection p. 365.
Anonymous
The Atheneum; or, Spirit of the English Magazines was published in Boston from April 1817 to March 1833. This weekly carried both reprinted and original material. When reprinting material from British sources the editorial policy was to select those items that would be of particular interest to its American audience. See Neal L. Edgar, A History and Bibliography of American Magazines, 1810–1820 (Metuchen, 1975), pp. 106–107; API, pp. 33–4; BAP, pp. 17–18.
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DAVID HUME
met Madame ——, a Dutch lady of rank and literary talents, at the house of the Earl of Fife, at Whitehall. They were exceedingly pleased with each other, and the native of Batavia observed, that where Mr. H. was, no one ought to think of eating. The justice of this remark was in some respects verified; for, although the dinner was excellent, some chickens, which had been reserved for a bonne bouche, were ordered to be removed, and placed at the fire; and the dissertation of Mr. H. was so long, that a cat actually ran away with them!