Note 11 — TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD.

How admirably does Horace describe the grievance of a bore catching hold of your button, and making the proprietor a prisoner till his speech is expended. Doctor T—— told me that the satire came into his head whilst Sir John had him in hold, and that in his hurry to emancipate himself, he made a large cut in a new surtout, and quite spoiled its beauty.