Note 78 — TABLE TALK; OR, ORIGINAL ESSAYS ON MEN AND MANNERS (continued 9)

I cannot say how in this respect it might have fared if a Mr. M—, a fat gentleman, who might not have ‘liked yon lean and hungry Roscius,’ had continued in the theatrical department of Mr. Perry’s paper at the time of this actor’s first appearance; but I had been put upon this duty just before, and afterwards Mr. M—’s spare talents were not in much request. This, I believe, is the reason why he takes pains every now and then to inform the readers of the Courier that it is impossible for any one to understand a word that I write.