So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.

I was always a very aristocratic Whig, and since these reforming days am well-nigh become a staunch Tory, for pretty nearly the same reason that converted youa dislike to mobs in action....

Mighty nigh all de ole famblys lef' de place when Mars Luch sole it out.