" "Miss Banks (Miss Peggy Banks) was the belle when I came first downyet she had been so many seasons here, that she obtained but a faint and languid attention; so that the smarts began to put her down in their list of had-beens.

[Illustration: A-round our coasts the fish-ers meet With Had-docks, which, when dri-ed, we eat.]

Most miserable man, whom wicked fate Hath brought to court, to sue for had-ywist, That few have found, and manie one hath mist!