And how dreadful for the gifted soprano, Miss SCREECH, to tune her melodious voice to earless aisles!

The earless, or true species, are often seen in considerable numbers on the British coast, and the Great Seal of Englandonly to be found in the vicinity of the Thamesis of such remarkable size and weight, that it never makes its appearance without producing a strong Impression.

The Dunciad could be more confidently consulted about contemporary literary history, if Pope had avoided such unnecessary misstatements as: "Earless on high, stood unabash'd De Foe.

" This preposterous being was preposterously sentimental over a pair of ponies and an earless donkey.

And there is no doubt that one of these is as much above an earless seal as fifty years of Europe are better than a cycle of Cathay.

Pope, who has thought fit to introduce him in his Dunciad, (probably from no other reason than party difference) characterizes him in the following line: Earless on high stood unabash'd De Foe.

Mr. Pope in his second book of his Dunciad thus speaks of him; Earless on high flood unabash'd De Foe, And Tutchin flagrant from the scourge below.

[B] Whether the whistling Rustic tend his plough Within thy hearing, or thy head be now Pillowed in some deep dungeon's earless den; O miserable Chieftain!

Whether the rural milk-maid by her cow Sing in thy hearing, or thou liest now Alone in some deep dungeon's earless den, 1803.

Whether the whistling Rustic tend his plough Within thy hearing, or Thou liest now Buried in some deep dungeon's earless den;1820.]

Perhaps they would now hear her, and she raised her voice, and called her father's name, and again and again, with all her force, through the black, blank, earless night, she sent her cry.