Mr. Coleridge is too rich in intellectual wealth, to need to task himself to any drudgery: he has only to draw the sliders of his imagination, and a thousand subjects expand before him, startling him with their brilliancy, or losing themselves in endless obscurity "And by the force of blear illusion, They draw him on to his confusion.

"The crabs are back-sliders, The stock-fish thick-siders, The carps are sharp-set, All the sermon forget; Much delighted were they, But preferred the old way.

In talking to those he has drawn into the inquiry rooms, I find the most bitterly wretched ones are back-sliders; they are not without hope, and expect to be saved at last; but they have been trying what the world could do for them and found it a failure.

A clean slate for Slider.

Rosamond Slider (A); 11Sep70; R491412.

A clean slate for Slider.

Rosamond Slider (A); 11Sep70; R491412.

I allus liked preacher Williams Odem, an' his brudder Daniel, de 'Slidin' Elder'.[FN: back slider]

'Come on oot wi' me, an' I'll stan' ye a dizzen sliders.

'Wud ye like a slider?'

'What made ye stan' me a slider, an' a champion tea, an' they nice sweeties, an' a best sate in a pictur hoosewhen ye wasna extra keen on ma comp'ny?' 'Dear knows.

She sprung five bob! Come oot an' I'll stan' ye a slider.'