gen. is a great magnifier of honest mirth, by which (saith he)

The most exquisite work of literary art exhibits a certain crudeness and coarseness, when we turn to it from Nature,as the smallest cambric needle appears rough and jagged, when compared through the magnifier with the tapering fineness of the insect's sting.

" As he spoke, he bent over, and, taking a magnifier from his pocket, examined the lace, which still fluttered where it was caught.