The Great German Composers

s recreations were simple-rowing, walking, visiting his friends, and playing on the organ. He would sometimes try to play the people out at St. Paul's Cathedra

ped by his amusing compound of English, Italian, and German. Often he would visit the picture galleries, of which he was passionately fond. His clumsy but

ians, and physicians." This old gentleman, who lived at Paper Buildings, was accustomed to take his morning walk in the garden of Somerset House, where he happened to meet with another old man, Colley Cibber, and proposed to him to go and hear a competition which was to take place at midday for the post of organist

lley Cibbers too! ay, and Togder Peepbush as veil! Vell, dat is gomigal. Veil, mein friend

le wheeled round his reading-chair, which was somewhat about the dimensions of th

f a ham. It is very pold of me to gome to preak my fastd wid you uninvided; and I have brought along

,' said my great-uncle. 'I take thi

ing for the water,'

th oars or scullers, Mr

ay von shilling or two? Diavolo! I gannot go here, or I gannot go dere, but some one shall send it to some newsbaber, as how Misder Chorge Vreder-ick Handel did go somedimes last week in a votderman's wherry, to preak his fa

disconcerted, but it was soon for

ry, looking at his tompion, 'it is ten minute

ance, Master Hardcastle,' said Colley Cibb

e,' said Dr. Pepusch, smil

f your ham, andt a slice of French roll, or a modicum of chicken; for to dell you the honest fagd, I am all pote famished, for I laid me down on mine billow in bed the lastd nightd widout mine supper, at the instance of mine physician, for which I am not altogeddere inglined to extend mine fastd no lo

ccompanied by the humming of an air, all as gay as the morni

knew it was Arne; 'fifteen minutes of

said my great

nd the social party co

ourself, my dear sir?' inquir

, under Providence, I am surbrizingly pedder-thank you kindly, Misder Custos. Andt you have also been doing well of lade, as I am bleased to hear.

al of skill at the old round church? I understand th

es, no doubt; your amadeurs have a bassion for gondest. Not v

ing, and party feeling, are gone and past. To be sure we h

t not wee ourselves. And for vot? Vy, for nod-ing in the vorldt pode the bleasure and bastime of them who, having no widt, nor no want, set at

my great-uncle observed, was sitting on thorns;

, 'you do not include me among thos

mirer of the airs of the 'Peggar's Obéra,' andt every

compliment, was well received; but Handel, wh

g, and hold a têde-à-têde of old days vat is gone; ha, ha! Oh! it is gomigal now dat id is all gone by. Custos, to nod you remember as it was almost only of yesterday dat she-devil Guzzoni, andt dat other brecious taugh-ter of iniquity, Pelzebub's spoiled child, the bretty-f aced Faustina? Oh! the mad rage vot I have to answer for, vot with one and the oder of these fine latdies' airs andt graces. Aga