The poor little Scarabee began fidgeting round about this time, and uttering some half-audible words, apologetical, partly, and involving an allusion to refreshments.

I sometimes have a quick sing in the shower.

And that odd muse of mine, / My versipel, is with me everywhere, / In carrel and in car, and in my chair

COOP. n. ſ. [kuype, Dutch.] 1. A barrel; a veſſel for the preſervation of liquids.]