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'Tis the resort of best society, And some of odious notoriety, On horseback, foot, in carriages and pairs. From St John's Wood, Belgravia, and the Squares, Where men of prodigality abound. And artificiality is found, Alike in youth, the middle-aged, and old; The modest, and the flippant, and the bold; The men of high birth and long pedigrees. And haughtier men of lesser dignities; Men of great wealth, and many who attempt To pass for such, and thus provoke contempt;