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Fuller had a very kind Invitation from a Collyer to come and Live in the Houe with him: He gave him a Thouand Thanks for his Civility; but cold him that it would not Stand with his Convenience; for (ays he) as fat as I make any thing Clean, You'll be Smutting it again.

H my Dear Mother! ays the Thruh, Never had any Creature uch a Friend as I have, of this ame Swallow. No, ays he, nor ever any Mother uch a Fool to her Son as I have, or this ame Thruh: To talk of a Friendhip betwixt People that cannot o much as live together in the ame Climate and Seaon. One is for the Summer, T'other, for Winter; And that which keeps You Alive, Kills your Companion.