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( 6 ) thing of burleſque and redicule in its appearanc I ſhall make myſelf underſtood by the following example. One of the wits of the large ag who was a man of a good eſtate, though never laid out his money better than in a je As he was one year at the Bath, obſerving the in the great confluence of five people, the were ſeveral among them with long chins, part of the viſage by which he himſelf was ve much diſtinguiſhed, he invited to dinner ha a ſcore of theſe remarkable perſons who ha their mouths in the middle of their faces. They had no ſooner placed themſelves abo the table, but they began to ſtare upon o another, not being able to imagine what h brought them together. Our Engliſh prove ſays,

'Tis merry in the hall, When beards wag all.

It proved ſo in the aſſembly I am now ſpeaki of, who feeing ſo many peaks of faces agitat with eating, drinking and diſcourſe, and obſer ing all the chins that were preſent meeting gether very often over the centure of the tab every one grew ſenſible of the jeſt, and ca into it with ſo much good-humour, that this lived in ſtrict friendſhip and aliance from t day forward.

THE ſame gentleman ſome time after packs