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( 24 ) nued he), my maſter has a very great eſtate, that's neither here nor there."

A gentlewoman being addreſſed by a barker to an auctioneer, "Pray madam, walk in---why don't you walk in, madam? what are you afraid of?" "Of being bit." replied the lady.

A counſellor who was very remarkable for telling long ſtories, being once got into the middle of a tale, the perſon to whom he was relating it, expreſſing a deſire to be gone, the gentleman of the long robe ſaid he would tell it him in brief "Aye," replied his acquaintance "but the briefs of counſellors are ſometimes two or three hours long"

A ſhopkeeper ſelling ſome goods to one who ſaid, "that he asked too much for them, and that he ſhould not buy ſo dear of him as of another becauſe he was his friend:" replied, "Sir, we muſt gain ſomething by our friends, for our enemies will never come to the ſhop.

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