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72 of it; and whooever arrives at Paris from the midt of the mot remote Provinces with Money in his Pure, and a Name terminating in ac or ille, may trut about, and cry, uch a Man as I! A Man of my Rank and Figure! And may look down upon a Trader with overeign Contempt; whilt the Trader on the other Side, by thus often hearing his Profeion treated o didainfully, is Fool enough to bluh at it. However, I need not ay which is mot ueful to a Nation; a Lord, powder'd in the tip of the Mode, who knows exactly at what a Clock the King ries and goes to bed; and who gives himelf Airs of Grandeur and State, at the ame Time that he is acting the Slave in the Anti-chamber of a prime Miniter; or a Merchant, who enriches his Country, dipatches Orders from his Compting-Houe to Surat and Grand Cairo, and contributes to the Felicity of the World.

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