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( 8 ) place and they turned out a large drawer, which contained twenty-seven hundred guineas! — This they picked up in two large bakets, and actually carried off! A robbery which, for quantity of pecie, was perhaps never equalled. — They told him before they went of, that they hould leave a man behind, who would murder him if he even tirred for aitance.—On which be very cooly, and, indeed, with some implicity, took out his watch, which they had not aked him for, and aid, Gentlemen, I do not want to take any advantage of you; therefore, upon my honour, I will give you twenty minutes for your ecape: After that time, nothing hall prevent me from eeing my ervant. He was trictly as good as his word; when the time expired, he went and untied the man — Tho' earch was made by the jutice of the village, the robbers were not dicovered — And when they were apprehended, ome years afterwards for other offences, and were known to be the men who had robbed Sir Harvey, he would not appear against them:—No, no, aid he, I have lot my money: I will not loe my time alo. So that however culpable he may be conidered on the core of penury, he may certainly be acquitted of the paion of revenge.

Of what temperance can effect, Sir Harvey was an intance: At an early period of life, he was given over for a conumption; and he lived till betwixt eighty and ninety years of age.

Amongt the few acquaintances he had (and they were few indeed) was an occasional club held