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182 the jury were their peers; but what sympathy could Mr. Higgins, the snuff-merchant, have with the exquisite dismay of the house of Cavendish at this exhibition of their head as a ballet master; or Mr. Wiggins, the butcher, know what was the Prince of Waterloo, the conqueror of Buonaparte's estimate of fame?

and what could the retail individuals that constitute a jury know of these 'fine fancies and high estimates?'" "They were very respectable men, Edward," observed Mr. Delawarr, with a decorous accent of reproof. "Am I in the slightest degree detracting from their pretensions to our great national characteristic? A respectable man passes six days behind his counter, and the seventh in a one-horse chaise—imagines that his own and his country's constitution equally depend on roast-beef—pays his debts regularly, and gives away half-pence in charity. What can such" "Hush! Really, Mr. Lorraine, these are very dangerous sentiments for a young man to express."