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sideration in the same chapter : for Mr. Bellfrey being at. ‘ visit where I was, viz., his cousin's (Lady Da.inty's) i V “ Soho, was asked, what entertainments they had in th country? Now Bellfrey is very ignorant, and much. clown; but conﬁdent withal. In a word, he struck up .~ fox-chase: Lady Dainty's dog, Mr. Sippet, as she call him, started and jumped out of his lady’s lap, and fell. ‘ barking. Bellfrey went on, and called all the neighbourin ' parishes into the square. Never was woman in such con 1 fusion as that delicate lady. But there was no stoppin ‘ her kinsman. A room full of ladies fell into the mos violent laughter : my lady looked as if she was shrieking f Mr. Sippet in the middle of the room, breaking his -. 2 with barking, but all of us unheard. As soon as Bellfre became silent, up gets my lady, and takes him by the ar - to lead him off : Bellfrey was in his boots. As she wa , hurrying him away, his spurs takes hold of her petticoat his whip throws down a cabinet of china : he cries, “What

are your crocks rotten ? Are your petticoats ragged? man can't walk in your house for trincums.” Eve county of Great Britain has one hundred or more of th' _ sort of fellows, who roar instead of speaking. Therefo = , if it be true, that We women are also given to great ‘ ﬂuency of words than is necessary, sure one that distur but a room or a family is more to be tolerated, than 0 A who draws together parishes and counties, and sometim (with an estate that might make him the blessing an ornament of the world around him) has no other view a. ambition, but to be an animal above dogs and horses, wit out the relish of any one enjoyment, which is peculiar , the faculties of human nature. But I know it will here .. said, that talking of mere country squires at this rate, is, it were, to write against Valentine or Orson. To pro r

.anything against the race of men, you must take them 302