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4 THE MAN OF FEELING.
favourite lap-dog. I drew near unper¬
ceived, and pinched its ear in the bitter-
nefs of my foul; the creature howled,
and ran to its miftrefs. She did not
fufpeft the author of its misfortune, but
fhe bewailed it in the moft pathetic
terms ; and killing its lips, laid it gently
on her lap, and covered it with a cam-
brick handkerchief. I fat in my old
friend’s feat; 1 heard the roar of mirth
and gaiety around me : poor Ben Sil*
ton ! I gave thee a tear then : accept of
one cordial drop that falls to thy me¬
mory now.
“ They Ihould wear it off by travel.”
—Why, it is true, faid I, that will go
far; but then it will often happen, that
in the velocity of a modern tour, and
amidit the materials through which it is
commonly made, the friction is fo vio¬
lent,