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?H£ MAN OF FEELING,
A FRAGMENT.
'Shewing bis ftictefs whb the baronet.
in the politefl ftile in which difappoint-
ment could be communicated : the baro¬
net “ was under a neeeffity oT giving up
his application for Mr. Harley, as he was
informed, that the leafe was engaged for
a gentleman who had long ferved his ma.
jefty in another capacity, and whofe merit
had intitled him to the firft lucrative
thing that fttould be vacant.’* Eve_n Har¬
ley himfelf could not murmur at fuch a
difpofal.—“ Perhaps, faid he to himfelf,
fome war-worn officer, who like poor
Atkins, had been negle&ed from reafons
which merited the higheft advancement;
Vvhofe honour could not ftoop to folicit
the preferment he deferved ; perhaps,
* *
H E card he feceived was
with