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THE MAN OF FEELING. 13$
This incident was produ&ive of fome
difcourfe ; for before, though there was
fometimes a cough or a hem from the gro¬
cer, and the officer now and then humme d
a few notes of a fong, there had not a
Angle word pa fled the lips, of any. of the
company^
Mrs. Grocer oblerved, how ill-conve¬
nient it was for people, who could not be
drove backwards, to travel in ftage-
coach. This brought on a diflertation on
ftage-coaches in general, and the pleafure
of keeping a chay of one’s own j which
led to another, on the great riches of
Mr. Deputy Bearlkin, who, according
to her, had once been of that induftrious
order of youths who fweep the croffings
of the ftreets for the conveniency of paf-
fengers, but, by various fortunate acci¬
dents, had now acquired an immenfe for¬
tune, and kept his coach and a dozen
livery-fervants. All this afforded ample
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