gentleman föld him to Lord D's for fhilling-Lord D gave him to Lord E-and fo on-half round the alphabet-From that rank he pafs'd into the lower houfe, and pafs'd the hands of as many commoners But as all these wanted to get in-and my bird wanted to get out he had alimoft as little ftore fet by him in London as in Paris.

It is impoffible but many of my readers must have heard of him; and if any by mere chance have ever seen him-I beg leave to inform them, that that bird was my bird-or fome vile copy fet up to reprefent him.

I have nothing further to add upo him, but that from that time to ths, D 3 I hve

I have borne this poor ftarling as the creft to my arms.-Thus :

And let the heralds officers tift his neck about if they dare.

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SHOULD not like to have my enemy take a view of my mind when I am going to afk protection of any man; for which teafon I nerally endeavour to protect myself: but this going to Monfieur Le Duc de C**** was an act of compulfion-had it been an act of choice, I fhould have done it, I suppose, like other people.

How many mean plans of dirty addrefs, as I went along, did my fervile

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fervile heart form! I deferved the Baftile for every one of them.

Then nothing would ferve me, when I got within fight of Versailles, but putting words and fentences together, and conceiving attitudes and cones to wreath myself into Monfieur Le Duc de C****'s good gracesThis will do, faid I-Juft as well, retorted I again, as a coat carried up to him by an adventurous taylor, without taking his measureFool! continued I-fee Monfieur Le Duc's face first-observe what character is written in it-take notice in what posture he ftands to hear you -mark the turns and expreffions of

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his body and limbs-and for the tone -the first found which comes from his lips will give it you; and from all these together you'll compound an addrefs at once upon the fpot, which cannot difguft the Duke-the ingredients are his own, and most likely to go down,

Well! faid I, I wish it well overCoward again! as if man to man was not equal throughout the whole furface of the globe; and if in the field -why not face to face in the cabinet too? And truft me, Yorick, whenever it is not fo man is falfe to himfelf, and betrays his own fuccours ten times where nature does it once.

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