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florists kin, which is seen beneath the battered billycock 

 and the hat of shining silk, and which, whether the japan- 

 ned ones get their garments from Poole or pawnbroker, 

 whether they be clad in double-milled or fustian, whether 

 they own a castle or rent an attic, unites them, heart and 

 hand. 



' ' Who shall judge a man from manners ? 



Who shall know him from his dress ? 

 Pavipers may be fit for princes, 



Princes fit for something less. 

 Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket 



May beclothe the golden ore 

 Of the humblest thoughts and feelings — 



What can satin vest do more ? " 



''The Roses were ready: would I go up-stairs .-^ " And 

 up-stairs, accordingly, with my co-censor, a nurseryman and 

 skilled Rosarian of the neighbourhood, I mounted, and 

 entered one of those long narrow rooms in which market- 

 ordinaries are wont to be held, wherein the Odd-Fellows, 

 the Foresters, and the Druids meet in mysterious conclave, 

 and where during the race-week and the pleasure-fair there 

 is a sound of the viol and the mazy dance. What a contrast 

 now! The chamber, whose normal purpose was clamour 

 and chorus from crowded men, we found empty, hushed, 



and still ; the air, on other public occasions hot with cooked 



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