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him, and say, " How are you ? how have 

 you been ?"— " Very well."— " What have 

 you seen ?" — " Liverpool, Sheffield, Bir- 

 mingham, Wakefield, Halifax, and Lon- 

 don. " — u What did you see in London I 

 " I went to the play, and saw the king." — 

 " Oh, d— n the king!"— " Are they not all 

 starving in England ?" — " Yes, the poorer 

 sort of people are very much distressed; 

 they are very heavily taxed, many dying in 

 the streets for want of food." — " Do not 

 they talk of a revolution ?" — " Yes, they are 

 ready if Bonaparte could get over. There 

 are some few riots." Then it is generally 

 said, " Well, you look very well." — "Oh, 

 I lived very well." Then there is a laugh ; 

 and the company will say, u A man may 

 always live well for his money ," with the 

 allusion of the greatest part of the English 

 being so poor from the great oppression of 

 government, that they are starving for want. 

 Then in some part of his conversation he 



will mention a duke — " Oh, d n your 



titles! thank God, we are not troubled with 



