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givie but i very imperfecfi- idea of a face, hardly 

 indeed fo mlich buc that a chansfe of drefs will 

 efface it. In rriy own cafe, I am convinced that 

 nothing lefs than my being able to prove myfelf 

 on the Continent, faved me from being convic- 

 ted by the hatter ; for fuch was the pov/cr of 

 prejudice againft me, and fo politively, and fo 

 repeatedly did he fwear, that a jury murt have 

 ^een compdfed of no ordinary men to have re* 

 fifted. 



A thoufand Tidiculous charges of fwindling 

 tranfadions were now brought forward; among 

 the rnoft laughable were the following: 



Mr. Strongilharnii of Fall-mall^ feal engraver, 

 being very fhort, had got himfelf perched over 

 the heads of the reft of the alTembly, like a crefl 

 over a coat of arms^ and complained that 1 had 

 defrauded him. Mr. Bond requefled to know 

 in what manner; he faid I had ordered him to 

 engrave a fealj after a drawing which 1 had given 

 him, but had never called for it, adding that it 

 was not quite finifhed ; Mr. Bond advifed him 

 to go home and finifh it, for that the Major 

 would probably call for it. A Mr. Warburton, 

 a woolen-draperj in the Strand, likewife 

 brought a charge againfl me; this heavy accufa-* 

 tion however appeared to be, h^ his own account, 

 that I had afked him to give me credit, which 

 he had refufed j but even that was more than 



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