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in another style, and display a yery different 

 figure, when crossed by one that he is accus- 

 tomed to, who knows his tendencies, and 

 the state of his mouth, than under the hands 

 of one to whom he is totally unknown; all 

 which they have natural sagacity to discover, 

 in a much greater degree tlian is generally be- 

 lieved by those who have had but slender 

 opportunities of attending to their perfec- 

 tions. 



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THAT has totally dissipated some of the 

 most splendid fortunes in a very few years, 

 and left the possessors to lament, in indi- 

 gence, the fatal effects of their credulity, 

 and the folly of infection, is entitled to 

 such few remarks as appertain to the pre- 

 valence of a fashion that has, within a very 

 short space of years, involved not only num- 

 bers of the most eminent characters, 

 but hioidreds of inferior, in the general ruin. 

 For the last half century this rage has been 



