3S2 TURF. 



in another flile and difplay a very different 

 figure, when croffed by one that he is accuf- 

 tomed to, who knows his tendencies, and 

 the ftate of his mouth, than under the hands 

 of one to whom he is totally unknown ; all 

 which they have natural fagacity to difcover, 

 in a much greater degree than generally be- 

 lieved by thofe w^ho have had but llender op- 

 portunities of attending to their perfed;ions. 



The turf, 



THAT has totally diffipated fome of the 

 moft fplendid fortunes in a very few years, 

 and left the poffeffors to lament in indi- 

 gence, the fatal effeds of their credulity, 

 and the folly of infection, is entitled to 

 fuch few remarks as appertain to the pre-* 

 valence of a fafliion that has, within a very 

 Ihort fpace of years, involved not only num- 

 bers of the moft eminent characters^ 

 hut hundreds of inferior, in the general ruin. 

 For the lait half century this rage has been 

 fo very predominant, that great numbers even 



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