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Out-caft of heav'n, oft thro' their armed files, 

 Darts an experienced eye, and feels his heart, 

 Diftend with pride, to be their only chief: 

 Yet needs he not the tedious mufter-roll, 

 The title-page of each well-known, his name, 

 And charader. 



From the exterior of the cottage, it feemed 

 but the habitation of mifery, but the 

 fmiles of the good man were fuch as would 

 render even mifery itfelf cheerful. His 

 falary is about forty pounds, on which, 

 with his little farm, he contrives to fup- 

 port himfelf, his wife, and a horfe, and 

 with this flender pittance he appeared per- 

 fe&ly contented and comfortable. His 

 wife was not at home, but from a wheel 

 which I obferved in the kitchen, I con- 

 jectured that her time was employed in 

 fpinning wool. The account I had from 

 fome of the parimioners of his character 

 was, that he was a man refpected and be- 

 loved by all, and that his chief attention 

 O 3 was 



