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good parent, than he did of his employers. I 

 found in my conversation with him, and others, 

 that a system of complete order pervaded every 

 department of the household, and from the free 

 and unrestrained expression of their feelings, I 

 gathered that they were as contented with their 

 situation, as respectful towards their superiors. 



This is not the first time I have been brought 

 into situations, and under circumstances, where 

 I could form my own opinion of the class which 

 it is the custom of many demonstrative persons 

 in Parliament and elsewhere to speak of in 

 terms of no measured condemnation. 



In early years it was my good fortune to 

 work a parish in Shropshire, in which was one of 

 the residences of a noble Earl, whose death was 

 as untimely, as it was mournful. Though he 

 had the reputation of being a very keen profi- 

 cient in handling the borough interest which the 

 first reform-bill had scattered to the winds (he 

 was called the artful dodger) ; no man could 

 have discharged his domestic duties more satis- 



