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" Tis success that colours all in life : 

 Success makes fools admired and villains honest. 

 All the vain pomp and glory of the world 

 Wait on success and power, howe'er acquired." 



At the time of my coming home from 

 sea my father was in London, where he had 

 purchased a very large establishment in his 

 own line of business, at the cost of several 

 thousands of pounds, of the frothy gentle- 

 man before spoken of; leaving my elder 

 brother to superintend the business in the 

 country ; but he did not long remain there. 

 He very injudiciously, as it appeared, took 

 in as a partner the man who had not long 

 before failed there ;* and he, to the best of 

 my memory, took the first opportunity 

 of getting out without any material loss. 

 Better had it been for himself and his 

 family if he had never returned to it, 

 which he unfortunately did some few 

 years afterwards. But let me not antici- 

 pate. 



The morning after my landing at 



* The late George Boulton. 



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