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CHAPTER V. 



THE BOX. 



Modern Philosophy Sir Robert Walpole A Railway 

 Director Coach Passengers A Birmingham Man The 

 St. Leger The Post-Horse Duty A Strange Bet- 

 Self -approbation A Warwickshire Grazier (Culloden) 

 A Lace Buyer Female Accomplishment R. W. Ellis- 

 ton Don Juan A Dashing Military Officer A Plea- 

 sant te'te a te'te The Retreat to Corunna General Le- 

 fevre Desnouettes Sergeant Bunn, of the 18th Hussars 

 The Emperor Napoleon I. A Cartel A Sad Finale 

 A Good Character. 



"THE proper study of mankind is man," 

 is a maxim as durable, nay, as imperish- 

 able, as is the fame of the man who 



