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not have been in the unenviable position 

 for the last ten or twelve years^ to which 

 that great change condemned him. 



The road on which I now drove, and 

 more particularly the coach I was on, 

 admitted of a far greater variety of 

 character than the one I recently quitted. 

 Going to a large manufacturing town, 

 and passing through a rich agricultural 

 and pastoral district which included a 

 place of fashionable resort rising yearly 

 in favour with the public I had an 

 opportunity of making the acquaintance 

 of the button-maker from Birmingham, 

 with his cadaverous hue, soiled white 

 waistcoat, and unwashed hands ; the 

 jolly -looking, lusty grazier, his cheeks 

 glowing with health, and his long drab 

 coat enveloping a form that told of an 

 unrestricted enjoyment of the good things 

 of this world, a few of which class 

 half the year were my regular clients ; 



