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usual, by a request, to be allowed to 

 add to the accomplishments she already 

 possessed, that of driving four horses. 

 There was such a novelty in this petition, 

 so much naivete in her manner of ex- 

 pressing it it, too, was accompanied with 

 so sweet a smile, and was so earnest an 

 appeal to my gallantry, that it completely 

 surmounted all the scruples and objec- 

 tions I could entertain. I instantly gave 

 her the reins, and sat by her side, she 

 taking my seat while she drove one 

 entire stage, and acquitted herself with 

 good execution and judgment, as much to 

 my surprise as her own satisfaction and 

 delight. 



Another of my frequent and most 

 pleasant companions from Mesopotamia, 

 as I have termed those two delightful 

 places, Warwick and Leamington, was a 

 man who still lives in the memory of my 

 readers, and whose fame has been re- 



