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income in any thing that does not ; and he 

 would find in the generaUty of cases, that sup- 

 posing him to have a thousand a year, and is 

 taken with a girl his inferior in position as to 

 society, and without a farthing to hless herself 

 with, he will find her as loud in her protes- 

 tations against his keeping his three or four 

 hunters to which he has been accustomed, as 

 if five hundred out of the ten was the lady's 

 portion ; nay, in all probability far more so than 

 the woman of family, who has been in the habit 

 of seeing some members of that family Sports- 

 men, she is accustomed to see Sporting pursuits 

 as one of the items of expenditure, connected 

 with that of dinners, dress, and servants, and 

 grows from habit to consider it one of the 

 natural pursuits of man. A learned man, her 

 good sense and good taste would lead her to 

 appreciate ; and an accomplished one, the same 

 refined taste would induce her to admire ; but 

 the kid gloved nice young man, without the 



