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had been up amongft the boughs, and 

 little expected they would break under her 

 fo fuddenly, and with fo little mercy. 

 Her large features fvvelled, and her eyes 

 flaflied with anger " I was recommended 

 " to a man of genius, and I find him in- 

 " folent and ill-bred." Then, gathering 

 up her meek and alarmed hufband, whom 

 me had loofed when me firft fpoke, under 

 the fhadow of her broad arm and moulder, 

 me ftrutted out of the room. 



After the departure of this curious cou- 

 ple, his guefts told their hoft he had been 

 very unmerciful. I chofe, replied he, to 

 avenge the caufe of the little man, whofe 

 nothingnefs was fo oftentatioufly difplayed 

 by his lady-wife. Her vanity has had a 

 fmart emetic. If it abates the fymptoms, 

 flie wall have reafon to thank her phyfician 

 who administered without hope of a fee. 



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