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of him, I knew at once who he was by the 

 striking resemblance which he bore to both his 

 parents. He sported gold in abundance. Piece 

 disappeared after piece, till at last, his stock 

 was probably reduced to one ; for, on taking a 

 Frederick out of his pocket, he asked for 

 change in silver; — and having lost that, he left 

 the room. As I followed him with my eye to 

 the door, I whispered to myself, Aurifer atque 

 hilaris, venisti hue ; mcestus abibis. Thinking 

 that he might possibly return in the evening, I 

 determined to give him the meeting, and to 

 make myself known to him ; and to put him 

 in mind, that a burnt child ought to dread the 

 fire. But he appeared no more. 



What a sad exhibition is all this of the folly 

 and the frailty of human nature ! Kind Pro- 

 vidence has afforded us an inexhaustible flow 

 of salubrious water at Aix-la-Chapelle, so easily 

 to be approached, and of such transcendent 

 virtue, that if we will only do it justice, we are 

 sure to reap the full benefit of it. But in lieu 

 of a corresponding effort on our part, we coun- 

 teract every expected advantage, by resorting 

 to the salle a manger, and there partaking of all 

 the luxuries from the cornucopia of Epicurus, 



