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each fearing to fpeak left he fhould dif- 

 turb the others. In fancy I fee you watch- 

 ing our party-— catching each glance of the 

 eye as it runs anxioufly over every co- 

 lumn — -amufing yourfelf at the folemn ftillnefs 

 that obtains among us — and fmiling at the 

 fudden ftart and flight paufe of interruption 

 which occurs at the remoteft corner of the laft 

 page, leading only to the delay of extending 

 the arm for another paper. I fee you con- 

 templating the ideas paffing in our minds, and 

 marking the varied exprefhon upon our 

 countenances as we pafs eagerly on from page 

 to page ! But all thefe feelings have been 

 formerly your own ; you will therefore 

 know how to eftimate them. Had you not 

 been already a traveller I could have wifhed 

 you a long voyage that you might know 

 the real value of a Morning Herald, or an 

 evening Star — that you might enjoy the high 

 flavor of a true Englifh feaft, feafoned with ai)- 

 fence ! Send out our friend * ^' that he 

 may be roufed from the apathy which fo dif- 

 trefsfully encroaches upon his mechanical 

 round of luxury and indulgence! Tell him 

 that were he held in difappointed expedatiouj 

 from day to day, through many anxious weeks, 



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