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kin, which is seen beneath the battered billycock and 

 the hat of shining silk, and which, whether the wearer 

 gets his garments from Poole or pawnbroker, whether 

 he be clad in double-milled or fustian, whether he 

 own a castle or rent an attic, unites all of us, heart 

 and hand. 



' Who shall judge a man from manners ? 



Who shall know him from his dress ? 

 Paupers may be fit for princes, 



Princes fit for something less. 

 Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket 



May beclothe the golden ore 

 Of the humblest thoughts and feelings — 



What can satin vest do more ? ^ 



* The Roses were ready : would I go up-stairs ? ' 

 And up-stairs accordingly, with my co-censor, a 

 nurseryman and skilled Rosarian of the neighbour- 

 hood, I mounted, and entered one of those long, 

 narrow rooms in which market-ordinaries are wont 

 to be held, wherein the Oddfellows, the Foresters, 

 and the Druids meet in mysterious conclave, and 

 where, during the race week and the pleasure-fair, 

 there is a sound of the viol and the mazy dance. 

 What a contrast now ! The chamber, whose normal 

 purpose was clamour and chorus from crowded men, 

 we found empty, hushed, and still ; the air, on other 

 public occasions hot with cooked meats and steaming 

 tumblers, heavy with the smoke and smell of tobacco, 



