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likely to excite that harmony of fentiment and union of in- 
terefts which, in more civilized countries, are cherifiied and 
grow to maturity by the genial warmth and cheerfulnefs and 
comfort of a family fire-fide. Here the members of the fame 
family feldoni meet together. The hufband, having flept the 
greateft part of the day, finds his bed irkfome in the morning 
and rifes with the dawn. "He takes his folitary cup of coffee, or 
fopicy or both, and fmokes his pipe j then lounges about the 
houfe in his JIaap mut% and nagt cabaay^ his night cap and 
gown, or parades the Jloop^ or raifed platform before the door, 
in the fame drefs, with a long pipe ftuck in his mouth. 
About nine o'clock he takes a folid breakfaft, and a few glafles 
of wine, continues to lounge about the houfe till dinner-hour, 
which is pundlually at twelve, or, if the weather be tempting, 
or any news ftirring, he walks out to meet his comrades. Im- 
mediately after dinner he goes to bed, rifes again at five or fix, 
makes or receives vifits, when he fmokes tobacco and drinks 
wine till nine o'clock, which is the fignal for every one to re- 
pair to his own houfe. Here a hot fupper, confifting of eight, 
ten, or even twenty folid dilhes of fifh and butcher's meat, 
drefled in a variety of fliapes, is ready to receive him, fmoking 
on the table. This is the favourite meal, to which he confiders 
all that he has eaten and drunken and fmoked in the courfe of 
the day, as whets only to the appetite, and preparatives to the 
grand feaft. Thus day after day, 
" The lazy glutton fafe at home will keep, 
" Indulge his floth, and fatten with his lleep." 
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