minutes more time upon the road’ — to that 
best of gentlemeii-whips, Mr. Robert Allen, 
‘ confine yourself to your sulky little gig 
with one horse, instead of parading up and 
dovvnSt. James’s-street in your phaeton with 
four’ — to Mr. Pitt, ‘ instead of that post 
chariot, drawn by four horses, obtain one of 
your brother Stanho.pe’s steam engines to 
work it or any such like ridiculous propo- 
sitions. Wealth will y^roduce luxury, and 
luxury will hold fast to all its modes of gra- 
tification till the arrival of the last hour. 
It is well known that men are governed 
more by shades and appearances than by in- 
trinsic worth ; because so few there are who 
are capable ol discriminating and judging of 
true merit, and fewer who will give them- 
selves the trouble to search for it. It is a 
well known fa6f , that before a physician, or 
apothecary, in London, obtains great profes- 
sional business, he must, first, provide an 
handsome chariot and pair of lean horses. 
We have heard it asserted as a truth, that 
.a sallad- dresser calls in his carriao-e at the 
houses of several noble families daily, a short 
