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neft and moft contemptible members of fo- 
ciety. That young men of family and for- 
tune fhould condefcend to mix with fnch 
mifcreants, for the paltry purpofe of win- 
ning a few guineas, is fo glaring a reflec- 
tion on the character of a gentleman, that 
nothing fhort of ocular demonftration could 
render it credible. 
You have, I believe, heard me fay, that 
I think mankind not only the leaft amiable, 
but the moft irrational part of the creation. 
The celebrated Dean of St. Patricks has 
been frequently abufed for this opinion. 
Let thofe who think otherwife compare the 
horfes at Newmarket with the men. . Let 
them firft obferve them on the courfe. Let 
them follow the Horfes into the ftable, and 
the Men to that Pandemonium in which gen- 
tlemen fpend the evening at Newmarket. 
E O-tables hazard-tablescard-tables 
Lords, Commoners, Fellow-commoners, 
Penfioners, Black-legs, Highwaymen and 
Pickpockets; lying, cui fing, fwearing, cheat- 
ing, blafpheming! Can you poflibly con- 
template fuch a piclure without horror? I 
hope you cannot. 
Let us now fuppofe that a choir of An- 
gels were to look down upon Newmarket, 
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