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the Eafinefs of the Lady had fuffered her mit certain imprudent and dangerous Fam ties, bordering too much upon what is crin neither was it fure whether the Lover ther fent had not fome Sharers with him in Freedoms, of which a Lady can never b fparing.

THIS happened to be an extraordinary for a third Lady came into the Den, lau loud, playing with her Fan, toffing her and fmiling round on the young Fellows i Gallery. However, the Lion leaped on her great Fury, and we gave her for gone; b a fudden he let go his Hold, turned from as if he were naufeated, then gave her a with his Tail; after which fhe returned t Gallery, not the leaft out of Countenance: this, it seems, was the ufual Treatment of •quets.

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I THOUGHT we had now feen enough my Friend would needs have us go and vi or two Lions in the City. We called at t three Dens where they happened not to 1 but we generally found half a Score young between eight and eleven Years old, pl with each Lion, fitting on his Back, and p their Hands into his Mouth; fome of would now and then get a Scratch, but we a difcovered, upon examining, that they had hoydening with the young Apprentices. ' of them was calling to a pretty Girl about t Years old, who ftood by us in the Galler come down to the Lion, and upon her R faid, Ab, Mifs Betty, we could never get come near the Lion, fince you played at Ho Hide with my Brother in the Garret.

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Folks, going to the Church of St. Mary Ax. • The Lady although well ftricken in Years, extremely crooked and deformed, was dreffed out beyond the Gaiety of Fifteen; having jumbled together, as I imagined, all the tawdry Remains of Aunts, Godmothers, and Grandmothers, for • fome Generations paft: One of the Neighbours whispered me, that fhe was an old Maid, and ⚫ had the clearest Reputation of any in the Parish. There is nothing ftrange in that, thought I, but was much furprized, when I obferved afterwards that he went towards the Lion with Diftrust and Concern. The Beast was lying down; but Sight of her, fnuffed up his Nose two or three Times, and then giving the Sign of Death, proceeded inftantly to Execution. In the Midit of her Agonies, fhe was heard to name the Words, Italy and Artifices, with the utmost Horror, and feveral repeated Execrations. And at laft concluded, Fool that I was, to put fo much Confidence in the Toughness of my Skin.

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THE Keeper immediately fet all in Order again for another Cuftomer, which happened to be a famous Prude, whom her Parents after long Threatnings, and much Perfuafion, had with the extremeft Difficulty prevailed on to accept a young handsome Goldfmith, who might have pretended to five times her Fortune. The Fathers and Mothers in the Neighbourhood used to quote her for an Example to their Daughters. • Her Elbows were riveted to her Sides; and her • whole Perfon fo ordered, as to inform every Body that he was afraid they fhould touch her. She only dreaded to approach the Lion, because it was a He One, and abhorred to think a Male • Animal

• Animal fhould prefume to breathe on her. Sight of a Man at twenty Yards Distance her draw back her Head. She always fat the farther Corner of the Chair, although were fix Chairs between her and her Lover with the Door wide open, and her little S the Room. She was never faluted but at th of her Ear; and her Father had much a make her dine without her Gloves, when was a Man at Table. She entered the De fome Fear, which we took to proceed fro Height of her Modefty, offended at the S • fo many Men in the Gallery. The Lion b ing her at a Distance, immediately gave the ly Sign; at which the poor Creature (met) fee her ftill) miscarried in a Fright before • The Lion feemed to be furprized as much and gave her Time to make her Confeffion • She was five Months gone, by the Foreman • Father's Shop; that this was her third big and when her Friends asked, why she • venture the Trial? She faid, her Nurse ber, that a Lion would never hurt a Woma Child.' Upon this I immediately awake could not help wifhing, that the Deputyof my late Inftitution were endued with th Inftinct as these Parish-Lions.

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Ingenuas didiciffe fideliter Artes

Emollit Mores.

Ovid.

From Saturd. Mar. 3, to Tuesd. March 6, 1710.

From my own Apartment in Channel-Row, March 5.

HOSE inferior Duties of Life which the French call les petites Morales, or the smaller Morals, are with us di

ftinguished by the Name of Good Manners or Breeding. This I look upon, in the General Notion of it, to be a Sort of artificial good Senfe, adapted to the meaneft Capacities; and introduced to make Mankind eafy in their Commerce with each other. Low and little Understandings, without fome Rules of this Kind,

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would be perpetually wandering into a thousand Indecencies and Irregularities in Behaviour; and in their ordinary Converfation fall into the fame boifterous Familiarities that one obferves amongst them, when a Debauch hath quite taken away the Ufe of their Reason. In other Inftances, it is odd to confider, that for want of common Discretion, the very End of Good Breeding is wholly perverted; and Civility, intended to make us eafy, is employed in laying Chains and Fetters upon us, in debarring us of our Wishes, and in croffing our most reasonable Defires and Inclinations. This Abufe reigns chiefly in the Country, as I found to my Vexation, when I was last there, in a Visit I made to a Neighbour about two Miles from my Coufin. As foon as I entered the Parlour, they put me into the great Chair that stood close by a huge Fire, and kept me there by Force, until I was almost ftifled. Then, a Boy came in great Hurry to pull off my Boots, which I in vain opposed, urging, that I muft return foon after Dinner. In the mean Time, the good Lady whispered her eldest Daughter, and flipped a Key into her Hand. The Girl returned inftantly with a Beer Glass half full of Aqua Mirabilis and Syrup of Gillyflowers. I took as much as I had a Mind for; but Madam vowed I should drink it off, (for fhe was fure it would do me good after coming out of the cold Air) and I was forced to obey; which abfolutely took away my Stomach. When Dinner came in, I had a Mind to fit at a Distance from the Fire; but they told me, it was as much as my Life was worth, and fet me with my Back just against it. Although my Appetite were quite gone, I refolved to force down as much as I could; and defired the Leg of a Pullet. Indeed, Mr. Bickerstaff, fays the Lady,

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