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O4 7'erre-FiIius. N �oan, as any There i? Chriftendom? men that &eft as well, ?ng as Tell, dance as well, and behave every ref?ec? as well, though I fay it, as any men 'der the fun. l'ou are the firfi audacious Wit-wou'd that vt.er called Oxvoun a boorifh, uncivilly'dilate .?/nd, alerome, &?,you ought to ae ?ors'd out of all good company for in impudent ?raggi? Jackanapes: Oxvou? a boorifl? lace ! ? poor wretch ! I am orr for thy ignorance. Who wears fine, lace, or bett. er linnen than Jack F/utter? who has handj$mer t?e- wigs, or more fafhionable cloaths, or cuts a bolder bofh than Tom Paroquet? where can you find a more handy man at a Tea. Table tha? Robin Tattle Or, without 2.anity I may fay it, one that plays bet- ter at Ombre than him, who fuafcriaes himf dr a? ratroy to all fuch pim? as thou Valentine Frippery That my Readers may judge the better of Mr. Ieripper),�tter, I will 'gi?e them a'fhore .de�crip- tion of the man himfelL He is a S?m'r of the 'fn'fl rank, and i? one of thot% who come, in their academical undrefi every morning between ten and �dvt. en to Lyne's coffee-houfe ? after whi,h takes a turn or two upon the Park, or under Me,ton-g/all, whiI? the dull Regulars ate at dinner in their hall, according to flatute5 ab. out one he dines alone in his chamber upon a boL1'd chicken, or rome petti- tores5 after which he allows himfell on hour at leaft to drefa in, to make his afternoon appearance at L)?e's' dom whence he adjourns to Hamiltod? abotitfi?'?; from whence (after ?uting about the room for a while, and &inking a dranv o! citron) he goes to chapel, to fhew how genreely he &eft.es, and how well he can chaunt. Afier prayers he drinks Tea with rome celebrated Toafl, and th?n ?taits ul?on her to Maudlin Grove? or �aradifi-Ga?-