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N�Terr.Filius. &?, and back again. He ?ldom eats any and never reads any thing but ?oveb and When he w?!ks the ?reet, he is eafily diflingui?- ed by a ?ifffilkgovn, which ru?le? in the wind, as he ?rut.? along; a flaxen tie-rig, or fometimesa long natural one, which reaches down below his rump? a broad bu?-cocle'd h?t, or a [quare cap o? abov? twice the ufuaI fize? ?hite flockings, thin 8pan? lea- ther hoes; his doaths }in'd with tawdry fiIk, and hi? ?irt ruffed down the bofom as well as at the ?v?s. Betides all which marks, he has a delicate jaunt in his gait, and tinelis very ph?l?,phic,lIy of elTonco. This is a tr?e &fcription of my cormfpon&nt and I leave the reader to judge, whether this is pro- perly good breeding, or ridiculous grimace, and in- conliflent co?ege ?p er There is I agree with . ? y. not, ?. Frqbe?, a deficiency of this fort of politen? Oxv?i out a man, in my opinion, may be iIl-manner'd under a filk govn, and do very uncivil ?hings, though he wears la?n ruffes., f-or inflance, why may not one of there ?e?liare? ,I fparks damn all rangers, or knock them ?o?n, (provided he has a mob to defend lfim,) as well as a ragged fe[vitor '?ver the better'bred Dr being better clad ? Or good manners eonfi? in tOs or filk fiockin?s l? That a gay fuit of doaths often hides a bad skm. and that altght ?ig lets off a dirty countenance. I am well ?ough convinced i ?t that they can hide too a Otude of ru&n 0 and i? manne.. or atone for �m. is what I never yet read either in hob true. or rb bane hil�oPky I ?ould not. formy part. pp p . . . like a kith of the bre?eh e?er the better for hawng from a red-topt ?oei nor do I think that a bro}e? head world ?mart the lets, tho' it wee to be wi?h a clouded can?.