N XLV. Terr,e. Filiss. they ?ufh off', and return, likemeteors, into thefam? &lcurity from whence they afore. I have ob?rved a great many of the? tr?fitor? ?opling?, who came to the univerfit7 with their thers ru? , old country farmers) xn hnfey-,vo?fe ( y . coat,, greafy fun-burnt heads of hair, cloutcd fl?oe?, ?arn ?ockings, Sapping hats, with filv? hat-band? ?nd long muffin neckcloths run with red at the bottom. A month or two afterwards I have met them with ?ob-?ig? 'and ne? 3oes, Ox?rd-cut ? a monfi or two more after this, they appeared in dr? et cloaths and ?or ed florkings ? then in t e- rigs and rt?es? and then m fi(k go?m ? till by degrees they were metamorphofid into cornpleat S?t?axs, and damn'd the old country putts, their fithers, with twenty foppi? airs and eflicu]ations. g T?o or th?ee years afterwards, I have met ? the time perfons in gowns and ca?cks, walking with demur: l?k? and an holy leer ? lb mfy (as a learned divine Bid upon a,?nite d?e?ent a?afi?n) i? the tranfition from dancing to ?reaching, and from the green to the pulpit ? To conclude, Oxroa? daily increa?s in fine cloaths and fine buildings ? never were ?rick-layer6 t?rpenters? taylor6 and ?er?ivig-makers ?tter in- cou3a?ed there ? every day difcovers a new or a ?ew flone-?all. find 'if you will ?ill ask whether gaod manners and karmhg increafe pro- portionably, I have a very good anfwer to give )'ou--?on omni? p?umm orenet. /L In imitation of the learned Dr. Yiddes, thor of the apolcgy for the Duke of Bud:ing- k, amfljire's epitaph, in anf'.ver to a fre?-thinker, Terro:.Filim thinks fit to declare, that he wrote the letter from Valentine Zr??ery himt?!f, in order to introduce his thougtits upon this fub- je& the better. VOL. !l. F T E R 1?.?-
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