18 Obadiah Mouzetrap.
at his head,he threw her down till
fixpence for his brandy, turned his
horſe, and, after repeating theſe words,
—“ None, madam, ſo deaf, as thoſe
"who will not hear,”—he rode out of
the yard as faſt; he well could, leav-
ing the whole houſe in the greateſt
alarm imaginable.
And he fairly won his wager, and
maintained himſelf undiſcovered to
the very laſt.
OBADIAH MOUSETRAP.
Quoth Hudibras, the cauſe is clear,—
As thou haſt proved by their practice,
No argument like matter of fact is;
And we are beſt of all led to
Men’s principles by what they do.
Hud.
IT is moſt certain that men’s auctions
ſpeak their principles the plaineſt,
and it is not what we ſay, but what
we do, that wiſe men judge by; and
therefore the following ſtory may be
a proper leſſon for the unwary to take
