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of it; and whoſoever arrives at Paris from the midſt of the moſt remote Provinces with Money in his Purſe, and a Name terminating in ac or ille, may ſtrut about, and cry, ſuch a Man as I! A Man of my Rank and Figure! And may look down upon a Trader with ſovereign Contempt; whilſt the Trader on the other Side, by thus often hearing his Profeſſion treated ſo diſdainfully, is Fool enough to bluſh at it. However, I need not ſay which is moſt uſeful to a Nation; a Lord, powder'd in the tip of the Mode, who knows exactly at what a Clock the King riſes and goes to bed; and who gives himſelf Airs of Grandeur and State, at the ſame Time that he is acting the Slave in the Anti-chamber of a prime Miniſter; or a Merchant, who enriches his Country, diſpatches Orders from his Compting-Houſe to Surat and Grand Cairo, and contributes to the Felicity of the World.

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