much better and more wiſely, they always act exactly like other Men. They know very well how to ſubdue all Appetites and Paſſions, and to deſpiſe both Pain and Pleaſure; and this Knowledge affords much delightful Contemplation, and is eaſily acquired; but the Practice would be vexatious and troubleſome; and, therefore, the ſame Wiſdom which teaches them to know this, teaches them to avoid carrying it into Execution.
Mr. Square happened to be at Church, on that Sunday when, as the Reader may be pleaſed to remember, the Appearance of Molly in her Sack had cauſed all that Diſturbance. Here he firſt obſerved her and was ſo pleaſed with her Beauty, that he prevailed with the young Gentlemen to change their intended Ride that Evening, that he might paſs by the Habitation of Molly, and, by that Means, might obtain a ſecond Chance of ſeeing her. This Reaſon, however, as he did not at that time mention to any, ſo neither did we think proper to communicate it then to the Reader.
Among other Particulars which conſtituted the Unfitneſs of Things in Mr. Square’s Opinion, Danger and Difficulty were two.The
