world, and perform the part of a miser for seventy years; then,
being purified in the body of a hog, he is to enter the human
species again, and take a second trial." "Sir," said I, "you
tell me wonders: but if his bank be to decrease only a shilling
a day, how can he furnish all passengers?" "The rest," answered
the host, "is supplied again; but in a manner which I cannot
easily explain to you." "I apprehend," said I, "this
distribution of his money is inflicted on him as a punishment;
but I do not see how it can answer that end, when he knows it is
to be restored to him again. Would it not serve the purpose as
well if he parted only with the single shilling, which it seems
is all he is really to lose?" "Sir," cries the host, "when you
observe the agonies with which he parts with every guinea, you
will be of another opinion. No prisoner condemned to death ever
begged so heartily for transportation as he, when he received his
sentence, did to go to hell, provided he might carry his money
with him. But you will know more of these things when you arrive
at the upper world; and now, if you please, I will attend you to
my lord's, who is obliged to supply you with whatever you
desire."

[7] That we may mention it once for all, in the panegyrical part
of this work some particular person is always meant: but, in the
satirical, nobody.


We found his lordship sitting at the upper end of a table, on
which was an immense sum of money, disposed in several heaps,
every one of which would have purchased the honor of some
patriots and the chastity of some prudes. The moment he saw us