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Some men make a vanity of telling their faults; they are the strangest
men in the world; they cannot dissemble; they own it is a folly; they
have lost abundance of advantage by it; but if you would give them the
world, they cannot help it.

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ARLEQUINS.


In Paris, small lumps of mixed meats sold in the market for cats, dogs,
and the poor, are called _Arlequins_. They are the relics collected
from the plates of the rich, and from the restaurateurs.

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By love's delightful influence the attack of ill-humour is resisted; the
violence of our passions abated; the bitter cup of affliction sweetened;
all the injuries of the world alleviated; and the sweetest flowers
plentifully strewed along the path of life.

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At the meeting on the Covent Garden stage, the other day, a gentleman