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A Round-about Chapter between London and Hampshire

           ,asconscience-money,onaccountoftaxesduebythesaidA.B.orW.T.,whichpaymentsthepenitentsbegtheRightHonourablegentlemantoacknowledgethroughthemediumofthepublicpresssoistheChancellornodoubt,andthereaderlikewise,alwaysperfectlysurethattheabove-namedA.B.andW.T.areonlypayingaverysmallinstalmentofwhattheyreallyowe,andthatthemanwhosendsupatwenty-poundnotehasverylikelyhundredsorthousandsmoreforwhichheoughttoaccount.Such,atleast,aremyfeelings,whenIseeA.B.orW.T.‘sinsufficientactsofrepentance.AndIhavenodoubtthatPittCrawley’scontrition,orkindnessifyouwill,towardshisyoungerbrother,bywhomhehadsomuchprofited,wasonlyaverysmalldividenduponthecapitalsuminwhichhewasindebtedtoRawdon.Noteverybodyiswillingtopayevensomuch.Topartwithmoneyisasacrificebeyondalmostallmenendowedwithasenseoforder.Thereisscarcelyanymanalivewhodoesnotthinkhimselfmeritoriousforgivinghisneighbourfivepounds.Thriftlessgives,notfromabeneficentpleasureingiving,butfromalazydelightinspending.Hewouldnotdenyhimselfoneenjoyment;nothisopera-stall,nothishorse,nothisdinner,noteventhepleasureofgivingLazarusthefivepounds.Thrifty,whoisgood,wise,just,andowesnomanapenny,turnsfromabeggar,haggleswithahackney-coachman,ordeniesapoorrelation,andIdoubtwhichisthemostselfishofthetwo.Moneyhasonlyadifferentvalueintheeyesofeach.

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