Well, friend Coriat Junior, what say you to this?-Here's fome encouragement for us, ha!

But my curiofity must be fatisfied→→→ To a third-Sir, I fhould efteem it a particular favour if you could-I underftand already, that it is difficult-but for the price we fha'nt difagree.

Difficult, fir!-'tis impoffible!a thing not to be had for love or mo!-but there will be a new edition in about a fortnight.'

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To talk of waiting a fortnight, to one whofe expectation was fo well tuned, feemed rather tantalizing-I'm forry I troubled you, fir,-but without your affiftance, I'll fee it before I fleep.

And pray Mr. Coriat Junior (for I begin to be a little curious) was you fo fortunate as to meet with it?'

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Well, that was charming!-doubt

lefs it repaid your curiosity!

Suffer me to go on, and

hear,

you

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In a further pursuit of this novelty, the earnest reader will conclude that I made every bookseller's fhop in my way; and the impreffions which I received from their feveral favourable ac

counts bore hard upon my resolution of becoming an author.. C 2

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It is fo pretty, familiar, and easy, faid one, that you may take it up, and lay it down, just as you like.-'Tis for the pocket, or the Post-chaise; or you may read it all the while your fervant is dreffing your hair. '

A mighty pretty book, indeed, by your description!

Ay, fir, fo it is-but the grand misfortune is, that gentlemen don't write every day.

I wish'd the fellow at the devil for that laft expreffion! which fent me from his fhop overwhelmed with melancholy thoughts, fuch as-Ay, this muft needs be the cafe when gentlemen write! Gentlemen are furely born with abilities proportioned to their rank and fortune they have that intuitively, for which common clay muft fweat and labour !--

I fancy,

I fancy, friend Coriat Junior, you and I had better drop our defign in time-for who the devil will read us? -One that nobody knows, nor was ever heard of before-a fellow who travels from London to Dover in a common ftage-coach-and it may be an outfide paffenger, the better to look about him? -It will never do-a man must be a gentleman pofitively, or he can never write-efpecially travels, which of all writing is the genteeleft, next to poetry and mifcellany.

A gentleman may be fo like himself, fo easy, so degagé, and fo void of thought all the while-a gentleman may give himself as many airs as he pleases, without much meaning-may advance what he pleases, and cenfure whom he pleases a gentleman may introduce perfons and characters as familiars, whom, perhaps, he never faw-and no

body can contradict him, that's the best of it

For the criticks-d-n the criticks! what gentleman was ever awed by them?-a parcel of

!

Indeed, my good friend, this will never do!—let us confult our eafe and profit, and fo think no more about it

To be fure travelling is very expenfive-and if we could prevail upon the public to pay for it-why it would be better than paying it out of our own pocket-but there's no trufting to the caprice of the public.

Well, I must fee this book if 'tis te be had..

O, have I found you at laft !-let me fee.