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"Sir," faid the, "where is the garden ?" "Look "behind you," faid he. She did fo; and obferved the fouth wall was lined with brick, and a great number of fruit trees planted against it, which being then in bloffom, looked very beautiful. "What are you fo intent on?" faid the Dean. "The opening bloom," replied the; which brought Waller's lines to her remembrance.

Hope waits upon the flow'ry prime.

"Oh !" replied he, "you are in a poetical vein; "I thought you had been taking notice of my "wall. "Tis the beft in Ireland. When the "mafons were building it, (as most tradesmen "are rogues), I watched them very clofe, and "as often as they could, they put in a rotten "ftone; of which, however, I took no notice, "till they had built three or four perches bc"yond it. Now, as I am an abfolute monarch "in the liberties, and king of the mob, my way "with them was, to have the wall thrown down "to the place where I obferved the rotten stone; "and, by doing fo five or fix times, the workmen were at laft convinced it was their intereft "to be honeft:"-" Or elfe, Sir," faid Mrs Pilkington, "your wall would have been as tedi

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ous a piece of work as Penelope's web, if all "that was done in the day was to be undone at "night." "Well," anfwered the Dean, “ I "find you have poetry for every occafion; buz

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as you cannot keep pace with me in walking, "I would have you fit down on that little bank, "till you are rested, or I tired, to put us more 66 upon a par."

She feated herself, and away the Dean walked, or rather trotted as hard as ever he could drive. She could not help fmiling at his odd gait; for fhe thought to herfelf, he had written fo much in praise of horfes, that he was refolved to imitate them as nearly as he could. As fhe was indulging this fancy, the Dean returned to her, and gave her a ftrong confirmation of his partiality to thofe animals. "I have been confidering, "Madam, as I walked," faid he, "what a fool "Mr Pilkington was to marry you; for he "could have afforded to keep a horse for lefs "money than you coft him; and that, you must "confefs, would have given him better exercise " and more pleafure than a wife.Why you “laugh, and don't anfwer me--is not it truth?"

"I muft anfwer you, Sir," replied fhe, "with another question: Pray how can a bat"chelor judge of this matter ?" "I find,” faid he,

you are vain enough to give yourself the pre"ference." "I do, Sir," replied the, "to that "fpecies here; to a Houyhnhnm I would, as be"comes me, give preference. But, Sir, 'tis "going to rain."-" I hope not,” said he, “ for "that will coft me fixpence for a coach for you," (the garden being at fome diftance from the houfe). "Come, hafte; O how the tefter trem

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❝bles in my pocket!" She obeyed; and they got in a doors just time enough to escape a heavy fhower. "Thank God," said the Dean, "I have "faved my money. Here, you fellow," (to the fervant)," carry this fixpence to the lame old

man that fells gingerbread at the corner, be"cause he tries to do fomething, and does not "beg."

Mrs Pilkington was fhewed into a little streetparlour, where was Mrs Brent, his house-keeper. "Here," fays he, " Mrs Brent, take care of this "child, while I take my walk out within doors." The Dean then ran up the great stairs, down one pair of back-ftairs, up another, in fo violent a manner, that Mrs Pilkington could not help expreffing her uneafinefs to Mrs Brent, left he should fall, and be hurted. Mrs Brent faid, it was a customary exercife with him, when the weather did not permit him to walk abroad.

Mrs Brent then told Mrs Pilkington of the Dean's charity; of his giving above half of his. yearly income in private pensions to decayed families; and keeping 500l. in the conftant fervice of induftrious poor, which he lent out 51. at a time, and took the payment back at 1 s. aweek; which, fhe obferved, did them more fervice than if he gave it to them entirely, as it obliged them to work, and at the fame time kept up this charitable fund for the affiftance of many. "You cannot imagine," faid fhe, "what num"bers of poor tradefmen, who have even want

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"ed proper tools to carry on their work, have, "by this fmall loan, been put into a prosperous "way, and brought up their families in credit. "The Dean, added the, has found out a new "method of being charitable, in which, how

ever, I believe, he will have but few fol"lowers; which is, to debar himself of what he "calls the fuperfluities of life, in order to ad"minister to the neceffities of the diftreffed. "You just now faw an inftance of it; the money a coach would have coft him, he gave

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to a poor man unable to walk. When he "dines alone, he drinks a pint of beer, and gives "away the price of a pint of wine. And thus " he acts in numberlefs inftances."

The Dean came to dine with Mr and Mrs Pilkington at their Lilliputian palace, as he called it; and, who could have thought it? he just looked into the parlour, and ran up into the garret, then into Mrs Pilkington's bedchamber and library, and from thence down to the kitchen; and the house being very clean, he complimented her upon it, and told her, that was his custom; and that it was from the cleanlinefs of the garret and kitchen, he judged of the good housewifery of the mistress of the hour; for no doubt but a flut would have the room clean where the guests were to be entertained.

He was fometimes very rude, even to his fuperiors; of which the following story, related to Mrs Pilkington by himself, may serve as one inftance amongst a thousand others.

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The last time he was in London, he went to dine with the Earl of Burlington, who was then but newly married. The Earl being willing, 'tis fuppofed, to have fome diverfion, did not introduce him to his lady, nor mention his name. It is to be obferved, that his gown was generally very rufty, and his perfon no way extraor dinary. After dinner, faid the Dean, "Lady "Burlington, I hear you can fing; fing me a "fong." The lady looked on this unceremonious manner of asking a favour with diftafte, and pofitively refused him. He faid, fhe fhould fing, or he would make her. "Why, Madam, I fup"pofe you take me for one of your poor English "hedge parfons; fing when I bid you." As the Earl did nothing but laugh at this freedom, the lady was fo vexed, that the burst into tears and retired.

His first compliment to her when he faw her again, was, "Pray, Madam, are you as proud "and as ill-natured now, as when I faw you "laft ?" To which fhe answered with great good humour, "No, Mr Dean; I'll fing for you, if you please." From which time he conceived great esteem for her. But who that knew him, would take offence at his bluntnefs?

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Mrs Pilkington could not recollect that ever fhe faw the Dean laugh; perhaps he thought it beneath him; for when any pleasantry paffed which might have excited it, he used to fuck his cheeks to avoid rifibility. He used frequently to

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