, with the same gravity, commanded me to pull off that merry Andrew's jacket, and quit enacting of the monarch, in order to retire to my truckle bed, under the desk.— At this speech, the rafters once more trembled with the roar of laughter, which from the complexion of the gentry there gathered together, would doubtless have been augmented with catcalls, shouts, and hisses, had not the deportment of Mr. Seldon, which in spite of impudence, commanded respect, in some degree over-awed their mirth.

MY situation was truly pitiable, I uncased, and my master, with a slow voice and bow, accompanied by the most serious look of ridicule and satire, wished all the good company a very good night, while I skulked after him, more abashed than Thersites by the stern eye of Ulysses.

The next morning Mr. Seldon spoke to me to the following effect:—
By my behaviour to you last night, young man, you may be convinced I have some regard for you, I engaged in a very aukward affair, inconsistent to my character, and disagreeable to my inclination, purposely to expose your absurdity in so strong a light, that you could not help feeling it. These societies, among which I understand you are become a leading man, have an idle, ridiculous, and vicious tendency, therefore, if you desire to gain my esteem, let me hear no more of your kingly antics.

AT the moment this counsel was given, I thought I would observe it more religiously than if it had been a mandate delivered by an angel: I have only in excuse, the plea of the converted infidel,

the flesh was willing, but the spirit was weak.

MY love for Julia accelerated the catastrophe, and a match at billiards compleated it. I must speak of them in order.
IT would be tedious, at least, to any but lovers, to relate the progress of love. Let it be sufficient to say, that our passion was arrived to that stage which produced mutual declarations, and vows of everlasting fidelity. Convinced, as I thought, of her disinterestedness and sincerity, enchanted by her beauty and the softness and sweetness of her manners, my affection became violent. After the above explanation, my pursuit of other pleasures was, for some time, entirely abated: her society was perfect happiness, her company and conversation, I

believed to be absolutely necessary to my existence; but, alas, I have proved the possibility of existing without them. Repeated asseverations of constancy, continual opportunities of indulging in all the