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"There, there!" cried Briggs, holding up his finger at Mr Delvile, "have it now! got old Mr Bounce upon you! give you enough of it; promise you that!"

"Restrain," continued Albany, "this idle wrath; and if ye have ardent passions, employ them to nobler uses; let them stimulate acts of virtue, let them anie you to good, lead you to honour, warry words, in unfriendly, unmanly debate!"

Mr Delvile, who froiven him his whole attention, was struck with astonishment at this address, and ale and exhortations

"Why I must own," said Mr Hobson, "as to this 's a thing I don't uphold; being it advances one no way; for what I say is this, if a ets the better, he's only where he was before, and if he gets worsted, why it's odds but the laugh's against hiive entlemen take the other by the hand, and so put an end to bad words That's reeable"

Mr Delvile, at the words one of these gentlemen take the other by the hand, looked scornfully upon Mr Hobson, with a frown that expressed his highest indignation, at being thus fa frohtily said, "Are these two persons," pointing towards Albany and Hobson, "waiting here to be witnesses to any transaction?"

"No, Sir, no," cried Hobson, "I don't ive ht light upon Mr Belfield?"

"Me? no!" cried she,that Mr Delvile suddenly looked at her

"Well, ht way to hear of a young gentle lady: that's s, "you and I had like to have fallen out, but what I say is this; let no man bear malice; that's my way: so I hope we part without ill blood?"

"Ay, ay;" said Mr Briggs, giving hiood-will ood old gentlemen will also lend a hand"

Mr Delvile noas at a loss which way to turn for very rage; but after looking at every one with a face flaether these persons for the purpose of affrontingyou to remember I am not one to be affronted with impunity!"