. The adventures of David Simple: containing an account of his travels, through the cities of London and Westminster, in the search of a real friend. By a ion of doing any thing ever fo de-Jperate, even robbing on the Highv/ay,rather than deny myfelf the Indulgenceof any vicious Faflion that wms upper-moft. I was travelling to Londonwhen the Misfortune happened to me,which 1 believe will bring me to my End. Ghap. 7- ^/David SixMPLE. 293End. I cannot fay I ever enjoyed any real Happinefs in my Life; for theAnxiety about the Succefs of mySchemes, the Fear of being fcundout, and the Difapp
. The adventures of David Simple: containing an account of his travels, through the cities of London and Westminster, in the search of a real friend. By a ion of doing any thing ever fo de-Jperate, even robbing on the Highv/ay,rather than deny myfelf the Indulgenceof any vicious Faflion that wms upper-moft. I was travelling to Londonwhen the Misfortune happened to me,which 1 believe will bring me to my End. Ghap. 7- ^/David SixMPLE. 293End. I cannot fay I ever enjoyed any real Happinefs in my Life; for theAnxiety about the Succefs of mySchemes, the Fear of being fcundout, and the Difappointment which al-ways attended me in the End, joinedto the Envy which continually preyedon my Heart, at the good Fortune ofothers, has made me, ever fince I cameinto the World, the moft wretched oiall Mortals. To this Conduct I owemy Ruin. Here he ftopt, and v/as fo tired with having talked fo long, that he infenfibly fell into a found Sleep. The Dinner coming then upon thetable, the Clergyman deferred the Re-mainder of what he had to tell them tillthe Afternoon. And here I think it rightto give them time to refrefli themfclvcs,and conclude this CHAR 294 Adventures Book IV. CHAP. VIII. Which proves the great Difference ofthofe wrong ASlions which arife fro7nviolent PaJJions^ and thofe which havetheir Source in the Malig^iity of arancorous Heart. H E Dinner paffcd in Obfervations^ on Atheiff% Story j but as foonas the Company thought the Clergymanhad recruited his Spirits enough to makeit agreeable to him to relate what re-mained, they defired him to proceed,which he immediately complied with. The Atheifl waked very hght-headed,and raved on nothing but his Brother;talked of his having concealed from themthe main Part of his Scory, only fromShame. But the Apothecary, by apply-ing proper Remedies, at laft brought himto his Senfes, and then begged him, ifthere was any thing lay on his Coniciencewhich he had not yet difclofed, he woulddo it: On which he defired him to fen
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