. Thackerayana;. No. 153. The World.—Dec. 4, 1755. The writer describes a country assembly, highly perfumed with the smell of the stable over which it was built, the savour of theneighbouring kitchen, the fumes of tallow candles, rum punch, andtobacco dispersed over the house, and the balsamic effluvias from THE WORLD. 347 many sweet creatures who were dancing. Everyone l is pleasedand desirous of pleasing, with the exception of some fashionableyoung men blocking up the door—(whose faces I remember to. have seen about town, who would neither dance, drink tea, playat cards, nor speak to anyone,
. Thackerayana;. No. 153. The World.—Dec. 4, 1755. The writer describes a country assembly, highly perfumed with the smell of the stable over which it was built, the savour of theneighbouring kitchen, the fumes of tallow candles, rum punch, andtobacco dispersed over the house, and the balsamic effluvias from THE WORLD. 347 many sweet creatures who were dancing. Everyone l is pleasedand desirous of pleasing, with the exception of some fashionableyoung men blocking up the door—(whose faces I remember to. have seen about town, who would neither dance, drink tea, playat cards, nor speak to anyone, except now and then in whispersto a young lady, who sat in silence at the upper end of the room,in a hat and negligee, with her back against the wall, her armsakimbo, her legs thrust out, a sneer on her lips, a scowl on herforehead, and an invincible assurance in her eyes. Their behaviouraffronted most of the company, yet obtained the desired effect:for I overheard several of the country ladies say, It was a pitythey were so proud ; for to be sure they were prodigious well-bredpeople, and had an immense deal of wit; a mistake they couldnever have fallen into had these patterns of politeness conde-scended to have entered into any conversation. No. 163. The World.—Feb. 12, 1756. \ There was an ancient sect of philosophers, the disciples ofPythagoras, who held that the souls of men and all other animalsexisted in a state of perpetual transmigration, and that when bydeath they were dislodged fro
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