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$I:ERE.1s at present a reigning ambition among young gentlemen
‘he eigrading themselves in their apparel to the class of the servants,
a t)’ 06p. ‘It may seem-jvery extraordinary that these sparksshould’
C “"13 to gain admiration: but from wliat.cause can it be, that
j -‘MY’ Loin) JEHU.
Wear? 3 frise’ frock, alittlepnarroiv-edged hat. :1 coloured handkerchief,
and -in this habit drivesa set of horses, and a coach of’ his own,’ built
Y his own direc-tions,j in liuinbleiiiiitation of those which carry passen-
gers on. the’ road ;it is"itlie'p,knoiv1edge of liispiV'n abilities which"dic,-
ate: this conduct. ',How pleasing is the reflection to him, that when he
goes through a country’ town, sitting with becoming grace in his box";
"3. h,e‘“'5. the pcoplesziy, there, goes my Lord Jeliu. . His great abilities in
b:“;‘"t;‘, his exactness of siniiliituvdejn di'cs's,‘ and this ati'abilit'y to‘ his
t e hiengofs the .whip, must’ give his Lorilsliip a sensible ‘satisfaction,
lat this particiclarity makes, him as well known (')Il‘lY'10StAI‘0:1:dS gflil‘01‘lg‘ll‘-
Out the country, as the honest fellows thcniselves who drice the stages.’
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Will notluiideiftal;e,to say, whether it is in imitation of .liis‘-Liirdsliip,‘
OT Whether the product of their own fertile geniuses, "butjl liave lately .
ggienfed a great number of smart young fellows, dressed in the manner
I) my LORI; pa narrpoio-edged hat ilapped down, a plain shirt, buclrskin-
Teecizes, ,andV;an,'Dz‘dia Izantllcerchiqf ‘round, the heck, seem to constitute
‘.5 Character, of]; a'.pretty. fellow. Tlieife are anotlieri set of sparks
‘ 0 choose rather to.appear as jockeys, and it isseldoin or iieverthcy,
are to be seen without boots,’ whips in tlieir;liands, and black caps in:
Stead, 0f l hats.. . “Another class of tliese gentry" disguise‘ themselves in
mg coats, “$i’lllCll' it seems , are politely temied wrap-rascals ;, and in
S 0“: Choose rathei‘ to appear like coachhicn than ‘gentlemen. hi)? coun-
Y 1‘8adei's may wonder that ,'I should instance these persons as examples
of ?mbition:;' but-tlie‘y".will ,allow[ tlicm to -be candidates“ for public
n9t‘CB: when I inform tliem?-thatiin these habits ttlieyiappezir with a
“K Of pride in all the public‘ places about town. ,..’l‘l1'c)n-havejat‘ last"
Carried it so far,‘ that in those dresses they come into they boxes at the
udeatres ;.aiid.wlierc one would expect to see agentcel polite circlc,j:we
v“’.‘V lgldiesp of the first quality and distinction, surrounded by’a "parcel
0 me.n’Wll0 look like stage-coaclimen, .l0Ck9Y5: and IliCkl50C.k"-ts-V ‘
. . this .manher of ‘dress is accompanied with as rude a manner of
beimviolll‘, I advise [these voung sparks not to have so great a desire of
9mg distinguislied for the oclditv of their appearance; but instead of
“fat ardent emulation they SllCW.tO imitate the inferior class of (man-
lnil, they would exert their rational faculties, and endeavour to seem,
‘15 Well by their habit as conversation, men of common sense and com-
mm’ g00d iiiaiiilcrs. ‘; f