THE
REMARKABLE
HISTORY
OF THE
Miser of Berkshire:
JOHN ELWES, ESQ.
MEMBER OF THREE SUCCESSIVE PARLIAMENTS
FOR THAT COUNTY.
With Singular Anecdotes, &c.
Supposed to be the greatest instance of Penury
that ever existed.
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WRITTEN BY
CAPTAIN TOPHAM.
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A Miser is an Enemy to Mankind ; for how can he feel
for others, who is ever cruel to himself ? His breast
is steeled against Humanity : His Heart knows
no Mirth; nor does the Fear of Sensibility
bedow his Cbeck. Gold, that's a Blessing
to others, to him doth prove a Curse :
Care torments him and he
has no Comforter.
O'KEEFFE.
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FALKIRK:
PRINTED AND TOLD BY T. JOHNSTON.
1810.
