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The comical Adventures of

that may foon tire him of being here.

The hoſtler’s advice was thought
very good! and therefore reſolved on
by his miſtreſs to be put in execution.
So there ſtood poor Spiller, for ſome
time, ſtaring about him, and could
neither get a ſeat to fit down, nor any
thing to drink; but by and by, ob-
serving the ſervants to carry out of
the kitchen a cover of ſmoking hot
diſhes, he immediately follows them
into a room, where there was about
twenty gentlemen going to ſupper.
So, as ſoon as he came into the room,
he pulled off his hat, and after hang-
ing it upon a peg, he ſtood there as
mute as a fill. At length, one of the
gentlemen obſerving him, and alſo
that he was a ſtranger, demanded.—
Who does this gentleman want?

But they all ſtared at him for ſome
time, but no body claiming any know-
ledge of him, one of them ſaid to him,
Sir, we are here a ſelect company, do
you want any body, pray?————No
ceremony with me, replied Mr. Spil-
ler, I beg gentlemen, that you will
not diſturb yourſeives upon my ac-