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The comical Adventures of
he is ſo deaf, we may be ſure that he
will not be offended at any thing that
is ſaid in company, nor should we get
any great honour in throwing him
down ſtairs.
This ſpeech met with ſo general an
approbation, that they all ſat down
to ſupper, and let their deaf viſitant
quietly partake with them, which we
may ſay, was another point gained.
So after they had ſupped and had ſat
drinking wine and punch, and other
liquors, for about the ſpace of an hour,
Spilier got up, and with great cere-
mony thanked them all for their
very good company, and then throws
down his ſhilling upon the table, for
his ſhot. At which one of them roar-
ed out as loud as he could bellow.—
ſ———ds, Sir! What do you mean by
a ſhilling! A ſhilling will not do, nor
two neither! Six ſhillings a head will
hardly pay the reckoning.
Why now, gentlemen, reply’d Mr.
Spiller, it does nor ſignify making a
multitude of words, for upon my ſoul
I Will be my ſhilling, if yon were to
