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CHAP. VI.

THEORIES.

But when they came to shape the model,
Not one could fit the other's noddle.
Butler.

Meanwhile, the last course, and the dessert, past by. When the ladies had withdrawn, young Crotchet addressed the company.

MR. CROTCHET, JUN.

There is one point in which philosophers of all classes seem to be agreed; that they only want money to regenerate the world.

MR. MAC QUEDY.

No doubt of it. Nothing is so easy as to lay down the outlines of perfect society.