rned in aristo-cratic liveries. The public sedans wereof plain leather, with brass nails, as seenin Hogarths plate of The Rakes Pro-gress, exhibiting his hero going to alevee at St. Jamess. The hackney-chairmen exerted the power of the strongarm, and were often daring enough, as abody, to influence… … not amongst the chariot-wheels at levee ordrawing-room; the clubs want them not. Theyhave retired to Bath and Oxford. We believethere is one chair still lingering about MayFair, but the chairmen must be starving. 112 godeys ladys book and magazine. The Society of Antiquaries ought to buy therelic.…
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