Secret memoirs of the late Mr. Duncan Campbel [sic], the famous deaf and dumb gentleman (1732)
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, supposed author, Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756, supposed author · London, : Printed for J. Millan and J. Chrichley · leaf 23
Coffee-Grounds, I think itwould be lofl Time to make any Diiertation ;they are Amufements which I have often laugh-ed at myfelf, and to divert the Company havethrown a Cup in my Turn; but I would notjudge fo ill of the World, as to imjagine anybody comes to confult thefe People with a feri- ous [… … On w)? En E M I E s. AD I met with any Portion of thatCandour and Sincertiy from myConfulters and Acquaintance as Ialways treated them with, I had notlivsd to the Age of Fifty, withoutbeing poffcfled of fome little Fortune to comfortmy Decline ; and, whenever I fhall be removedto a better World,…
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