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certain similitude to the position of his own sleeping beauty, and felt his noble wrath thereby justly aroused.
MR. CROTCHET.
Very likely, sir. In my opinion, the cheesemonger was a fool, and the justice who sided with him was a greater.
THE REV. DR. FOLLIOTT.
Fool, sir, is a harsh term: call not thy brother a fool.
MR. CROTCHET.
Sir, neither the cheesemonger nor the justice is a brother of mine.
THE REV. DR. FOLLIOTT.
Sir, we are all brethren.
MR. CROTCHET.
Yes, sir, as the hangman is of the thief; the 'squire of the poacher; the judge of the libeller; the lawyer of his client; the statesman of his colleague; the bubble-blower of
