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PAUL CLIFFORD.
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CHAPTER IV.
Whackum.—"My dear rogues, dear boys, Bluster and Dingboy! you are the bravest fellows that ever scoured yet!"
Shadwell's "Scourers."
Cato, the Thessalian, was wont to say, that some things may be done unjustly, that many things may be done justly.
Lord Bacon, (being a justification of every rascality.)
Although our three worthies had taken unto themselves a splendid lodging in Milsom-street, which to please Ned was over a hair-dresser's shop; yet, instead of returning thither, or repairing to such taverns as might seem best befitting their fashion and garb, they struck at once from the gay parts of the town, and tarried not till they reached a mean-looking ale-house in a remote suburb.
