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Chapter 184 : [1] This declaration was taken from the lips of a celebrated character. [2] The manner

[1] This declaration was taken from the lips of a celebrated character.

[2] The manners, if not the morals, of gentlemen, have improved since the first publication of this work. Swearing has gone out of fas.h.i.+on.

But Sir Philip Baddely's oaths are retained, as marks in a portrait of the times held up to the public, touched by ridicule, the best reprobation.

[3] The b.l.o.o.d.y hand is the heraldic designation of the baronet.

[4] "Would Chloe know if you're alive or dead, She bids her footman put it in her head."

[5] See Adventures of a Guinea, vol. i. chap. xvi.

[6] Marmontel.

[7] See Edwards's History of the West Indies, vol. ii.

[8] Miscellaneous Pieces by Mrs. Barbauld and Dr. Aikin.

[9] we spare the reader the medical journal of Lady Delacour's health for some months. Her recover was gradual and complete.

[10] A fact.