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Do not Christians and Heathens, and Jews and Gentiles, and poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influences? 'Communis error it is a general mistake, answered the inflexible Dominie Sampson. 'Not so, replied the young Englishman; 'it is a general and well- grounded belief. 'It is the resource of cheaters, knaves, and cozeners, said Sampson. 'Abusus non tollit usum.
Chesterfield was Secretary of State from Nov. 1746 to Feb. 1748. His letters to his son extend from 1739 to 1768. Foote had taken off Lord Chesterfield in The Cozeners. Mrs. Aircastle trains her son Toby in the graces. She says to her husband: 'Nothing but grace! I wish you would read some late Posthumous Letters; you would then know the true value of grace. Act ii. sc. 2.
'Now I will have you mark, cub, he said 'cub that shall have to learn many wiles if thy throat be not cut by me within the next two hours. Mark this, cub: these were no Egyptians! They were not Bohemians, not swearers, not subtle cozeners, not even black a-vised, or he would have been on his guard against them; but they were plain, fair folks of Normandy.
"You are the very prince of cheats! The king of cozeners! But for all that, let me tell you, you have chosen the wrong ROLE this time. For I I, sir, am the Mayor of Bottitort, the very man whose name you have taken!" Pierre stared at him in composed silence, which his comrade was the first to break. "Is he mad?" he said in a low voice. The grave man shook his head.
Sirs, our honour is in our bosoms, and there is the only throne armies cannot shake, nor cozeners undermine." With these words he gently waved his hand, motioned to his squire, who stood out of hearing with the steeds, to approach, and mounting, gravely rode on. Ere he had got many paces, he called to Marmaduke, who was on foot, and bade him follow him to London that night.
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