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VGW(HU.771.022
28 Feb 1771:11, 12 (1022)
A journey from this world to the next. By the late Henry
Fielding, Esquire. Chapter. I. . . . [3 paragraphs, then]
I had not hopped far before I perceived a tall young
gentleman in a silk waistcoat, with a wing on his left heel,
a garland on his head, and a caduceus in his right hand. . .
. [8 lines ] my name is Mercury. Sure, sir, said I, I have
seen you in the playhouse; upon which he smiled, and without
satisfying me as to that point, walked directly forward,
bidding me hop after him. . . .
Chapter II. . . . [4 paragraphs, then] "For my part, said
a fair spirit, I was inoculated last summer, and had the
good fortune to escape with a very few marks in my face. I
esteemed myself now perfectly happy, as I imagined I had no
restraint to a full enjoyment of the diversions of the town;
but, within a few days after my coming up, I caught cold by
over-dancing myself at a ball, and last night died of a
violent fever." . . . [chapter continue through page 2 and
column 31]
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