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LIFE OF DANIEL DANCER, ESQ.
his hand. Though somewhat surprized at first, he put
the money in his pocket, and continued his walk.
Lady Tempest, who was the only person that had any
influence over the mind of this unhappy man, employed
every possible persuasion and device to induce him to
partake of those conveniences and comforts which are
so gratifying to others, but without effect. One day she,
however, prevailed on him to purchase a hat of a Jew
for a shilling, that which he wore having been in con-
stant use for thirteen years. She called upon him the
next day, and to her surprize found that he still conti-
nued to wear the old one. On enquiring the reason, he
after much solicitation informed her, that his old servant
Griffiths, had given him sixpence profit for his bargain.
The same lady, knowing that he was fond of trout
stewed in claret, once sent him some as a present. The
stew had become congealed during the night, and though
he durst not eat it till it was warmed for fear of the
tooth-ache, to which he was subject, yet he could not on
any account afford the expence of a fire. The inge-
nious method, by which he contrived to relieve
himself from this embarassment, is certainly worthy
of admiration. The weather was frosty, and at such
times he always lay in bed to keep himself warm, and he
conceived that a similar mode of proceeding would pro-
duce the same effect on the fish. He accordingly di-
rected it to be put with the sauce into a pewter plate,
and covering it with another, placed them under his
body, and sat upon them till the contents were suffi-
ciently warmed!
During the illness which terminated his mispent life,
Lady Tempest accidentally calling upon him, found him
lying in an old sack which came up to his neck. To her
remonstrances against the impropriety of such a situa-
tion, he replied, that having come into the world with-
out
LIFE OF DANIEL DANCER, ESQ.
his hand. Though somewhat surprized at first, he put
the money in his pocket, and continued his walk.
Lady Tempest, who was the only person that had any
influence over the mind of this unhappy man, employed
every possible persuasion and device to induce him to
partake of those conveniences and comforts which are
so gratifying to others, but without effect. One day she,
however, prevailed on him to purchase a hat of a Jew
for a shilling, that which he wore having been in con-
stant use for thirteen years. She called upon him the
next day, and to her surprize found that he still conti-
nued to wear the old one. On enquiring the reason, he
after much solicitation informed her, that his old servant
Griffiths, had given him sixpence profit for his bargain.
The same lady, knowing that he was fond of trout
stewed in claret, once sent him some as a present. The
stew had become congealed during the night, and though
he durst not eat it till it was warmed for fear of the
tooth-ache, to which he was subject, yet he could not on
any account afford the expence of a fire. The inge-
nious method, by which he contrived to relieve
himself from this embarassment, is certainly worthy
of admiration. The weather was frosty, and at such
times he always lay in bed to keep himself warm, and he
conceived that a similar mode of proceeding would pro-
duce the same effect on the fish. He accordingly di-
rected it to be put with the sauce into a pewter plate,
and covering it with another, placed them under his
body, and sat upon them till the contents were suffi-
ciently warmed!
During the illness which terminated his mispent life,
Lady Tempest accidentally calling upon him, found him
lying in an old sack which came up to his neck. To her
remonstrances against the impropriety of such a situa-
tion, he replied, that having come into the world with-
out