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and lower egypt. 5
loaded themselves with the spoils of those who had
the temerity to venture in. On the other hand,
men, who have often made me regret the insince-
rity of most of the eastern nations, the depredations
of the Arabs; men among whom a female has been
seen to figure, the reproach of her sex and the dis-
grace of human nature ; men, beings maleficent
and dangerous, of whom society furnishes but too
many examples, and whom, for the sake of public
prosperity, it would be of importance to unmask ;
the M.......s, the U........s, the Lef......s, and other
subaltern knaves, taking advantage of my inex-
perience in business, of mycarelessness about pecu-
niaryinterests, of the frankness, the confidence, the
simplicity of a character generous, but credulous to
a fault, involved me in a thousand embarrassments,
overwhelmed me with tricks, and quirks, and wran-
glings ; and shameless plunderers contrived to di-
vide among themselves the tattered remnants of
my fortune, after tearing it in pieces, and torment-
ing, persecuting me day after day, till I was ready
to sink under vexation and disappointment *.
* " We find but too frequently that when an honest man
" happens to be involved in a dispute with a rascal, the rascal
" meets with powerful protectors, because the honest man sa-
" tisfies himself with being honest, whereas the rascal is sup-
" pie, flattering, insinuating; the meanest concessions cost him
" nothing; he does whatever is required of him : the honest
" man does that only which he ought to do." (Historical Essays
o>i Paris, by Sainle-Foix, vol. \\.)
b 3 Amidst
loaded themselves with the spoils of those who had
the temerity to venture in. On the other hand,
men, who have often made me regret the insince-
rity of most of the eastern nations, the depredations
of the Arabs; men among whom a female has been
seen to figure, the reproach of her sex and the dis-
grace of human nature ; men, beings maleficent
and dangerous, of whom society furnishes but too
many examples, and whom, for the sake of public
prosperity, it would be of importance to unmask ;
the M.......s, the U........s, the Lef......s, and other
subaltern knaves, taking advantage of my inex-
perience in business, of mycarelessness about pecu-
niaryinterests, of the frankness, the confidence, the
simplicity of a character generous, but credulous to
a fault, involved me in a thousand embarrassments,
overwhelmed me with tricks, and quirks, and wran-
glings ; and shameless plunderers contrived to di-
vide among themselves the tattered remnants of
my fortune, after tearing it in pieces, and torment-
ing, persecuting me day after day, till I was ready
to sink under vexation and disappointment *.
* " We find but too frequently that when an honest man
" happens to be involved in a dispute with a rascal, the rascal
" meets with powerful protectors, because the honest man sa-
" tisfies himself with being honest, whereas the rascal is sup-
" pie, flattering, insinuating; the meanest concessions cost him
" nothing; he does whatever is required of him : the honest
" man does that only which he ought to do." (Historical Essays
o>i Paris, by Sainle-Foix, vol. \\.)
b 3 Amidst