He was not, for all
that, freed from anxiety and trepidation; but our young gentleman,
fearing his brain would not bear a repetition of the same joke,
permitted him to gain his own lodgings without further molestation.
His landlady, meeting him on the stair, was so affected at his
appearance, that she screamed aloud, and betook herself to flight;
while he, cursing her with greet bitterness, rushed into the
apartment to the doctor, who, instead of receiving him with cordial
embraces, and congratulating him upon his deliverance, gave evident
signs of umbrage and discontent; and even plainly told him, he
hoped to have heard that he and Mr. Pickle had acted the glorious
part of Cato; an event which would have laid the foundation of such
noble struggles, as could not fail to end in happiness and freedom;
and that he had already made some progress in an ode that would
have immortalised their names, and inspired the flame of liberty in
every honest breast. "There," said he, "I would have proved, that
great talents, and high sentiments of liberty, do reciprocally
produce and assist each other; and illustrated my assertions with
such notes and quotations from the Greek writers, as would have
opened the eyes of the most blind and unthinking, and touched the
most callous and obdurate heart.
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