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ring her stay in the Country. That they would please to make merry with their Equals. That Mr. _Loller_ might stay with them if he thought fit. It was immediately resolved, that Lady _Lydia_ was still at _London._ _The humble Memorial_ of Thomas Sudden, _Esq_., of the Inner-Temple, Sheweth, That Mr. _Sudden_ is conscious that he is too much given to Argumentation. That he talks loud. That he is apt to think all things matter of Debate. That he stayed behind in _Westminster-Hall_, when the late Shake of the Roof happened, only because a Council of the other Side asserted it was coming down. That he cannot for his Life consent to any thing. That he stays in the Infirmary to forget himself. That as soon as he has forgot himself, he will wait on the Company. His Indisposition was allowed to be sufficient to require a Cessation from Company. _The Memorial_ of Frank Jolly, Sheweth, That he hath put himself into the Infirmary, in regard he is sensible of a certain rustick Mirth which renders him unfit for polite Conversation. That he intends to prepare himself by Abstinence and thin Diet to be one of the Company. That at present he comes into a Room as if he were an Express from Abroad. That he has chosen an Apartment with a matted Anti-Chamber, to practise Motion without being heard. That he bows, talks, drinks, eats, and helps himself before a Glass, to learn to act with Moderation. That by reason of his luxuriant Health he is oppressive to Persons of composed Behaviour. That he is endeavouring to forget the Word _Pshaw, Pshaw_. That he is also weaning himself from his Cane. That when he has learnt to live without his said Cane, he will wait on the Company, &c. ... _The Memorial_ of John Rhubarb, _Esq_., Sheweth, That your Petitioner has retired to the Infirmary, but that he is in perfect good Health, except that he has by long Use. and for want of Discourse, contracted an Habit of Complaint that he is sick. That he wants for nothing under the Sun, but what to say, and therefore has fallen into this unhappy Malady of complaining that he is sick. That this Custom of his makes him, by his own Confession, fit only for the Infirmary, and therefore he has not waited for being sentenced to
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