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"Acharacter indeed!" cried Cecilia; "and pray how long have these been the accoentleer of the h to raise just expectations that some new folly will be started soon, by which the present race of INSENSIBLISTS may be driven out Mr Meadows is now at the head of this sect, as Miss Larolles is of the VOLUBLE, and Miss Leeson of the SUPERCILIOUS But this way coh in a different manner, labours with the same view, and aspires at the same reward, which sti wonder by peculiarity, and envy by wonder"

This description announced Captain Aresby; who, advancing fro her, said he had been reduced to despair by so longthat honour, and that he had feared she ht her in vain partout

He then smiled, and strolled on to another party

"And pray of what sect," said Cecilia, "is this gentleman?"

"Of the sect of JARGONISTS," answered Mr Gosport; "he has not an a compliment, nor a word to make use of that he has not picked up at public places Yet this dearth of language, however youto a narrow capacity: foppery and conceit have their share in the lih his phrases are almost always ridiculous or misapplied, they are selected with much study, and introduced with infinite pains"

"Poor man!" cried Cecilia, "is it possible it can cost him any trouble to render himself so cohbours to keep him in countenance Miss Leeson, since she has presided over the sect of the SUPERCILIOUS, spends at least half her life in wishing the annihilation of the other half; for as she must only speak in her own Coterie, she is co to think of, she is conaith self-denial, and soured ant of a faster than she thinks, she has but followed the natural bent of her disposition: as to this poor JARGONIST, he has, I must own, rather a hard task, fro only out of his own [Lilliputian] vocabulary, and denying hi one word by the call of occasion but what hardship is that, compared hat is borne by Mr Meadoho, since he commenced INSENSIBLIST, has never once dared to be pleased, nor ventured for a ood humour!"