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OF EVERY BOOKSELLER.

A Novel,

IN THREE VOLUME S.

BY

LORD WILLIAM PITT LENNOX.

Author of "Fifty Years' Biographical Reminiscences," "Celebrities I have
Known," "Fashion Then and Now," &c., &c.

LORD OF HIMSELF.

CHAPTER I.

How beauteous are rouleaus! how charming chests
Containing ingots, bags of dollars, coins

(Not of old Victor, all whose heads and crests
Weigh not the thin ore where their visage shines,
But) of fine unclipt gold, where dully rests

Some likeness, which the glittering cirque confines,
Of modern, reigning, sterling stupid stamp;
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

Love rules the camp, the court, the grove,

But, if love don't, Cash does, and Cash alone.

So Cash rules Love-the ruler on his own
High ground.

BYRON.

It is observed by the celebrated philosopher, Locke, that "however those who call themselves gentlemen may think credit, respect,.

VOL. II.

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