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A Tour Through London,
tute of limitations ; the money having never been demanded on one side , nor acknowledged on the other ; and if the defendant , said they , allowed any little matter between them , when they came to reckon , the balance mi ght be on the other side . - Lord Mansfield , in a small distinct voice , observed , a balance was not likely to exist on the other side , because it appeared from the
trial , that this was the only transaction of property between them . That the plaintiff could not easily demand his money , while the other resided in America . That his acknowledging there might be some little matter between them , was acknowled ging the debt , by which the statute of limitations was done away . Though his Lordshidid not himself this statute
p express upon , it was easy to see he considered it as extremely useful , in preventing litigious , obsolete , and even false claims ; but he also considered , that time pays no debts , that every just demand should be satisfied , and that a debt once contracted is a debt till paid .
. THE WILLING LADIES . We are now entering upon the fairest part of the creation ; the prospects are beautiful , but the ground is treacherous . As I profess to relate only what I saw , it may fairly be supposed I preserve the same rule in this slippery chapter ; and , perchance , may be suspected of falling . But cannot a man describe the course of a river , without
descending into the stream ? Besides , he who is sheltered under the word sixty , may venture himself among any description of the fair sex , without hazard to their reputation , or his own . He may retreat without any additional honour to his virtue . I have alread y remarked in the introduction , that the curiosity of an object consists in its novelty . We may be surprized to see a man ht feet hi
eig gh ; but if we see him every day , the surprize ceases . How often have I beheld astonishment in the face of a stranger , at his first view of Birmingham ? such as , perhaps , was mine in London . His features told me , he had never seen its equal . Hence we members of the quill relate tiifles to others , which are wonderful to ourselves . But let him view Birmingham for three days , and his astonishment off
wears . : ¦ The philosophers will tell us , that one half of our species were born for the other , and that human nature is every where nearly the same . This species however , differs widel y from habit in different places . The manner in which the two sexes approached each other , in London , surprized me , as being different from what I had ever observed
. Before I had been one hour there , a gentleman remarked , as two ladies were passing along , " They were girls of the town . " I replied , " You must be mistaken , they appear ladies of beauty , elepnce , and modest y . " I could have laughed at his ignorance . But before I had been one da )' , he had reason , I found , to laugh at mine . . ° . These transitory meteors rise , like the stars , in the evening ; are lis
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A Tour Through London,
tute of limitations ; the money having never been demanded on one side , nor acknowledged on the other ; and if the defendant , said they , allowed any little matter between them , when they came to reckon , the balance mi ght be on the other side . - Lord Mansfield , in a small distinct voice , observed , a balance was not likely to exist on the other side , because it appeared from the
trial , that this was the only transaction of property between them . That the plaintiff could not easily demand his money , while the other resided in America . That his acknowledging there might be some little matter between them , was acknowled ging the debt , by which the statute of limitations was done away . Though his Lordshidid not himself this statute
p express upon , it was easy to see he considered it as extremely useful , in preventing litigious , obsolete , and even false claims ; but he also considered , that time pays no debts , that every just demand should be satisfied , and that a debt once contracted is a debt till paid .
. THE WILLING LADIES . We are now entering upon the fairest part of the creation ; the prospects are beautiful , but the ground is treacherous . As I profess to relate only what I saw , it may fairly be supposed I preserve the same rule in this slippery chapter ; and , perchance , may be suspected of falling . But cannot a man describe the course of a river , without
descending into the stream ? Besides , he who is sheltered under the word sixty , may venture himself among any description of the fair sex , without hazard to their reputation , or his own . He may retreat without any additional honour to his virtue . I have alread y remarked in the introduction , that the curiosity of an object consists in its novelty . We may be surprized to see a man ht feet hi
eig gh ; but if we see him every day , the surprize ceases . How often have I beheld astonishment in the face of a stranger , at his first view of Birmingham ? such as , perhaps , was mine in London . His features told me , he had never seen its equal . Hence we members of the quill relate tiifles to others , which are wonderful to ourselves . But let him view Birmingham for three days , and his astonishment off
wears . : ¦ The philosophers will tell us , that one half of our species were born for the other , and that human nature is every where nearly the same . This species however , differs widel y from habit in different places . The manner in which the two sexes approached each other , in London , surprized me , as being different from what I had ever observed
. Before I had been one hour there , a gentleman remarked , as two ladies were passing along , " They were girls of the town . " I replied , " You must be mistaken , they appear ladies of beauty , elepnce , and modest y . " I could have laughed at his ignorance . But before I had been one da )' , he had reason , I found , to laugh at mine . . ° . These transitory meteors rise , like the stars , in the evening ; are lis