revelationswereconcededtoEnglandal

thatfavoredperiod,asatthis.Mrs.
Narr9Southcotthadrecentlyattainedherfive-
EST DEC 20 9 of 10
and-twentiethblessedbirthday,of
35whomapropheticprivateintheLife
Guardshadheraldedthesublime

appearancebyannouncingtha
arrangementsweremadeforthe

swallowingunofLondonand 9
4Westminster.Eventhecock-laneghosi

hadbeenlaidonlyarounddozenof
years,afterrappingoutitsmessages,as
thespiritsofthisveryyearlastpast
(supernaturallydeficientinoriginality)
4>ravvedouttheirs.Meremessagesinthe As used in line 86, “tread”
earthlyorderofeventshadlatelycome most nearly means
totheEnglishCrownandPeople,froma
congressofBritishsubiectsinAmerica
which,strangetorelate,haveproved
50moreimportanttothehumanracethar
anycommunicationsyetreceived path
throughanofthechickensofthe

Cock-lanebrood
France.lessfavoredonthewholeastc

55matterssoiritualthanhersisterofthe journey
shieldandtrident,rolledwithexceeding
smoothnessdownhill,makingpaper
moneyandspendingit.Underthe
guidanceofthosewhoruledher.she footsteps
60entertainedherselt.besides,withsuct
humaneachievementsthatwerenothing
buthumane.sentencingayouthtohis
utterdemisebecausehehadnotkneeled
parade
downintheraintodohonortoatraitor

65whichpassedwithinhisview,ata
distanceofsomefiftyorsixtyyards.It
islikelyenoughthat,rootedinthe
woodsofFranceandNorway,there
weregrowingtrees,whenthatsufferer
70wasputtodeath,alreadymarkedbythe
Woodman,Fate,tocomedownandbe
sawnintoboaras.tomakeacertai

movableframeworkwithasackanda
knifeinit,terribleinhistory.Itislikely
enoughthatintheroughouthousesof
sometillersoftheheavylandsadjacent
toParis,therewereshelteredfromthe
weatherthatveryday,rudecarts.
bespatteredwithrusticmire,snuffed
80aboutbycows,androostedinby
poultry,whichtheFarmer,Death,had
alreadysetaparttobehistumbrilsofthe
Revolution.ButthatWoodmanandthat
Farmer,thoughtheyworkunceasingly,
85worksilently.andnooneheardthemas
theywentaboutwithmuffledtread:the
rather.forasmuchastoentertainany
suspicionthattheywereawake,wastr
bedisloyalandtraitorous

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