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force_v to_o seek_v employmentsâ—_n that_o they_o may_v eat_v a_o piece_n of_o bread_n p_o 81._o p._n 79._o but_o if_o they_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o carouse_v or_o be_v excessive_a in_o their_o drink_v they_o have_v rhenish_n and_o french_a wine_n p._n 93._o to_o do_v it_o with_o and_o upon_o a_o merry_a bout_n even_o a_o boor_n can_v drop_v a_o rixdollar_n for_o a_o chirup_a dose_n of_o brandy_n p._n 84._o and_o though_o he_o have_v neither_o plate_n nor_o silver_n spoon_n in_o his_o cottage_n p._n 88_o yet_o can_v be_v as_o merry_a as_o a_o prince_n and_o have_v clean_a linen_n p._n 93._o poor_a slave_n p._n 86._o and_o a_o good_a featherbed_n p._n 88_o poor_a negro_n p._n 86._o to_o go_v home_o and_o lie_v down_o on_o to_o conclude_v when_o any_o of_o the_o gentry_n die_v they_o leave_v such_o estate_n behind_o they_o as_o that_o their_o child_n think_v themselves_o oblige_v to_o make_v costly_a burial_n and_o raise_v sumptuous_a monument_n p._n 94_o to_o their_o memory_n such_o 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