——’Tis contrary to the _law of nature._
——’Tis contrary to _reason._
——’Tis contrary to the GOSPEL.
But not to this——said he—putting a printed paper into my hand,
PAR le ROY.
———’Tis a pithy prolegomenon, quoth I—and so read on — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
——By all which it appears, quoth I, having read it over, a little too
rapidly, that if a man sets out in a post-chaise from _Paris_—he must
go on travelling in one, all the days of his life—or pay for it.—Excuse
me, said the commissary, the spirit of the ordinance is this—That if
you set out with an intention of running post from _Paris_ to
_Avignon_, &c. you shall not change that intention or mode of
travelling, without first satisfying the fermiers for two posts further
than the place you repent at—and ’tis founded, continued he, upon this,
that the REVENUES are not to fall short through your _fickleness_——
——O by heavens! cried I—if fickleness is taxable in _France_—we have
nothing to do but to make the best peace with you we can——