There are a Thousand Frivolous and Impertinent Pretensions of Civility
that are struck at in this Fable; and they well deserve to be Corrected;
for it is certainly one of the most Nauseous, Mawmish Mortifications
under the Sun, for a Man of Sense and Bus’ness to have to do with
a Punctual, Finical Fop, that’s too Mannerly, and does every thing
forsooth by Rule and Compass: Especially where his Quality, Relation, or
Authority, Entitles him to a Respect.