VII

As Obadiah had a wife and three children⁠⸺⁠the turpitude of fornication, and the many other political ill consequences of this jingling, never once entered his brain,⁠⸺⁠he had however his objection, which came home to himself, and weighed with him, as it has ofttimes done with the greatest patriots.⁠⸺“ The poor fellow, Sir, was not able to hear himself whistle. ”