, said the Chapman, I have often looked for it but cannot find it; It is certainly lost, and I know not to whom I lent it, it is so many Years ago;
then, Sir , here is the other Volume, I'll send you home that, and please to pay for both
. My Friend, reply'd he, canst thou be so Senseless as not to know that one Volume is as imperfect in my Library as in your Shop?
Yes, Sir , but it is you have lost the first Volume, and to be short I will be Paid.
Sir
, answered the Chapman, you are a young Man, your Book is lost, and learn by this little Loss to bear much greater Adversities, which you must expect to meet with.
Yes, Sir , I'll bear when I must, but I have not lost now, for I say you have it and shall pay me.
Friend, you grow Warm, I tell you the Book is lost, and I foresee in the Course even of a prosperous Life, that you will meet Afflictions to make you Mad, if you cannot bear this Trifle.
Sir , there is in this Case no need of bearing, for you have the Book.
I say,