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THE late Duke of Grafton, when hunting, was thrown into a ditch; at the
same time a young curate, calling out Lie still, your Grace; leaped
over him, and pursued his sport. On being assisted to remount by his
attendants, the duke said, That young man shall have the first good
living that falls to my disposal; had he stopped to have taken care of
me, I never would have patronized him, being delighted with an ardor
similar to his own, or with a spirit that would not stoop to flatter.
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