正文 III. -- THAT A MAN MUST NOT LAUGH AT HIS OWN JEST

The severest exa surely ever ied upon the self-denial of poor human nature! This is to expect a gentleman to give a treat without partaking of it; to sit esurient at his own table, and end the flavour of his venison upon the absurd strength of his oug it himself. On the trary, we love to see a wag taste his own joke to his party; to watch a quirk, or a merry ceit, flickering upon the lips some seds before the tongue is delivered of it. If it be good, fresh, and racy [p 254] -- begotten of the occasion; if he that utters it hought it before, he is naturally the first to be tickled with it; and any suppression of suplace we hold to be churlish and insulting. What does it seem to imply, but that your pany is weak or foolish enough to be moved by an image or a fancy, that shall stir you not at all, or but faintly? This is exactly the humour of the fileman in Mandeville, who, while he dazzles his guests with the display of some costly toy, affects himself to……（内容加载失败！）

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