Fools of each fabric, sharpers of all sorts, and dunces of every degree, profess themselves of both orders.

The templar is, generally speaking, a prig, so is the abbe: both are distinguished by an air of petulance and self-conceit, which holds a middle rank betwixt the insolence of a first-rate buck and the learned pride of a supercilious pedant.

The abbe is supposed to be a younger brother in quest of preferment in the church--the Temple is considered as a receptacle or seminary for younger sons intended for the bar; but a great number of each profession turn aside into other paths of life, long before they reach these proposed goals.

An abbe is often metamorphosed into a foot soldier; a templar sometimes sinks into an attorney's clerk.

The galleys of France abound with abbes; and many templars may be found in our American plantations; not to mention those who have made a public exit nearer home.