The wonder would be if they did not, in some degree, share the follies of the rest of the world.

Besides, it is a well-known fact, that those who are in employ, are apt, from a feeling of misdirected kindness, to treat those who are out of work to a glass of ale or two, now and then; and it is very natural, too, that those who have been but ill-fed for a long time are not able to stand it well.
After leaving the old Irishwoman's house, we called upon a man who had got his living by the sale of newspapers.

There was nothing specially worthy of remark in this case, except that he complained of his trade having fallen away a good deal.

"I used to sell three papers where I now sell one," said he.

This may not arise from there being fewer papers sold, but from there being more people selling them than when times were good.