[Vlog-mode-discuss] N the city of Paris, where talking-birds were hung

[Nyreen C. <wa...@ex...>]

The flow of purchasers was great,

a crowd of these patient
steeds would often be for a long time about the door, while their
respective mistresses were obtaining goods. In this

concourse from a distance, the quick eye
of Samuel discovered the germ of an extended trade. Why should he not
go into their
neighbourhood regularly, and obtain their orders; so securing their
custom always, and affording them accommodation, while he obtained new
chances of extension? His brother was much more inclined to pursue the
regular course than to branch into
anything new; and the caution of the
one probably acted as a useful counterbalance
to the energy of the other. But Samuel was not to be held within the
shop-walls: he had his plans for erecting a great business, and no
power could restrain him. He soon set forth to the villages of Doynton
and Pucklechurch, and arranged to meet the good folks at fixed times,
in one house or another convenient for

them, and there to receive their

orders. He made himself their friend: he was hearty, familiar,
and in earnest; he noticed their children; he knew their ways; and he
rapidly gained their favour, and effected considerable sales.' 'This
point
gained, he began to talk of supplying
the smaller shops. "Why should not we supply them as well as other
people?" His brother shran