A Sequel to Don Juan — page 109: what you’re looking at

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100 A SEQUEL TO LXXV. As Juan was not an ambassador, But merely sent to settle an affair Of private though intricate nature, for The Russian Board of Trade, he did not weal The sacred character of envoy, nor | Did any diplomatic title bear, By means of which he might have been possest Of freedom from the chances of arrest. LXXVI. : And now by danger suddenly recalled From dissipation’s ruinous career, He retrospected, with a elance appalled, Upon his conduct of the last half year. To break the chains by which he’d been enthralled, And quit the company that cost so dear, Was the first step he took, upon reflection, To remedy the ills of that connexion. _ LX X VII. He next despatched to Russia and to Spain Letters unto his bankers in both nations, So that he might without delay obtain The funds to liquidate his obligations. And that he should not go astray again, He hastened to remove from all temptations :— Resolved to live as quiet as a mouse, He took apartments in a boarding-house. COMIC OOKS. CONN