I think I told you that this good woman was a person of no small note and consequence throughout our whole village and township; --that her fame had spread itself to the very out-edge and circumference of that circle of importance, of which kind every soul living, whether he has a shirt to his back or no, ----has one surrounding him; --which said circle, by the way, whenever 'tis said that such a one is of great weight and importance in the _world_, ----I desire may be enlarged or contracted in your worship's fancy, in a compound ratio of the station, profession, knowledge, abilities, height and depth (measuring both ways) of the personage brought before you.

I think I told you that this good woman's fame had spread to the very edge of that circle of importance, which every soul has surrounding him; - and by the way, whenever 'tis said that some one is of great importance in the world, this circle may be enlarged or contracted in a compound ratio of their position, profession, knowledge, abilities, height and depth (measuring both ways).
