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IN AN

UPROAR;

COMPRISING

ANECDOTES

OF

SIR TIMOTHY FLIGHT, Mr. ABRAHAMS, SOLOMONS,
ALIAS MODISH AND FAMILY, &c. &c. &c.

A NOVEL,

Founded on Facts,

By H. M. MORIARTY.

Truths like these

"Will none offend, whom 'tis a praise to please."

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

-SECOND EDITION.

London:

PRINTED FOR, AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR, 29, VILLIER'S-
STREET, STRAND; AND BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS.
W. GLINDON, PRINTER, RUPERT-STREET, HAYMARKET.

1811.

BRIGHTON

IN AN

UPROAR.

CHAP. I.

"Neither man nor angels can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil which walks Invisible, except to God alone.

By his permissive will through heaven and earth; And oft though wisdom wakes, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity

Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems."

To do justice, in describing the family of the Modishes, is indeed a most arduous task, for they were all persons of

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