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tifications may be denied, and a thoufand hardships impofed, without any violation of national laws. Life may be embittered with hourly vexation; and weeks, months and years be line géred out in mifery, without any legal caufe of feparation, or poffibility of judicial redrefs. Perhaps no fharper anguish is felt, than that which can not be complained of, nor any greater cruelties inflicted, than fome which no human authority can relieve.

In the hiftory of the Bourbons and Montmorencies, and the wars with the Huguenots, we meet with the following inftance of remarkable courage and prefence of mind. An adventurer, who had been in the Spanish fervice, and called himself captain Michan, came to Nerac to follicit employment of the king of Navarre. The king was cautioned to beware of this deferter, arriving from a country which could not but be fufpected by every proteftant. The mind of a Bourbon was too full of honour to be capable of entertaining fufpicion upon flight grounds, and he therefore paid no regard to this advice. A few days after, as he was hunting in the foreft of Aillas, being alone is a retired place, he perceived Michan advancing to him, well mounted, with a brace of piftols at his faddle-bow. Immediately refolving how to act, he ftops and waits his coming up. On his approach, Captain Michan,' faid he to him, with a firm tone of voice, alight; I have a mind to try if your horfe be as good as you pretend.' Michan inftantly obeys, and the king of Navarre mounts. Taking out the two pistols; Have you a defign to kill any one, captain?' faid he, I am affured that you defign me for your victim: now your life is in my power, if I pleafe to take it.' He then discharged the two piftols in the air, and commanded Michan to follow him. At first he attempted to justify himself: but thinking it the fafest way to make his escape, he fet off two days after, and never again made his ap pearance.

Rose, private fecretary to Louis XIV, had a fine eftate, and a houfe near Chantilly, and often refided there. The prince of Condé wanted to buy it, and on the fecretary's refufal, refolved to put him out of humour with it. For this purpose he ordered fome hundred foxes, old and young, to be flung over his park walls; the havoc made by this midnight colony may be eafily imagined. Rofe enraged, went to the king in his cabinet, and refolutely demanded leave to ask him a downright queftion. What is it? faid the king. What is it? anfwered Rofe, with an inflamed face, what is it? I beg you will tell me, if we have two kings in France? What do you mean? fays the king, reddening, and furprifed-What do I mean? anfwers Rofe, what I mean is, that if the prince of Condé is king like you, we must cry and bend our necks

if he be only a prince of the blood, I demand juftice of you-and then relates the fact. The king obliged the prince to remove the whole nest of foxes from first to laft, at his own expence, and to repair all the damage they had done, and to remain on good terms with Rofe.

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attention. Setting out from thefe definitions, the perception of a man of great fenfe is equally quick and juft. A man of genius has fomething more; he rifes above that which is fubmitted to the ordinary judgment of men; he is full of imagination, has great forefight, is inventive without exceeding probability, because he never departs from a certain bafis, which bafis is fentiment and reafon. None but fools foar imprudently, and at the risk of every thing. A man of genius feizes immediately an idea, and carries it as far as poffible. A man of good fenfe takes his refolution after ferious reflection; but nothing is worfe than to be inceffantly undetermined.

To what height of luxury the inhabitants of Rome had attained, we may form fome judgment from the following notices concerning the wealth and expenditure of particular perfons, which, with many other inftances of the fame kind, have been thrown together by a learned antiquarian.

Craffus had a landed eftate valued at 1,666,6661. 13s. 4d. C. Cæcilius Ridorus, after having loft much in the civil war, left by will effects to the value of 1,347,160l. Lentulus the Augur, is faid to have poffeffed no lefs than 3,333,3331. 6s. 8d. Apicius was worth more than 916,6:71. 138. 4d. who after having spent in his kitchen 833,3331.63. 8d. and finding that he had no more than 83,3331. 6s. 8d. left, he confidered it as fo little for his fupport, thas he judged it beft to put an end to his life by poifon. The fuperfluous furniture belonging to M. Scaurus, that was burned at Tufculum, was valued at no less than 833,332. 13s. 4d. Cæfar, before he had been in any public office, was in debt one hundred and thirty talents, or 251,8751. Milo contracted debts to the amount of 583,3331. 13s. 44. Antony owed at the Ides of March, the fum of 333,3331. 6s. 8d. which he paid before the Kalends of April. Yet none of thefe were men in trade,

An Account of RICHING PARK, in Buckinghamshire, the Seat of John Sullivan, Efq. With a Perfpective View of that elegant Structure, drawn and engraved by Eastgate.

RICHING PARK is an elegant feat, who was the subject of Thomfox's fine

the town of Colnbrook, in the county of Buckingham. It is fituate between the feventeenth and eighteenth mile one, on the right hand of the road from London to Bath. It has been very lately erected by John Sullivan, efq. the prefent proprietor; and the elevation conuifts of a centre and two wings, connected by fuitable colonnades. The fine park and plantations display the most pleaíing ftyle of rural decoration.

The prefent manfion is erected on the fite of a feat, called Percy Lodge, which was the refidence of that accom lifted lady Frances countess of Hertford, afterward duch fs of Some fet, lome of whofe cha ming let1rs appear, under the fignature of Cleora, among the Letters, Moral and Entertaining,' of Mrs. Rowe, and

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It was the practice of this lady,' fays the late Dr. Samuel Johnfon, inhis Lives of the English Poets,' -to invite, every fummer, fome poct into the country, to hear her verfes, and affift her ftudies. This honour was one fummer conferred on Thomson, who took more delight in carouring with lord Hertford and his friends than in affifting her ladyfhip's poetical operations, and therefore never received another fummons.' But whatever were the merit of this excellent lady's poetical effufions, fome of her letters which have been published (befide thofe mentioned above) evince, in the opinion of Shenftone, who was a very competent judge,' a perfect rectitude of heart, delicacy of fentiment, and a truly claffic eafe and elegance of style.

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