"Fortius et melius magnas plerumque fecat res." "Ridicule fhall frequently prevail, "And cut the knot, when graver reasons fail." HOR. FRANCIS. LONDON: PRINTED FOR G. G. AND J. ROBINSON, PATERNOSTER-KOW; By R. Noble, in the Old Bailey. 1801. "His fpeech was an excellent piece "Of patch-work, with fhreds brought from Rome and from Greece; "But should poets and orators try him for theft, “Like the jackdaw of old-would a feather be left ?". SIMKIN'S Letters. THE admirable epiftle of our thrice admirable heroine, with which we thought it proper to conclude the last chapter, was left by her at Henry's lodgings, on her way to Mrs. Fielding's. On her return from Hanover-fquare, she, in pursuance of her adopted plan, went to look for lodgings in the fame ftreet in which Henry had taken up his abode. Her attempt was unsuccessful. A 2 Not |