comfort of being its own Reward; and that which was undertaken against the Inclinations to Mirth and Pleasure, out of a fenfe of Duty and Honour, to have little other Effect, than to become a Man's Characteristick, and by that Means to give a turbulent Air to all his other Pretenfions, and even to fink the Agreeableness of the Friend and Companion, by the Appearance of fome

fomewhat fuppos'd to be demanding in the Patriot. But why do I mention these things here? All the World is Witness that it hath been your Lordfhip's early Inclination to find out and encourage the Lovers of yourCountry, to comfort them under the Neglect of their Friends, and fupport them against the Refentment of their Enemies. Your Lordship is produced by Providence, in

an

an ample and flowing Fortune, to make a Stand for Honefty, and to preferve the Names of Virtue and Honour from Oblivion. Whoever has exerted himself for the Publick, is at your House a Friend and a Be

nefactor:

Distinctions

are, there, made by the Rule of Reason and Juftice; a young and noble Heart, generously

difpofed by Nature, and fortified by Letters, can

deter

determine, in fpite of

prevailing Fashion to the

contrary, that Good and

Evil are really diftinct

Confiderations,and that

to diftinguish Virtuous Men is the best Knowledge of the World.

I could give a thoufand Inftances of your Lordfhip's great Humanity this way, and of your having attained in your first Years to be the Terror of Ill, and the Refuge of Good Men. What can Fond

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nefs

nefs it self wish more for a Man, than to have Wealth, and the best Sense in the use of it;

than to be elegantly De

lightful, artlessly Elo

quent, difcreetly Sin

cere, and judiciously Bountiful? Your Lord

ship will be transmitted to Futurity by the Profeffors of thofe Liberal Arts you Protect and Encourage. fent I now make you can give me no Opportunity

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