FOOTNOTES:[a][His S——r's Fate.]—If the Reader should think I have strayed beyond the line of propriety in introducing a Family soprofitablyemployed as this, into theTemple of Folly,—I shall beg leave to refer him to asacred Bookwhich this Family pretend to read with great care and attention; wherein he will perceive that thewisdom of this world, with which this Family so much abounds, is accountedfoolishness.—Tho', if he should object toScriptureauthority, he will find, in thelaughandcontemptof Mankind, the real folly of those who, in the midst of affluence, by the most bare-fac'd and indelicate proceedings, obtain and continue to grasp at every means ofdomestic emolument.[b][And theflow L——.]—I do not allude to this noble person's capacity,—but to hisgreat and well-known Indispositions to this Connection.[c][to break through every golden-rule.] This woman, as an example of the good effects ofa prudentialandparsimoniouseducation, the moment she was let loose, run into the extreme of Folly and expensive Fashions.—It has been said of one of her sisters, that she never spoke before her marriage, and was never silent afterwards.—This is the true art of managing Daughters—To prevent a discovery of their real dispositions 'till the end of the hypocrisy is answer'd,—and theSettlement for Lifeirrevocable.[d][And Oaths by which he swore.] At the last General Election, it was consider'd as a certain road to success by the Patriotic Candidates for the Senatorial Dignity, to propose and take oaths to support certainwisemeasures, and to endeavour at the Repeal of certaindangerousLaws. This person was among the outrageous Partisans of Opposition, who, at that time, look the propos'd oaths with great noise and clamour in various parts of the Kingdom: But his success was not then equal to that which he has since found, without anypublic engagements, beneath the smile of Ministerial favour.—But I do not mean, indeed I have no right to express myself with severity at this change of Party;—I will not addSentiments;—for they are in the secret recesses of his own breast.—Nor shall I endeavour, at present, to develope the turnings and windings of that course which many of our Modern Patriots have taken.—These things will, in due time, explain themselves.—The Right Honourable Captain fought and found an empty Renown among the Frozen Seas of theNorth.—Some more substantial Honours seem to await him here.—I do not despair of seeing hima Lord of the Admiralty.—The Noble Relation to whom he owes the rudiments of naval wisdom, may also have communicated to him that subtle Spirit, which, in spite of Private Connections, Family Dissentions, Public Engagements, and Ministerial Confusion, looks alone to, and will maintain its own Interests.[e][th' expected Dower.]—The Anecdote to which this relates is known to every one.—It contains the picture of asordid Man in the extreme, who was capable of seeking for emolument in the Injustice of a Parent to his Children;—and, being repulsed in this hope, made the basest resolutions, but possess'd not sufficient courage to put them in execution.—And his reward isDisappointment for Life.It is very extraordinary,—but the politeClubsandCircleswere alive at this event.—What then must that Man be, whose Miseries furnish delight to his Fellow-Creatures!—But when amoney-loving spiritaloneleadsa man to the Altar,—the World will rejoice if acowardly spiritshoulddrive him thither.[f][th' omitted Legacy.] About three or four months ago, the following Paragraph, or something like it, appear'd in the Morning Papers.—"Yesterday Lord ——, who had been called into the country by the sudden Illness of a noble Lady not twenty miles fromWindsor, return'd to Town with an account of her Death and his Disappointment, to an anxious Family inLower Grosvenor Street."—This Article of Intelligence would, probably, have been unnotic'd by me, had not a Person without any previous notice, exclaim'd aloud in a Coffee-House where I happened to be,—I am glad of it, by G——d.—Upon being ask'd by some of the Company, what might occasion such ajoyful Asseveration,—he read the above paragraph,—and thewhole roomexpress'd an almost equal satisfaction.[g][Then Folly titter'd.] Mankind, who are accustomed to have their attention awaken'd to acts of daring Vice, or pre-eminent Virtue, may think the mean, base, cowardly, hypocritical Character not sufficiently interesting to claim their particular notice;—and that the exposing to the general knowledge of the World, those miserable, sneaking qualities which have not courage to rise into general notice, and are too mean to be long the topics of any conversion, is drawing aside the veil where it ought to be covered with thicker folds.—But when the mean Character, conscious of the universal contempt of those in his own rank, endeavours, by occasional smiles, and a silky demeanour, to acquire some degree of respect from the subordinate stations, his hopes, surely, ought to be dash'd;—and he deserves well of Society and of Virtue who performs the office.—Tho', I believe, in theCharacter before me, thegentlesemblance of Virtue will not pass current with those who possess the least suspicion, or the most ordinary penetration.—But more of this hereafter.
[a][His S——r's Fate.]—If the Reader should think I have strayed beyond the line of propriety in introducing a Family soprofitablyemployed as this, into theTemple of Folly,—I shall beg leave to refer him to asacred Bookwhich this Family pretend to read with great care and attention; wherein he will perceive that thewisdom of this world, with which this Family so much abounds, is accountedfoolishness.—Tho', if he should object toScriptureauthority, he will find, in thelaughandcontemptof Mankind, the real folly of those who, in the midst of affluence, by the most bare-fac'd and indelicate proceedings, obtain and continue to grasp at every means ofdomestic emolument.
[a][His S——r's Fate.]—If the Reader should think I have strayed beyond the line of propriety in introducing a Family soprofitablyemployed as this, into theTemple of Folly,—I shall beg leave to refer him to asacred Bookwhich this Family pretend to read with great care and attention; wherein he will perceive that thewisdom of this world, with which this Family so much abounds, is accountedfoolishness.—Tho', if he should object toScriptureauthority, he will find, in thelaughandcontemptof Mankind, the real folly of those who, in the midst of affluence, by the most bare-fac'd and indelicate proceedings, obtain and continue to grasp at every means ofdomestic emolument.
[b][And theflow L——.]—I do not allude to this noble person's capacity,—but to hisgreat and well-known Indispositions to this Connection.
[b][And theflow L——.]—I do not allude to this noble person's capacity,—but to hisgreat and well-known Indispositions to this Connection.
[c][to break through every golden-rule.] This woman, as an example of the good effects ofa prudentialandparsimoniouseducation, the moment she was let loose, run into the extreme of Folly and expensive Fashions.—It has been said of one of her sisters, that she never spoke before her marriage, and was never silent afterwards.—This is the true art of managing Daughters—To prevent a discovery of their real dispositions 'till the end of the hypocrisy is answer'd,—and theSettlement for Lifeirrevocable.
[c][to break through every golden-rule.] This woman, as an example of the good effects ofa prudentialandparsimoniouseducation, the moment she was let loose, run into the extreme of Folly and expensive Fashions.—It has been said of one of her sisters, that she never spoke before her marriage, and was never silent afterwards.—This is the true art of managing Daughters—To prevent a discovery of their real dispositions 'till the end of the hypocrisy is answer'd,—and theSettlement for Lifeirrevocable.
[d][And Oaths by which he swore.] At the last General Election, it was consider'd as a certain road to success by the Patriotic Candidates for the Senatorial Dignity, to propose and take oaths to support certainwisemeasures, and to endeavour at the Repeal of certaindangerousLaws. This person was among the outrageous Partisans of Opposition, who, at that time, look the propos'd oaths with great noise and clamour in various parts of the Kingdom: But his success was not then equal to that which he has since found, without anypublic engagements, beneath the smile of Ministerial favour.—But I do not mean, indeed I have no right to express myself with severity at this change of Party;—I will not addSentiments;—for they are in the secret recesses of his own breast.—Nor shall I endeavour, at present, to develope the turnings and windings of that course which many of our Modern Patriots have taken.—These things will, in due time, explain themselves.—The Right Honourable Captain fought and found an empty Renown among the Frozen Seas of theNorth.—Some more substantial Honours seem to await him here.—I do not despair of seeing hima Lord of the Admiralty.—The Noble Relation to whom he owes the rudiments of naval wisdom, may also have communicated to him that subtle Spirit, which, in spite of Private Connections, Family Dissentions, Public Engagements, and Ministerial Confusion, looks alone to, and will maintain its own Interests.
[d][And Oaths by which he swore.] At the last General Election, it was consider'd as a certain road to success by the Patriotic Candidates for the Senatorial Dignity, to propose and take oaths to support certainwisemeasures, and to endeavour at the Repeal of certaindangerousLaws. This person was among the outrageous Partisans of Opposition, who, at that time, look the propos'd oaths with great noise and clamour in various parts of the Kingdom: But his success was not then equal to that which he has since found, without anypublic engagements, beneath the smile of Ministerial favour.—But I do not mean, indeed I have no right to express myself with severity at this change of Party;—I will not addSentiments;—for they are in the secret recesses of his own breast.—Nor shall I endeavour, at present, to develope the turnings and windings of that course which many of our Modern Patriots have taken.—These things will, in due time, explain themselves.—The Right Honourable Captain fought and found an empty Renown among the Frozen Seas of theNorth.—Some more substantial Honours seem to await him here.—I do not despair of seeing hima Lord of the Admiralty.—The Noble Relation to whom he owes the rudiments of naval wisdom, may also have communicated to him that subtle Spirit, which, in spite of Private Connections, Family Dissentions, Public Engagements, and Ministerial Confusion, looks alone to, and will maintain its own Interests.
[e][th' expected Dower.]—The Anecdote to which this relates is known to every one.—It contains the picture of asordid Man in the extreme, who was capable of seeking for emolument in the Injustice of a Parent to his Children;—and, being repulsed in this hope, made the basest resolutions, but possess'd not sufficient courage to put them in execution.—And his reward isDisappointment for Life.It is very extraordinary,—but the politeClubsandCircleswere alive at this event.—What then must that Man be, whose Miseries furnish delight to his Fellow-Creatures!—But when amoney-loving spiritaloneleadsa man to the Altar,—the World will rejoice if acowardly spiritshoulddrive him thither.
[e][th' expected Dower.]—The Anecdote to which this relates is known to every one.—It contains the picture of asordid Man in the extreme, who was capable of seeking for emolument in the Injustice of a Parent to his Children;—and, being repulsed in this hope, made the basest resolutions, but possess'd not sufficient courage to put them in execution.—And his reward isDisappointment for Life.
It is very extraordinary,—but the politeClubsandCircleswere alive at this event.—What then must that Man be, whose Miseries furnish delight to his Fellow-Creatures!—But when amoney-loving spiritaloneleadsa man to the Altar,—the World will rejoice if acowardly spiritshoulddrive him thither.
[f][th' omitted Legacy.] About three or four months ago, the following Paragraph, or something like it, appear'd in the Morning Papers.—"Yesterday Lord ——, who had been called into the country by the sudden Illness of a noble Lady not twenty miles fromWindsor, return'd to Town with an account of her Death and his Disappointment, to an anxious Family inLower Grosvenor Street."—This Article of Intelligence would, probably, have been unnotic'd by me, had not a Person without any previous notice, exclaim'd aloud in a Coffee-House where I happened to be,—I am glad of it, by G——d.—Upon being ask'd by some of the Company, what might occasion such ajoyful Asseveration,—he read the above paragraph,—and thewhole roomexpress'd an almost equal satisfaction.
[f][th' omitted Legacy.] About three or four months ago, the following Paragraph, or something like it, appear'd in the Morning Papers.—"Yesterday Lord ——, who had been called into the country by the sudden Illness of a noble Lady not twenty miles fromWindsor, return'd to Town with an account of her Death and his Disappointment, to an anxious Family inLower Grosvenor Street."—This Article of Intelligence would, probably, have been unnotic'd by me, had not a Person without any previous notice, exclaim'd aloud in a Coffee-House where I happened to be,—I am glad of it, by G——d.—Upon being ask'd by some of the Company, what might occasion such ajoyful Asseveration,—he read the above paragraph,—and thewhole roomexpress'd an almost equal satisfaction.
[g][Then Folly titter'd.] Mankind, who are accustomed to have their attention awaken'd to acts of daring Vice, or pre-eminent Virtue, may think the mean, base, cowardly, hypocritical Character not sufficiently interesting to claim their particular notice;—and that the exposing to the general knowledge of the World, those miserable, sneaking qualities which have not courage to rise into general notice, and are too mean to be long the topics of any conversion, is drawing aside the veil where it ought to be covered with thicker folds.—But when the mean Character, conscious of the universal contempt of those in his own rank, endeavours, by occasional smiles, and a silky demeanour, to acquire some degree of respect from the subordinate stations, his hopes, surely, ought to be dash'd;—and he deserves well of Society and of Virtue who performs the office.—Tho', I believe, in theCharacter before me, thegentlesemblance of Virtue will not pass current with those who possess the least suspicion, or the most ordinary penetration.—But more of this hereafter.
[g][Then Folly titter'd.] Mankind, who are accustomed to have their attention awaken'd to acts of daring Vice, or pre-eminent Virtue, may think the mean, base, cowardly, hypocritical Character not sufficiently interesting to claim their particular notice;—and that the exposing to the general knowledge of the World, those miserable, sneaking qualities which have not courage to rise into general notice, and are too mean to be long the topics of any conversion, is drawing aside the veil where it ought to be covered with thicker folds.—But when the mean Character, conscious of the universal contempt of those in his own rank, endeavours, by occasional smiles, and a silky demeanour, to acquire some degree of respect from the subordinate stations, his hopes, surely, ought to be dash'd;—and he deserves well of Society and of Virtue who performs the office.—Tho', I believe, in theCharacter before me, thegentlesemblance of Virtue will not pass current with those who possess the least suspicion, or the most ordinary penetration.—But more of this hereafter.