STUDY XIII. lOI 



gentle deftination, tbofe of wife and mother, and 

 thus cementing the felicity of one family j that, 

 invefted with grace and beauty, (he would confider 

 herfelf as one flower in that wreath of delight, by 

 which Nature has attached Man to life ; and while 

 flîe proved a joy and a crown to her hufband in 

 particular, the complete chain of her fex might in- 

 diflblubly compaâ: all the other bonds of national 

 felicity ! 



It is not my aim to attrafl the applaufe of the 

 million ; they will not read my Book ; belides, 

 they are already fold to the rich and the powerful. 

 They are continually, I grant, maligning their 

 purchafers, and even frequently applaud the per- 

 fons who treat them with fome degree of firmnefs ; 

 but they give fuch perfons up, the moment they 

 are difcovered to be objects of hatred to the rich ; 

 for they tremble at the frown of the great, or crawl 

 among their feet, on receiving the flighted token 

 of benevolence. By the million, I underftand not 

 only the loweft order in Society, but a great num- 

 ber of others, who confider themfelves as very far 

 above it. 



The people is no idol of mine, If the powers 

 which govern them are corrupted, they themfelves 

 are the caufe of it. We exclaim againfl: the reigns 

 of Nero and Caligula ; but thefe deteftable Princes 



H 3 were 



