STUDY XIII. 205 



humanity, to rear in his work-yard, a moveable 

 fhed of matting or ftraw, fupportsd by poles, to 

 ferve as a flicker to his labourers ? By means of a 

 fabric fo fimple, they might be fpared various ma- 

 ladies of body and of mind ; for moft of them, as 

 I have obferved, are, in this refpeft, aâ;uated by 

 a falfe point of honour ; and have not the courage 

 to employ a fcreen againft the burning heat of the 

 Sun, or againft rainy weather, for fear of incurring 

 the ridicule of their companions. 



The people might farther be infpired with a re- 

 lilli for morality, without the ufe of much expen- 

 fivc cookery. Nay, every appearance of difguife 

 renders truth fufpeâ:ed by them. 1 have many a 

 time feen plain mechanics (hed tears at reading 

 fome of our good romances, or at the reprefenta- 

 tion of a tragedy. They afterwards demanded, if 

 the ftory which had thus affeded them was really 

 true ; and on being informed that it was imagi- 

 nary, they valued it no longer j they were vexed 

 to think that they had thrown away their tears. 

 The rich muft have fàdion, in order to render mo- 

 rality palatable, and morality is unable to render 

 fjftion palata,ble to the poor; becaufe the poor 

 man fhill expèfts his felicity from truth, and the 

 jrlch hope for theirs, only from illufion. 



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