423 ExiraEisfmn the Part-JiUo of a Man of Liners. [Nov. 1, 



Mifj Talbot to the Hon. Mifs Campbell. 

 (Ex Bib. Pitijhufj}.) 



" DEAR MISS CAMPBSLL, 



'I If you and vour good aunt have the 

 vanity to imagine tiiat I have not yet mcr 

 with better company than I pan ed fr.m 

 on Satuiiiay night, youi's has the like 

 common fate of all v;*nity, to be much 

 miftaken; and this y&u yoiiifelves will 

 own when I ttll you «hat follows. 



" Know then, and envy me, that I 

 have knelt before Cas ar, and embraced 

 the amiibie Horace, whofe peiibii is as 

 agreeable as his wiiings I h sve feen 

 Cicero ftiuckdumb by age, and reproved 

 the dreadful Nsro v^ithout fcaiing his 

 frowns. I hdve proftrated myitlf be'cre 

 the conquer. r of the woild, anvt b«-en 

 with his Aiiftjtle in the I'choois of the 

 philofopher*, where in Socra'C'i viit^ie 

 and wifdom are h'd un'er the moff dif- 

 igreeahle figure that you can imagine, 

 bui /liine forth in Pino with a riiitin- 

 gui/hed luftrc; — I have kept company 

 with none under emperors and demi- 

 gods. 1 have msde y'lur com|iiiinenis to 

 Coriolanus. 'I he Scipios hope you will 

 give (hem a place in y. ur ell-rein, and 

 would have fent a longer iii^lTage, had I 

 not been frightened away bv the flinn 

 looks of the eUer Brutu^i. If I coul.i be 

 fureyou will not be' ray me to Lady Mary, 

 I wou'd own that I nude a vifit to the 

 younger. T am afhamed indetd to name 

 the Kt\ of my compinions, Cuch as Com- 

 modus, Heliogabalus, Julia, Agiippi- 

 na, &c, Pompey and Anthony are well, 

 and Sefoftrii enjoys very good health for 

 one of his age, and lo'iks to be of a 

 fircng coiittitulion. In (hort, for the fa- 

 mous among mortal race, (hat I am moil 

 iniimattly acquainted with, they are al- 

 moft innumarable ; only tiiib I mull tell 

 you, that I have embraced the kr.ees of 

 Euterpr, and played with the dart* of 

 Cupid. Whether I have been in the Ely- 

 fian (hades or not, I leave yuu to guefs. 



" I have been in the walk where Sir 

 Philip Sydney compoled his Arcadia ! 

 O that the memorie of his perftdlion* 

 couide inlpire mee witii fuci.ehan del'ght- 

 fome fweetneffe as charmes in evcrie 

 worde of the peerleffe Pliiloclca, the lo^ed 

 paragone of all e;>rthe's lovelincfle ; or 

 breathe into my foule ihat )niilcingnel'» of 

 fantafie, that ifrengihe of folide realbne 

 that fweetlie adornes his everie fentence, 

 whileft my ambitious penne has the hardi- 

 ne/Ie to attempte defcnbeing the Mufes 

 and.the Virtues well-belovsd retreate. 

 " On the greene (ide of an afpireinge 



hi'te, whi^fe fhadie Hrowe is overhung* 

 x.t'i woi des, wheie the 'olitarie '-^vmphes 

 live i fi.fturbed hy the fourde of the m- 

 trnimge axe, fyetide t-^o fair ro*esof 

 ar.'hing i'ycam re=, hat (.eme o bendo 

 theii le^fte burtfieit*. as it were to do 

 ohr-ii-nnce to hin>, whufe vertuegotteii 

 fiine n^d m^de 'hem tarr,coit», and tffer 

 i cii^ opprtflcd 'y <he h Mvie newesof his 

 iintimelie )a;e, batti >ge all flir;wc of 

 chccf'iil leflTt, h?.djo n'l ; heir liw -bowed 

 tops to exctu.le 'he gay if.fi aiatirg ravs of 

 lignt. Shaded by tljtm the deerlie efieern, 

 ed wnike commarcies a prol'ijerte a« tk- 

 tentled is his niirde, that joyed ia m re. 

 tyred heaiUKs, a:.d asgiye wiiii native or- 

 nem'.nte--. 



" Tne m H fincerelie Itcfnoured Duka 

 an! his ever hvihiie praile-dcferuingj- 

 DurcheiTc, ponLlfe :he rich treaJU'-;: of 

 eiteeme, wliche ti.eue ^jlden /livne of 

 me.ite has j'.ftli'; f-D.lcha«Uj ami the 

 (weetlie anvai)le nym;;he- wnofe tpiitelie 

 mirthe ;idoi ■ es the Palace of fi^nquil- 

 liiie is ivhclie wy hedclighte ii the ty<ne 

 recaliinge mirroure of cur inemorie, 

 wiure ihf ever-laei and iionoured L^df 

 Pimcla, and she innoccit.ie liai<-com- 

 manding Phiioclra, avipear in fo advan- 

 tagious a lighte, as filles 'he h^it with 

 Eltecme, and her daiighttr Fricndfli;p. " 



Mifs Catherine Talhot to the Hor.ju-able 

 Mifs Campbdl ( filling Jomc Anecdotes 

 of Broivne IVillis*). 



{Extrd£t of a Let:ter.J 

 " My DEAR MISS CAMPBELL, 



" Yoli know Browne Willis, or at 

 leaft it is not my fault :hat you do not, 

 for when at anv time lome of his oddines 

 have partic.darly (truck my fancy, I have 

 wiltt.-n you whole volumes about him. 

 However, that vou may not be forced to 

 recoilt-ft how I have formerly tired you, 



1 will repeat, that with one of the h' ne(f - 

 elt hearts in the world, he has one < f the 

 oddeft heads that ever dropped out of the 

 mocn. Extremely well vtrfed in Coins, 

 he knows haidly any thing of mankind ; 

 and you may judge what kind of educa- 

 tion fiich a one is likely to give to four 



• Mr. Browne Willis was the well-known 

 author ofi — Notitia Parliamentaria, 2 vols.— 

 Survey of the Cathedral of St. David—Sur- 

 vey of the Cathedral Church of Llaidaft"— . 

 Hifloiy of the Mitred Parliamentary Abliies, 



2 vols — Survey of the Cathedral Church of 

 St. Afaph— Survey of the Cathedral Church 

 of Bangor— A Survey of Cathedrau— Paro- 

 chiale Anglicanum— Hillory and Antiquitiei 

 of Buckingham. 



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