THE BEE, 



LtTERART WEEKLY imELLIGENCEki, 



tot. 



WEDNESCAY, September 21, 1791. 



Life of sife jAmes steuart denham, 



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jfXLTHGUGH Sir James Steuart's leifure, duriag the 

 firft ten years of his exile, was chiefly employed in fe- 

 cial intercourfe with the mofk learned, elegant, and po- 

 iifhed characters in France, who delighted in the con^ 

 verfation and friendfhip of a man who poflefled at onc€ 

 immenfe information, on almoft every fubjetfl, import- 

 ant or agreeable to fociety, and the talent of clearly 

 anu beautifully cxprefling his fentiments in flowing and 

 animated converfation ; yet he did not allov/ the plea- 

 fures of the circle and of the table to blunt the fine 

 feelings of a man of genius and fcience. The labout 

 of collcdting materials for his great political work was 

 oppreffive, and he relieved himfelf with various enqui- 

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