|88 tORD CHATHAM. Sept. 28. 



Will from iby Jlandard tujie, refine her oiun, 

 CorreA her pencil to the pureft truth 

 Of Nature, or the nnimpaffioned Ihades 

 Forfaking, raife it to the human mind. 

 Or if hereafter fhe, with jufter hand. 

 Shall draw the tragic fcene, inJlruSl her thou. 

 To mark the varied movements of the heart, 

 "What every decent chara&er requires, 

 And every paffion fpeaks : O thro' her ftrain 

 Breathe thy pathetic eloquence ! that moulds 

 Th' attentive fenate, charms, perfuades, exalts : 

 Of honeft zeal th' indignant lightning throws. 

 And ihakes Corruption on her venal throne. 



I am, Sir, your's, 



BIOGRAPHICUS. 



p. S. For Lord Chatham's poetical talents fee his 

 epiftle to Garrick from Mount Edgecumbe, in the New 

 Foundling Hofpital for Wit, vol. 2. p. 195. edit. 1789, 

 and in other colle£tions. Many others are in the hands 

 of his friends. But let no Bofwell dare to butcher 

 him, like the butchery of poor Johnfon. 



TRAVELLING MEMORANDUMS, 



( Continued f rem p. IS- J 



AlX, April 3, 1787. 



.ETURNED to Aixy — where I had the good fortune 



to find Mr N 1 and his family in company together, 



and conduced by our moft obliging banker, Monjteiir 

 Gregoire — ,we vifited a cabinet of paintings, which I 

 had not an opportunity to fee when formerly here. — 

 It belongs to Monf. — , a very polite and agree- 

 able old gentleman. — Four fpacious and elegant apart- 

 ments are filled with choice colle£lions of books and 

 paintings, which are arranged with lingular order and 

 tafte. — The paintings are fele£l, original pieces, of the 

 Flemifh, French, and Italian fchools.— — They arfc 



R. 



