THE BEE, 



LtTERART WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, 



WsEDNESDAY, MAY 1 8, 1791* 



EJJliy on the Art of Idlenefs, continued. 



I HAVE endeavoured to give a flight Iketch of the art 

 of iiilenefs ; and I now proceed to lav in its colours and 

 its Ihadows, in hope that I may gradually iinifh a pic- 

 ture fit for the cabinet of the curious, and fuch as has 

 not liitherto been ever put upon the eafel, far lefs ex- 

 hibited to the view of the public. 



Could my adventurous pencil fortunately produce 

 any thing that could enhance the value of the Bee, my 

 induftry would be redoubled in its fervice ; for I highly 

 efteein the induftry of the Bee, and would willingly 

 fow and rear a fucceffion of flowers, to fill its combs 

 with honey, and provide for the winter. 



The art of idlencfs will be beft and eafiell fet forth 

 by the produftions of artifts : I fhall in this paper 

 therefore give another fpecimen of a difciple of idlenefs, 

 that my readers, who wiili to go to fchool, may have a 



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