JtO TRAVELL'IliJG MEMORANDUMS. July 6, 



' diftinftion." — In the courfe of the fame converfation 

 he gave us two anecdotes, which I muft alfo fet down. 

 ' — He faid, *' the Abbe Raynal, for his bold writings, 

 *' was baBiflied from Paris — but he has been fuflEered to 

 *' live quietly in the fouth of France. — In his obferva- 

 ** tlons on Pennfylvania, iie has this expreffion, Peuple 

 *' heureux^fans roil Jans pretreX •"' — Second anecdote, — 

 " The regent Duke of Orleans was certainly one of the 

 *' greatell wits any age or country has ever produced ^ 

 *' he faid, four reiiffir a la cour, ilfaut etre fan honneur 

 *' et funs hu7neur \ P 



tTo he continued. 



T'o the Ediio?- of the Bee. 

 Sir, 



I THIS morning read over Hiat incomparable comedyt 

 the Merchant of Venice. Had the author compofed 

 th-jt play only, he would have deferved a place in the 



firft rank, of dramatic writers A groupe of the fined 



moral characters are all adm'rably fupported — Antho- 

 nio, Baffiinio, and Portia, are each in the highell ilile of 

 Siiak'-fpeare's excellence. When Portia, v;ith a noble 

 fimplicity, fays, 



" I never did repent of doing good, 

 " And (hall not now," 



^*e feel an irrefiftlble impreffion, that the poet him- 

 f muft have been a worthy honeft man. I Ihal! 

 qnoi*^ one of thofe pafl'ages that ftruck me as remark- 

 ably . uthetic. When Solarino is about to mention the 

 ruin ' Anthonio, affeftion and forrow almoft llifle his 

 ^Iterance. 



\ Happy people ! that has neither king nor priefts! 

 § To fuccecd at court, oiie muft be witbout honour, and without s. 

 will of one's own. 



