179*' POLITICAL USES OF BAD HEALTHS jit 



ry refpeft. The haughty perfon, who, proud of what 

 he thinks internal retlitude, is perpetually wounding 

 the feelings of thofe who can only digeft the mild milk. 

 of flattery ; and as thefe are very numerous among the 

 aged and infirm, there can be no doubt but the life of 

 fuch perlons is rendered much more plealing by thefe 

 arts, than it could be without them. Has our writer 

 tried this ? If not, is he not fliort-fighted to expeft 

 that others will riot do It ? and is he to expeft that 

 this Ihould be difregarded ? 



^To the Editor of the Bee, 

 Sir, 

 Inclosed is a copy of a letter from the late Sir Hew 

 Dalrymple of N. Berwick, to Sir Laurence DundaSj 

 if 3'ou think it merits a place in the Bee, I have only 

 to add, that this letter procured the church for Mr^ 

 Difhington, and he enjoys it at prefent. I am, Sir, 

 your's &e. 



B. B.* 



Copy of a Letter from Sir Hew Dairy Thfle to Sir Lau-^ 

 rence Dundas. 



Dear Sir, Dal%eU, May 24. 1775. 



Having fpent a long life in purfuit of pleafure and 

 health, I am now retired from the world m poverty^ 

 and with the gout ; fo, joining with Solomon, that " all 

 ♦' is vanity and vexation of fpirit," I go to church, 

 and fay my prayers. 



• This letter has already appeared in print. It has been very little 

 read ; but were it even more generally known than it is, its intrinfic ex 

 cellence is fuch as to entitle it to a place in any colleilion. 



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