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“793. - letter from Senest. an 
rits, where we hope to.meet with pleasures unmix- 
ed with those dregs of humanity which deaden them 
in this world. A nong a French collection of trans- 
lations from the German, many of which fhe used 
to read with pleasure, there was one piece in parti- 
cular, intitled des Solitudes, by the baron Croneck, 
which was so pertectly congenial to her turn of 
mind, that fhe used to read it with particular marks 
of delight. Indeed there is so much in it of that ten- 
dernef: which a delicate mind, highly susceptible of 
generous emotions, must often experience ; and so 
little of the dreary gloom of fanatical despair, that 
I conceive there will be found much of nature 
init, by all those who have formed in this world, 
any very pleasing connections that have been 
broken in the course of the ordinary events of 
life, that will make it very generally interesting. 
The hufband of Julia, observing the warm partiality 
of his wife for this piece, and fond of it at the same 
time himself, thought he would give her an agreeable. 
surprise by translating it for your miscellany, with- 
out letting her know of it. He therefore did this 
by stealth ; and gave me the translation just before I 
came away to communicate to you. I now discharge 
the trust reposed on me, by transmitting it to you, 
along with this letter ; and hope you will'find it cons 
venient to insert it early in your Bee. J| have some 
remarks to make on your miscellany, but at present 
fhall only say, that 1 am happy to find you adhere 
so strictly to your declared purpose of chastenefs, 
both as to morals and politics ; though on this last 
head, you have perhaps allowed yourself to be a 
