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or 



Rosaries, or whether they were Palaces, Villas, or Cottag 



while I had leave to 



dmire their beauties, and even to direct 



their improvement, has been the chief source of that large por 



tion of happiness which 



enjoyed through life 



5 



and 



that resignation to inevitable evils, with which 

 forward to the end of my pains and labours. 



now 



look 





While I was actually writing this last page of my work 



J 



received a letter from one of the ablest Statesmen now left to the 

 Country, in which are these words, " The best comment upon 



your 



a 



what has been the leading pursuit and employment o 



life, is to be found in the relief and solace which at this time 



C< 



you 



erive from it. ' Quid pure tranquilletV has long been a 

 " philosophical question, Religion answers it. But I have always 

 " thought that the sort of Taste which you have eminently con- 



" tributed to form and diffuse, has a peculiar tendency to sooth, 

 " refine, and improve the mind ; and consequently to promote 

 " most essentially the true and rational enjoyment of life." 



Feeli 



ing 



th 



e full force of this just remark from one o 



f th 



e 



most pious and benevolent of men, I will finish with the 

 remark of one, who possessed more wit than real worth, who, 

 after enumerating various experiments to obtain 

 concludes with these words. 



ppmess 



" Allons mes amis, il faut cultiver nos jar dins" 



THE END 



