THE 



PREFACE. 



THE old and Infirm have at leaft this 

 privilege, that they can recall to 

 their minds thofe fcenes of joy in which 

 they once delighted, and ruminate over 

 their pafl pleafures, with a fatisfacSion almolt 

 equal to the iirft enjoyment. For thofe 

 ideas, to which any agreeable fenfation is 

 annexed, are ealily excited -, as leaving be- 

 hind them the moft ftrong and permanent 

 impreffions. The amufements of our 

 youth are the boaft and comfort of our de- 

 clining years. The ancients carried this 

 notion even yet further, and fuppofed their 

 heroes In the Elylian Fields were fond of the 

 very fame diverlions they exercifed on earth. 

 Death Itfelf could not wean them from the 



accuftomed fports and gayeties of life. 



Pars 



