FRANCE. 



Englifh farmer ; a character often found in 

 ouriflar.dj a finiplicity fo mixed with un-. 

 derfianding, as to ftrike you. Ke has far- 

 ther all the natural and acquired eafc, good 

 breeding; and polifhed poluenefs of a fine 

 gentleman, who has fpeht all his life in a 

 court. He is farther a man of deep know- 

 ledge and refinement, and often converfcs 

 on abftrufe fubjeds, fo fteadily, and to his 

 point,' that you would fuppofe he had fpent 

 half his life in a college. In addition to 

 this he has a heart evidently full of the 

 warmeft and mo ft amiable affections. Ma- 

 dame la Place ought to have much of the 

 merit I have thus given to her hufband ; for 

 to her I am clear is due a part of his per- 

 fections ; her great characteristic is quick- 

 nels. Jn my life I never knew fuch a cele- 

 rity of conceptions : her ideas have a rapi- 

 dity that aftonifhes and confounds one, and 

 would, if it was joined with the leaft fpark 

 of fatire, deftroy you ; yet her mouth never 

 opens but it proves every mild and agree- 

 able virtue to be an inhabitant of her bofom. 

 Her wit has all the fparkling vivacity that 

 flows from original and lively ideas, and 

 her common obfervations on men, manners, 



opinions, 



