x MEMOIR. 



society in Europe. I have never, there- 

 fore, been able to hear, with the least 

 patience, any serious defence of the con- 

 duct of the French ; and have always at- 

 tributed such a defence to incurable folly, 

 self-interest, or madness. In all points of 

 domestic 'politics, I have kept myself free 

 from personal influence, by never seeking 

 the acquaintance of any person of the least 

 influence in the country. By principle I 

 am a constitutional Tory; but my man- 

 ners, I should think, would lead most per- 

 sons to regard me a republican. 

 August 28, 1817. 



DR. WELLS, from a very early period in 

 his illness, looked forward to a fatal ter- 

 mination of it, and employed himself in 

 arranging his affairs with the utmost self- 

 possession and diligence, until he had 



