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liablts ; but it was to be learned from their countenan- 

 ces, that true interior fatisfaL^ion comes from a caufe 

 very different from exterior ornament. 



No time was lofl: by the family in placing themfelves 

 at table, and the rell: of the day was conrecrate-d to joy, 

 —What now (Irtick me the mofl was the familiarity 

 of the fervants ; who were -not diftinguilliabie from 

 the children of the family. Companions in labors of 

 the field, they are permitted to ufe every liberty at 

 the table, and to partake in whatever was ferved. The 

 only difference to be found between them is, that at 

 ivork^ the fervants are always out-done by the maders ; 

 icA" a3 v/e have before fcen, every one in this ^houfe en- 

 deavors to fiirj^fs the other in his exertions. 



During the entertainment Kliyogg enlivened the whok; 

 company by his converfation. I never faw in him fo 

 much of what is called brilliancy, without its fpoiling 

 hovv'evcr the flrong good fenfe which conilanlly diflin- 

 guiflies him. He turned into ridicule both parade and 

 fenfuality ; in v/hich mofl: perfons place their felicity, 

 thougli they are in cfTcd vices leadinj^ to unhappinefs 

 and want. Without offending any one, for which fome 

 (lull was requifite, lie intim.ated that the drefs of the 

 bride was by no means conformed to principles. — It was 

 cbjecled to him that lie declaimed continually againfl 

 fnevr and vanity ; and yet had for his wife the mofl: flate- 

 ly of all the v/omen of his village. 'I'hat, replied he 

 imiling, is a proof in point, that even a (lately woman 

 will not difdain a laborious man, though j4ain and mod- 

 efl ; and confequently that one may pieale by other 

 means befides that of ornament in drefs. —He then be- 

 gan to praife his fervants, in an agreeable irony, for the 

 trouble they had given him to diffuade them from go- 

 ing to work that evening ; and to lament the fatigue 

 put upon them, in bringing home in pomp the clothes and 

 other paraphernalia of the bride [braut-fuder.] 



lie afterwards led the converiation to the iubje<51 of 

 '\'^. encouragements which ttie gov^n:uje;it and Phiio- 



fopbicai 



