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was to expect nothing at his death : ^ a modern 

 version of the ancient wisdom of the Chinese, who 

 only pay a doctor while he keeps them in health, 

 and nothing when they are iU. If this was carried 

 into practice here, it would be interesting to know 

 how many extra sales of physicians' carriages and 

 horses would be held the first twelve months at the 

 numerous repositories in London alone. 



Already possessed of a beautiful villa at Richmond, 

 I fail to understand why his grace, when nigh on 

 eighty, should want to purchase another. If a 

 speculation, then little can be said; but to one so 

 well-housed as Queensberry was, this would appear 

 a wrong construction. The residence purchased, for 

 which the Duke gave four thousand guineas, was 

 described as the beautiful villa of the Countess of 

 Northampton, near Richmond. Nor was its situation 

 in proximity enough to his grace's 'palace' to 

 assume its being made an addition for purposes of 

 enlargement. The Duke of Queensberry entertained 

 largely in the early days of his Richmond residence. 

 Some of these entertainments were offered to his 

 peers, others to certain operatic and musical artists, 

 and some were of a mixed character — so mixed, 

 indeed, that Wilberforce, when a young man, is re- 



^ A legacy was, however, codiciled to him. 



