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frlendflilp, or for confidence, and have always 

 hailed that urbanity and eafe of manner, 

 which make the moment pleafant ; or have 

 been in good humour with that fmooth and 

 extended politenefs which means no- 

 thing at all ! But, when refiding among 

 Engliflimen, — my countrymen, whom- I 

 regard more as the relatives of one great 

 family, I have always fecmed to expe(fl a 

 degree of {lability and fmcerity, which it 

 were idle to look for in the mere traveller's 

 hour. 



The plodding purfuits, and fober attach- 

 ments of the Englilh, poffefs not fufficient 

 gout for the appetite of a Frenchman, 

 whofe life may be faid to conftitute one 

 fyftem — one continued feries of intrigue. 

 In all his occupations he requires the high 

 feafoning of variety. Whatever the fubftance 

 of his purfuit, intrigue is always the condi- 

 ment. Without a fpice of intrigue the board 

 were infipid, however fumptuous. A French- 

 man troubles not himfelf with the affedions ; 

 but is a dupe to his paflions. His attach- 

 ments wear away with the moment, and are 



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