True GRANDEUR, &c. 
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LETTER XXXil. 
To the fame . 
Mada m, 
C A N you bear with this medley of both worlds ? You can 
have no relish for thefe epiftles, but as your tafle is 
formed to moral fentiment. If we heighten our enjoyment of 
this, by the pleaflng expe&ation of a better world, we may pafs 
from the ferious to the gay, or from the gay to the ferious, 
with all the freedom and eafe of the moft accomplished courtier. 
We are indeed fo compounded of body and foul, fo mortal, 
and fo immortal, we can never arrive at a right knowledge of 
the prefent life, v/ithout reflecting attentively on a future State. 
Whatever our prefent joys may be, they muft arife, in fome mea- 
fure, from the paflions, of which hope is joyful, if not the moft 
pleaflng \ and the higheft objeCt of hope is everlafting felicity. 
Thofe, whofe hearts are Strangers to envy, mu St rejoice to 
fee a man blefled with the goods of fortune, and difpenflng 
them with a liberal hand. Mr. h**** declares, by his counte- 
nance, addrefs, and manners, the benignity of his mind. He 
has feen the great world abroad, as well as at home ; and this 
feems to give him a certain eafe and freedom, without which it 
is impoflible to difeover the true art of living. It is an un~ 
happinefs which attends men of large fortunes, to be expofed to 
the intruflon of crouds of company : they muft show their gran- 
deur ; and, confequently, often receive many they do not chufo 
to entertain, and as many more, whom it cannot be imagined 
they efteem. Mr. h * * * * is liberal without prodigality, and 
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