94 True GRANDEUR 
charitable without oftentation. Thefe virtues grace his fortune, 
and give real charms to his wealth. 
I could not help obferving, on this occafton, that the true 
grandeur of England is in the country : this is the proper fcene, 
for thofe who do not hold the helm of Rate, to difplay great 
talents in cultivating the arts of peace. We have already im- 
proved our roads fo very much, they appear in many places as 
avenues to gardens ; and indeed our fields and grounds are, in 
many places, fuperior in beauty to thofe gardens where the moft 
coil and labor has been beftowed. 
One efiential part of the riches of a nation, conftfts in good 
buildings, whether in towns, villages, or farm-houfes ; and in 
this delicious ifland, what a number is there of magnificent edi- 
fices. Clean, well-built, and commodious habitations, contri- 
bute much to the eafy paftage through life. The greater the 
domestic comforts, the lefs irkfome will be the toils of the 
field : clean clothes, wholfome diet, and fweet reft, are the 
rewards of honeft induftry ; the wealthy can enjoy but little 
more. But for want of virtue, or attention in landlords, if fa- 
milies increafe too faft, if fkill is wanted, or if the feafons are 
unkind, the poor tenant fuffers : my lord fometimes chufes, 
that twenty honest women in the country fhould go in rags, 
rather than one in town, who is not honeft, fhould go with- 
out twenty fuits of filk and velvet. 
Blow regular, moral, and happy, m\ght the lives of men be 
rendered, were half the labor and expence bellowed in the coun- 
try, upon generous and ufeful purpofes, that is fquandered in 
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