We are obliged to our correfpondent for his addrefs, and have inferted it, instead of our ufual preface, for the fake of variety. Though we think his expreffions in our favour are, in fome places, too warm, we fhall make ufe of them as incentives to exert ourselves to vindicate them from the imputation of flattery; and by endeavouring to deferve praise, establish our claim to receive it.

They had not advanced many fteps, when a female tripped by them clad in a flowing robe, which revealed more charms than ought to be dif

fpectator: fhe held in her left hand a comic mafque, and with her right, the feemed to drag along a robuft perfonage, who was in a continual titter, and brought to my mind that beauteous image in Milton, of "laughter holding both his fides."

On a fudden fhe turned back on the

tendency engages my thoughts more than their style or the ornamental part of their compofition. In this view I confider whether they are likely to vitiate or exalt the principles of the male fex, or to depreciate the idea we ought to conceive of the faircft forms of the rational creation. It gives me On enquiry, I found, that the gay pain when I find that most of our mo-female was called the Goddess of Djdern productions have no other end fpation, and the numerous groupe of but amufement, and if they have any figures with which he was attended, relation to the fair fex, it is only to bore the emblems of gaming, dancing, hold up their failings to the eyes of dreffing, gaity and giddiness. public cenfure; or to prepare them, by loose hints and indelicate reprefen-three ladies, and accofted them with tations, to refemble thofe, who have the fmiles of diffimulation, after which left the rugged paths of virtue to walk he offered to conduct them in the in the flowery avenues of pleasure. paths which led to improvement. In the milft of these meditations Caught with the naiveté of her behaviI flung myself back in my fopha, and our, the three young ladies put themwas plunged infenfibly into a kind of felves under her prote&ion, and followTeverie, in which, though my eyesed her through feveral winding alleys were not fhut, three refpectable per-which led them from the paths which fonages prefented themfelves to my they were in quest of. view. They were dreffed in the modern ftyle, but without running into its diagreeable, its ridiculous extremes. By the converfation which paffed between them, I found that their names were Seraphina, Angelica, and Sophronia, and that they were in quet of a guide to lead them to the avenges of improvement.

Ón a fudden they were alarmed with the noife of a riotous affembly, and perceived nothing elfe but dreadful precipices which furrounded them, and threatened them with immediate, with inevitable ruin.

Shocked with this fight, Syraphina breathed a figh of compunction, and filently addrefled heaven for protec

tion. Her companions joined her in father was a cornet in the horfe. He the pious emotions. Heaven, always was educated partly under the prefent ready to affift the diftreffed, and ref- celebrated Dr. S. Johnson, at Litchcue virtue from deftruction, heard field, afterwards at Rochefter, under their wishes, the precipices immedi- that great mathematician, Mr. Colfon. ately fubfided, the ground on which In 1736 he was entered of the hon. they trod was enamelled with all the fociety of Lincoln's-inn. Being ingay tribe of the feafons; and one of the tended for the bar. In 1741 he quitgenii of mafculine beauty who appeared ted the profeffion of the law for that before them, fnatched them out of the of the stage, and made his first aphands of Diffipation, and pointed out pearance at the theatre in Goodman'sto them the way which led to the afy- fields, in the character of Richard lum of female improvement. The III. In the following fummer he peraminble visto not only cheered their formed at Dublin; and in the winter fight, but likewife accelerated their next enfuing he engaged himself to Mr. fteps: in a few moments they were in- Fleetwood, the then manager of Drutroduced to Apoilo, who treated them ry-lane Theatre, where he continued with all the complacence which he al- till the year 1745 in the winter of ways fhewed to the fex; who was at- which he again went to Ireland, and tended by two virgin deities, Minerva, became joint manager with Mr. Sherithe goddefs of wildom, and Diana, the dan. In 1746 he engaged with Mr. goddefs of chastity. The approba- Rich, patentee of Covent-garden Playtion they met with from the female houfe; and at the clofe of the season, deities was more ardent than they in conjunction with Mr. Lacy, purcould have expected: and after a gen-chafed the property, together with tle reprimand from Apollo, for having been fo rafh as to furrender themselves to the protection of Diffipation, he begged Diana and Minerva to enroli their names among their votaries, and as a means of making them worthy of fo much honour, and to prevent them from relapfing into their former error, prefented them with a volume, which he faid, was the compofition of females as remarkable for their virtues and mental acquifitions, as for their perfonal charms.

the renewal of the patent, of Drurylane Theatre.

In his theatrical capacity, he was as excellent, and as rare a phænomenon as his infpirer, Shakespeare, was in the art and energy of the drama. But great, or rather inimitable as the actor was, the man did honour to the actor. In a profeffion which invites to licentioufnefs with the ftrongest allurements, and which, therefore, almoft warrants immorality, he railed, he exalted genius, with temperance, with regularity, with prudence, and with the dignity of virtue. He was most affectionate, generous husband and relation, and a zealous, and indefatigable friend. His domeflic

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I was always ftimulated by curiofity, and 1 could not be fatisfied without peeping into the book to read its title; but, on my stooping forwards, fomething brushed my nofe, put an end to my reverie, and I found that Iœconomy correfponded with his tafle; was reading the title, and viewing the Front fpiece to the LADY'S MAGAZINE for the enfuing year.

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it was affluent without profufion; and elegant without a fuperfluity of fplendor. That fympathy which he fo happily for himfelf, adopted on the flage, he, as happily for others, felt in life. Of the diftreffed he was the liberal be

Some ACCOUNT of the late Mr. GAR- nefactor, or the ftrenuous advocate,

as their fituation required. That his great importance might be complete, he was honoured with enemies. This extraordinary man, whofe purfe was

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Hiftoire d'Emilie.

open to indigence, was accufed of avarice, by envy and refentment; and, with a bolder prefumption, they fometimes endeavoured even to taint his Laurels.

HISTOIRE D'EM ILI E.

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'ETONNEMENT d'une apparition fi imprévue, fa frayeur au bruit d'une armé dont elle redoutoit l'effect, plutôt pour Frémonville que pour elle, ne peuvent fe d'ecrire, heureusement le tranfport ou étoit le marquis, l'avoit empeché d'ajulter fon coup, et la charge alia donner, fans bleffer perfonne, qu'il contre une glace elançoit qu'il mit en piece.

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fait pour combattre, & ayant gagné du terrein, il parvint jufqu'a une port qui lui permit de faire une rétrait, qui ne fit rien perdre aux demarches, que l'honneur exige en parelle occafion.

Des qu'il fe vit en liberté, il cria á Rochebrute: viens lâche, ceffe d'ufer de trahifon, & tu me trouveras tonjours pret á té répondre. Ne té préfente pas comme un affaffin, & je faurai á quelques pas d'ici, té faire raifon felon les loix de l'honneur, que tu as fi indignement méprifées. Bristol, Jan. 10.

GERTRUDE.

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Frémonville, à une attaque fi brufque & fi indigne d'une honnête PAMINONDAS s'appercevant homme, eut á pein le temps de mettre qu'il n'y avoit plus aucune rela main a l'epée, et de courir a fon ad- traite à cfpérer, fit faire alte à la caverfaire. "O lache!" s'écria-t-il, valerée, & lui ordonna de faire tête à dans fon indignation, "eft ce ainfi que l'ennemi pendant qu'il alloit rallier, tu refpectes la foibleffe & la virtue? fi & mettre en battaille le refte de fes tu as pû entendre un difcours dont ta troupes. L'extrémité du peril rappeljaloufie t'á porté á étre le témoin, qu'as la leur courage. Ils foutinrent le choc tu á te plaindre d'une époufe que tu ne des Lacédémoniens avec un fermeté merites pas ! & fi c'eft á moi á qui ta inébranlable. Honteux de leur faite, rage en vent; que ne prenois-tu ̈nn & de leur lâcheté, ils ofent les atmoyen plus honnête pour te venger !" taquer à leur tour, ébranlent leurs baA ces mots, Rochebrute Is met en taillons, les rompeut, les renverfent, & garde.-Emilie éperdue à un fi terrible fe font jour à la pointe de l'épée spectacle, n'a pas la force d'en foute-jufqu'à Phoebidas meme. La réttnir la vue. Une foibleffe s'empare de tous fes fens, elle tombe évanouie. Pendant ce tems la, fon cpoux foutenu par un domeitique auffi féroce que lui, le jette fur Frémonville. Un couteau de chaffe de plus aigue etoit l'arme qu'il oppofioit á un homme, qui n'avoit pour toute defence qu'un épée ; mais leniens & Thefpiens tous coururent avec courage; aidé de l'adreffe, font des re- précipitation du côte de la ville, & ne fources, qui ne manquent jaunais á un s'arreterent que lorsqu'ils y furent arbrave homme, qui fait fe poffeder.

ance la plus opiniâtre ne put lui fauver la vie contre des foldats, animés par la honte, & par le fnccès. Il tomba mort arce les principaux officiers qui étoient accourus à fon fecours. détachement n'ayant plus de chof, fe débairda, & prit la fuite. Laccdéino

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Frémonville fut repouffer avec vi- Agefilas, outré de rage & de honte, geur, l'attaque des traitres, qui fe ré- revinte une feconde fois, avec une arunifoient contre lui. La fierté de fonmée plus nombreufe, & mieux choifie maintien, fa dextérité á detourner le coup qu'on lui portuit, deconcerteroient d'abord l'indigne compagnon du marquis, contre lequel il n'etoit pas

que celle de l'année précédente. Las dégats qu'il avoit faits, & qu'il recommença fur le territoire des Béotiens, y cauferent une difette extrême. Mais

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