his memory, who had talents fo fu-. perior to the herd of Abbès, who litter the BOULEVARDS and the THUILLERIES, and have nothing but their black cloaks to diftinguish them.

-Madame de CHATEAUROUGE Was arrived at that period of life, when ladies in FRANCE turn dévotes, and confine all their favours within the pale of the church.-SAINTE THERESE observes, in some of her visionary compofitions, that women must occafionally transplant their affections ;and thus it is, that FRENCH faints ufually take the leavings of FRENCH finners.

This lady had taken a pretty long time to fettle her confcience ;-and there remained some points of reform yet unadjusted, when the called in to her affistance the Abbè FRONTIN,

who

who very foon became her intimate attendant, accompanied her frequently to mafs, was conftantly of all her parties, read to her in her closet, and aired with her in the Bois DE BOU

LOGNE.

It chanced one fummer's afternoon, that Madame de CHATEAUROUGE, after her coffee, had retired into an apartment which looked into the garden, to enjoy the fresh air, and the fragrance of a little orangery, that was difpofed in a femicircle before the windows, which were thrown open.-As the fun ftill shot obliquely into the room, the green luftring curtains were dropped, to give a more pleafing tone of light.-The Abbè was feated by her on a fopha; and, at her request, was entertaining her with a new piece of CREBILVOL. II.

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LON,

long enough in the family to have the fagacity of knowing, when he ought to fee, and when not.

The Abbè, who had juft caught a glimpse of the maître d'hôtel as he peeped in, thought it advifeable to fecure his intereft;-and as foon as the story was at a full ftop, laid down his book, and walked into the adjoining room where GRISON was,who hearing fomebody step towards the door, threw himself against the back of the chair, and reclining his head on his hand, with his elbow on the table, pretended to be found aЛleep.

The Abbè, who, as I hinted before, was never on any occafion in the smallest degree embarraffed, knew, by appearances, that he was fure of his man; and gently laying a Louis d'or

on

on each of his eyelids, faid, with a tone of pleasantry, "there are none "who fee fo little as those whofe eyes "are well clofed."—

"True, Sir," replied GRISON,"and if you will flip another between my lips, you will be certain "to make me dumb, as well as "blind."

-This fellow would have made an admirable Revenue officer,

In any place where no duty was

expected.

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NATURE.

NATURE.

HOEVER hath paffed any length of time at these places of public resort, by the fea-fide, must have remarked that there is constantly a flux and reflux of the company who frequent them; and that the fhores have their revolutions and changes, as well as the

WHOEVER

along their fides.

element that flows -I often, as I pace up and down the PARADE, mifs faces I have been accustomed to meet in my daily walks, and am stared at by others that are totally new to me-nor is it a small pleasure to me, who, am looking after NATURE at every ftep, to observe features tinged with

the