tears, she relied upon their better judgment. But I have one particular request to make, that all due respect may be paid to his obsequies." 66 Oh," continued she, "what a loss is mine!— there fell the fairest flower of the field, almost without a fault. Gaming he naturally abhorred; and as for duellingHere she sunk upon the bed, and could say no more; and here must the curtain drop, after the concluding moral. The physician, turning to Mr. Worth, with a deep sigh exclaimed, "Such are the fatal effects of one desperate error! "From that curst fount what various evils flow! "True," says Mr. Worth; "and such is the prevalence of fashion, which is stronger than either the passions that Nature gave us, or the habits that we give ourselves. "The ruling manners, to no bounds confin'd, The passions ofttimes blow up boist'rous gales, END OF VOLUME III. REMARKS ON NORTH WALES; BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF TWO JOURNEYS MADE IN THE YEARS 1776 and 1777. -Of antres vast, and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills, whose heads touch Heav'n n, ΤΟ SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNNE, Bart. SIR, EVERY one will see the propriety of dedicating these Remarks on North Wales to you, who possess so considerable a part of that country; and yet, Sir, this is not the motive of my Address;it is from a high regard to that public and private character which has hitherto been an ornament to society, and which, I trust, will continue to adorn the age with those virtues of which your ancestors were such eminent examples. I have the honour to be, With great respect, Sir, your obedient servant, JOSEPH CRADOCK. 1777. |