rotundity, as well as grace and beauty; except the face of the Virgin, which is deficient in expression.

The Virgin. One foot eleven inches and a half, by two feet five inches, by Carlo Dolci.

The veil is painted with ultra-marine. The head is surrounded with flowers, which were executed by Maria da Fiori. On the back is written Sasso Ferrata, which induces me to think it was painted by him, and not C. Dolci.

An old Man selling Sweetmeats to Children. Three feet six inches, by two feet ten inches, by Fra. Halls.

This is ingeniously composed, and wrought with uncommon freedom and clearness. Much humour and vivacity are displayed in the countenances of the children.

In his Lordship's possession is also a very valuable collection of original drawings, by old masters; and the library would furnish a high treat to the literary character, being very large, and containing a complete collection of the first edition of the classics, and most of the early and rare productions of the press, as well as the more modern and scientific.

Thus have I endeavoured to furnish a substantial feast, on which the reader may indulge. his mental appetite without fear of satiety. If he

wishes for a more detailed account of the many dishes that adorn the table, I must refer him to the Ciceroni, who will attend him throughout the course, and also provide him with a large or small* bill of fare. In the generality of Bacchanalian and Epicurean banquets, the guest who indulges too freely, entails on himself both pain and sorrow: but here, he may carouse with Bacchus himself, fearless of intoxication-he may feast with Epicurus, without surfeiting-argue with Cicero, without being vanquished by his eloquence-contend with. Hercules, without violence and learn philosophy from Aspasia, without falling a victim to her blandishments.

From Pembroke's princely dome, where mimic art
Decks with a magic hand the dazzling bow'rs,
Its living hues where the warm pencil pours,
And breathing forms, from the rude marble start;
How to life's humbler scene can I depart?

My breast all glowing from those gorgeous tow'rs,
In
my low cell how cheat the sullen hours!
Vain the complaint: for Fancy can impart

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(To Fate superior, and to Fortune's doom) Whate'er adorns the stately-storied hall;

She in the dungeon's solitary gloom,, Can dress the graces in their attic pall:

Bid the green landscape's vernal beauty bloom; And in bright trophies clothe the twilight wall.

SECT. X.

FONTHILL.

BETWEEN Wilton and Fonthill I saw nothing that interested my feelings, or excited much curiosity. The road passes through the villages of Barford, Dinton, Chilmark, &c.

The birth-place of a celebrated public character is commonly viewed with a degree of admiration or curiosity, proportionate to our estimation of his merit. Were a man to pass through the town of Stratford, and not take a peep at the butcher's shop*, where the immortal Shakespeare first inhaled the breath of life," the omission would be severely reprehended by those who consider that obscure places derive consequence from adventitious circumstances. But I will not dwell upon this subject. The ideas were excited by mentioning Dinton, a place where

* The house where Shakespeare was born, I am informed, is now occupied by a butcher.

Edward