Eloisa en Dshabille Author:Richard Porson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: would prefently be granted."—( I doubt not (faid fhe, with a devout confidence) but they will be granted ; how foon or late I leave to heaven. Could I obtain it ... more »at the expenfe of my life, I fhould lay it down with plcafure, . and think the laft the beft employed of all my days." Come, my lord, leave thofe fcenes of deftruc- fion you are now engaged in, and adt, a nobler part. Can a philofopher prefer the honour of deftroying mankind to thevirtueof endeavouring tofavethem? L E,J.T E R CXLH. TO 1ORD B— — . WHAT ! my lord, after being abfent a whole campaign, muft you take a journey to Paris ? Have you then entirely forgot Clarens, and its inhabitants ? Are we lefs dear to you than my Lord H - ! or, are you more neceflary to that friend than to thofc who expect: you here ? You oblige us to oppofe our wiflies to your's, and make me in particular lament that I have not intereft enough at the court of France to prevent your obtaining the pafiports you wait for. But, no matter ; go, villt your worthy countryman. Infptteofyou both, There is here a long letter wanting, from Lord Rr— to Eloifa. It is mentioned in the fequel ; but, for particular reafons, I was obliged to fupprefs it. both, we will be revenged of you for the preference given him; for, whatever pleafure you may enjoy in his company, I know that, when you come to be with us, you will regret the time you ftaid away. On receiving your letter, I at firft fufpecled you were charged with fome fecret commiffion. If peace were in view, where could be found a more worthy mediator?—But when do kings put their confidence in men of worth ? Dare they liften to truth ? Do they 'know how to refpect true merit ? No, my dear Lord B , you are not made for a minifter of ftate; and I think too well of you to imagin...« less