of music written by the great Rousseau himself. Ha ving thus become acquainted with the foreign literati, she commenced a sort of literati in her own per

son.

She frequently advances those opinions in history, morals, and physics, which, as she imagines, are to be found in the writings of the French Philosophers. But, whether through the habits of education, or through conscious ignorance, it must be confessed that she dogmatises with diffidence, and is a very stammerer in infidelity.

Having seen Paris, and having picked up a good many French words in the course of her travels, she thinks that she is authorised, and, in some sort, obliged, to speak French. Nothing can be more gro tesque than her travelled language. When she left Scotland, her speech,' to use a phrase of Lord Bacon, was in the full dialect of her nation.' At Nice she conversed with English and Irish; and by imitating the language of each, she has, in her pronunciation, completed the union of the three kingdoms. But still her own country-language predominates; for, during her residence abroad, she had an opportunity of preserving, and even of improving it by daily conferences with the house-maid, who was born and educated in the country of Banff.

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In pronouncing French, she blends the tone of all those dialects and her phraseology is as singular as her pronunciation; for she faithfully translates every word from her own mother-tongue. An example of this presents itself, which I shall never forget. One day, addressing her discourse to me, she said, Je doute pas que vous avez perusé les ouvraiges di Mongseer le Counte de Bouffon; que un charmang crea• ture! il met philosophes et divins par les oreilles.' That is, I doubt not that you have read the works of Count Bouffon; what a charming creature! he 'sets philosophers and divines by the cars.' I

answered her, that I had never read the works of that renowned author, but that I had read the Principia of Sir Isaac Newton. 'Why, indeed,' replied she, Sir Isaac may have been a man of better principles, but assheurement, the theories of the Count are • wittier.'

It is a happy circumstance that Miss Winterbottom did not make the grand tour. Had she visited Italy, she would have proved as great an adept in statuary and in painting, as she is at present in philosophy. But Miss Winterbottom cannot, in conscience, talk of her having visited Italy, while her travels were limited to the borders of Piedmont.

I never heard her mention Italy but once, and then she got no great encouragement to proceed in her remarks. At dinner she said, I remember, that, in Italy, they have something very like our • veal, which they call vitello.' Well, sister Juddy,' cried captain Winterbottom, and why should they ' not? for if vitello means veal in their lingo, what ' else would you have the poor devils call it ?'

It was resolved to postpone my lessons for a while, that,' as Mr. Flint expressed it, I might come 'to know the ways of the house first.'

Miss Juliana constantly teased me with questions about my plan for her nephew's education. To puzzle her a little I said, that, some weeks hence, I proposed to teach him to make nonsense verses, 'Misericorde,' cried she, nonsense verses! Is that 'part of the etiquaitte ?'

Let the boy alone,' added Captain Winterbottom, when he is old enough to be in love, he will make nonsense verses, I warn't you, without any help of yours; ay, although it should be on Mamma's dairy-maid.' Mr. Flint laughed loud, and Mrs. Flint said gently, Oh fy, brother!"

Perceiving that, on this encouragement, the Cap

tain was about to be more witty, I recalled the conversation to nonsense verses, endeavoured to explain their nature, and observed, that their main use was to instruct one in the quantity of syllables.

Quantity of syllables,' exclaimed the Captain, 'there is a modern education for you! Boys have 'their heads lumbered with great quantities of Latin syllables and words, when they should be taught to understand things, to speak their own language 'rough and round, and so cut a figure in parliament. I remember Will. Fitzdriver; but he is gone! Honest Will knew no tongue except a little of his own, and yet he would talk to you for an hour, and you would have thought that he had scarcely ' entered on the subject at all. He never valued any of your outlandish lingos, not he!'

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I said, that, if my pupil were of an age to go into parliament, I should be apt to advise him to follow the precepts of Pythagoras, and be silent for seven years. 'He must have been a sure card, that Mr. Pythagoras,' observed the Captain, and I do 'suppose that he lived up to his own precepts; 'I never heard of any speaker of that name; no, not ' even in committees. People, to be sure, may hold their tongues, and have a slice of the great pudding; I but this is not a time for your dumb senators. No, we must have bold well-spoken men, to tell poor Britannia that she is beggared, and bleeding, and expiring, ay, and dead too, for ought that some folks care.' He rounded this pathetic period with one of

his best oaths.

Were all men to make speeches,' said I, what 'time would there be left for doing business!' Business,' cried the Captain, is not oratory business? and why cannot they set to it watch and watch, as we do at sea?'

Mrs. Flint expressed her hope, that I would not

load her poor boy's memory, by making him get a deal by heart.

When I first got the multiplication-table by 'heart,' said Mr. Flint, who generally falls in the rear of conversation, it was a plaguy troublesome 'job; but now that I am master of it, I don't perceive that it loads my memory at all.'

Learned men have remarked,' said Miss Juliana, that it is not the getting by heart that is censurable, but the getting by rote, as one does one's ' catechism.'

There she goes, the travelled lady,' cried the Captain; she must always have a fling at her ' catechism.'

'Mr. Winterbottom,' replied Miss Juliana with exceeding dignity, you wrong me much; I am sure, that I should be the last woman alive to say any thing, especially in mixed companies, to the disparagement of the religion of the state, which I have always considered as the great lyeng [lien] of 'society.'

You have always considered religion as great Ilying! and who taught you that, sister Juddy? 'your godfathers and your godmothers! No,

'sure.'

Here I was laid under the necessity of interposing, and of assuring Captain Winterbottom, that he mistook his sister, and that she had inadvertently used a French word to express her own idea, ' that religion was the great tie of society.' Perhaps I prevaricated a little in my office of interpreter.

Well, well,' said the Captain, if her tongue was tied, society would be no loser.

To divert the storm which seemed gathering, I spoke of my purpose to explain the tenth satire of Juvenal, a poem, for method, composition, and animated language, universally admired.

What does that Juvenal write about?" sai Juliana: I am not acquainted with his works he a member of the French academy - Per replied I, smiling, he would be no favourit you, Miss Juliana; he has been very severe the Roman ladies.'

Ay, they were Papists,' said Captain Win tom, and they are all wh. Give me to tell you,' cried Miss Juliana, in a higher when I was abroad, I had the honour of 'known to several ladies of the Roman persua and they were persons of the strictest virtue.'

I suppose you asked them whether they wh- -, and they said they were not. Poor Juddy! It is true, I never was in the gall Nice, as you have been; but I have touch Marseilles, and have laid close off the mo Genoa, and that is farther than ever you trave and I say they are all wh

to How this wonderful controversy would ended, I know not; but happily we were calle coffee, which separated the combatants.

I was now pretty well acquainted with the a of a house, in which ignorance, self-conceit, and berality of sentiment and manners, had fixed residence. It was agreed, that on the Monday lowing I should begin my lessons. Appearance must acknowledge, were not very favourable. pupil had been generally present at the conversat of which I have given you a specimen, and, ind they were not such as could either enlarge his m or improve his understanding. 1 flattered mys however, that he would be left to prosecute studies under my direction, and that every new quisition in knowledge would increase his love letters.

In what way our studies were conducted, will b