dresses you abroad in the rain and dirt behind a coach or before a chair, you keep it in your power to do so, if you please, by keeping him in livery. [Feb. 13, 1748.]
Learned Leisure.—The first use that I made of
my liberty was to come hither [Bath], where I
arrived yesterday. My health, though not fundamentally
bad, yet, for want of proper attention of
late, wanted some repairs, which these waters never
fail giving it. I shall drink them a month, and
return to London, there to enjoy the comforts of
social life, instead of groaning under the load of
business. I have given the description of the life
that I propose to lead for the future in this motto,
which I have put up in the frize (sic) of my library
in my new house:
"Nunc veterum libris, nunc somno, et inertibus horis
Ducere sollicitæ jucunda oblivia vitæ."
I must observe to you upon this occasion, that the uninterrupted satisfaction which I expect to find in that library will be chiefly owing to my having employed some part of my life well at your age. I wish I had employed it better, and my satisfaction would now be complete. [Feb. 16, 1748.]
Waste of Time.—I, who have been behind the
scenes, both of pleasure and business, and have seen
