J. White A: M. Brightwell Rectory

OR

REFLECTIONS

ON

KNOWLEDGE, VIRTUE, AND HAPPINESS,

CHIEFLY IN REFERENCE TO

A LIFE OF RETIREMENT

IN THE COUNTRY.

By ELY BATES, Esq

Quid tibi vitandum præcipuè existimes, quæris? turbam.-Ego certè con--
Stcor imbecillitatem meam. Nunquam mores quos extuli, refero. Ali-
quid ex eo quod composui, turbatur; aliquid ex his quæ fugavi, redit.~~
Inimica est multorum conversatio.
Senec. Epist.7.

SECOND EDITION,

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