which they had opposed it. The death of Charles I. brought about the Restoration of the royal family. Compassion for James II. when he was seized by the populace in mak|ing his escape on ship-board, had almost prevented the revolution, and made it go on more heavily than before.
Do the great seem insensible of the easy price at which they may acquire the pub|lic admiration; or do they seem to imagine that to them, as to other men, it must be the purchase either of sweat or of blood? By what important accomplishments is the young nobleman instructed to support the dignity of his rank, and to render him|self worthy of that superiority over his fel|low citizens, to which the virtue of his ancestors had raised them? Is it by know|ledge, by industry, by patience, by self-denial, or by virtue of any kind? As all his words, as all his motions are attended ••o, he learns an habitual regard to every circumstance of ordinary behaviour, and studies to perform all those small duties with the most exact propriety. As he is conscious how much he is observed, and how much mankind are disposed to favour all his inclinations, he acts, upon the most
