Q28 ON HIGH PROFESSION into which it congratulates itself that it has not fallen. A lively " Spectator" of Mr. Addison, or a grave " Guardian" of Bishop Berkeley, would be a pleasing resource. An " Idler" or a " Rambler" of Dr. Johns'on, might preserve them from realising those characters in their own persons. Such writers would teach them the knowledge of mankind, and let them into many a snug secret which lies unmolested in their own heart. Such books might. correct their taste, without deducting any thing from their stock of piety, except perhaps the phrases which disfigure it ; would give them 'a relish for better society, and thus turn their waste moments to some profit. Be it observed, we speak of persons who have much lei. sure ; those who have little, should give that little to the one Supreme object. These religionists delight to speak of themselves as a persecuted people ; so that a stranger not accustomed to their dialect, and having been in the habit of hearing the term applied to imprison-
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