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Show Xv l 1 when Want and Penury enfued, what Encou qu:nces mull follow at lalt in the one Cafe, as Genius, or the Man of Induf'try, to proceed, in the other. Now, were we to have taken into Confideration the Ellier‘fts which refult from the Gratifica- or to improve upon the former Models P Grant« ing therefore, that the firl't Generation in inch 3. Metropolis might {hine forth with a Blaze f0 tion offer/ml Delires, and the Indulgence of dazzling, as to attraé‘t the Envy of unthinking (017m! ppetites, other Charaé‘teriltics, and other Criterions of Luxury ought Hill to have been Beholders : Yet alas! What would become of the fecond ? For the Lullre of that mull necell farily diminilh. And then as to the third Generation, the Oil of their dim Lamp would be in high Life, and even in the molt favourable my ‘ View of it, is hit that uieful Thing to Society, which Moralill's themielves have lometimes incantioully granted, and which the Advocates for Vice li;.ve pretended to demoni'trnte. FOR let us now hippofe the Capital of any great Kingdom to aét after inch 21 thoughtlefli and improvident Manner, as here defcribed, only for a fingle Century : \Vhat Confequenccs would then follow? And what Progrefs would be made in the more elegant and refined Arts, from hill to laf't, during that Period ?---Perhaps indeed at firll, a greater Degree of Skill and Ingenuity might be excited by the exceflive Sums fquand‘ered away for ei‘eéting noble St-ruéhires, and for adorning them with the moft curious Productions of Art and Genius. But how long tould fuch an Extravagance be fupported? Alld when totally fpent; and if we were {till to go on by extending our Reafonings to the Contemplation of the State of the fourth, the fifth, and Ext-h Generation, the Profpeét would grow worfe and worfe -, and by a natural Tranlition from VVafte to Poverty, the few wretched Defcendents of the firl't Prodigals would be glad to inhabit fome Corner of the mouldering Palaces of their Ancef'tors, f1 ted up as Huts or Hovels for their Reception. Now thefe Confequences are obvious 3 indeed they are inevitable: What Remedy therefore tan be applied for the Cure of fuch a confuming Difeafe, which, like a Canker, eats away the Subl'tance, 'till the whole Conflitution is de- firoyed? None:---But fuch an one, which by curing, or rather palliating the Evil, evidently fhews, that the Caufe of it was Luxury, the very Caufe here alligned. The Remedy therefore is D 2 Ellis 3 A " V S. v 13:15. It." A . .v": '1, ,. ' "Waco. . But V" added to thole two above mentioned. thele alone may indie to prove, as far as the Point before us is cowerned, that Luxury, even A . rugement would 1/1372 be given to the Man of em My U ' more than the Removal of the former Evil ts a more dntant Period, and the fame Confe- v wt. WIN-I'll! ("W-7 "at" I ‘iuiiu‘ tuna [27] V3", 5]" . , _-,.- - -< ~ ., £‘tl‘i\" . ,_ reviewer l ' "Vim! 9 VS; 1, | l 2'5 l |
