ABSTRACT
THUS were affairs situated at the time Vaurien’s Newtonian system was published. Charles in prison was as melancholy as Jeremiah, forming lamentations on modern friendships; and this Pythias conceived himself betrayed by one Damon, and deserted by another. 518 Vaurien perceived that the compass of his fate was closing the circle it described, and that the commemoration of Newton’s fame seemed to be left entirely to the planetary system he had formed, and that he, who had inscribed his works on the face of heaven must regard with a smile the earthly celebrations of mortality. / Some friends of Lord Belfield had informed his Lordship, that he had entertained a dangerous adventurer; that among the privileges of nobility was not accounted that of an exemption from impeachment; and, besides, they assured his Lordship, that his physicians were of opinion that a change of climate was absolutely necessary for his health. His Lordship, indeed, was of the same opinion, not in respect to his health, which he affirmed was vigorous, but to his affairs, which he acknowledged were disordered; and the voice of a creditor is as aweful as that of a physician; they both convince the patient that he can expect no quiet unless he flies from their regular attendance.
