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 and had he the noble qualities acribed to him by idle tory-tellers, he would never have uffered a racal to molet us at the expence of his own reputation. But, poor ideal pirit! how could he ave his honour?—And had it not been for the generous aitance of my Lord Giantdale, the audacious villain might have executed his deign againt us, without lett or impediment.’ The mater of the houe had hitherto taken but an inconiderable hare in thee philoophical debates: he now engaged in the converation, and oberved, that the Countes had entirely depopulated the world of pirits;—‘The whole creation of fancy has vanihed before your arguments, like a mit from before the riing un. You have in particular ably hewn the non-exitence of the ancient inhabitant of thee regions, and his advocate, the privy counellor, has been quite ilenced. Yet I think a few objections might be urged againt your lat obervation. How if the fa- ‘bulous