le to error.

24. There are two persons only whom I cannot charge with having changed
their conduct with my change of fortune. One is an old curate, that has
passed his life in the duties of his profession, with great reputation
for his knowledge and piety; the other is a lieutenant of dragoons. The
parson made no difficulty in the height of my elevation, to check me
when I was pert, and instruct me when I blundered; and if there is any
alteration, he is now more timorous lest his freedom should be thought
rudeness.

25. The soldier never paid me any particular addresses, but very rigidly
observed all the rules of politeness, which he is now so far from
relaxing, that whenever he serves the tea, he obstinately carries me the
first dish, in defiance of the frowns and whispers of the table.

26. This, Mr. Rambler, is _to see the world_. It is impossible for those
that have only known affluence and prosperity, to judge rightly of
themselves or others. The rich and the powerful live in a perpetual
masquerade, in which all about them wear borrowed characters; and we
only discover in what estimation we are held, when we can no longer give
hopes or fears.

_I am_, &c. MELISSA.

_On the Omniscience and Omnipresence of the Deity, together with the
Immensity of his Works._

1. I was yesterday about sun-set walking in the open fields, till the
night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused myself with all the
richness and variety of colours, which appeared in the western parts of
heaven; in proportion as they faded away and went out, several stars and
planets appeared one after another, till the whole firmament was in a
glow. The blueness of the aether was exceedingly heightened and enlivened
by the season of the year, and by the rays of all those luminaries that
passed through it.

2. The _Galaxy_ appeared in its most beautiful white. To complete the
scene, the full moon rose at length in that clouded majesty, which
_Milton_ takes notice of, and opened to the eye a new picture of nature,
which was more finely shaded, and disposed among softer lights, than
that which the sun had before discovered to us.

3. As I was surveying the moon, walking in her brightness, and taking
her progress among the constellations, a thought rose in me which I
believe very often perplexes and disturbs men of serious and
contemplative natures. _David_ himself fell into it in that reflection,
_When I consider the heavens, the work of