-- But, hold, You shall not have another peevish
word (till the next occasion) from
Yours,
MATT. BRAMBLE
BATH, April 28.
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR KNIGHT,
I think those people are unreasonable, who complain that Bath is
a contracted circle, in which the same dull scenes perpetually
revolve, without variation -- I am, on the contrary, amazed to find
so small a place so crowded with entertainment and variety.
London itself can hardly exhibit one species of diversion, to
which we have not something analogous at Bath, over and above
those singular advantages that are peculiar to the place. Here,
for example, a man has daily opportunities of seeing the most
remarkable characters of the community. He sees them in their
natural attitudes and true colours; descended from their
pedestals, and divested of their formal draperies, undisguised by
art and affectation -- Here we have ministers of state, judges,
generals, bishops, projectors, philosophers, wits, poets,
players, chemists, fiddlers, and buffoons. If he makes any
considerable stay in the place, he is sure of meeting with some
particular friend, whom he did not expect to see; and to me there
is nothing more agreeable than such casual reencounters.
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