Excerpt from Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing: I. Crito, or a Dialogue on Beauty; II. An Account of the Emperor of China's Gardens, Near Pekin; III. Deformity; IV. Lucina Fine Concubitu, Addressed to the Royal Society; V. A Modest Defence Gaming T was on one of the molt plealing Mornings in I the lafi: Summer, that e'ro Role from the Noife and Bui'tle of the Town, to enjoy an agreeable Day, or Two, with his Friend timano thes in the Country. Timanthes received him with all that Joy and Pleafure, which is uinal between Friends, who love one another entirely; and who. I have not met for a confiderable Time. He ihewed him his new Grove, and Gardens; and, as they were walking in the latter, Since the Weather be' gins to be {0 warm (fays he, ) if you like it, we will dine under that open Tent. The Air there will be refrelhing to you; and will bring us the Smell of the Orange and lemon-trees which Jarround it, With out breaking that View of the Country, of which you ufed to be {0 fond. When I placed them there, I had you in my Thoughts; and imagined it mg B a V. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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