OR

REFLECTIONS

ON

KNOWLEDGE, VIRTUE, AND HAPPINESS;

CHIEFLY IN REFERENCE

TO A LIFE OF RETIREMENT IN THE COUNTRY.

BY ELY BATES, Esq.

Quid tibi vitandum præcipuè existimes, quæris? turbam,-
Ego certè confiteor imbecillitatem meam. Nunquam mores quos
extuli, refero. Aliquid ex eo quod composui, turbatur; aliquid
ex his quæ fugavi, redit,-Inimica est multorum conversatio.
Seneć. Epist. 7..

FIRST AMERICAN,

FROM THE FOURTH LONDON EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY B. B. HOPKINS AND CO.
N° 170, MARKET STREET.

FRY AND KAMMERER, PRINTERS.

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1807.