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LETTER XX.

On such of the

NOBILITY

As cultivate the

BELLES LETTRES.

THERE once was a Time in France when the polite Arts were cultivated by Perſons of the higheſt Rank in the State. The Courtiers particularly, were converſant in them, altho' Indolence, a Taſte for Trifles, and a Paſſion for Intrigue, were the Divinities of the Country. The

Court