I never give above half a guinea----or walk with boots----or cheapen tooth-picks----or lay out a shilling upon a band-box the year round; and for the six months I'm in the country, I'm upon so small a scale, that with all the good temper in the world, I outdo _Rousseau_, a bar length------for I keep neither man or boy, or horse, or cow, or dog, or cat, or anything that can eat or drink, except a thin poor piece of a Vestal (to keep my fire in), and who has generally as bad an appetite as myself----but if you think this makes a philosopher of me ----I would not my good people! 
I never give above half a guinea - or walk with boots - or cheapen tooth-picks - or pay a shilling for a band-box; and for the six months I'm in the countryside, I live on so small a scale that I outdo Rousseau - for I keep no man-servant, or horse, or cow, or dog, or cat, or anything that can eat or drink, except a thin poor piece of a Vestal housemaid (to keep my fire in), who has generally as bad an appetite as myself - but if you think this makes a philosopher of me - I would not