Excerpt from The Letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu, Vol. 3 of 3: With Some of the Letters of Her Correspondents Smcn the days that Cupid set Hercules to the distad', he has not had a nobler conquest, than over the elevat ed soul of Mr. Pitt. I congratulate you on the atfini ty, and I hope he will be happy: his long ac uaint ance with the lady makes the hazard much less, than where people marry without knowing the disposition of the person they cboose. I believe Lady Hester Gren ville is very good humoured, which is the principal ar ticla in the happiness of the marriage 'siate. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, wit may be pernicious, j and many brilliant qualities troublesome; but a com panion of gentle disposition, softens cares and lightens sorrows. The e sober matches made on reflection, are often happier than those made by sudd and violent passion, and Ihope this will prove of t at kind; and there is an authority in the character of Mr. Pitt, that will secure him the deference and obedience of his. 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.