354.
[10] Lord Macaulay, Article on History, _Edinburgh Review_, vol.lxvii.
[11] Letter to Clephane, 3rd September, 1757.
[12] "You must know that Lord Hertford has so high a character for piety, that his taking me by the hand is a kind of regeneration to me, and all past offences are now wiped off.

But all these views are trifling to one of my age and temper."-- _Hume to Edmonstone_, 9th January, 1764.

Lord Hertford had procured him a pension of L200 a year for life from the King, and the secretaryship was worth L1000 a year.
[13] Madame d'Epinay gives a ludicrous account of Hume's performance when pressed into a _tableau_, as a Sultan between two slaves, personated for the occasion by two of the prettiest women in Paris:-- "Il les regarde attentivement, _il se frappe le ventre_ et les genoux a plusieurs reprises et ne trouve jamais autre chose a leur dire que _Eh bien! mes demoiselles .-- Eh bien! vous voila donc....

Eh bien! vous voila ...

vous voila ici ?_ Cette phrase dura un quart d'heure sans qu'il put en sortir.