Pierced with a sharp remorse for guilt, Of guiltless joy-that guilt can know. Shall turn to fragrant bulm-in Heaven! 538. SECURITY-diminishes the pass ons; the mind, when left to itself. immediately languishes; and, in order to preserve its ardor, must be every moment supported by a new flow of passion. For the same reason, despair, though contrary to security, has a like influence. 539. RAILLERY, in sport, without real animosi ty, puts on the aspect of cheerfulness, and someumes a kind of simple laughter--and the tone of voice is sprightly. With contempt or disgust, it casts a look asquint from time to time, at the object, and quits the cheerful aspect. for one mixed between an affected grin and sourness: the upper lip is drawn up with a smile of disdain: the arms somet mes set a-km o on the hips, and the right hand now and then thrown out towards the object, as if they were going to strike one a backhanded blow; voce rather loud, arch and meaning; sentences short, express ons satirical, with mock-praise occasionally intermixed. You have done that, which you should be sorry for. To you for gold-to pay my legions; Which you denied me; was that done, like Cassius? Should I have answered Caius Cassius thus Anecdote. A young gentleman, (the son of his Majesty's printer, who had the patent for publishing Gibbon's works,) made his appearance, at an assembly, dressed in green and gold. Being a new fuce, and extremely elegant, though he was not overstocked with sense, he attracted much attention, and a general murmur prevailed, to know who he was. A lady replied, loud enough to be heard by the stranger, "Oh! don't you know him? It is young Gibbon, bound in calf, and git; but not lettered." Seeing Right. He, only, sees well, who sees the whole, in the parts, and the parts, ir. the whole. I know but three classes of men; those who see the whole, those who see but a purt, and those who see both together. Varieties. 1. He, who lives well, and believes aright, will be saved; but he, who does not live well, and believe aright, cannot be saved. 2. Let times be ever so good, if you are slothful, you will be in want: but let times be ever so bad, if you are diligent in the performance of duty, you will prosper. 3. The reptile, in human form, should be avoided with great care. 4. If the sun is to be seen by its own light, must not the truth be seen in like manner? The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head, than the most superficial dec lamation; as a feather and a guinea will fall with equal velocity, in a vacuum. 5. As light-has no color, water--no taste, and air-no odor, so, knowledge should be equally pure, and without admixture. 6. We should have a glorious conflagration, if all, who cannot put fire into their books, would consent to put their books into the fire. 7. The union of truth and goodness-is like that of water and fire, which nothing can resist. As up the tower of knowledge slow we rise, Naught save itself, ev'n such a thing is love. Our bodies so, but that our hearts are tied, It is in rain, that we would coldly gaze- 540. REPROVING puts on a stern aspect; toughens the voice, and is accompanied with gestures, not differing much from that of threatening, but not so lively; it is like reproach, (which see,) but without the sourness and ill-nature. ILLUSTRATION. What right have you, to waste your time, which is the state's; your health, which makes time worthful, and the life of goodness in you, which makes living all your acts? Answer me-what right have you to wrong yourself, and all the world? How comes it, Cassio, you are thus forgot; That you unlace your reputation thus, And spend your rich opinion--for the name, Of a night brawler? Give me answer to it victim; whose departure froin them tacitly calls in question the infallibility of their doc trines, and thereby wounds their self-love, which makes them care more for their party, than for the progress of truth. What is the character, business, peace and happiness of the supposed offender, to them, when bent on his destruction ? Alas! how unlike the conduct of the true christian! Thus is seen the rottenness of" profession, without principle." Dead Languages. That man must have a strange value for words, when he can think it worth while to hazard the innocence and virtue of his son for a little Greek and Latin; whilst he should be laying the solid foundations of knowledge in his mind, and furnishing it with just rules to direct his future progress in life.-Locke. Anecdote. Dandies. As lady Montague was walking through a public garden with a party, she was very much annoyed by an impertinent coxcomb, who was continually making some foolish observation. On approaching one of the temples, over which And who shall plead against it? who shall say-there was a Latin inscription, she took ad- Duties of Society. Every right produces a corresponding duty: hence, may be inferred the positive duty of society, to give every individual, born in its bosom, an adequate education. For if society as a right to the services of every one of its members, this right necessarily involves some duties; and what can that duty more directly be, than that society should give to all its children, such an education, as will fit them for the services it intends to exact from them in after life? And if parents are unable to give their children such an education, it is the duty of society to assist them; and if they are unwilling, society ought to take the place of parents, and perform the duty of the parents. No one can violate the laws of God, nor the government of the world, with impunity; and the more sacred the trust, the more ferrible will be the effects of a disregard of them. Each substance of a grief-hath twenty shadows, Which show like grief itself. but are not so: For sorrow's eye, glazed with blinding tears, Divides one thing entire-to many objects; Like perspectives, which, rightly gazed upon, Show nothing but confusion; eyed awry, Distinguish form. vantage of it, to expose his ignorance, in the hope of putting him to silence. "Pray sir," said she,be kind enough to explain that inscription to us." "Madam," said he, with an affected air, "I really do not know what it means, for I see it is dog Latin." "How very extraordinary it is," said lady Mary, "that puppies should not understand their own language." IMAGINATION. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Varieties. 1. What is the difference be tween acule and chronic disease? 2. It is folly for an eminent man to think of escap ing censure, and a weakness to be affected by it. 3. If we had it in our power to gratify every wish, we should soon feel a surfeit. 4. When anything below God-is the supreme object of our love, at some time or other, it will be an object of sorrow. 5. Truth-is its own witness, and fears not a free and impar tial examination; it seeks to be seen in its own resplendent brightness. 6. By confes sing our faults to others, we contribute very much towards putting them away, and con firming ourselves against them. 7. Which is worse-to worship the works of our own hand, or the creations of our own imagina Too Common. Enry, hatred, malice, and uncharitableness. How melancholy and heart-rending-to reflect upon the vast number of professing christians-of all orders, who show, by their deeds, that they are under the influence of these infernal passions; altho' in their sabbath devotions, they may pray against them with their lips, and entreat their Maker to enable them to keep the law which says, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." Let a man of one branch of the church, leave it, even from the best of motives, and join another, which happens to differ from it in religious belief, and how soon the air is rent with the political cry, "Shoot the deserter. Nothing seems too bad for the disaffected to say about their markedtions? 541. SCORN, is negligent anger: it insinuates therefore, by a voluntary slackness, or disarming of the nerves, a known, or concluded essence of all power in the united object, even to make the de fence seem necessary: and the ur.braced muscles are assisted in this show of contemptuous disregard, by an affected smile upon the eye, because slack nerves, if at the same time the looks were also langaid, would too much resemble sorrow, or even fear; whereas, the purpose is disdain and insult: and tho' in more provoking serious cases, where scorn admits disturbance, it assumes some sense of anger, it must still retain the slack unguarded languor of the nerves, lest it should seem to have conceived impressions of some estimable and important weightiness, where its design is utter disregard and negligence. Age, thou art shamed; Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods; When went there by an age, since the sun shone, But it was famed with more than one man? When could they say, till now, who talked of Rome, That her wide walls-encompassed but one man! 542. LANGUAGE OF FEELING. There is an original element in our natures, a connection between the senses, the mind and the heart, implanted by the Creator, for pure and noble purposes, which cannot be reasoned away. You cannot argue men out of their senses and feelings; and, after having wearied yourself and others, by talking about books and history, set your foot upon the spot, where some great and memorable exploit was achieved, especially, with those whom you claim kindred, and your heart swells within you. You do not now reason; you feel the inspiration of the place. Your cold philosophy vanishes, and you are ready to put off your shoes from your feet; for the place whereon you stand is holy. A language which letters cannot shape, which sounds cannot convey, speaks, not to the head, but to the heart; not to the understand ing, but to the affections. The player's profession,- Thoughts! what are they? Who, when harsh fate its dull brow bends, And, in the depth of midnight, force a day. Anecdote. To a man of exalted mind, the forgiveness of injuries, is productive of more pleasure and satisfaction, than obtaining vengeance. The Roman emperor, Adrian, who was skilled in all the accomplishments of body and mind, one day seeing a person, who had injured him, in his former station, thus addressed him, "You are safe now; I am emperor.” Braying. There are braying men in the world as well as braying asses; for, what's loud and senseless talking, huffing, and swearing, any other then a more fushimable way of braying? [son Varieties. 1. Idlers- should leave the industrious to their labor, and visit only those who are as idle as themselves. 2. There are some minds, which, like the buzzard's eye, can pass heedlessly over the beauties of nature, and see nothing but the carcuse, rotting in the corner. 3. He, is well constituted, who grieves not for what he has not, and rejoices for that he has. 4. True ease in writing, speaking and singing, comes from art, not chance. 6. When once a man falls, all will tread on him. 7. The action should always keep time with the emphasis and the voice: it should be the result of feeling, not of His words were fire, both light and heat! At once thought. With zeal they warmed us and convine'd with reaI had read and heard of eloquence before, How 't is despotic-takes the heart by storm, Where'er the ramparts, prejudice, or use, Environ it withal; how, 'fore its march, Stony resolves have given way like flax; How it can raise, or lay, the mighty surge Of popular commotion, as the wind, The wave that frets the sea-but, till to-day, I never proved its power. When he began, A thousand hearers pricked their ears to list. With each a different heart; when he left off, Each man could tell his neighbor's by his own. Rage-is the shortest passion of our souls. Like narrow books, that rise with sudden show', It swells in haste, and falls again as soon. Still, as it ebbs, the softer thoughts flow in, And the deceiver-love-supplies its place. VIRTUE THE BEST TREASURE. Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, I stand-as one upon a rock, 543. SHAME-or a sense of appearing to a dis- I should be guiltier-than my guiltiness, Hard Questions. In every step, which reason takes in demonstrative knowledge, must there be intuitive certainty? Does the power of intuitum, imply that of reasoning, when combined with the faculty of memory? In examining those processes of thought, which conduct the mind, by a series of consequences, from premises to a conclusion, is there any intellectual act whatever, which the joint operation of memory, and what is called intuition, does not sufficiently explain? What is the distinction between the elements of reasoning, and the principles of reasoning? If the elements of reasoning are employed to connect the concatenations in an argument; and if an argument could not be made without the elements of reasoning; does it follow, that the elements of reasoning imply the principles of reasoning? If, in every step which reason takes in demonstrative knowledge, there must be intuitive certainty, does this necessarily imply anything more, than that, without the intuitive power, we could not know when one link in the chain was completed? Modesty in a man is never to be allowed as a good quality, but a weakness, if it suppresses lus virtue, and hides it from the world, when he has, at the same time, a mind to exert himself. A midest person seldom fails to gain the good-will of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man, who does not appear to be pleased with himself. Miscellaneous. 1. It is a striking feature Thus, libertines-are chaste, and misers-good, That holy Shame, which ne'er forgets What clear renown--it used to wear; A flush, [cheek, 544. SURPRISE AT UNEXPECTED EVENTS. Should leave the helm, and, like a fearful lad, Varieties. 1. It is wrong to affront angbody; and he who does it, must expect to be paid in his own coin. 2. Many persons, in easy circumstances, often ruin themselves, by attempting to vie with the rich. 3. Do not the works of God, as well as his Word-teach Anecdote. To Cure Sore Eyes. "Good-lessons of wisdom? 4. Everything tends to morning, landlord," said a man the other produce its likeness; the idle make their as day, as he stepped into a tavern to get some-sociates idle; the libertine-corrupts the inthing to drink. Good-morning, sir," replied mine host; "how do you do?" "Oh, I don't know," said the man, raising his goggles, and wiping away the rheum; "I'm plagued most to death with these ere pesky sore eyes. I wish you'd tell me how to cure 'em." "Willingly," said the merry host. "Wear your goggles over your mouth, wash your eyes in Brandy, and I'll warrant a cure." Vice-oft is hid in virtue's fair disguise, nocent; the quarrelsome-create broils; The real patriot-bears his private wrongs, 545. SUSPICION: JEALOUSY. Fear of another's endeavoring to prevent our attainment of the dered good, raises our SUSPICION; and suspicion of his having obtained, or likely to obtain it, raises, or consitutes JEALOUSY. Jealousy between the sexes-s a ferment of love, haired, hope, fear, shrune, anxiety grief, pity, suspicion, envy, pride, rage, cruelty, vengeance, sadness, and every other tormenting passion, which can agitate the buman mind. Therefore, to express it well, one should know how to represent all these passons by turns, and often several of them together: it shows itself by restlessness, peevishness, thoughtfulness, anxiety, and absence of mind. Sometimes it bursts out into piteous complaints and werp ng: then a gleam of hope, that all is yet well, lights up the countenance into a momentary smile: immediately the face, clouded with general gloom, shows the mind over-cast again with horrid suspicions, and frightful imaginations; thus The jealous-is a prey to the most tormenting feelings, and is alternately tantalized with hope, and plunged into despair. No, my dear, you must not sit; for I intend to make you stand, this evening, as long as you made lady B- remain in the same position. Laconic. There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he, who knows what is good, and embraces it, who knows what is bad, and avoids it, is learned and temperate. But they, who know very well what ought to be done, and yet do quite otherwise, are ignorant and stupid. Varieties. 1. What is the difference be 3. True tween possessing the good things of life, and matter. Who finds the heifer dead, and bleeding fresh, And sees fast by a butcher with an axe. But will suspect, 'twas he that made the slaughter? Who finds the partridge in the puttock's nest, But may imagine how the bird was dead, Although the kite soar with unbloodied beak? 546. HANDS, FEET AND ARMS. Observe accurately, the different positions of the feet, hands, arms, &c. of the oratorical and poetical engravings, and that of the passions; and study out the various causes, or subjects, and states of thoughts and feelings, prompt-As Nature and Garrick were talking one day, ing them; and, in imitating them, there will often be suggested to you the appropriIt chanced they had words, and fell out; ate feeling and thought. Each engraving Dame Reason would fan have prevented a fray, should be made a particular subject of study; But could not, for both were so stout. and there is more matter on a page of en- Says Garrick, I honor you, madam, 'tis true, grarings, than on any printed page; but, in And with pride, to your laws, I submit; speaking, never think about making gestures; let them be the result of unrestrained feel. But Shakspeare paints stronger and better than you, ing, and they will be more likely to be right: guard, sedulously against all affectation, and do nothing you do not feel and think. If these hints and suggestions are not of use to you, more would be of but little service; and to illustrate every one, and many more, you will find an abundance of examples in the work; which is designed for those who think. Would he were fatter; but I fear him not: I do not know the man, I should avoid So soon as th's spare Cass.us. He reads much; He loves no plays; he hears no music; Anecdote. Queen Caroline, having observed that her daughter, the princess, had made one of the ladies about her, stand a long time, while the princess was talking to Eer, on some trifling subject, was resolved to give her a suitable reprimand. Therefore, when the princess came, in the evening, to read to her mother, as usual, and was drawing a chair to sit down, the queen said to her, All critics of taste will admit. My pencils you fileh, and my colors you steal, To joyless dread, and mak'st the loving heart And in his stend let love forever dowell; His being-hath a nobler strength in heaven. |