11 others | ill | dressed; but | none | but a | fool | is for this, en- | raged with the | master of the | ceremonies. 1971 ។ I remember to have once | seen a | slave, | in a fortifi- cation in | Flanders, who ap- | peared no way | touched with his | situa- | tion. | 7777 He was | maimed, de- | formed the appearance of | day | till | nightfall, |17|7 for | life; | | yet of ap- | parent | he | sung, || would have | dan ced, but that he | wanted a | leg, peared the | merriest, | happiest | man | garrison. 11| losophy: dom, || and ap- | of | all the | What a practical | phi- | losopher was here, a happy consti- | tution sup- | plied phi- | and though | seemingly | destitute of | wishe was really | wise. |111| No | reading or study had con- | tributed | to disen- | chant | the | fairy | land | a- | round him. | 1 Every thing | furnished him with an oppor- | and though | some thought him, ❘ from his | insensi- | bility, | a | fool, | he was such an idiot | as phi- | losophers | should wish to | imitate : for | all phi- | losophy | 9 tunity of mirth, | | is only forcing the | trade of | happiness, when | Nature | seems to de- | ny the | means. ||11| who like our | slave, selves on They every thing find something can | place them that | side of the | world in | which | ap- | pears in a | pleasing | light, |will | in every occurrence to | | 91 ex- cite their good | humor. |17| The most ca- | lamitious e- | vents, || either to them- | selves or others fiction; can | bring | no | new af-| the whole | world is to them, | a theatre, on which comedies | only are All the bustle of heroism, | acted. or the rants of am- | bition, serve only to heighten the ab- | surdity of the scene, | | | and make the humor | more | poignant. guish They feel, │in | short, | as | little | an at their | own dis- | tress, or the complaints of others, as the | under- | taker, | though dressed in | black, | feels | sorrow at a | ever | read of, ¦ the | pos- | sessed this hap highest de- | gree. | 1 of | gallantry, and Of all the men I famous Cardinal de | Retz | piness of temper in the As he was a man despised all that | wore the pe- | dantic ap- | pearance of phi- | losophy, where- | ever | pleasure was to be sold he was generally fore-` most to raise the auction. |111| Being a | uni- | versal | ad- | mirer of the | fair | sex, dresses, deserts, re-jected his ad- | he never thought of retiring into or pining in | hopeless dis- | tress; | 9971 he per- | suaded himself, that in- | stead of | loving the lady, he had only | fancied | that he had ¦ loved her; and so, all was | well again | 11 | When fortune | wore her | angriest | look, and | he at | last | fell into the power of his most | L deadly | enemy, || Cardinal | Maza- | rine, | 1 (being con- | fined a | close | prisoner, in the | castle of | Valen- | ciennes,) | he | never at- | tempted to sup- port his dis- | tress | by | wisdom | or phi- | losophy; for he pre- | tended to | neither. He only | laughed | at and | him- | self | and his | persecutor; || and | seemed infinitely | pleased at his | new situ- | ation. In this mansion of dis- | tress, | 11 though se- |cluded from his | friends, || though denied | all the amusements, even the con- veniences of | life, he still re- | tained his good | humor : || laughed at | all the | little | spite of his | enemies: || and | carried the | jest so far | as to be re- | venged, | by | writing the life of his goaler. 191771 wisdom of the proud can teach, | is to be stubborn | or | sullen, | under mis- | for All that the ។ The Cardinal's ex- | ample 1 struct us to be merry, in circumstances | tunes. will in of the highest af- | fliction. It mat The happiest | silly | fellow | I ever knew, was of the number of those | good natured | creatures | I that are said to | do no harm to any but them- | When- | ever he | fell into any | he | usually | called it || “See selves. misery, ing | life." ||11|1 If his | head was | broke by a | chairman, or his | pocket | picked by a | shar per, he comforted | himself | by | imitating | the Hibernian | dialect of the one, or the more | fashionable | cant of the other. 17771 | | Nothing | came a- | miss to him. |11|19| His inattention to money matters censed his father in- | all inter- cession of friends, was fruitless. 1911111 mong the number, I The old gentleman | was on his | death bed. | 111111The | whole | family, and Dick | Ma-| gathered a- | round him. second | son | Andrew," 7|77|1"1 | leave my said the ex-piring | miser," my whole es- | tate; and desire him to be | frugal." |11|17| Andrew, in a | sorrowful | tone, (as is usual | on those oc- | casions,) || prayed | heaven to pro- | long his life and | health | to en- | joy it him- | self! |77|77| "I recommend | Simon,my | third | son, to the care of his elder brother; || and | leave him be- | side, | four | thousand | pounds." | "Ah! | father," cried | Simon, (in | great af- | fliction, to be sure,) |" may | heaven | give you | life and health to en- | joy it your- | self!" 71 | | yourself!" | পপ। At | last | turning to | poor | Dick, || "as for | | | you'll | never be | you, you have always been a | sad | dog; | 9| you'll never | come to | good; | rich;|1|71 | leave | you | buy a halter." 191971 | 66 a | shilling, |to| Ah! | father," cries | Dick, without any emotion, "may | heaven | give you | life and | health | to enjoy it your- | self!" | ||91| 19971 A SUMMER EVENING'S MEDITATION. Mrs. Barbauld. Tis past; the sultry | tyrant of the south || Has spent his short-lived | rage. | | grateful | hours | More | Move | silent on. The skies no more re pel The dazzled sight;||But with | mild | maiden | beams Of temper'd | light,| in- | vite the | cherish'd eye To wander o'er their | sphere: where hung a loft, Dian's | bright | crescent, ❘ like a | silver | bow | New | strung in heaven, | lifts | high its | beamy | horns, Im-patient for the | night, and | seems to | push |