77 | others | ill | dressed; | 7 but | none but a | fool | 7 is for this, | 7 en- | raged with the | master of the ceremonies. | 77 | 77 | 7 I re- member | 7 to have | once | seen a | slave, | 7 in a fortification | 7 in | Flanders, | 7 who ap- | peared | no way | touched | 7 with his | situ- | ation. | 77777 He was | maimed, | 7 de- | formed | 7 and | chained : | 77 | 7 o- | bliged to | toil | 7 from the ap-pearance of | day | 7 till | nightfall, | 7 7 | 7 and con- demned to this | 7 for | life; | 7 7 | yet with | all these circumstances | 7 of ap- | parent | wretchedness, 7 he | sung, | 7 7 | would have | danced, | 77 | but that he wanted a | leg, | 7 and ap- | peared the merriest, | happiest | man | 7 of all the | garrison. | 77 | 7 7 | 7 What a practical | 7 phi- | losopher | 7 was here, 777 a happy consti- | tution | 7 sup- plied phi- | losophy; | 7 and though | seemingly | destitute of | wisdom, | 7 he was really | wise. | 77 | 7 7 | No | reading 7 or study | 7 had con- | tributed | 7 to disen- | chant | 7 the fairy | land | 7 a- | round him. | 7 7 | 77 | Every thing | furnished him | 7 with an | oppor- | tunity of mirth, | 77 | 7 and though | some | thought him, | 7 from his | insensi- | bility, | 7 a | fool, | 7 he was such an | ideot | 7 as phi- | losophers | 7 should | wish to imitate: | 77 | 7 for | all phi- | losophy | 7 is | | only forcing the | trade of | happiness, | 7 when | Natu | seems to de- | ny the | means. | 7 7 | 7 7 | They, 7 who like our | slave, | 7 can place themselves | 7 on that | side of the world | 7 in | which | every thing | 7 ap- | pears in a | pleasing | light, | 7 will | find something | 7 in | every oc- | currence | 7 to only | 7 are | heroism, | 7 only to | scene, | 7 ex- - | cite their | good | honor. | 77 | 7 7 | 7 The | 7 Of all the men | 7I ever read of, 7 the | | famous Cardinal de | Retz | 7 pos- | sessed this | happiness of temper | 7 in the highest de- | gree. 7777 | As he was a man of | gallantry, | 7 and des- | pised | 7 all that | wore the pe- | dantic ap- | pearance | of phi- | losophy, | 7 where- | ever | pleasure 7 was to be sold | he was generally | foremost 7 to raise the | auction. | 77 | 77 |Being a universal | 7 ad- | mirer of the | fair | sex, |77| when he found one | lady | cruel, | 7 he | generally fell in | love | 7 with an- | other, | 7 from whom he ex- pected | 7 a more | favourable | 7 reception. 7777 If she, too, | 7 re- | jec| | ted his ad- | dresses, | 77 | 7 he | never | thought of re- | tiring into deserts, | 7 or | pining in | hopeless distress; 77 | he per- | suaded himself, | 7 that instead of loving the lady, 7 he had only | fancied | 7 that he had | loved her; | 77 | 7 and | so, all was well again. | 77 | 77 | 77 the 7 When fortune | wore her | angriest | look, | 77 | and he at last | fell into the power | 7 of his most | deadly | enemy, 7 7 | Cardinal | Maza- | rine, | (being con- | fined a | close | prisoner, | 7 in castle of Valen- | ciennes,) | 7 he | never at- | tempted 7 to sup- | port his dis- | tress | 7 by | wisdom 7 or phi- | losophy; | 77 | for he pre- | tended to | neither. | 77 | 77 | 7 He | only | laughed | 7 at him- | self | 7 and his | persecutor; | 7 7 ¦ 7 and | seemed infinitely | pleased | 7 at his new situ- | ation. 7777 | 7 In | this | mansion of dis- | tress, | 77 | though se- |cluded from his friends, | 77 | 7 though denied | all the a- | musements, | 7 and | even the conveniences of life, | 7 he still re- | | | tained his good | humour: | 77 | laughed at | all the | little spite of his | enemies: | 77 | 7 and | carried the jest so far as to be re- | venged, 7 by | writing the life | 7 of his goaler. | 77 | 77 | All that the wisdom of the proud | 7 can teach, is to be stubborn | 7 or | sullen, | under mis- | fortunes. 7777 | 7 The | Cardinal's ex- | ample | 7 will instruct us to be | merry, | 7 in | circumstances | 7 of the highest af- | fliction. | 77 | 77 | 7 It | matters not whether our good humor | 7 be construed 7 by others, | 7 into | insensi- | bility; | 7 or | even | idiotism: | 77 | 7 it is | happiness | 7 to ourselves; 7 7 7 and | none but a fool, | 7 would | measure his | satis- | faction | 7 by | what the world | thinks of it. | 77 | 77 | 7 The | happiest | silly | fellow | 7 I | ever | knew, | was of the number of those | good natured | creatures that are said to | do no | harm | 7 to | any but them| selves. | 77 | 77 | 7 When- | ever he | fell into any | misery, | 77 | 7 he usually | called it | 77 |" Seeing | life." | 77 | 77 | 7 If his | head was | broke by a | chairman, | 7 or his | pocket | picked by a | sharper, | 7 he | comforted himself | 7 by | imitating | 7 the Hi- | bernian | dialect 17 of the | one, | or the more | fashionable | cant | 7 of the | other. | 77 | 7 7 | Nothing | came a- | miss to him. | 77 | 77 | 7 His | inat- | tention to | money matters | 7 in- | censed his father | 7 to such a de- | gree, | 7 that | all inter- cession of friends, | 7 in his favor, | 7 was fruitless. | 77 | 77 | 66 7 The old | gentleman | was on his | death bed. | 77 | 77 | 7 The | whole | family, | 7 and | Dick | 7 among the number, | 77 | gathered a- | round him. | 77 | 77 | 7" I leave my second | son | Andrew," | said the ex-piring | miser, | 7 "my | whole es- | tate ; | 777 and de- sire him | 7 to be | frugal." | 77 | 77 | Andrew, | 7 in a | sorrowful | tone, | 7 (as is | usual | 7 on those occasions,) | 7 | prayed | Heaven | 7 to pro- | long his life and health | 7 to en- | joy it him- | self!|77|77| 66 7 I recommend | Simon, 7 my | third | son, 7 to the care of his elder | brother; | 77 | 7 and | leave him | 7 be- | side, | four | thousand | pounds." "Ah! | father," | 7 cried | Simon, | 7 (in | great af- | fliction, 7 to be sure, ) | 7" may | Heaven | give you | life and health | 7 to en- | joy it your- | self!" | 77 | 77 66 7 At last turning to | poor | Dick, | 77 |" as for | you, you have always | 7 been a sad | dog; | 77 | you'll never come to good; | 77 | you'll never be rich; | 77 | 7 I| leave | you | 7 a | shilling, | 7 to | buy a halter." | 77 | 77 | “Ah! | father,” | 7 cries | Dick, | 7 without | any e- | motion, 7" may | Heaven | give you | life and health | 1 7 to enjoy it your- | self!" | 77 | 77 | A SUMMER EVENING'S MEDITATION. Mrs. Barbauld. 7 'Tis past; 7 7 the sultry | tyrant of the | south 7 | 7 Has spent his | short-lived | rage. 7 | 77 | 7 More grateful hours Move silent on. 7 | 77 | 7 The | skies no more re pel 7 | 7 The | dazzled | sight; 7|77| But with | mild | maiden | beams 7 | 7 Of | temper'd light, 7 | 7 in- | vite the cherish'd | eye 7 | 7 To wander o'er their | sphere; 7 | where 7 | hung a- | loft, 7 | Dian's bright crescent, like a | silver | bow 7 | New strung in | heaven, | lifts | high | 7 its | beamy horns, 7 | 7 Im- patient for the night, 7 | 7 and seems to | push 7 | |