ex- cite their good | honor. | 7 7 7 7 7 The | most ca- | lamitous e- | vents, | 7 7 | either to them- | selves 7 or others, 7 can | bring | no | new af- | fliction; | 77 | 7 the whole | world | 7 is to them, | 7 a | theatre, | 7 on which | comedies | only | 7 are | acted. | 77 | 7 7 | All the | bustle of | heroism, | 7 or the rants of am- | bition, | 7 7 | serve only to | heighten | 7 the ab- | surdity | 7 of the scene, | 7 and | make the | humor | 7 more | poignant. | 7 7 | 77 | 7 They feel, | 7 in | short, | 7 as guish | 7 at their | own dis- | tress, | 7 or the complaints of others, | 7 as the | under- | taker, | 7 though dressed in | black, | feels | sorrow | 7 at a | funeral. 7777 |

little | an

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. |

man of

gallantry, | 7 and pe- | dantic ap- |

7 7 7 7 | As he was a des- | pised | 7 all that wore the pearance 7 of philosophy, 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 expected | 7 a more | favourable | 7 reception. | 77 | 77 | 7 If | she, | too, | 7 re- | jected 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 in- | stead of loving the | lady, | 7 he had | only |

fancied | 7 that he had | loved her; | 7 7 | 7 and | so, all was well again. | 77 | 77 |

7 When | fortune | wore her | angriest | look, |7 7| and | he at | last | fell into the power | 7 of his most | deadly enemy, 177 | Cardinal | Maza- | rine, f 77 (being con- | fined a close | prisoner, | 7 in the 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; | 77 | 7 and | seemed | infinitely | pleased | 7 at his new situation. 7777 | 7 In | this | mansion of dis- | tress, 77 though se- cluded from his friends, | 777 though denied | all the a- | musements, | 7 and | even the conveniences of life, | 7 he | still retained 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, | venged, 7 by | writing the life | 7 of his | goaler. | 77 | 7 7 | All that the wisdom of the proud | 7 can

teach,

is to be stubborn | 7 or | sullen, | under mis- | fortunes. | 77 | 77 | 7 The | Cardinal's ex- | ample | 7 will in- | struct 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 | conby others, | 7 into | insensi- | bility; | 7 or | even | idiotism: | 77 | 7 it is | happiness | 7 to our- | selves; | 77 | 7 and | none but a | fool, | 7 would | measure his satis- | faction | 7 by | what the world thinks of it. |77|77|

strued

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. | 7 7 | 77 | 7 When- | ever he | fell into | any | misery, | 77 | 7 he usually called it | 77 |"Seeing | life." | 7 7 | 7 7 | 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 Hibernian dialect | 7 of the | one, or the more fashionable | cant | 7 of the other. | 77 | 7 7 | No| 77 | 77 |

thing came a- | miss to him.

7 His | inattention 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 |

7 The old | gentleman | was on his | death bed. | 77 | 77 | 7 The | whole | family, | 7 and | Dick | 7 among the number, | 7 7 | gathered a- round him. I 7 7 | 77 | 7 "I | leave my second | son | Andrew," said the ex-piring | miser, | 7 "my whole es- tate; } 77 | 7 and de- | sire him | 7 to be | frugal.” | 77 | 7 7 |

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Andrew, | 7 in a | sorrowful | tone, | 7 (as is | usual | 7 on those occasions,) | 7 | prayed | Heaven | 7 to 1 pro-long his life and health | 7 to enjoy it him- | self! | 77 | 77 |

7 "I recommend | Simon, | 7 my third | son, | 7 to the care of his elder | brother; | 77 | 7 and | leave I him | 7 be- side, | four | thousand pounds.'

"Ah! | father," | 7 cried | Simon, | 7 (in | great affliction, | 7 to be sure, ) | 7 "may | Heaven | give you | life and health 7 to en- | joy it yourself!" | |

77 1

7 7 |

7 At last turning to | poor | Dick, | 7 7 | “ 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 | 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 |

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 |

7 Her brother | down the sky. 7 | 77 | Fair | Venus |

shines 7

Even in the beam 7 |

eye of | day; 7 | 7 with | sweetest |

7 Pro- pitious | shines, and shakes a trembling |

flood 7

7 Of¦ soften'dradience | 7 from her | dewy | locks. |

7777

7 The shadows | spread a ¦ pace; 7 | 77 | 7 while | meeken'd eve, 7|

7 Her cheek yet | warm with | blushes, | slow re- |

tires |

Through the Hes- | perian | gardens of the | west, 7 | 7 And shuts the gates of | day. 7 | 77 | 7 'Tis | now the hour 7 |

7 When contem- | plation | 7 (from her | sunless | haunts,

7 The cool | damp | grotto, |77|7 or the lonely |

depth 7 |

7 Of | unpierced | woods, 7 | where, 7 | wrapt in | silent shade, 77

7 She mused a- | way the gaudy | hours of | noon, 7

7 And | fed on | thoughts | un- | ripen'd by the | sun,) 7 |

Moves forward; | 7 and with | radiant | finger |

points 7 |

7 To yon blue | concave, | swell'd by | breath di- | vine: | 77 |

Where, 7 one by one, the living | eyes of | heaven |