i vin ivs- g ul vvedtkd love ihc bard thy bunt tlu ii mvi 1 fin wlh cockand hen lvui cil tw and very tikueini ifar giilv anj ivchkt ptkc aaudi lvctir uiur ivar- i iis ive wiirtn i forget tlte page indeed but folks wy rind it if ilicy cikoic to reucl that mauigc is tea kneel without fornc farirty oh recommends ujhiucr wcdodt ihouij be kepnnch fome fwtct fcinc acidi then life is mcy to bultttt ixiaftashl a picture t i t h n in ugtit lord whit a thing a very fright no vi fom2 daiknds be drlplaydi and htm lo balance well viiijfcajt john warned jns they fuwnj thev ifrnipd n piruj and now had 3 child tepid fhcwrsiif lovrnowchiljin fiwm mihij like i ho fcafofctf cf llie year or like abnwik now thicki iiowccar now fcarcc u rill ami now a t tin cut eowa on day th y ind a rlcfyrafc quarrel about i ittlr fviiu loili vvfthout jliv itutkvlede i my tapj by ti jstii6 t bblif her ohlfrhnd hodge on ht aflilng leave il john was fwfai and lb ihc wifely hft the leave done it happd that john jane hij not inn beds tu rcfl chcfranjjry frowning brace ol heads j jerp there was but w to reft their gci tic iavvs upon u ill have a v between us cryd the rnan with am wn fphit john rcpivd the vite a board was plat j avording to their plan thus ended this iwricr at once the itrile on the fiift night the htifband lay calm a a clock nor once winkd over c dm a clack too let me fay je nevei fquimed on lur lover two tier fbu nijrhts the fttlky pair lik rttvo iijll iiiuc deritid of care i phi of phic lilcuce i might rtpofe oi the fit h morfv it clkincd lo pleafe i1hii i tik tu fnccze fgpd blcfi ycm deat quoth jane at johns loud roc aiulj j tt i cr he fctferhh head ill uj x ji liv it from vour heart w j i indeed indeed t ycsjjphn upon my word zounds ian theu take aw v the board jiisciilany fur tl kingston gatte reckoner no 50 ir regkonfr sir i am a pciion of fo much viv i city ihat itrangcrs arc very apt co ibppole it levity and i have lometimes obferved my particular friends entertaining doubts on the iubject yet there are few per- ans more addicted to icrious thot than i am for my fprightlinefa commonly departs with my com pany and when left alone i delight in ferious contemplation nay i rave often appeared merry in foci- ety and yet been cugrofled with fome grave and intcrefling train of thought the front chambers of my mind were dedicated to mirth but the back to iilent med itation it is not my prefent in tention to analyze this turn of mind which tho rever mentioned by philoiophers is not perhaps ve ry uncommon but only to notice one great advantage which it con- ter namely trealuring up any re mark or event which may give food for future confideration we jtc 11 difpofed at tims to think frriouflv even ihc ffioll thought- his and giddy have their moments of recollection which might be im proved to the moll valuable pur- pnies the fooih however are ap to fly fvoni lcilcaion with hor ror they have not courage to look mro ihemfelvch not that they have bee cftfilrv of any ffrcat crime which tiitv h liicir eonlciencc but they l j imubcd fome idit d unaccoun ibk horror it ielt- communing iomcthing perhaps ftmilar to that which ma ladies and gentlemen expoienco at the fight of a moulc or a cit num bers on the other hand rherifh fu rious ihougitand indvlge in pen- five and iolitarv meditation not for iniiro ementi but becanfe they imd in it much complacent enjoy ment i was a lew evenings ago in company with fome young par ibus who were exceedingly mer ry for several hours but as it al- moit always happens at fmch mee- in we fank as if iy common confent into icriou eonverfatjon novels were mentioned fome de- feaded the reading of them oth ers condemned them indiscrimin ately the remarks of an elderly gentleman pleated me very much 1 here are a few works of this fort and only a few tha 1 would put into the hands oi my daugh ters bccaule they give itrength to that romantic turn to which many minds or feniibiliiv lave too great a tendency already they com monly blunt the liner blues o the foul not only by exciting them too often but in unworthy caules i hey deleribe leenes which we cannot realbnably evpect in com mon life and they place all the merit of virtue in acting from the imiulje of the moment and not from heady principle mow all moralilis know that the fame feel ings when not under the guidance ot principle which vt one lime uromote generous and benevolent actions will at another promote tliofe which arc highly pernicious without itcadinefs we have no vir tue but my principal objeftion tothefe books is that they under mine all jjjueltie dileipline they rrprefent the virtuous order of a family under the imaire o mfufler- able tyranny they teach children to deceive their natural protectors lo carry on clandestine correspon dences and regardjefs of every fil ial tie to act in direct contradiction to their parent willies they caule the tear of companion to flow for thole who have been de ceiving the authors of their being at the moment that they were re ceiving ty ftrongeft proofs often- dernefs and afiection they think every thing is made up by mak ing the hero and heroine after an unhappy marriage throw them- felves at the feet of their parents and implore their forgiveneis with tears the parents arc made to forgive this flagrant breach of du ty this unnatural rebellion and the itory concludes with fuch una nimity that the reader becomes convinced that the conduct of the parties was throughout exceeding ly proper now the imprcllion which fuch a ftory leaves on a youthful mind tends to counteract all moral and religious education to deftroy the peace and happtncls of families and to lead to iniik 6c mifery all virtue and happinefs muff commence in the domeilie circle the relations of parent and child fifter and brother are the fjurccs of all our virtues whatev- cc corrupts t hefe fources is in the hiffheft degree deftructive and ought to be univerfally rcprobat- e xherc was lilenee tor fome feconds well sir replied cla ra a stioft intelligent lady all our voting folks do not read nov els feveral of them have fenle to perceive their defects more than one of my friends were dbgu led with ida of athens which hap pened to get among us and which no perfou of delicacy or virtue can read without repenting its prof ligate principles its licentious del- cripfions and the antipathy fhewu to religion ere foon dilcovered- and the work was baniihed and the authored itigmrtizcd as acor- ruptor of youth whole works were tobe avoided as poifon and what would you fay of a young- lady who not only read a volume of iermons carefully over in pri vate but was at the pains to copy one on a molt awful and jublime iubject we begged to know the ladys name and to read the ler- mon the former ike declined with the latter ihe complied al ter readme tlwiermon which con- tamed a moil awful but yet an af fecting and encouraging picture of mankind riling from the dull anil commencing a more glorious and lppy fire than the prefent i could not help forming r he moil favora ble opinion of the fair writer i was loft in thought during the re- rnainder of the evening what a noble foul fhc mufv have how- much fupertor to the giddy nur- fuits of her fex muft fire be before fhe could debght in the confident lion of a iubjeet like this 1 cloth ed her in every kind of perfection an amiable di volition a kind ge nerous and benevolent heat a plealing rddrefs and manner a ilreng underihincng and born to beloved where ihail we find a young man defcrving of hmilar prr-ill- but what could have pro duced serjjredilecuon for a fuhjecc fo very folemn to folve this ijuef- tion many fuppolitions occurred it mufthave couched fome lender firing abs perhaps like me fbc now beholds the ieit vacaiu vvlueu a bofoin friend was accuftoiped r fill it is this that makes the hopes and promifes of the colnel fb citi- mable it is this perhaps that car ries her views beyond the prefent tranlient fcene of milery and con tention to thole peaceful and glo rious abodes which contain the trcalure fhe has ioik wiich the diligence and perseverance in well doing we become afraid left we fhould fall away we redouble cur exertions and every day fees our progrefs in hoiinels i do not know how long 1 ihould have con tinued in this plcafing reverie hid i not been reeled by a gentle tap on the moulder ome mygooj sir faid clara c do not grieve at finding a woman of o great merit you are not henceforth to conlidcr us all frivolous creatures incapable of itriout reflection be lieve me sir the natural abilities of the fexes arc equal their dif ferent education and the purpefe tor which they are deitined in life accounts fufficichtly for the dif- tincions which may be obferved between them in focicly ii this 5 moft cordially acquiefced for w q- men have been found toencell in all t he arts and fdences to equal if not furpafs men i virtue eoar- age and in purity oi kntimcat gentlenefs teiuleuefs c atfeitioiij to have gone far beyond theui yours f va1 anecdotes two ageoners travediiiff dif- ferent ways happened to meet at a place wheie fhe railage was ft laitow v- rjiuaer ii dliflculi pui fiiig cacli oilier i diiputc confe- qucntly arofe who ihould turn out of the road to let the oilier go bv one of them roar d out ki if you do not turn out immediately ill ferve you as i did the other feow jult now this addrefs kid the defired efleci the other expccu ing o have fome difaitrecable trick ferved on him mould he eiifobcy inimediately turned his team to one hue of the road but as his opponent parted him lie d- fired to 1 now how lie had ferved the otli- er man why faid he thcjlak bum rajcal fivorc he would not turn out fur ms ond fa i turned cut for him but 4 o rather worldly made it his con- tint practice to call up his famil erove d nv order illu tiiey a very pious gentleman ft m might attend prayers vtnd be rc dy for their labor in good cm1uii one morning having inuflered his family rather earlier than conunorr he commenced family duties by prayer during which he returned thariks to the lord that they were brought to fee the light oi another day an i id negro handing by pafiiou of grief is aflifled by a viv- criccl out l tc mtc tl m dd id imagination and directed by t nuiju f vu the eyes of faith we experience fc lings which cannot be deicribed we are tranfported to the refi- dence of the perfbn we lament we behold him fitting among she bleifcd his countenance full of joy the vilion nils us with inexprefli- ble debght we hy to embrace him we think that we are recognized n an attorney obierved a boy a- bout nine years of age diverting himfelfat play whole eccentricity attracted his attention come here my lad faid he the boy accordingly came and after chat ting a little aiked the attorney what cafe was to be tried next as his friend we hear him fpeak l tween the pope and the that fweet voice which was ac- pf lh torney cultomed to delight our ears one more greets them thole fenti- ments which ufed to give us fo much pleafure which rouied us to virtue and flrcngthened our alfec- tion convey the lame emotions to our fouls the plcafing dclulion gives us the moft fenlibie joy and ahho we are apt to relaple into defpondency when it departs yet an impreflion is left that gradual ly foodies the foul we have few- l and which do you fuppoie wilt gain the action r ck 1 do not know laid the boy 1 guefs twill be a pretty tight fqueezc the pope has the moft money but the devil has the moft lawyers printer ard puuhshtd bv stephen miles a ftw doors eall of walshs hotel jifltmjlihings per inn j in tufaflhc s- infix months arxl jj endeftht year excivfiw tfjtyfiqgr erties to bind us to this world ttu jtn t we have a friend in i raven epcc gd ting our arrival fhis funeeits audfimilj tweevtrd aijhuvt notice