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Article TO THE EDITOR. Page 1 of 1 Article AN EASTERN APOLOGUE. Page 1 of 1
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To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
sin , TF you think the following Anecdote of the late Lord Lyttelton 1 worth inserting in your Magazine , it is at your service . ' A worthy Physician of my acquaintance was sent for by his Lordship in his last illness , fbr-whom he had . a , particular regard , and to he saidDoctor shall be confessorWhen I first set
whom , " , you- my . out in the world , I had friends who endeavoured with all their might to shake my belief in tire Christian religion . -I saw difficulties which stacreered me ; but I kept my mirid open to convicbonv 1 he evidences and doctrines of Christianity ,-studied with attention , made me ¦ a most firm and persuaded believer of the Christian religion . I have it the rule of lifeand it is the ground of future-hopes ~
made my , my Since my first marriage 1 ne ' verha'd ' arry unchaste commerce with any woman . I have-erred and sinned ; - but -have repented and never indulged any-vicious habit—In politics and public life 1 have made public good the rule of my conduct . I never gave counsel which I did not at that time think the best . I have seen that 1 was sometimes in the wrong ,- ' but 'I did not err designedly . In public affairs , be done eviland morality
o-reat o-0 od can often only by risking some ; ? s in that sphere of action necessarily oh a larger ground than in more private affairs ; -- ^ hav e endeavoured in private life to do all the good in my power ; and never for ' a . moment could ^ -indulge malicious-or un ' rust desigiis ao-ainst any person whatsoever . " At another time he said , " 1 must " leave my soul in the same state it was in before this illness : I find this a very inconvenient time ior solicitude about any thing . . .
An Eastern Apologue.
AN EASTERN APOLOGUE .
THE Calif He < riage , who by hiscruelties had rendered himself the terror and . dread of his subjects , happening to . traverse his vase dominions . without any badge of distinction , met with an Arabian o * tiV'desert , and thus addressed himself to him : •• ¦ » Friend , ( said-he ) I should be glad you would let me know what kind of a - man this Hegiage is , of whom they talk so much r lies the Arabianis he is tygera
men" Hesnao-e ( rep ) no man ; a , « ster " ° - " Of what do they accuse him ? 'W-Oh ! a multitude of crimes ' ; already has he wallowed in the blood of more than a million of his subjects ' . "— " Have you never seen him ? "— " No — Well , look at him now : ' tis to him thou speakest . " ¦ _ The Arabian , " without betraying the . least surprise , rivets his eyes And Sirknow who 1
upon him , and proudly demands , " you , , you am ?•'_ .- » N 0 . "— " I belong to the family of Zobain , each of whose descendants is infected with madness one day in even / year , and mine is to-day . " , ., Plegiage smiled , and in consideration of the ingenuity ot lus excuse forgave him ,
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To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
sin , TF you think the following Anecdote of the late Lord Lyttelton 1 worth inserting in your Magazine , it is at your service . ' A worthy Physician of my acquaintance was sent for by his Lordship in his last illness , fbr-whom he had . a , particular regard , and to he saidDoctor shall be confessorWhen I first set
whom , " , you- my . out in the world , I had friends who endeavoured with all their might to shake my belief in tire Christian religion . -I saw difficulties which stacreered me ; but I kept my mirid open to convicbonv 1 he evidences and doctrines of Christianity ,-studied with attention , made me ¦ a most firm and persuaded believer of the Christian religion . I have it the rule of lifeand it is the ground of future-hopes ~
made my , my Since my first marriage 1 ne ' verha'd ' arry unchaste commerce with any woman . I have-erred and sinned ; - but -have repented and never indulged any-vicious habit—In politics and public life 1 have made public good the rule of my conduct . I never gave counsel which I did not at that time think the best . I have seen that 1 was sometimes in the wrong ,- ' but 'I did not err designedly . In public affairs , be done eviland morality
o-reat o-0 od can often only by risking some ; ? s in that sphere of action necessarily oh a larger ground than in more private affairs ; -- ^ hav e endeavoured in private life to do all the good in my power ; and never for ' a . moment could ^ -indulge malicious-or un ' rust desigiis ao-ainst any person whatsoever . " At another time he said , " 1 must " leave my soul in the same state it was in before this illness : I find this a very inconvenient time ior solicitude about any thing . . .
An Eastern Apologue.
AN EASTERN APOLOGUE .
THE Calif He < riage , who by hiscruelties had rendered himself the terror and . dread of his subjects , happening to . traverse his vase dominions . without any badge of distinction , met with an Arabian o * tiV'desert , and thus addressed himself to him : •• ¦ » Friend , ( said-he ) I should be glad you would let me know what kind of a - man this Hegiage is , of whom they talk so much r lies the Arabianis he is tygera
men" Hesnao-e ( rep ) no man ; a , « ster " ° - " Of what do they accuse him ? 'W-Oh ! a multitude of crimes ' ; already has he wallowed in the blood of more than a million of his subjects ' . "— " Have you never seen him ? "— " No — Well , look at him now : ' tis to him thou speakest . " ¦ _ The Arabian , " without betraying the . least surprise , rivets his eyes And Sirknow who 1
upon him , and proudly demands , " you , , you am ?•'_ .- » N 0 . "— " I belong to the family of Zobain , each of whose descendants is infected with madness one day in even / year , and mine is to-day . " , ., Plegiage smiled , and in consideration of the ingenuity ot lus excuse forgave him ,