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Article WISDOM AND FOLLY: A VISION. ← Page 3 of 6 →
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Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.
than that of Queen Wisdom . For the last twenty ' years it has received vast accessions from Mi's . Novel's female friends , and those males whom Folly marks as her own . ¦*¦ ' The deputy-keeper of Mrs . Novel ' s department is a Militia Colonel , and is also superihtendant of her press . That ' worthy person may proudly boast that never did man exe _ rt himself more to supply Fools with appropriate literature than he : in one thing , indeed ,
he is inconsistent , as he calls bis the Minerva-Press , giving the name of the Goddess of Wisdom to the FORGE OF FOLLY . ' There are occasional surmises still to the disadvantage of Mrs . Novel ' s loyalty . She has an hankering after a Mr . Moore , though the enemy of Folly , and a Sapphic friendship with a lady of the name
of Btiiney , a native of the higher regions of Wisdom . When reprimanded for this connection by the Queen , she pleaded in her defence , that if she had a friendship for two Wise , she patronised at least two thousand Fools : that the works of the said'Fools being read through the whole territories of Folly , increased loyalty to the Sovereign : that , besides , they tended to increase population , by stimulating young readers . Queen Folly admitted- the truth of this last assertionand
or-, dered that her thanks should be returned to governesses and teachers of boarding-schools , for instructing their young ladies in literature so productive . ' Besides Miss Biirney ' arid Mr . Moore , there were a few of the natives of Wisdom , " though born ' much farther down , and indeed towards the frontiers , that had used Mrs .. 'Novel ' s name : however , it
was evident , from their productions , that they had passed much , of their leisure at the court of Folly , which they could visit in a short time , not ' having far togo . A Mrs . 'Ratcliffe , from near the bbttom of Wise-land , was a very great favourite with Queen Folly , and her works wonderfully admired by ' FOOLS . This Mrs . ' Ratcliffe always . preserved her reputation for . ' chastity , no one having ever accused her of bringing into the world NATURAL children . She , and many
other lemale novelists , had been impregnated , like the quadrupeds described by Virgil , without any converse with males— " Sine ullis cdnjugiis vento gravidse—their progenies , begot by the wind , resembling the father in emptiness . " Mrs . Ratcliffe had spent much of her time in the lower regions of Fancy , regions which , besides the productions before mentioned , were most plentifully stored with fiendsdevilsand hobgoblinsa species of beings in very hih
re-, , , g quest with Queen Folly and her subjects . As to collect fiends , devils , and hobgoblins , required very little trouble , Mrs . Ratcliffe , with great , ease to herself , afforded a most plentiful supply of them to their amateurs , the Fools ; and now and then , for a change , garnished them with side-dishes of monks , friars , ntins , thieves , and murderers , taken from the same quantity , and with equal ease .
' The proneness of certain animals to imitation was before remarked : asses contribute their mimetic ' efforts , without considering the utility of the object , even if practicable : if one sheep act through
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.
than that of Queen Wisdom . For the last twenty ' years it has received vast accessions from Mi's . Novel's female friends , and those males whom Folly marks as her own . ¦*¦ ' The deputy-keeper of Mrs . Novel ' s department is a Militia Colonel , and is also superihtendant of her press . That ' worthy person may proudly boast that never did man exe _ rt himself more to supply Fools with appropriate literature than he : in one thing , indeed ,
he is inconsistent , as he calls bis the Minerva-Press , giving the name of the Goddess of Wisdom to the FORGE OF FOLLY . ' There are occasional surmises still to the disadvantage of Mrs . Novel ' s loyalty . She has an hankering after a Mr . Moore , though the enemy of Folly , and a Sapphic friendship with a lady of the name
of Btiiney , a native of the higher regions of Wisdom . When reprimanded for this connection by the Queen , she pleaded in her defence , that if she had a friendship for two Wise , she patronised at least two thousand Fools : that the works of the said'Fools being read through the whole territories of Folly , increased loyalty to the Sovereign : that , besides , they tended to increase population , by stimulating young readers . Queen Folly admitted- the truth of this last assertionand
or-, dered that her thanks should be returned to governesses and teachers of boarding-schools , for instructing their young ladies in literature so productive . ' Besides Miss Biirney ' arid Mr . Moore , there were a few of the natives of Wisdom , " though born ' much farther down , and indeed towards the frontiers , that had used Mrs .. 'Novel ' s name : however , it
was evident , from their productions , that they had passed much , of their leisure at the court of Folly , which they could visit in a short time , not ' having far togo . A Mrs . 'Ratcliffe , from near the bbttom of Wise-land , was a very great favourite with Queen Folly , and her works wonderfully admired by ' FOOLS . This Mrs . ' Ratcliffe always . preserved her reputation for . ' chastity , no one having ever accused her of bringing into the world NATURAL children . She , and many
other lemale novelists , had been impregnated , like the quadrupeds described by Virgil , without any converse with males— " Sine ullis cdnjugiis vento gravidse—their progenies , begot by the wind , resembling the father in emptiness . " Mrs . Ratcliffe had spent much of her time in the lower regions of Fancy , regions which , besides the productions before mentioned , were most plentifully stored with fiendsdevilsand hobgoblinsa species of beings in very hih
re-, , , g quest with Queen Folly and her subjects . As to collect fiends , devils , and hobgoblins , required very little trouble , Mrs . Ratcliffe , with great , ease to herself , afforded a most plentiful supply of them to their amateurs , the Fools ; and now and then , for a change , garnished them with side-dishes of monks , friars , ntins , thieves , and murderers , taken from the same quantity , and with equal ease .
' The proneness of certain animals to imitation was before remarked : asses contribute their mimetic ' efforts , without considering the utility of the object , even if practicable : if one sheep act through