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An Account Of Druidism.
the Ocean . _ That at this day the inhabitants of India deify their principal rivers is a well-known fact ; the waters of the Ganges possess an uncommon sanctity ; and the modem Arabians , like thelshmaelites ' of old , concur with the Danmonii in their reverence of spring-s and fountains . Eyen the names of the Arabian and Danmonian tVells have a striking correspondence . We have the sing well the white
ing- , or - fountam , and'there are springs with similar names in the deserts of Arabia . Perhaps the yeneration of the Danmonii for fountains and rivers may be accepted as no trivial proof , to be thrown into the mass of circumstantial evidence , in favour of their eastern original . That theArabs , in thejr thirsty deserts , should even adore their » wells of springing water , need hot excite but
, our surprize ; we may justly wonder at the inhabitants of Devonshire and Cornwall thus worshipping the gfids or numerous rivers , and never-failing brooks , familiar t « -
Life Of Philip Egalite, Late Duke Of Orleans.
LIFE OF PHILIP EGALITE , LATE DUKE OF ORLEANS .
[ FROM THE FRENCH . ] ' .
IT was on the 13 th of April ,.. 1747 , that heaven , in its wrath , permitted nature to produce that man , who was one day to become the opprobrium of the human race , and the author of the misfortunes of Jus country . It was undoubtedl y to afford an example of how far it i ? possible for human degeneracy to reach , that he was placed in the most elevated rank of life , born on the steps of a throne , and nearly allied to a family , the amiableness of which is hereditary .
Although from his infancy Lewis Philip of Orleans seems to have possessed the germ of the most horrid passions within his own bosom , yet it Was not transmitted . to him from his parents ; for his father ^ heart was the sanctuary of all the private virtues ; and if his mother may be reproached with certain errors , which rather proceed from the ¦ temperament of the human frame than gross immorality , yet it cannot be saidthat vice formed
, the basis of iter character . Philip , then , is solely indebte 4 to himself for the hideous organization of his mind- ; it was there that he-formed the depraved source of those terrible disorders and degrading sentiments , which he is notoriousl y known to have developed during the course of his life . It must be allowed , however , that iie has often boasted of being the son of a coachman , and the baseness and meanness of his conduct give but too much countenance to the assertion . ' "• ¦ ¦
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Account Of Druidism.
the Ocean . _ That at this day the inhabitants of India deify their principal rivers is a well-known fact ; the waters of the Ganges possess an uncommon sanctity ; and the modem Arabians , like thelshmaelites ' of old , concur with the Danmonii in their reverence of spring-s and fountains . Eyen the names of the Arabian and Danmonian tVells have a striking correspondence . We have the sing well the white
ing- , or - fountam , and'there are springs with similar names in the deserts of Arabia . Perhaps the yeneration of the Danmonii for fountains and rivers may be accepted as no trivial proof , to be thrown into the mass of circumstantial evidence , in favour of their eastern original . That theArabs , in thejr thirsty deserts , should even adore their » wells of springing water , need hot excite but
, our surprize ; we may justly wonder at the inhabitants of Devonshire and Cornwall thus worshipping the gfids or numerous rivers , and never-failing brooks , familiar t « -
Life Of Philip Egalite, Late Duke Of Orleans.
LIFE OF PHILIP EGALITE , LATE DUKE OF ORLEANS .
[ FROM THE FRENCH . ] ' .
IT was on the 13 th of April ,.. 1747 , that heaven , in its wrath , permitted nature to produce that man , who was one day to become the opprobrium of the human race , and the author of the misfortunes of Jus country . It was undoubtedl y to afford an example of how far it i ? possible for human degeneracy to reach , that he was placed in the most elevated rank of life , born on the steps of a throne , and nearly allied to a family , the amiableness of which is hereditary .
Although from his infancy Lewis Philip of Orleans seems to have possessed the germ of the most horrid passions within his own bosom , yet it Was not transmitted . to him from his parents ; for his father ^ heart was the sanctuary of all the private virtues ; and if his mother may be reproached with certain errors , which rather proceed from the ¦ temperament of the human frame than gross immorality , yet it cannot be saidthat vice formed
, the basis of iter character . Philip , then , is solely indebte 4 to himself for the hideous organization of his mind- ; it was there that he-formed the depraved source of those terrible disorders and degrading sentiments , which he is notoriousl y known to have developed during the course of his life . It must be allowed , however , that iie has often boasted of being the son of a coachman , and the baseness and meanness of his conduct give but too much countenance to the assertion . ' "• ¦ ¦