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Article HINTS FOR THE OECONOMY OF TIME, EXPENCE, LEARNING, AND MORALITY; ← Page 3 of 3 Article A CHARACTER. Page 1 of 2 →
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Hints For The Oeconomy Of Time, Expence, Learning, And Morality;
LEARNING AND MORALITY .
r . To become a member of two or three learned societies ; for thus we maintain the title of philosopher , at the cheap " rate of a few guineas a 3 'ear . 2 . Instead of collecting a library , to belong to a reading-club , where one book may serve many persons , and where the waiter takes the responsibility of choice off our hands , and contracts to supply books as he usually does cards .
3 . A cheap system of morality may be collected from the introductory parts of advertisements , which may do for ourselves and children . For instance— -some fine sentiments on the passions may be found in the advertisement of the Cyprian Preventive . —The Dumb Dolly , or a machine for washing , is recommended by some lively remarks on the saving of time . —An elegant preface on parental
duties , ushers in the famous pills for conception . — 'The great fecundity of nature is a natural theme of admiration in the advertisement of the Persian powder for lice , —The contagion of bad communication is very forcibly descanted upon by the inventor of the antivariolique bags against the infection of the small-pox , & c .- —* A sincere believer in future rewards and punishments conscientiously recommends his
elastic desiderata . —The advantages of exercise are set forth very pointedly in recommendation of a plaister for corns . —The inventor of the aqua mirifica for the eye , has not forgotten to expatiate on tbe tendency which the contemplation of Nature ' s works has to open and expand the mind . These valuable passages contain all the morality necessaiy to a
man of fashion . The rumbling of his carriage will soon shake them together , so as to form them into a compacted system ; and so furnished , he will soon acquire the title of a great philosopher—in his own circles .
A Character.
A CHARACTER .
DEMADES is a person of great property , and has an undoubted share of good-nature ; he looks on nothing with so much abhorrence as the character of a covetous man ; and , rather than be thought to want hospitality , would make his whole nei ghbourhood swim in an ocean of Madeira . Nothing can be more costly than his furniture and his liveries ; all his appointments are magnificent ; and it is not easy to excel him in the splendour of his entertainments . But Demades makes
but a sorry figure in the midst of all this profusion with which he is evidently overstocked and encumbered ; he lets you perceive in a moment how hi gh he rates the honour he has done you , and takes especial care that no part of his magnificence shall escape your notice , which , if it appear to dazzle you , he cannot help betraying the delight VOL . IV . Z
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Hints For The Oeconomy Of Time, Expence, Learning, And Morality;
LEARNING AND MORALITY .
r . To become a member of two or three learned societies ; for thus we maintain the title of philosopher , at the cheap " rate of a few guineas a 3 'ear . 2 . Instead of collecting a library , to belong to a reading-club , where one book may serve many persons , and where the waiter takes the responsibility of choice off our hands , and contracts to supply books as he usually does cards .
3 . A cheap system of morality may be collected from the introductory parts of advertisements , which may do for ourselves and children . For instance— -some fine sentiments on the passions may be found in the advertisement of the Cyprian Preventive . —The Dumb Dolly , or a machine for washing , is recommended by some lively remarks on the saving of time . —An elegant preface on parental
duties , ushers in the famous pills for conception . — 'The great fecundity of nature is a natural theme of admiration in the advertisement of the Persian powder for lice , —The contagion of bad communication is very forcibly descanted upon by the inventor of the antivariolique bags against the infection of the small-pox , & c .- —* A sincere believer in future rewards and punishments conscientiously recommends his
elastic desiderata . —The advantages of exercise are set forth very pointedly in recommendation of a plaister for corns . —The inventor of the aqua mirifica for the eye , has not forgotten to expatiate on tbe tendency which the contemplation of Nature ' s works has to open and expand the mind . These valuable passages contain all the morality necessaiy to a
man of fashion . The rumbling of his carriage will soon shake them together , so as to form them into a compacted system ; and so furnished , he will soon acquire the title of a great philosopher—in his own circles .
A Character.
A CHARACTER .
DEMADES is a person of great property , and has an undoubted share of good-nature ; he looks on nothing with so much abhorrence as the character of a covetous man ; and , rather than be thought to want hospitality , would make his whole nei ghbourhood swim in an ocean of Madeira . Nothing can be more costly than his furniture and his liveries ; all his appointments are magnificent ; and it is not easy to excel him in the splendour of his entertainments . But Demades makes
but a sorry figure in the midst of all this profusion with which he is evidently overstocked and encumbered ; he lets you perceive in a moment how hi gh he rates the honour he has done you , and takes especial care that no part of his magnificence shall escape your notice , which , if it appear to dazzle you , he cannot help betraying the delight VOL . IV . Z