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Article BRIEF HISTORY OF NONSENSE. ← Page 3 of 3 Article BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL MUSKIEN. Page 1 of 1
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Brief History Of Nonsense.
Against these representations and indulgences , Martin and Desiderius , above-mentioned , but especially the first , set themselves with uncommon zeal and success . They had the unparalleled assurance to tell the people , that the great Creator and Governor of the universe was too wise and just and good to put a man to such torture for eating a bit of mutton on a Friday , neglecting an Ave-Maria , treating a piece of wood in a church with no more respect than a tree in a
forest , or looking upon the old scull of a man with as much veneration as the caput mortuum of an ass . They added also , that this great and merciful Sovereign was always open to receive the application of his creatures , without the intervening mediation of a long train of unprofitable beings , who were long since dead and gone , and for what they knew , mig ht have been themselves much worse
characters than those very persons who-applied to them for their assistance . The } , moreover , told the people that it was their duty to enquire and judge for themselves , and not to be led by the nose , like a parcel of fools , at the discretion of an artful'old beldame , and a set of cunning knaves , who made use of her authority to feather thenown nestsbpreying upon the credulity of mankind . These
repre-, y ientations , with various others , had an astonishing effect through all the realms of NONSENSE ; and the numbers of the insurgents against her power increased daily , till at length she saw with sorrow her wide domains extremel y narrowed , and in danger of being totally lost . [ TO BE CONTINUED . ]]
Biographical Sketch Of General Muskien.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL MUSKIEN .
TO this man the French Government has entrusted the care of the armament at Dunkirk . He was born at Antwerp in 1769 . He is the son of a tooth-pick-maker ; but at nine years old abandoned tooth-pick-making , to embark as a cabin-boy in a vessel sailing for Sweden . There , by several exertions of talent and bravery , he attained the rank of lieutenant of a frigate , and adjutant-general to the Duke of Sudermania . The latter rank was conferred on him ,
together with a present of a sword set with diamonds , as a reward for having rescued the King , whose ship had fallen between two Russian vessels of much superior force . About the 4 th year of the French Republic , Sweden being at peace with Russia , he determined to visit his family at Rotterdam and Antwerp ; but , previously to his departure , he procured the plan of gun-boats , which had been invented in Sweden . These carry a 4 8 pounder at one end , draw only three feet water ; and letdown , near the shore , a platform twenty feet in length , and by means of this p latform can set on shore two six-pounders .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brief History Of Nonsense.
Against these representations and indulgences , Martin and Desiderius , above-mentioned , but especially the first , set themselves with uncommon zeal and success . They had the unparalleled assurance to tell the people , that the great Creator and Governor of the universe was too wise and just and good to put a man to such torture for eating a bit of mutton on a Friday , neglecting an Ave-Maria , treating a piece of wood in a church with no more respect than a tree in a
forest , or looking upon the old scull of a man with as much veneration as the caput mortuum of an ass . They added also , that this great and merciful Sovereign was always open to receive the application of his creatures , without the intervening mediation of a long train of unprofitable beings , who were long since dead and gone , and for what they knew , mig ht have been themselves much worse
characters than those very persons who-applied to them for their assistance . The } , moreover , told the people that it was their duty to enquire and judge for themselves , and not to be led by the nose , like a parcel of fools , at the discretion of an artful'old beldame , and a set of cunning knaves , who made use of her authority to feather thenown nestsbpreying upon the credulity of mankind . These
repre-, y ientations , with various others , had an astonishing effect through all the realms of NONSENSE ; and the numbers of the insurgents against her power increased daily , till at length she saw with sorrow her wide domains extremel y narrowed , and in danger of being totally lost . [ TO BE CONTINUED . ]]
Biographical Sketch Of General Muskien.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL MUSKIEN .
TO this man the French Government has entrusted the care of the armament at Dunkirk . He was born at Antwerp in 1769 . He is the son of a tooth-pick-maker ; but at nine years old abandoned tooth-pick-making , to embark as a cabin-boy in a vessel sailing for Sweden . There , by several exertions of talent and bravery , he attained the rank of lieutenant of a frigate , and adjutant-general to the Duke of Sudermania . The latter rank was conferred on him ,
together with a present of a sword set with diamonds , as a reward for having rescued the King , whose ship had fallen between two Russian vessels of much superior force . About the 4 th year of the French Republic , Sweden being at peace with Russia , he determined to visit his family at Rotterdam and Antwerp ; but , previously to his departure , he procured the plan of gun-boats , which had been invented in Sweden . These carry a 4 8 pounder at one end , draw only three feet water ; and letdown , near the shore , a platform twenty feet in length , and by means of this p latform can set on shore two six-pounders .