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Article THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. ← Page 3 of 3 Article THE PRESENT STATE OF FREE MASONRY. Page 1 of 4 →
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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
her powers at the Commemoration of Handel in Westminster Abbey . Of her professional skill it is unnecessary to speak , as her talents arc now universally known . ... It has too often been her fate to be involved in some public dispute , which has occasioned many to think that she is of a proud intractable character ; and this opinionwithout ' due examination , has often exposed
, her to the censure of the public press . They who are thus severe in their judgment do not seem to consider what allowance ought to be made for the consciousness of great genius , for the natural influence cf flattery , for the delirium of fame , for constitutional temper , and even for the mere peculiarity of foreign manners . Her private friendsit is saidspeak of her as a woman of sense and
, , feeling ; and so far as the latter quality is concerned , there is . reason to believe they speak truth , as her name has . been often seen in support of charitable purposes , and ' as she lately exerted her talents without recompense in behalf of that excellent Institution the ROYAL CUMBEKI . ANJ > FREE MASONS' * SCHOOL .
The Present State Of Free Masonry.
THE PRESENT STATE OF FREE MASONRY .
Animae , quales neque candidiorcs . Terra tulit . HORAT . SATYK . L . I . Sat . V .
INTRODUCTION . THE establishment of the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE has given to Masonry all that her most sanguine votaries could have desired . Her internal mysteries and operations have been preserved by time—¦ sanctioned by conviction—and guarded by inviolable secrecy—and , of coursewill bear no obvious embellishment or extension . The wise
, and comprehensive system of COMMUNICATION tending to the GRAND LODGE , as to a centre , and deriving from thence fresh force and diffusive warmth , was fully and adequately suited to the great and essential principles of the institution . Yet , with these advantages , and though many valuable and necessary publications enriched the Masonic library , there still seemed wanting a more ready and local
vehicle of miscellaneous intelligence ; a Repository sacred to the ( order j and a medium for general information and intercourse . This desideratum is now happily accomplished by an undertaking SANCTIONED BY THE H i G H E s T A u x H o R i T v , and approved by the Fraternity throughout the kingdom . To enhance and improve this valuable lan still farther , it is intended
p to . present our Brethren with a succinct and faithful account of the PRESENT STATE OF FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND .. After which we may embrace that of our Sister-kingdoms ; and from thence , as our materials accumulate , extend the review over the whole Masonic world . '
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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
her powers at the Commemoration of Handel in Westminster Abbey . Of her professional skill it is unnecessary to speak , as her talents arc now universally known . ... It has too often been her fate to be involved in some public dispute , which has occasioned many to think that she is of a proud intractable character ; and this opinionwithout ' due examination , has often exposed
, her to the censure of the public press . They who are thus severe in their judgment do not seem to consider what allowance ought to be made for the consciousness of great genius , for the natural influence cf flattery , for the delirium of fame , for constitutional temper , and even for the mere peculiarity of foreign manners . Her private friendsit is saidspeak of her as a woman of sense and
, , feeling ; and so far as the latter quality is concerned , there is . reason to believe they speak truth , as her name has . been often seen in support of charitable purposes , and ' as she lately exerted her talents without recompense in behalf of that excellent Institution the ROYAL CUMBEKI . ANJ > FREE MASONS' * SCHOOL .
The Present State Of Free Masonry.
THE PRESENT STATE OF FREE MASONRY .
Animae , quales neque candidiorcs . Terra tulit . HORAT . SATYK . L . I . Sat . V .
INTRODUCTION . THE establishment of the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE has given to Masonry all that her most sanguine votaries could have desired . Her internal mysteries and operations have been preserved by time—¦ sanctioned by conviction—and guarded by inviolable secrecy—and , of coursewill bear no obvious embellishment or extension . The wise
, and comprehensive system of COMMUNICATION tending to the GRAND LODGE , as to a centre , and deriving from thence fresh force and diffusive warmth , was fully and adequately suited to the great and essential principles of the institution . Yet , with these advantages , and though many valuable and necessary publications enriched the Masonic library , there still seemed wanting a more ready and local
vehicle of miscellaneous intelligence ; a Repository sacred to the ( order j and a medium for general information and intercourse . This desideratum is now happily accomplished by an undertaking SANCTIONED BY THE H i G H E s T A u x H o R i T v , and approved by the Fraternity throughout the kingdom . To enhance and improve this valuable lan still farther , it is intended
p to . present our Brethren with a succinct and faithful account of the PRESENT STATE OF FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND .. After which we may embrace that of our Sister-kingdoms ; and from thence , as our materials accumulate , extend the review over the whole Masonic world . '