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On Avarice.
ON AVARICE .
THE covetous man is the most constant lover in the world , but most unfortunate in the choice of his mistress , because she nevergiveth him content ; and most unhappy iii his love , because he is ever jealous lest others should partake in the free enjoyment of her ; but in case he sees an ) - prospect of gain thereby , any man mayhave the use of her for a time . His love appears many ways , but chieflin thisthat he starves himself to feed her . Her beauty and
y , true proportion never afford him delig ht , for he is much better pleased with her when she is grown to a monster . He generally hates all those that are in want , but especially his poor children and relations , neither can he endure that any one should shew them kindness , because that puts him in mind of his duty , which he is resolved that way never to perform . — ' -He will at no time be guilty of the sin
of Ananias and Saphira , for no man can truly accuse him that ever he promised to part with a single farthing towards the relief of his neighbour—and because he likes not the advice of the apostle in this particular , he is fully determined not to follow their precepts in any thing . —He is also a great dissembler , and a most notorious liar , for he ever seems willing to grant the borrower ' s requestbut in excuse
, always pretends poverty . He is in continual fear of thieves ; and housekeeping he looks upon as the greatest piece of extravagance imaginable—he shuns it on all occasions . The word . Building , is as fearful to him as the ' word Stand , on the hig hway . He wall never spend a farthing in repairs , till he be in danger of perishing under the ruins of a rotten house ; for he holds it a sin to kill a quick and
growing stock by burying it in a'dead p ile .- He accounts simony no crime , but rather thinks it an absurd thing , to bestow any thing upon those men that never speak well of him . Though old age creeps fast upon him , he is never desirous to make his will ; either because he is unwilling to die , or because these words , I give and bequeath , would prove mortal to him . — -Thus . is he killed- at last with an item , that all his life-time only took pleasure in his items of receipts , and summed up to a farthing . But because his disbursements do not agree with the same , his account is yet to make .
The Handsome Man And Ugly Wife :
THE HANDSOME MAN AND UGLY WIFE :
AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE .- BY WILLIAM BELOE , F . S . A . A YOUNG man remarkable for his beauty and elegance of person , was married to a woman exceedingly deformed and ; ugly : one evening as they were sitting together , "My dear , " said he , " I congratulate you , I am the messenger of good news ; you and I are certainly to be in Paradise . " " May God , " said the woman , *** always make you the messenger of good newsbut what is the
occa-, " sion of your present warm address to me ? " " Why , " returned the husband , " I shall certainly go to Paradise . It was my lot to " have such a woman as you for my wife , I have borne it patiently : " j'ou ' -will also go to Paradise , because I was given you , and you are « thankful ; now God himself has said by Mahomet , that the patient « and thankful are to be blessed in Paradise . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Avarice.
ON AVARICE .
THE covetous man is the most constant lover in the world , but most unfortunate in the choice of his mistress , because she nevergiveth him content ; and most unhappy iii his love , because he is ever jealous lest others should partake in the free enjoyment of her ; but in case he sees an ) - prospect of gain thereby , any man mayhave the use of her for a time . His love appears many ways , but chieflin thisthat he starves himself to feed her . Her beauty and
y , true proportion never afford him delig ht , for he is much better pleased with her when she is grown to a monster . He generally hates all those that are in want , but especially his poor children and relations , neither can he endure that any one should shew them kindness , because that puts him in mind of his duty , which he is resolved that way never to perform . — ' -He will at no time be guilty of the sin
of Ananias and Saphira , for no man can truly accuse him that ever he promised to part with a single farthing towards the relief of his neighbour—and because he likes not the advice of the apostle in this particular , he is fully determined not to follow their precepts in any thing . —He is also a great dissembler , and a most notorious liar , for he ever seems willing to grant the borrower ' s requestbut in excuse
, always pretends poverty . He is in continual fear of thieves ; and housekeeping he looks upon as the greatest piece of extravagance imaginable—he shuns it on all occasions . The word . Building , is as fearful to him as the ' word Stand , on the hig hway . He wall never spend a farthing in repairs , till he be in danger of perishing under the ruins of a rotten house ; for he holds it a sin to kill a quick and
growing stock by burying it in a'dead p ile .- He accounts simony no crime , but rather thinks it an absurd thing , to bestow any thing upon those men that never speak well of him . Though old age creeps fast upon him , he is never desirous to make his will ; either because he is unwilling to die , or because these words , I give and bequeath , would prove mortal to him . — -Thus . is he killed- at last with an item , that all his life-time only took pleasure in his items of receipts , and summed up to a farthing . But because his disbursements do not agree with the same , his account is yet to make .
The Handsome Man And Ugly Wife :
THE HANDSOME MAN AND UGLY WIFE :
AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE .- BY WILLIAM BELOE , F . S . A . A YOUNG man remarkable for his beauty and elegance of person , was married to a woman exceedingly deformed and ; ugly : one evening as they were sitting together , "My dear , " said he , " I congratulate you , I am the messenger of good news ; you and I are certainly to be in Paradise . " " May God , " said the woman , *** always make you the messenger of good newsbut what is the
occa-, " sion of your present warm address to me ? " " Why , " returned the husband , " I shall certainly go to Paradise . It was my lot to " have such a woman as you for my wife , I have borne it patiently : " j'ou ' -will also go to Paradise , because I was given you , and you are « thankful ; now God himself has said by Mahomet , that the patient « and thankful are to be blessed in Paradise . "