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Copy Of A Letter. From The Rev. Dr. Sturges,
which is now , I think , above three years , I have never known any of them accused of any behaviour immoral or unbecoming ; and have heard all those , with whom I am well acquainted , express , in the strongest terms , their gratitude for the protection , the relief , and the humanity they have experienced from us . To be unjust to them at this period of our kindness would be
casting a ' shade on the brightest instance of national benevolence , by which , in my opinion , any Christian country ever was distinguished . I am , Sir , & c . H . STURGES . JOHN WILMOT , Esq . ' '
The titles of the two last books printed by Mr . ROHBINS are : REFLEXION-S CIIRETIENNES pour tons les Jours de I'Annee puisees dans les Peres , dans I'Histoire de 1 'Eglise et dans les Aute ' urs des livres de Piete , parun Pretre-Francois du Diocese de Rcnnes—Exile pour la Foi . —1796 . [ 555 Pages . ] I NSTITUTION CATHOI . IQUE ; par demands et par reponses , stir les Droits cle l'Autel et du Trone on I'on prouve la vcriie des Principes combattus par les Auteurs dc la Revolution Francoise . —1795 . [ 112 Pages . ]
The Folly Of Noblemen And Gentlemen Paying Their Debts,
THE FOLLY OF NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN PAYING THEIR DEBTS ,
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
TT must give every Englishman infinite satisfaction , when he con-¦ " ¦ siders what a progress arts ancl sciences , and politeness of every kind , has made among us since the days of honest Queen Bess ; nay , it would not a little add to his satisfaction , to look back even upon the reign of King Charles II . which has been so much celebrated for one continued scene of wit and gaiety , ancl reflect how superior
we are , through every rank of men , to our ancestors of the last century . But among all the improvements we have made , there is one , which , while it distinguishes our country from the rest of Europe , sets proper bounds at the same time between the well-bred patrician and the mechanic multitude ; 1 mean , that admirable inventionof being lied with the necessaries and superfluities of life
, supp , without the expencc of a single farthing . This is a tiling which many a great man has long sighed after ; for though it has been approved of in theory man ) - -ages , yet a certain obsolete custom , ancl prejudice of education , has , till within these few years , preventedso noble a scheme from being put in execution . But as all things , from the most essential to the most minute , are regulated by fashionthis
, admirable art is at length established by the general consent of the nobility and gentry ; and that it may not be debased like other fashions , " by descending to the mob , the legislature has very prudently taken care to reserve it as a peculiar privilege to themselves by Far-
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Copy Of A Letter. From The Rev. Dr. Sturges,
which is now , I think , above three years , I have never known any of them accused of any behaviour immoral or unbecoming ; and have heard all those , with whom I am well acquainted , express , in the strongest terms , their gratitude for the protection , the relief , and the humanity they have experienced from us . To be unjust to them at this period of our kindness would be
casting a ' shade on the brightest instance of national benevolence , by which , in my opinion , any Christian country ever was distinguished . I am , Sir , & c . H . STURGES . JOHN WILMOT , Esq . ' '
The titles of the two last books printed by Mr . ROHBINS are : REFLEXION-S CIIRETIENNES pour tons les Jours de I'Annee puisees dans les Peres , dans I'Histoire de 1 'Eglise et dans les Aute ' urs des livres de Piete , parun Pretre-Francois du Diocese de Rcnnes—Exile pour la Foi . —1796 . [ 555 Pages . ] I NSTITUTION CATHOI . IQUE ; par demands et par reponses , stir les Droits cle l'Autel et du Trone on I'on prouve la vcriie des Principes combattus par les Auteurs dc la Revolution Francoise . —1795 . [ 112 Pages . ]
The Folly Of Noblemen And Gentlemen Paying Their Debts,
THE FOLLY OF NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN PAYING THEIR DEBTS ,
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
TT must give every Englishman infinite satisfaction , when he con-¦ " ¦ siders what a progress arts ancl sciences , and politeness of every kind , has made among us since the days of honest Queen Bess ; nay , it would not a little add to his satisfaction , to look back even upon the reign of King Charles II . which has been so much celebrated for one continued scene of wit and gaiety , ancl reflect how superior
we are , through every rank of men , to our ancestors of the last century . But among all the improvements we have made , there is one , which , while it distinguishes our country from the rest of Europe , sets proper bounds at the same time between the well-bred patrician and the mechanic multitude ; 1 mean , that admirable inventionof being lied with the necessaries and superfluities of life
, supp , without the expencc of a single farthing . This is a tiling which many a great man has long sighed after ; for though it has been approved of in theory man ) - -ages , yet a certain obsolete custom , ancl prejudice of education , has , till within these few years , preventedso noble a scheme from being put in execution . But as all things , from the most essential to the most minute , are regulated by fashionthis
, admirable art is at length established by the general consent of the nobility and gentry ; and that it may not be debased like other fashions , " by descending to the mob , the legislature has very prudently taken care to reserve it as a peculiar privilege to themselves by Far-