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Article WISDOM AND FOLLY: A VISION. ← Page 3 of 7 →
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Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.
' Turn now to the left , and tell me what you see ? ' ' I see a gentle acclivity , but rising to a great heig ht ; abounding in corn of all sorts ; pastures well stocked ; kitchen-gardens , orchards .- fruit-trees of every kind ; oak , elm , ash , fir , and all trees most valuable for timber ; horses , cows , sheep , hogs , deer , poultry , game of all kinds t in shorta vast variety of productionanimal and vegetable . ' ' These
, . , are the Hills of Knowledge , less picturesque and romantic than the Mountains of Fancy , but more useful . There are the farms of Wise-Land , hergrazings , her forests , her fish-ponds . ' The food from the upper regions is extremely nutritious and savoury ; its excellence , however , is relative to the strength of the eater ' s stomachas the very same quantity and quality Avhich
nou-, rishes and invigorates one , will overload another , and be vomited up crude , to the great annoyance of all that are near . 'The Avines of the upper vineyards of Fancy are extremely high flavoured ancl strong , so potent indeed as often to intoxicate the very strongest head in Wise-Land , after a most plentiful meal of the best productions of the farm . From the middle vineyards the wine is also
very fine , but more mild . From the loAver it is brisk and bouncing , but without strength : it will sicken the drinker ( tvho is accustomed to good wine ) so soon as to prevent any danger of intoxication . ' ' I observe , ' 1 said , ' a fog adjoining the lovver region of Knowledge , much more shifting than that over Fool-Land . ' ' That is the fog of Ignorance , a waste land , now decreasing : and as the ground is cultivated , and the marshes drained , the vapours are fewer , and the
fog less . , ' What a fine air and bright atmosphere do these inhabitants of Wise-Land enjoy 1 I wish I was one of them . Pray introduce me to some of them . ' ' I shall make you acquainted with the most distinguished personages : but that you may , from the contrast , more fully knoAv their value , I shall first take you to the Court of Queen Foll . This is a levee-dayand her Majesty ' s levees never fail to be
y , numerous ! ]' attended . You \ Vill find her Majesty ' s native subjects much less amusing than naturalized foreigners , who , from having sojourned in other countries , have much greater variety than the abori gines of Stupidity . ' He then transported me into the courts-yard of a A'ery large palace , apparently of very flimsy materialsof a most irregular formwith an
, , immense variety of heterogeneous decorations . Over the principal gate a group of figures Were engraved , of harlequins , monkies , opera-singers , cats , coffee-house politicians ^ OAVIS , field-preachers , dancing-dogs , lecture-mongers , parrots , common-council-men , fed geese , attornies , sharks , courtiers , prostitutes , borough-mongers , pimps , spouters , magpies ; a fine AVoman
listening to a stupid fop , a beautiful mare gallanted by a jack-ass ; with many other associations to be met no Avhere else . We entered an antichamber , where there Avas a great crowd of people , listening , Avith marks of very great delight , to a variegated treble of an Italian overture , as an acCompanyment to the squeaking of a Spadone , Among those who manifested their delig ht with the P p 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.
' Turn now to the left , and tell me what you see ? ' ' I see a gentle acclivity , but rising to a great heig ht ; abounding in corn of all sorts ; pastures well stocked ; kitchen-gardens , orchards .- fruit-trees of every kind ; oak , elm , ash , fir , and all trees most valuable for timber ; horses , cows , sheep , hogs , deer , poultry , game of all kinds t in shorta vast variety of productionanimal and vegetable . ' ' These
, . , are the Hills of Knowledge , less picturesque and romantic than the Mountains of Fancy , but more useful . There are the farms of Wise-Land , hergrazings , her forests , her fish-ponds . ' The food from the upper regions is extremely nutritious and savoury ; its excellence , however , is relative to the strength of the eater ' s stomachas the very same quantity and quality Avhich
nou-, rishes and invigorates one , will overload another , and be vomited up crude , to the great annoyance of all that are near . 'The Avines of the upper vineyards of Fancy are extremely high flavoured ancl strong , so potent indeed as often to intoxicate the very strongest head in Wise-Land , after a most plentiful meal of the best productions of the farm . From the middle vineyards the wine is also
very fine , but more mild . From the loAver it is brisk and bouncing , but without strength : it will sicken the drinker ( tvho is accustomed to good wine ) so soon as to prevent any danger of intoxication . ' ' I observe , ' 1 said , ' a fog adjoining the lovver region of Knowledge , much more shifting than that over Fool-Land . ' ' That is the fog of Ignorance , a waste land , now decreasing : and as the ground is cultivated , and the marshes drained , the vapours are fewer , and the
fog less . , ' What a fine air and bright atmosphere do these inhabitants of Wise-Land enjoy 1 I wish I was one of them . Pray introduce me to some of them . ' ' I shall make you acquainted with the most distinguished personages : but that you may , from the contrast , more fully knoAv their value , I shall first take you to the Court of Queen Foll . This is a levee-dayand her Majesty ' s levees never fail to be
y , numerous ! ]' attended . You \ Vill find her Majesty ' s native subjects much less amusing than naturalized foreigners , who , from having sojourned in other countries , have much greater variety than the abori gines of Stupidity . ' He then transported me into the courts-yard of a A'ery large palace , apparently of very flimsy materialsof a most irregular formwith an
, , immense variety of heterogeneous decorations . Over the principal gate a group of figures Were engraved , of harlequins , monkies , opera-singers , cats , coffee-house politicians ^ OAVIS , field-preachers , dancing-dogs , lecture-mongers , parrots , common-council-men , fed geese , attornies , sharks , courtiers , prostitutes , borough-mongers , pimps , spouters , magpies ; a fine AVoman
listening to a stupid fop , a beautiful mare gallanted by a jack-ass ; with many other associations to be met no Avhere else . We entered an antichamber , where there Avas a great crowd of people , listening , Avith marks of very great delight , to a variegated treble of an Italian overture , as an acCompanyment to the squeaking of a Spadone , Among those who manifested their delig ht with the P p 2