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The Freemason. No. Vi.
norance of that party , should they happen to meet them when im ? wished for . We should never keep company with any we should ever be ashamed to own ; and such irregular conduct ( for I can give it no other term ) deserves adequate sli g ht and contempt . How many are there who affect total ignorance of a poor relation . How many , when a shabby cousin is near hand , will turn their head aside for fear of a salute . Ohvile detested affectation 1 linknown to every true
, and honest Freemason ! There is a character among the female sex which is , no doubt , the produce ' of affectation . I mean the prude ; for all . her gravity and modesty is onl y borrowed to deceive the eye . It is difficult to say which is more deserving our contempt , this or the coquet . But as we find every kind of artful dissimulation in the former , its
condemnation , I think , must be universal . Affectation is very destructive to beaut }' , By art it destroys the charms of nature . It is one of the greatest follies of youth . How amiable , how praise-worthy is that fair character , untainted with pride , whose simplicity , or natural tendency to please , shines conspicuously in all her actions 1 But I am sqrry to remarkthat this '
, simplicity is too much thrown aside of late ; for , in the manners of the present day , we behold none of that modesty and unaffected meekr ness which formerly adorned the fair sex ; but , in its place , pride and affectation rule uncontrolled . These , instead of heightening charms , '
certainly deform them . Nature , in the fair , sex , requires but little ornament . . That natural amjableness of disposition , which , if cultivated with care . and attention , would shine with great lustre , is choaked up with pride and conceit , and in the end becomes tainted with the very ornaments it wore . Simplicity shuns the public eye , and returns with all its innate charms into the shade , while- 'affectation courts the notice of the multitudeand vainly basks in the
sun-, shine of splendor , priding itself in borrowed ornaments , and wishing for , but frequently disappointed of , admiration . Pride is certainly its own enemy , as its endeavour is to assist in deforming the natural disposition , and covering those amiable virtues , which , without it , would adorn the hi g hest station . By too much attention to public lifethe young beginin being admiredand end in being despised :
, , , by too much exposing their beauty , it becomes faded in the eye of their admirers , and they lose that pleasing and delightful ornament which always accompanies charms concealed . Modesty adds a perennial lustre to beautj-, which veils her favourite in her hidden charms , and like the rose blushes at first opening to view , but when too much accustomed to the public eye those blushes soon disappear .
Why is that eternal simper on Belinda ' s cheek ? . Pride whispers her it is becoming , and affectation bids her wear it . For my part , I see no great favour in gaining the smiles of a woman that is always smiling I
"Why is that thing , for I cannot call hirri a rnan , so very fond of shewing' itself , seeing it is so paltry and contemptible ; Jessamy-| ike ; picking out his steps , aud turning up his nose at every passer-
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The Freemason. No. Vi.
norance of that party , should they happen to meet them when im ? wished for . We should never keep company with any we should ever be ashamed to own ; and such irregular conduct ( for I can give it no other term ) deserves adequate sli g ht and contempt . How many are there who affect total ignorance of a poor relation . How many , when a shabby cousin is near hand , will turn their head aside for fear of a salute . Ohvile detested affectation 1 linknown to every true
, and honest Freemason ! There is a character among the female sex which is , no doubt , the produce ' of affectation . I mean the prude ; for all . her gravity and modesty is onl y borrowed to deceive the eye . It is difficult to say which is more deserving our contempt , this or the coquet . But as we find every kind of artful dissimulation in the former , its
condemnation , I think , must be universal . Affectation is very destructive to beaut }' , By art it destroys the charms of nature . It is one of the greatest follies of youth . How amiable , how praise-worthy is that fair character , untainted with pride , whose simplicity , or natural tendency to please , shines conspicuously in all her actions 1 But I am sqrry to remarkthat this '
, simplicity is too much thrown aside of late ; for , in the manners of the present day , we behold none of that modesty and unaffected meekr ness which formerly adorned the fair sex ; but , in its place , pride and affectation rule uncontrolled . These , instead of heightening charms , '
certainly deform them . Nature , in the fair , sex , requires but little ornament . . That natural amjableness of disposition , which , if cultivated with care . and attention , would shine with great lustre , is choaked up with pride and conceit , and in the end becomes tainted with the very ornaments it wore . Simplicity shuns the public eye , and returns with all its innate charms into the shade , while- 'affectation courts the notice of the multitudeand vainly basks in the
sun-, shine of splendor , priding itself in borrowed ornaments , and wishing for , but frequently disappointed of , admiration . Pride is certainly its own enemy , as its endeavour is to assist in deforming the natural disposition , and covering those amiable virtues , which , without it , would adorn the hi g hest station . By too much attention to public lifethe young beginin being admiredand end in being despised :
, , , by too much exposing their beauty , it becomes faded in the eye of their admirers , and they lose that pleasing and delightful ornament which always accompanies charms concealed . Modesty adds a perennial lustre to beautj-, which veils her favourite in her hidden charms , and like the rose blushes at first opening to view , but when too much accustomed to the public eye those blushes soon disappear .
Why is that eternal simper on Belinda ' s cheek ? . Pride whispers her it is becoming , and affectation bids her wear it . For my part , I see no great favour in gaining the smiles of a woman that is always smiling I
"Why is that thing , for I cannot call hirri a rnan , so very fond of shewing' itself , seeing it is so paltry and contemptible ; Jessamy-| ike ; picking out his steps , aud turning up his nose at every passer-