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Article RULES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE SIGHT. ← Page 3 of 3 Article ON DISCONTENT WITH OUR LOT IN LIFE. Page 1 of 3 →
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Rules For The Preservation Of The Sight.
obliged to use glasses often or twelve inches focus , instead of those of thirty-six or forty , which would otherwise have suited them ; thus preferring a real evil to avoid one that is imaginary . A late author mentions several deplorable cases of this kind , particularly one of a lady , who , through false shame , had abstained from wearing spectacles so long a timethat at last it was impossible to suit her but with
, those adapted to eyes that have been couched . ' Whereas the instances are numerous of those who , by using glasses of a long focus at the first approaches of long-sightedness , have brought back their natural sight , and been able to lay aside their spectacles for years . The most general and perhaps the best rule that can be given to those who are in want of assistance from glassesin or ^ er so to choose
, their spectacles that they may suit the state of their eyes , is to prefer those which shew objects nearest their natural state , neither enlarged nor diminished , the glasses being near the eye , and that give a blackness and distinctness to the letters of a book , neither straining the ej'e ., nor causing any unnatural exertion of the pupil . No spectacles can be said to be properly accommodated to the ,
eyes , which do not procure to them ease and rest : if they fatigue the eyes we may safely conclude , either that we have no occasion for , them , or that they are ill made , or not proportioned to our sight . Though , in the choice of spectacles , every one must finally determine for himself which are the glasses through which he obtains the most distinct vision ; yet some confidence should be placed in the
judgment of the artist of whom they are purchased , and some atten-¦ tiotl paid to his directions . By trying many spectacles the eye is fatigued , as the pupil varies in size with every different glass , and the eye endeavours to accommodate itself to every change that is produced . Hence the purchaser often fixes upon a pair of spectacles , not the best adapted to his sihtbut those which seem to relieve him
g , most while his eyes are in a forced and unnatural state ; and consequently , when he gets home , and they are returned to their natural state , he finds what he has chosen fatiguing and injurious to his sight .
On Discontent With Our Lot In Life.
ON DISCONTENT WITH OUR LOT IN LIFE .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS" MAGAZINE ,
SIR , IT is remarkable of the age in which we live , tliat those men who ( according to a great exemplar of wisdom ) ought to feel best satisfied with their lot , are , on the contrary , generally speaking , least inclined to be so ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Rules For The Preservation Of The Sight.
obliged to use glasses often or twelve inches focus , instead of those of thirty-six or forty , which would otherwise have suited them ; thus preferring a real evil to avoid one that is imaginary . A late author mentions several deplorable cases of this kind , particularly one of a lady , who , through false shame , had abstained from wearing spectacles so long a timethat at last it was impossible to suit her but with
, those adapted to eyes that have been couched . ' Whereas the instances are numerous of those who , by using glasses of a long focus at the first approaches of long-sightedness , have brought back their natural sight , and been able to lay aside their spectacles for years . The most general and perhaps the best rule that can be given to those who are in want of assistance from glassesin or ^ er so to choose
, their spectacles that they may suit the state of their eyes , is to prefer those which shew objects nearest their natural state , neither enlarged nor diminished , the glasses being near the eye , and that give a blackness and distinctness to the letters of a book , neither straining the ej'e ., nor causing any unnatural exertion of the pupil . No spectacles can be said to be properly accommodated to the ,
eyes , which do not procure to them ease and rest : if they fatigue the eyes we may safely conclude , either that we have no occasion for , them , or that they are ill made , or not proportioned to our sight . Though , in the choice of spectacles , every one must finally determine for himself which are the glasses through which he obtains the most distinct vision ; yet some confidence should be placed in the
judgment of the artist of whom they are purchased , and some atten-¦ tiotl paid to his directions . By trying many spectacles the eye is fatigued , as the pupil varies in size with every different glass , and the eye endeavours to accommodate itself to every change that is produced . Hence the purchaser often fixes upon a pair of spectacles , not the best adapted to his sihtbut those which seem to relieve him
g , most while his eyes are in a forced and unnatural state ; and consequently , when he gets home , and they are returned to their natural state , he finds what he has chosen fatiguing and injurious to his sight .
On Discontent With Our Lot In Life.
ON DISCONTENT WITH OUR LOT IN LIFE .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS" MAGAZINE ,
SIR , IT is remarkable of the age in which we live , tliat those men who ( according to a great exemplar of wisdom ) ought to feel best satisfied with their lot , are , on the contrary , generally speaking , least inclined to be so ,