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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
¦ may be desirous to promote the real ends of society , by communicating ' their sentiments upon the occurrences of the day , and taking the sense of the several persons then present , yet men of modesty will decline delivering their sentiments , if they are the least apprehensive their expressions will be carped at . A mere punster is the most disagreeable fellow you can meet with in companyas he endeavours to use
, an instrument he is not master of ; like a fiddle in the claws of a cat , it produces only discordant sounds . I have known one of these facetious gentry begin his fun at five , and ' continue it till twelve at ni ght ; and whilst he has been laughing and roaring at his own jokes , the rest of the company have been at a loss to know whether they should pity or despise his conduct . I sometimes think , Mr . Editor , that these
gentry make use of this roaring kind of punning as others do of a hot bath , to keep up and encourage perspiration . Yours , & c . J . S .
Description Of Ypres.
DESCRIPTION OF YPRES .
" ^ TPRES , which has so unfortunately fallen into the hands of the Ji . enemy , is a handsome , large , and considerable town , with a bishop ' s see . Its fortifications were suffered to go very , much ' . to decay ; but the vast importance of the place during the present war , has caused the Austrians
not only thoroughly to repair the old works , but to add many new ones , so that it is now a post of considerable strength . It had a large manufactory for cloth and serges , and during Lent a well-frequented fair was held there . Until the year 1781 it was a barrier town belonging to the Dutch , but at that time the Emperor Joseph II . obliged them to withdraw their garrison . It is 12 miles W . of Courtray , 15 N . W . of Lisle , and 130 N . of Paris . It is situated on the river Yperlee , from whence it takes its name . Before the year 800 it was only a chateau , which wassacked and ruined by the
Normans . Baldwin III . Comte of Flanders , repaired the chateau , and built a town about the year 9 60 , which was afterwards enlarged by Thierry Comte of Flanders , and Ferrand , the son of Sanchez , King of Portugal , who had espoused Jane the daughter of Baldwin IX ° eighteenth Comte of Flanders . In the year nzSitwas taken by Louis VI . King of France , and more than half of it pillaged and burnedPhih
. ' p Augustus King of France took it in the year 121- ; . In the year 1240 , great . part of it was . burned by accident . In tiie year 1297 , the Fauxbourgs were taken by the troops of Philip the Fair , King of France . In the year 1325 , the inhabitants revolted , with most part of the nei ghbouring towns , against Louis Nevers Comte of Flanders , and pulled down the old wall to build a new one , in which they inclosed the Fauxbourgs , which had become so extremely populous , from weavers and other trades-people , that in the year
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
¦ may be desirous to promote the real ends of society , by communicating ' their sentiments upon the occurrences of the day , and taking the sense of the several persons then present , yet men of modesty will decline delivering their sentiments , if they are the least apprehensive their expressions will be carped at . A mere punster is the most disagreeable fellow you can meet with in companyas he endeavours to use
, an instrument he is not master of ; like a fiddle in the claws of a cat , it produces only discordant sounds . I have known one of these facetious gentry begin his fun at five , and ' continue it till twelve at ni ght ; and whilst he has been laughing and roaring at his own jokes , the rest of the company have been at a loss to know whether they should pity or despise his conduct . I sometimes think , Mr . Editor , that these
gentry make use of this roaring kind of punning as others do of a hot bath , to keep up and encourage perspiration . Yours , & c . J . S .
Description Of Ypres.
DESCRIPTION OF YPRES .
" ^ TPRES , which has so unfortunately fallen into the hands of the Ji . enemy , is a handsome , large , and considerable town , with a bishop ' s see . Its fortifications were suffered to go very , much ' . to decay ; but the vast importance of the place during the present war , has caused the Austrians
not only thoroughly to repair the old works , but to add many new ones , so that it is now a post of considerable strength . It had a large manufactory for cloth and serges , and during Lent a well-frequented fair was held there . Until the year 1781 it was a barrier town belonging to the Dutch , but at that time the Emperor Joseph II . obliged them to withdraw their garrison . It is 12 miles W . of Courtray , 15 N . W . of Lisle , and 130 N . of Paris . It is situated on the river Yperlee , from whence it takes its name . Before the year 800 it was only a chateau , which wassacked and ruined by the
Normans . Baldwin III . Comte of Flanders , repaired the chateau , and built a town about the year 9 60 , which was afterwards enlarged by Thierry Comte of Flanders , and Ferrand , the son of Sanchez , King of Portugal , who had espoused Jane the daughter of Baldwin IX ° eighteenth Comte of Flanders . In the year nzSitwas taken by Louis VI . King of France , and more than half of it pillaged and burnedPhih
. ' p Augustus King of France took it in the year 121- ; . In the year 1240 , great . part of it was . burned by accident . In tiie year 1297 , the Fauxbourgs were taken by the troops of Philip the Fair , King of France . In the year 1325 , the inhabitants revolted , with most part of the nei ghbouring towns , against Louis Nevers Comte of Flanders , and pulled down the old wall to build a new one , in which they inclosed the Fauxbourgs , which had become so extremely populous , from weavers and other trades-people , that in the year