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The Freemason.

decrees they creep on to higher subjects . If they have not good luck enough to mix with their fortunate brethren , they , then turn puppy scribblers for the papers , abuse merit , rail at managers , " And snarl , and bite , and play the dog . " Puppy actors are all those private performers who are

continuallymurdering Otway , Rowe , & c . Sometimes they run away from their parents or masters , commence heroes in the countiy , and strut about great kings and emperors of a sorry barn , till " hungry guts and empty purse" induce them to return . But so great is the infatuation of this puppyism , that , though it frequently exposes itself , it is seldom or never to be cured .

There are puppies of every sort ; it would therefore be a tedious business for me to enumerate them . A . puppy-physician is . no rarity—' mark the preposterous large bag , a pedantic selection of medical p hrases , dogmatic precision , evasive replication , and ail the et c . cetera of a similar tendency . There are even puppy artists—puppy mechanicspretending to what they do not understand—naywe have

, , had self-sufficient puppies who pretended indeed that they understood the whole arcana of Freemasonry , and have not only deceived themselves , but duped the public- most egregiously . Their puppyism , however , soon became conspicuous , and it was not long before the world was convinced that they were in utter darkness .

The Stage.

THE STAGE .

BY JOHN TAYLOR , ESQ . Continued from Vol . IV . Page 3 82 .

NOW CRAWFORD comes , once partner of a name With rapture sounded by enamotir'd fame—Melodious BARRY , whose seducing strain Goitlcitouch the sternest breast with fend ' rest pain ; Still faithful mem ' ry hears th' entrancing flow That sweetly warbled Romeo ' s melting woe ;

Beholds e ' en now his agonizing Lear , And fondly drops the tribute of a tear . Tbe idol of the fair—the stage ' s pride—With his mellifluous notes the lover d y'd . But let the muse restrain her wand ' ring fli ght . And CRAWFORD ' S worth impartially recite .

In sudden bursts of animated grief , Where the sharp anguish seems to scorn relief , At once she rushes on the trembling heart , And ri' . 'aJs Nature with resistless art , VOL . V , E

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MASONIC DIRECTORY, NUMBER I. Article 1
Untitled Article 9
Untitled Article 10
Untitled Article 11
LONDON : Article 11
TO OUR READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 12
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 12
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 13
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 16
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 18
TO SIR GEORGE STAUNTON, BART. Article 19
HISTORY OF MASONRY. Article 24
THE FREEMASON. Article 33
THE STAGE. Article 35
THE MURDERER OF CHARLES I. Article 37
DISSERTATIONS ON THE POLITE ARTS. No. II. Article 37
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 42
HUMOUROUS ACCOUNT OF A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY, PERFORMED AT ROME. Article 45
BASEM; OR, THE BLACKSMITH. AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE. Article 47
FRENCH VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. Article 53
FEMALE CHARACTERS. THE DOMESTIC AND THE GADDER. Article 55
CHARACTER OF MECOENAS, Article 57
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 59
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 67
POETRY. Article 69
MASONIC SONG *. Article 70
ANOTHER. Article 70
TO HOPE. Article 71
PROLOGUE TO WERTER, Article 72
TO A YOUNG LADY, CURLING AND POWDERING HER HAIR. Article 73
ON THE BENEVOLENCE OF ENGLAND. Article 74
THE SONG OF CONSTANCY. Article 74
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 75
PROMOTIONS. Article 81
Untitled Article 81
Untitled Article 81
BANKRUPTS. Article 82
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The Freemason.

decrees they creep on to higher subjects . If they have not good luck enough to mix with their fortunate brethren , they , then turn puppy scribblers for the papers , abuse merit , rail at managers , " And snarl , and bite , and play the dog . " Puppy actors are all those private performers who are

continuallymurdering Otway , Rowe , & c . Sometimes they run away from their parents or masters , commence heroes in the countiy , and strut about great kings and emperors of a sorry barn , till " hungry guts and empty purse" induce them to return . But so great is the infatuation of this puppyism , that , though it frequently exposes itself , it is seldom or never to be cured .

There are puppies of every sort ; it would therefore be a tedious business for me to enumerate them . A . puppy-physician is . no rarity—' mark the preposterous large bag , a pedantic selection of medical p hrases , dogmatic precision , evasive replication , and ail the et c . cetera of a similar tendency . There are even puppy artists—puppy mechanicspretending to what they do not understand—naywe have

, , had self-sufficient puppies who pretended indeed that they understood the whole arcana of Freemasonry , and have not only deceived themselves , but duped the public- most egregiously . Their puppyism , however , soon became conspicuous , and it was not long before the world was convinced that they were in utter darkness .

The Stage.

THE STAGE .

BY JOHN TAYLOR , ESQ . Continued from Vol . IV . Page 3 82 .

NOW CRAWFORD comes , once partner of a name With rapture sounded by enamotir'd fame—Melodious BARRY , whose seducing strain Goitlcitouch the sternest breast with fend ' rest pain ; Still faithful mem ' ry hears th' entrancing flow That sweetly warbled Romeo ' s melting woe ;

Beholds e ' en now his agonizing Lear , And fondly drops the tribute of a tear . Tbe idol of the fair—the stage ' s pride—With his mellifluous notes the lover d y'd . But let the muse restrain her wand ' ring fli ght . And CRAWFORD ' S worth impartially recite .

In sudden bursts of animated grief , Where the sharp anguish seems to scorn relief , At once she rushes on the trembling heart , And ri' . 'aJs Nature with resistless art , VOL . V , E

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