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The Pillow.

THE PILLOW .

WHAT a delicious balm is diffused over the whole frame when the candle is extinguished , and the head on the pillow ! If ; on a strict scrutiny of the . soul , we cannot discover any thing which could offend our fellow creature , then sleep is almost a celestial

reverie . It is never so delicious , or so tranquil , as after a day on which we have performed some good act , or when we are conscious of having spent it in some useful or substantial emplo 3 'ment . The instant the head is laid on the pillow , is that in which conscience delivers its decrees . If it has conceived any evil design , it is surrounded with thorns ; the softest down is hard under the

restless head of the wicked . In order to be happy , a man must be on good terms with his pillow ; for the nightly reproaches it can make must be heard . The conversation of the pillow with the placeman , the man of the world , the intriguer , the satirical author , would be very poignant . What a number of secret discoveries ! And what might not the

pillows of kings and ministers tell us ! It is at this moment that truth speaks ; for conscience , when we are inclined to listen to it , will tell us pretty nearly what we are . Nero ' s father used to say , I know Agrippina , I know myself ; the child she will bring forth must be a monster . We must be happy or miserable at night by recollection . Memory

recalls our faults and negligences , and this should put us in a method to avoid them ; for they will not lose sight of us , they will banish sleep from pur eyes , they will intrude in our dreams , they will fatigue us , in order to teach us that there is neither repose nor happiness but in the harmony of an upright conduct , and in the exercise of charity . Others guess at us , but ourselves only can see ourselves ; we only know what we really are . Do not abide by tbe judgment of mensays

, Montaigne , abide by your own . The pillow gives us notice of-what we are to do the following day : he who knows how to consult his pillow will probably receive friendly admonition . If the head repels it , it is a charitable warning ; but if it quietly reposes on it , a man may proceed iri his intended design . Happy is he who can say ,. When he lies down—No man can

reproach me with his affliction , his misfortune , or his captivity ; I have notinjured the reputation of . any one ; I have paid due respect to the property of others , the certain pledge of the repose of families ; and the labourer ' s hire has never remained in my hands at sun-setting , according to the expression in Scripture . Those testimonies of con- , science , those internal enjoyments of soul , give a delicious repose , and a still more delicious awaking .

1 he literary work we can again read over , when reclined on the pillow , a long time after its composition , is not to be desoised , The VOL . V . ' O

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LONDON: Article 1
TO OUR READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 2
Untitled Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY . Article 4
ON THE PRESENT STATE OF FREEMASONRY. Article 7
HISTORY OF MASONRY. Article 10
CHARACTER OF BERNARD GILPIN, Article 14
THE KHALIF AND HIS VISIER, AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE. Article 18
ANECDOTES OF HENRI DUC DE MONTMORENCI. Article 20
EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCES OF GRATITUDE. Article 24
EXTRACTS FROM A CURIOUS MANUSCRIPT, CONTAINING DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD OF HENRY VIII. Article 25
BON MOT. Article 27
THE STAGE. Article 28
CHARACTER OF LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH. Article 29
A THIEF RESCUED BY AN ELEPHANT. AN AUTHENTIC ANECDOTE. Article 31
ANECDOTES OF THE LIFE OF THEODORE, KING OF CORSICA*. Article 32
ORIGIN OF ST. JAMES'S PALACE. Article 33
THE UNION OF LOVE TO GOD AND LOVE TO MAN, A SERMON, Preached in St. Andrew's Church, New Town, Edinburgh, Article 34
ACCOUNT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY NATURAL GENIUS, Article 42
PHYSIOGNOMICAL SKETCHES. Article 47
CURIOUS METHOD OF PROTECTING CORN. Article 50
ON COMPASSION. Article 50
ON MODESTY, AS A MASCULINE VIRTUE. Article 53
SOME ACCOUNT OF BOTANY BAY, Article 55
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE . Article 56
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 58
ON POVERTY. Article 60
DISSERTATIONS ON THE POLITE ARTS. Article 61
POETRY. Article 64
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, A SKETCH. Article 67
TO INDUSTRY. Article 67
WRITTEN IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER, Article 68
PORTRAIT OF AN HYPOCRITE. Article 68
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 69
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 69
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The Pillow.

THE PILLOW .

WHAT a delicious balm is diffused over the whole frame when the candle is extinguished , and the head on the pillow ! If ; on a strict scrutiny of the . soul , we cannot discover any thing which could offend our fellow creature , then sleep is almost a celestial

reverie . It is never so delicious , or so tranquil , as after a day on which we have performed some good act , or when we are conscious of having spent it in some useful or substantial emplo 3 'ment . The instant the head is laid on the pillow , is that in which conscience delivers its decrees . If it has conceived any evil design , it is surrounded with thorns ; the softest down is hard under the

restless head of the wicked . In order to be happy , a man must be on good terms with his pillow ; for the nightly reproaches it can make must be heard . The conversation of the pillow with the placeman , the man of the world , the intriguer , the satirical author , would be very poignant . What a number of secret discoveries ! And what might not the

pillows of kings and ministers tell us ! It is at this moment that truth speaks ; for conscience , when we are inclined to listen to it , will tell us pretty nearly what we are . Nero ' s father used to say , I know Agrippina , I know myself ; the child she will bring forth must be a monster . We must be happy or miserable at night by recollection . Memory

recalls our faults and negligences , and this should put us in a method to avoid them ; for they will not lose sight of us , they will banish sleep from pur eyes , they will intrude in our dreams , they will fatigue us , in order to teach us that there is neither repose nor happiness but in the harmony of an upright conduct , and in the exercise of charity . Others guess at us , but ourselves only can see ourselves ; we only know what we really are . Do not abide by tbe judgment of mensays

, Montaigne , abide by your own . The pillow gives us notice of-what we are to do the following day : he who knows how to consult his pillow will probably receive friendly admonition . If the head repels it , it is a charitable warning ; but if it quietly reposes on it , a man may proceed iri his intended design . Happy is he who can say ,. When he lies down—No man can

reproach me with his affliction , his misfortune , or his captivity ; I have notinjured the reputation of . any one ; I have paid due respect to the property of others , the certain pledge of the repose of families ; and the labourer ' s hire has never remained in my hands at sun-setting , according to the expression in Scripture . Those testimonies of con- , science , those internal enjoyments of soul , give a delicious repose , and a still more delicious awaking .

1 he literary work we can again read over , when reclined on the pillow , a long time after its composition , is not to be desoised , The VOL . V . ' O

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