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On Compassion.
hope to secure ; and , as a corroborating instance of what has been advanced throughout this paper , I shall conclude it with the following anecdote : A respectable character , ' after having long figured away in the gayworld at Paris , was at length compelled to Jive in an obscure retreat in that city , the victim of severe and unforeseen misfortunes . He was so indigentthat he subsisted onh * on an allowance from the
pa-, rish . Every week a quantity of bread was sent to him sufficient for his support , and yet at length he demanded more . On this the curate sent for him . Pie went : " Do you live alone ? " said the curate ; " With whom , Sir , " answered the unfortunate man , " is it possible I should live ? I am wretched ; you see that I am , since I thus solicit charity , and am abandoned by all the world . " "But , Sir , " continued
the curate , " if you live alone , why do you ask for more bread than is sufficient for yourself ? '" The other was quite disconcerted , and at last , with great reluctance , , confessed that he had a dog . The curate did not drop the subject . Pie desired him to observe , that he was only the distributor of the bread that belonged to the poor , and that it was absolutely necessary that he should dispose of his dog . "Ah
, Sir , " exclaimed the poor man , weeping , " and if I should lose my dog , who is there then to love me ? " The good pastor , melting into tears , took his purse , and giving it to him , " take this , Sir , " said he ; - ^ - this is mine—this I can give , "
On Modesty, As A Masculine Virtue.
ON MODESTY , AS A MASCULINE VIRTUE .
I WAS the other clay m company where modesty was the topic of conversation . Now as there are different species of modesty , and as each of these generally take likewise a particular complexion from the temper ancl disposition of the possessor , it is necessary to fix a point , -or else people talk of nothing . This being premised by a gentleman present , the discourse turned upon modesty in men , though even this was allowed to be twofold ; but as both these sorts
of modesty appeared to spring from the same root , ancl generally to go together , they were admitted as a fair subject of debate ; when I was not a little displeased to find that the majority of the company , thc greatest part of which were ladies , declared against modesty in men , as an unnecessary qualification , nay , even as a defect , and in the course of their argument treated it accordingly . '
When I retired I began to reflect on what must be the consequences of such a decision by the fair sex .---It is certain that a modest man labours under many disadvantages in his dealingj-js-with the world , I mean with , mankind ; but that these should be . miilti pliecl with regard to their connections with the women ( by whomiihodest-y of any
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On Compassion.
hope to secure ; and , as a corroborating instance of what has been advanced throughout this paper , I shall conclude it with the following anecdote : A respectable character , ' after having long figured away in the gayworld at Paris , was at length compelled to Jive in an obscure retreat in that city , the victim of severe and unforeseen misfortunes . He was so indigentthat he subsisted onh * on an allowance from the
pa-, rish . Every week a quantity of bread was sent to him sufficient for his support , and yet at length he demanded more . On this the curate sent for him . Pie went : " Do you live alone ? " said the curate ; " With whom , Sir , " answered the unfortunate man , " is it possible I should live ? I am wretched ; you see that I am , since I thus solicit charity , and am abandoned by all the world . " "But , Sir , " continued
the curate , " if you live alone , why do you ask for more bread than is sufficient for yourself ? '" The other was quite disconcerted , and at last , with great reluctance , , confessed that he had a dog . The curate did not drop the subject . Pie desired him to observe , that he was only the distributor of the bread that belonged to the poor , and that it was absolutely necessary that he should dispose of his dog . "Ah
, Sir , " exclaimed the poor man , weeping , " and if I should lose my dog , who is there then to love me ? " The good pastor , melting into tears , took his purse , and giving it to him , " take this , Sir , " said he ; - ^ - this is mine—this I can give , "
On Modesty, As A Masculine Virtue.
ON MODESTY , AS A MASCULINE VIRTUE .
I WAS the other clay m company where modesty was the topic of conversation . Now as there are different species of modesty , and as each of these generally take likewise a particular complexion from the temper ancl disposition of the possessor , it is necessary to fix a point , -or else people talk of nothing . This being premised by a gentleman present , the discourse turned upon modesty in men , though even this was allowed to be twofold ; but as both these sorts
of modesty appeared to spring from the same root , ancl generally to go together , they were admitted as a fair subject of debate ; when I was not a little displeased to find that the majority of the company , thc greatest part of which were ladies , declared against modesty in men , as an unnecessary qualification , nay , even as a defect , and in the course of their argument treated it accordingly . '
When I retired I began to reflect on what must be the consequences of such a decision by the fair sex .---It is certain that a modest man labours under many disadvantages in his dealingj-js-with the world , I mean with , mankind ; but that these should be . miilti pliecl with regard to their connections with the women ( by whomiihodest-y of any