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Florio; Or, The Abuse Of Riches.
> oncis of fortune . F . ORIO had likewise been taught , that true happiness consists not in -oresent enjovment , but in the pursuit of it . Exc-dent , 'however , as this maxim is in itself , there-is perhaps no bthei so open to misconstruction . . ' > Fiomo WHS left-in nossesoion of a very large estate , about forty mile * from London . It will be sufficient , if , instead of particularising , resided itit miht have been
" 1 observe , th-. r : hr-d he not himself on , g let far near a thousand a year . There was nothing wanting to have made it a seat of Happiness to beings of a different mode of thinking . But FLOKIO , now unencumbered by the control of a preaching parent , discovered that he was never formed to pass a serene or contemplative ( which he termed an insipid ) life . He soon saw with an eye of displeasure , that a poor cottage situated at the bottom of his lawn , and which had been for forty years the residence of an ag ; ed , but happy pair , occupied a spot which he
conceived mig ht be to more advantage converted to the purpose of a canal . Unmoved by the entreaties of the poor husbandman and his rib , and earnest indeed were their pleas grounded on a natural attachment to a spot which had been so many years the seat of rural labour , rural simplicity , and conjugal happiness , the axe was laid to the slender props ofthe hut , and the blow that levelled the of Rusticus and Runcola
whole with the earth struck the hearts . They witnessed the scene - , their tears—curse on the' cause 1—would have softened any breast not rendered callous by the demon Avarice . This is a picture pen can never truly paint . Driven from a place rendered by length of time so dear to them , they survived not-many months the hard arid unmerited expulsion . FLOIUO , however , felt nothing when he was told of thenmelancholy fate . Had he lost a hound of his pack , or- had one 'of his ' stud died a natural death , he had lamented it as an ' irre :-
parable- loss , and perhaps have inconsolable for a month . Not to enlarge upon minutias , for which I have neither time nor inclination , FLOIUO went on from day to day , from month to month , planning and anxiously superintending the execution of plans for the enlarging of his estate , and the consequent increase of his wealth . He could scarcely eat a meal with content or cheerfulness allow himself an hour ' s relaxation from the toil
, or ofthe day ; at night , when Nature pointed every being to repose , FLORIO was the prey of anxiety and solicitude about the event of some of his schemes . " If , " he would say , " such an alteration , after all my expence , my labour and pains , add riot to my riches , there will " be a summer ' s employment entirely thrown " - In thirty FLORIO had not enjoyed a month ' s real
saaway . years tisfaction or content of mind ; and in thirty years he had done good to no individual around him ; he had been a thousand times , solicited to accord comfort to the afflicted and unfortunate , and -a thousand times in vain ; he dashed the cup of blessings from his ¦ lips . The prayers to Heaven of the relieved poor , the greatest
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Florio; Or, The Abuse Of Riches.
> oncis of fortune . F . ORIO had likewise been taught , that true happiness consists not in -oresent enjovment , but in the pursuit of it . Exc-dent , 'however , as this maxim is in itself , there-is perhaps no bthei so open to misconstruction . . ' > Fiomo WHS left-in nossesoion of a very large estate , about forty mile * from London . It will be sufficient , if , instead of particularising , resided itit miht have been
" 1 observe , th-. r : hr-d he not himself on , g let far near a thousand a year . There was nothing wanting to have made it a seat of Happiness to beings of a different mode of thinking . But FLOKIO , now unencumbered by the control of a preaching parent , discovered that he was never formed to pass a serene or contemplative ( which he termed an insipid ) life . He soon saw with an eye of displeasure , that a poor cottage situated at the bottom of his lawn , and which had been for forty years the residence of an ag ; ed , but happy pair , occupied a spot which he
conceived mig ht be to more advantage converted to the purpose of a canal . Unmoved by the entreaties of the poor husbandman and his rib , and earnest indeed were their pleas grounded on a natural attachment to a spot which had been so many years the seat of rural labour , rural simplicity , and conjugal happiness , the axe was laid to the slender props ofthe hut , and the blow that levelled the of Rusticus and Runcola
whole with the earth struck the hearts . They witnessed the scene - , their tears—curse on the' cause 1—would have softened any breast not rendered callous by the demon Avarice . This is a picture pen can never truly paint . Driven from a place rendered by length of time so dear to them , they survived not-many months the hard arid unmerited expulsion . FLOIUO , however , felt nothing when he was told of thenmelancholy fate . Had he lost a hound of his pack , or- had one 'of his ' stud died a natural death , he had lamented it as an ' irre :-
parable- loss , and perhaps have inconsolable for a month . Not to enlarge upon minutias , for which I have neither time nor inclination , FLOIUO went on from day to day , from month to month , planning and anxiously superintending the execution of plans for the enlarging of his estate , and the consequent increase of his wealth . He could scarcely eat a meal with content or cheerfulness allow himself an hour ' s relaxation from the toil
, or ofthe day ; at night , when Nature pointed every being to repose , FLORIO was the prey of anxiety and solicitude about the event of some of his schemes . " If , " he would say , " such an alteration , after all my expence , my labour and pains , add riot to my riches , there will " be a summer ' s employment entirely thrown " - In thirty FLORIO had not enjoyed a month ' s real
saaway . years tisfaction or content of mind ; and in thirty years he had done good to no individual around him ; he had been a thousand times , solicited to accord comfort to the afflicted and unfortunate , and -a thousand times in vain ; he dashed the cup of blessings from his ¦ lips . The prayers to Heaven of the relieved poor , the greatest