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Article THOUGHTS ON CALUMNY. ← Page 2 of 2 Article ANECDOTE OF SHENSTONE. Page 1 of 2 →
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Thoughts On Calumny.
hi such a government , how shall Calumny be avoided ? Where shall protection be found ? Where shall the injured seek redress ? If Calumny may sometimes lose its force by being neglected , the Calumniator generally discovers his malicious wicked intention , by inuendoes and words which need an interpreter . Avoid , therefore , applying the Calumny to yourself , although you are sure it was designed for you .
For protection , innocence , one would think , should prove a complete coat of mail to resist the darts of Calumny . I remember a saying of Cicero , " as fire cast into water is forthwith extinguished , so is calumny when cast upon a good life . " I wish this had been as truly as it was elegantly said . Innocence oftentimes provokes Envy , the parent of Calumny ; and
tlie most perfect character is liable to wounds , the scars of which are never wholly effaced : even innocence will not wholly free a tender mind from a sense of Calumny . Patience must accompany Innocence , and that which is inevitable must be borne with tranquillity and fortitude . FT .
Anecdote Of Shenstone.
ANECDOTE OF SHENSTONE .
f ^ HENSTONE was one day walking through his romantic retreats , Sj m company with his Delia ( her real name was Wilmot ); they were going towards the bower which he made sacred . to the ashes of Thomson , our harmonious countryman . "Would to heaven ( said , Shenstone , pointing to the trees ) , that Delia could be happy in the midst of these rustic avenues ! ' '—He would have gone onbut was
, interrupted . A person rushed out of a thicket , and presenting a pistol to his breast , demanded his money . Shenstone was surprised , and Delia fainted . " Money ( says he ) is not worth struggling for . —You cannot be poorer than 1 am . —Unhappy man ( says he , throwing him his purse ) take it , and fly as quick as possible . " The mart did so . He threw his pistol into the waterand in a moment
disap-, peared . Shenstone ordered the footboy , who followed behind them , to pursue the robber at a distance , and observe whither he went . In two hours time the boy returned , and informed his master , that he followed him to Hales-Owen , where he lived : that he went to ( he very door of his house , and peeped through the key-hole ; that as soon as the man entered , he threw the purse on the ground , and
addressing himself to his wife , "Take ( says he ) the dear-bought price of my honesty ;"—then , taking two of his children , one on each knee , he said to them , " I have ruined my soul , to keep you from starving ; " and immediately burst into a flood of tears , "iou know how this tale of distress would affect Shenstone . He enquired after the man ' s character , and found that he was a labourer , honest and industrious , but oppressed bv ¦ want and a numerous family . . Iiev ; ent
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Thoughts On Calumny.
hi such a government , how shall Calumny be avoided ? Where shall protection be found ? Where shall the injured seek redress ? If Calumny may sometimes lose its force by being neglected , the Calumniator generally discovers his malicious wicked intention , by inuendoes and words which need an interpreter . Avoid , therefore , applying the Calumny to yourself , although you are sure it was designed for you .
For protection , innocence , one would think , should prove a complete coat of mail to resist the darts of Calumny . I remember a saying of Cicero , " as fire cast into water is forthwith extinguished , so is calumny when cast upon a good life . " I wish this had been as truly as it was elegantly said . Innocence oftentimes provokes Envy , the parent of Calumny ; and
tlie most perfect character is liable to wounds , the scars of which are never wholly effaced : even innocence will not wholly free a tender mind from a sense of Calumny . Patience must accompany Innocence , and that which is inevitable must be borne with tranquillity and fortitude . FT .
Anecdote Of Shenstone.
ANECDOTE OF SHENSTONE .
f ^ HENSTONE was one day walking through his romantic retreats , Sj m company with his Delia ( her real name was Wilmot ); they were going towards the bower which he made sacred . to the ashes of Thomson , our harmonious countryman . "Would to heaven ( said , Shenstone , pointing to the trees ) , that Delia could be happy in the midst of these rustic avenues ! ' '—He would have gone onbut was
, interrupted . A person rushed out of a thicket , and presenting a pistol to his breast , demanded his money . Shenstone was surprised , and Delia fainted . " Money ( says he ) is not worth struggling for . —You cannot be poorer than 1 am . —Unhappy man ( says he , throwing him his purse ) take it , and fly as quick as possible . " The mart did so . He threw his pistol into the waterand in a moment
disap-, peared . Shenstone ordered the footboy , who followed behind them , to pursue the robber at a distance , and observe whither he went . In two hours time the boy returned , and informed his master , that he followed him to Hales-Owen , where he lived : that he went to ( he very door of his house , and peeped through the key-hole ; that as soon as the man entered , he threw the purse on the ground , and
addressing himself to his wife , "Take ( says he ) the dear-bought price of my honesty ;"—then , taking two of his children , one on each knee , he said to them , " I have ruined my soul , to keep you from starving ; " and immediately burst into a flood of tears , "iou know how this tale of distress would affect Shenstone . He enquired after the man ' s character , and found that he was a labourer , honest and industrious , but oppressed bv ¦ want and a numerous family . . Iiev ; ent