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Anecdote Of James The First.

-: J . -yy pedantry . They were infinitely pleased with the joke , and it was a perfect " comedy , till the unlucky knave turned the tables , and came all of a sudden to moralize on-the vanity of honour , wealth ,- and pleasure ; to talk of the insincerity , venality , and corruption of courtiers and servants of the crown ; how intirely they had their own interests

at heart , and how generally their pretended zeal and assiduity were the disguise of falsehood and flattery . This discourse made a change in some of their countenances , and even the real monarch did not relish it altogether : he was afraid it might have some effect on his minions , and lessen the tribute of adulation they were used to offer with great profusionwhen they found how this wag observed and

, animadverted on it . But the monitor-did not stop here , he leveller ! a particular satire at the King , which put an end to the entertainment , and made his Majesty repent of his introducing it , some foreigners of distinction being present ; for it painted him in his true colour , as one that never " loved a wise man , nor rewarded an honest one , " unless they sacrificed to his vanity : while he loaded those ,, who

prostituted themselves to his will , with wealth and honours . For the mimic pointing directly to James ( who here was to personate Ferguson ) , raising his voice , " There , said he , stands a man whom I would have you imitate . The honest creature was the comrade of my childhood , and regards me with a most cordial affection to this very moment ; he has testified his friendship by all the means

in his power ; studying my welfare , guarding me from evil counsellors , prompting me to princely actions , and warning me of every danger ; for all which , however , he never asked me any thing : and by Jove , though I squander thousands upon thousands on several of you , yet in the whole course of my life I never gave him a farthing . " The King , nettled by this sarcasm , cried out to Ferguson , " Augh ! you pawky loun , what wad you be at ? Away , off my thrane , and let ' s hae na' mairof your nainsense . "

The Man Of Genius.

THE MAN OF GENIUS .

A MAN of Genius , whonrwe shall name TOM CYGNET , arriverl in town in a stage coach . I myself saw him ali ght in Gray ' s-Inn Lane . The muse of Mitylene was not more tender than hi ? own ; the song of Musasus not more soft . His friends in the country assured him that the metropolis was the soil for Genius to flourish in ; that every door would fly open to him ; that every person would contend for him . They generously collected money for the

expences of his journey , because they thought they would be the last expences he should ever trouble them with . Tom , who was none of your over-bustling men , reposed that ni ght at the Queen ' s Head ; for as he had his choice of so many good patronages in the metropolis , it would have been idle not to have made his first application to the best—and this required some consideration . He imparted the matter to a plain honest tradesmen whom he eat with in the inn , and the tradesmen told him that his neighbour

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CONTENTS. Article 1
LONDON : Article 1
TO OUR READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
Untitled Article 2
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 2
Untitled Article 3
MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM PERFECT, M. D. Article 4
SKETCH OF HIGH LIFE. Article 8
Untitled Article 9
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 11
THOUGHTS ON CALUMNY. Article 13
ANECDOTE OF SHENSTONE. Article 14
ESSAY ON FRIENDSHIP. Article 15
SPIRITED CONDUCT OF A MAYOR OF ARUNDEL. Article 17
ANECDOTE OF WILLIAM THE THIRD. Article 17
HISTORY OF MASONRY. Article 18
DISSERTATIONS ON THE POLITE ARTS. No. IV. Article 23
Untitled Article 25
LETTERS FROM BARON BIELFELD. Article 28
HISTORICAL ANECDOTES. Article 31
THE UNION OF LOVE TO GOD AND LOVE TO MAN: A MASONIC SERMON. Article 34
HISTORICAL ANECDOTES. Article 35
THE UNION OF LOVE TO GOD AND LOVE TO MAN:-A MASONIC SERMON. Article 38
AN ADDRESS TO THE MASON BRETHREN*. Article 42
THE STAGE. Article 46
AN IMPROPRIETY IN THE CHARACTER OF OTHELLO, MOOR OF VENICE. Article 47
ORIENTAL APOLOGUES. Article 48
RIDICULOUS CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS IN DIFFERENT NATIONS. Article 54
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 55
REMARKS ON THE DURATION OF LIFE IN MEN AND ANIMALS. Article 57
ANECDOTE OF JAMES THE FIRST. Article 59
THE MAN OF GENIUS. Article 60
DESCRIPTION OF LONDON , Article 62
ANECDOTE OF THE CELEBRATED DR. STUKELEY. Article 63
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE ALDERMAN BECKFORD. Article 63
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 64
POETRY. Article 65
STANZAS ON MASONRY. Article 66
ON VIEWING A SKELETON, Article 67
EPITAPH Article 68
EPITAPH Article 68
EPITAPH TO THE MEMORY OF COLLINS THE POET. Article 69
THE ENGLISH JUSTICE. Article 69
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 70
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 70
HOME NEWS. Article 73
HOME NEWS. Article 77
MARRIAGES. Article 81
DEATHS. Article 81
BANKRUPTS. Article 81
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Anecdote Of James The First.

-: J . -yy pedantry . They were infinitely pleased with the joke , and it was a perfect " comedy , till the unlucky knave turned the tables , and came all of a sudden to moralize on-the vanity of honour , wealth ,- and pleasure ; to talk of the insincerity , venality , and corruption of courtiers and servants of the crown ; how intirely they had their own interests

at heart , and how generally their pretended zeal and assiduity were the disguise of falsehood and flattery . This discourse made a change in some of their countenances , and even the real monarch did not relish it altogether : he was afraid it might have some effect on his minions , and lessen the tribute of adulation they were used to offer with great profusionwhen they found how this wag observed and

, animadverted on it . But the monitor-did not stop here , he leveller ! a particular satire at the King , which put an end to the entertainment , and made his Majesty repent of his introducing it , some foreigners of distinction being present ; for it painted him in his true colour , as one that never " loved a wise man , nor rewarded an honest one , " unless they sacrificed to his vanity : while he loaded those ,, who

prostituted themselves to his will , with wealth and honours . For the mimic pointing directly to James ( who here was to personate Ferguson ) , raising his voice , " There , said he , stands a man whom I would have you imitate . The honest creature was the comrade of my childhood , and regards me with a most cordial affection to this very moment ; he has testified his friendship by all the means

in his power ; studying my welfare , guarding me from evil counsellors , prompting me to princely actions , and warning me of every danger ; for all which , however , he never asked me any thing : and by Jove , though I squander thousands upon thousands on several of you , yet in the whole course of my life I never gave him a farthing . " The King , nettled by this sarcasm , cried out to Ferguson , " Augh ! you pawky loun , what wad you be at ? Away , off my thrane , and let ' s hae na' mairof your nainsense . "

The Man Of Genius.

THE MAN OF GENIUS .

A MAN of Genius , whonrwe shall name TOM CYGNET , arriverl in town in a stage coach . I myself saw him ali ght in Gray ' s-Inn Lane . The muse of Mitylene was not more tender than hi ? own ; the song of Musasus not more soft . His friends in the country assured him that the metropolis was the soil for Genius to flourish in ; that every door would fly open to him ; that every person would contend for him . They generously collected money for the

expences of his journey , because they thought they would be the last expences he should ever trouble them with . Tom , who was none of your over-bustling men , reposed that ni ght at the Queen ' s Head ; for as he had his choice of so many good patronages in the metropolis , it would have been idle not to have made his first application to the best—and this required some consideration . He imparted the matter to a plain honest tradesmen whom he eat with in the inn , and the tradesmen told him that his neighbour

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