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A Defence Of Masonry,
was near him , on the side of a hill , discovered the murdered body of PoJyaorus . yEneid . III . By Dryden : Not far , a rising hillock stood in view , Sharp myrtles on the sides and cornels grew ; There , while I went to crop the svlvan scenes , And shade our altar with the leafy greens , d
I pull'a plant : wi-h horror I rela . e A prodigy so strange , and full of fate ! Scarce dare I tell the sequel ! From the womb Of wounded earth , and caverns of the tomb , A groan , as of a troubled ghost , renew'd My fright ; and then these dreadful words ensued ; ' Why dost thou thus my buried body rend ? O' spare the corps of thy unhappy friend !'
The agreement between these two relations is so exact , that there , wants no further illustration . VII . We are told that a sprig of cassia was placed by the Brethren at the head of Hiram ' s grave ; which refers to an old custom of those Eastern countries . -of embalming the dead ; in which operation cassia was always used , especially in preparing the head , and drying up the brain Herodotus
, as more particularly explains . The sweet-wood perfumes , and flowers , used about the graves of the dead , occur so '' frequently m the old poets , that it would be tedious to mention thern Pvid thus describes the death of the phoenix : * Upon a shady tree she takes her rest , And on the highest bough her funeral nest ' beak and talons build then
Her ; strews thereon Balm , cassia , spikenard , mvrrh , and cinamon : Last on the fragrant pile herself she lays , And in consuming odours ends her days !
Female Secresy.
FEMALE SECRESY .
"TO those who are so unjust to the fair sex , as to think them inca-•^ pable of keeping a secret , we offer the following anecdote from the mstory of Athens : Several Athenians had formed a secret plan for delivering their country from the yoke of tyranny . A woman , of the name of Lioness , was one the number to execute the scheme
among sworn ; the tyrant was informed of it : he ordered her to be put to the torture , for the purpose of extorting who were her accomplices . This woman supported the most cruel torments ; and , when she found her strength failing , she tore out her tongue , for fear that the secret mhriit otherwise escape her After the expulsion of the tyrant , the Athenians , iiih of gratitude ior this heroineerected
, a statue of a lioness without a tongue , m honour of her ; and at the bottom of it was written , in iar ;; c characters—Virtue triumph'd o ' er the sex .
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A Defence Of Masonry,
was near him , on the side of a hill , discovered the murdered body of PoJyaorus . yEneid . III . By Dryden : Not far , a rising hillock stood in view , Sharp myrtles on the sides and cornels grew ; There , while I went to crop the svlvan scenes , And shade our altar with the leafy greens , d
I pull'a plant : wi-h horror I rela . e A prodigy so strange , and full of fate ! Scarce dare I tell the sequel ! From the womb Of wounded earth , and caverns of the tomb , A groan , as of a troubled ghost , renew'd My fright ; and then these dreadful words ensued ; ' Why dost thou thus my buried body rend ? O' spare the corps of thy unhappy friend !'
The agreement between these two relations is so exact , that there , wants no further illustration . VII . We are told that a sprig of cassia was placed by the Brethren at the head of Hiram ' s grave ; which refers to an old custom of those Eastern countries . -of embalming the dead ; in which operation cassia was always used , especially in preparing the head , and drying up the brain Herodotus
, as more particularly explains . The sweet-wood perfumes , and flowers , used about the graves of the dead , occur so '' frequently m the old poets , that it would be tedious to mention thern Pvid thus describes the death of the phoenix : * Upon a shady tree she takes her rest , And on the highest bough her funeral nest ' beak and talons build then
Her ; strews thereon Balm , cassia , spikenard , mvrrh , and cinamon : Last on the fragrant pile herself she lays , And in consuming odours ends her days !
Female Secresy.
FEMALE SECRESY .
"TO those who are so unjust to the fair sex , as to think them inca-•^ pable of keeping a secret , we offer the following anecdote from the mstory of Athens : Several Athenians had formed a secret plan for delivering their country from the yoke of tyranny . A woman , of the name of Lioness , was one the number to execute the scheme
among sworn ; the tyrant was informed of it : he ordered her to be put to the torture , for the purpose of extorting who were her accomplices . This woman supported the most cruel torments ; and , when she found her strength failing , she tore out her tongue , for fear that the secret mhriit otherwise escape her After the expulsion of the tyrant , the Athenians , iiih of gratitude ior this heroineerected
, a statue of a lioness without a tongue , m honour of her ; and at the bottom of it was written , in iar ;; c characters—Virtue triumph'd o ' er the sex .