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The Collector.

time , and the ceremony was thus conducted : On a little table lay two of Field ' s pocket bibles , one of which was taken up by Bradbury and the other by his daughter ; and each having read a portion , one of the visiting ministers was desired to pray ; they then adjourned to supper ; alter which he entertained the company with The Roast , Beef of Old Englandwhichit is saidhe sung belter than any man

, , , in the kingdom . On that night a curious circumstance occurred . The bells ringing , and the streets resounding with shouts of joy , Bradbury went out to see what was the cause . As soon as he had opened his door , a company of ringers came to solicit his bounty . r For what ? ' says the pastor . 'Why , Sir , it is the Prince of Wales ' s birth-day I' 'Oh !*

answered he , ' I never give any thing to celebrate his birth-day , only his father ' s I' 'Aye ! ' retorted one of the fellows ; 'but you know , Sir , we must honour ( he Son as we honour the Father . ' This was in Bradbury ' s own stile , and pleased him too much , not to give them his shilling : and then he returned to his company , hi g hly entertained with thejoke .

JOHN JAMES ROUSSEAU . [[ THE FOLLOWING IS RELATED EY M . ST . PIERRE . ] THE very day we went to look for a dinner with the hermits of Mount Valerian , as I have related in a note , toward the conclusion of the fourth volume , on our return from Paris in the evening , we were caught in a shower of rain not far from the Bois de Boulogne

, opposite to the Gate Maillot . We went in to shelter , under the great chesnut-trees , which had now begun to put out leaves : for it was during the Easter-holidays . Under those trees we found a great deal of company , who , like ourselves , had croi .-ded thither for covert . One of the Swiss ' s lads having perceived John-James , came running up to him , in a transport of joyand thus accosted him : ' How now

, , my good man , whence do you come ? It is an age since we have had the pleasure of seeing you I' Rou . seau mildl \ replied : 'My wife has had a long fit of illness , and 1 myself have been considerably out of order . ' 'Oh I my poor good man , ' replied the lad , ' you are not comfortable here : come , come ; I will find you a place within ' doors . '

In fact he exerted himself so zealously , that he procured us an - apartment above stairs , where , notwithstanding the croud , he contrived to accommodate us with ch . iiis , a table , and some bread and wine . W Idle he was shewing us the way , 1 said to John-James : ' This young man seems to be very familiar with 3-011 ; surely he does not know who 3 ou ate ? ' ' Oh 3 es , ' 1 ej lied he , ' we have been acquainted these several wile and used

3 ears . My I frequently to come hither in fine weather , to eat a cutlet of an evening . ' The appellation of ' good man , ' so frankly bestowed on him b y the tavern-boy , who had , undoubtedly , Ion ; -, mistaken Jcbn-James for some hohrst mechanic , the joy which he expressed at seeing him again , and ihe zeal with which he served him , rt nveyetl to me , ccm-.pleteh , tn 'dea of the good n . iure which the sublime author of Emilius disjdaj ed in his most trivial actions

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LONDON: Article 2
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF MR. WILLIAM WHITE. Article 4
ADDENDA TO THE MEMOIR OF MR. THOMAS HULL, Article 5
ON THE PECULIAR EXCELLENCIES OF HANDEL'S MUSIC. Article 6
HISTORY OF THE SCIENCES FOR 1797. Article 7
CURSORY REMARKS ON SHAKSPEARE'S MEASURE FOR MEASURE. Article 10
THE COLLECTOR. Article 12
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER PORCUPINE; Article 18
A BRIEF SYSTEM OF CONCHOLOGY. Article 22
DESCRIPTION OF THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE. Article 26
ACCOUNT OF A REMARKABLE SLEEP-WALKER. Article 30
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 34
OPINIONS CONCERNING MASONRY. WITH THE CHARACTER OP A TRUE FREEMASON. Article 36
A CHARGE Article 37
A VINDICATION OF MASONRY. Article 40
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 41
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND. Article 41
REVIEW OP NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 42
POETRY. Article 50
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 54
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 57
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 62
OBITUARY. Article 70
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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The Collector.

time , and the ceremony was thus conducted : On a little table lay two of Field ' s pocket bibles , one of which was taken up by Bradbury and the other by his daughter ; and each having read a portion , one of the visiting ministers was desired to pray ; they then adjourned to supper ; alter which he entertained the company with The Roast , Beef of Old Englandwhichit is saidhe sung belter than any man

, , , in the kingdom . On that night a curious circumstance occurred . The bells ringing , and the streets resounding with shouts of joy , Bradbury went out to see what was the cause . As soon as he had opened his door , a company of ringers came to solicit his bounty . r For what ? ' says the pastor . 'Why , Sir , it is the Prince of Wales ' s birth-day I' 'Oh !*

answered he , ' I never give any thing to celebrate his birth-day , only his father ' s I' 'Aye ! ' retorted one of the fellows ; 'but you know , Sir , we must honour ( he Son as we honour the Father . ' This was in Bradbury ' s own stile , and pleased him too much , not to give them his shilling : and then he returned to his company , hi g hly entertained with thejoke .

JOHN JAMES ROUSSEAU . [[ THE FOLLOWING IS RELATED EY M . ST . PIERRE . ] THE very day we went to look for a dinner with the hermits of Mount Valerian , as I have related in a note , toward the conclusion of the fourth volume , on our return from Paris in the evening , we were caught in a shower of rain not far from the Bois de Boulogne

, opposite to the Gate Maillot . We went in to shelter , under the great chesnut-trees , which had now begun to put out leaves : for it was during the Easter-holidays . Under those trees we found a great deal of company , who , like ourselves , had croi .-ded thither for covert . One of the Swiss ' s lads having perceived John-James , came running up to him , in a transport of joyand thus accosted him : ' How now

, , my good man , whence do you come ? It is an age since we have had the pleasure of seeing you I' Rou . seau mildl \ replied : 'My wife has had a long fit of illness , and 1 myself have been considerably out of order . ' 'Oh I my poor good man , ' replied the lad , ' you are not comfortable here : come , come ; I will find you a place within ' doors . '

In fact he exerted himself so zealously , that he procured us an - apartment above stairs , where , notwithstanding the croud , he contrived to accommodate us with ch . iiis , a table , and some bread and wine . W Idle he was shewing us the way , 1 said to John-James : ' This young man seems to be very familiar with 3-011 ; surely he does not know who 3 ou ate ? ' ' Oh 3 es , ' 1 ej lied he , ' we have been acquainted these several wile and used

3 ears . My I frequently to come hither in fine weather , to eat a cutlet of an evening . ' The appellation of ' good man , ' so frankly bestowed on him b y the tavern-boy , who had , undoubtedly , Ion ; -, mistaken Jcbn-James for some hohrst mechanic , the joy which he expressed at seeing him again , and ihe zeal with which he served him , rt nveyetl to me , ccm-.pleteh , tn 'dea of the good n . iure which the sublime author of Emilius disjdaj ed in his most trivial actions

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