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snare . Ftiey . requentl y abuse their advantages . Pride and hau-hty oehavtotiron their part rankle in the breasts , and affect the tempers of their inferiors alread y fretted by the hardshi ps of their own condition . — tne nc . i also are luxurious ; aud are often needy . Grasping at every mean of gratification , M , are inattentive to die rights of in . fenors wiiomtucy despseanddespising

., , , oppress . Perhaps their . own fUpenont y has ueen acquired b y injustice . Perhaps most sovereignties have been acquired- b y oppression . Princes and Rulers are I ? UL men ; as stic . r , t . iey- abuse many of their greatest blessings Observing that religious hopes make the good resigned under the 7t V an ' Jthat its terrors frequently restrato

h ' T ' - th , Md , they avail themselves of these observations , and support religion . as a .. . engine of state , and mean of their own security . ' But they are not contented- wtth its real advantages ; and they are much more a ra . d ' ol the resentment and the crimes ' of the offended nmflW *

turn or . tlie murmurs of . the suffering worthy . Therefore thevencourage s . ipcrstition ,, and call to their aid the vices of the priesthood Ine prists are . men of hke passions as other men , and it is no -round "SnHorV ; ltthCy : ' fVeqi , e"fly ^ ieId to "' e-temptaSons of taeu situation . I hey are encouraged to the indulgence of the love of-,,, ! lue . nce nS , ur ; , l- to all men , and they-heap terror upon terror , to subdue the mnnls i men and & rken their unders

, . tandings . Thus , the not honourable „ f a . l . employments , the moral instruction ofthe star ,, , . s degraded , to a vile , trade , and is . prated- with- all the deceit fiff ^ l 7 r , e '' ride , aiKl reiigi ° ' fVom bd « S the ^ i ¦ \ h \ , t , , ' ° f ° y ^ c »^ its greatest disgrace and curse , \\ hen a nation has fallen into tins lamentable state "

, it fs extremely onnctik to reform , ,, 1-hough , nothing would so immediately mul so completely remove all ground of complaint , as the re-establishing " pnvate . vir ue , this is of all others the- leist likel y to bladojted T I lly worthy , who see the mischief where it actually is , but who view tli .. vhfe as tne sc .-iool of improvement , and know that man is-to be made perfect throug h suffering , are the last persons to nnm „ hl % ! are the most

^ unless discontented , the most noisy in their complaints , and the least scrupulous about the mean ., of redress . ' Not to mprove . the nation , but to advance themselves , they turn thcir ' atten tion-to the abuses of poweraud influence . And they K thdr S whjrj they think the place most defenceless , and whefe perh P ' s h y expect assistance from a discontented garrison . They attack suner

Mi , u . It is not , perhaps , with any direct intention to ruin the stall " Iu merely 0 obtain indul gence for themselves and the co-operation the wealthy J hey . expeCt to be listened to by many who wish foe t e same indul gence : and thus it is that reli gious , f ee-thinki . I i"J generall y the hrsfsrep of anarch y and revolution ? For in a corr Sed ate , persons of all ranks have the licentious wi h

same s nd f ^ persuttou . s tear be reall y an ingredient ofthe lH , mat . tnind , itequire somestruggetoshake-itcff Nothing is so , effectual as mt E W 7 ™ "' ' '" ^ '' efore all , jojn . against priestcralf ; - even S » yi . ¦ AII BU ¦ ¦ . *

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LONDON: Article 3
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 4
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOUME. Article 4
DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT: WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE EXPEDITION OF BUONAPARTE; Article 5
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AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. Article 17
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE DUMP PHILOSOPHER. Article 19
OPTIMISM, A DREAM. Article 25
INTERVIEW OF CAPTAIN VANCOUVER WITH THE CHIEFS OF NOOTKA SOUND. Article 27
THE FATE OF MEN OF GENIUS Article 29
THE LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON. Article 30
DURING THE CONFINEMENT OF LOUIS XVI. KING OF FRANCE. Article 32
EDMUND BURKE. Article 35
Untitled Article 39
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 40
DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF MAOUNA. Article 44
BARBAROUS ATTACK OF THE NATIVES. Article 45
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 49
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 54
POETRY. Article 60
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PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND. Article 63
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.

The Freemasons' Repository.

snare . Ftiey . requentl y abuse their advantages . Pride and hau-hty oehavtotiron their part rankle in the breasts , and affect the tempers of their inferiors alread y fretted by the hardshi ps of their own condition . — tne nc . i also are luxurious ; aud are often needy . Grasping at every mean of gratification , M , are inattentive to die rights of in . fenors wiiomtucy despseanddespising

., , , oppress . Perhaps their . own fUpenont y has ueen acquired b y injustice . Perhaps most sovereignties have been acquired- b y oppression . Princes and Rulers are I ? UL men ; as stic . r , t . iey- abuse many of their greatest blessings Observing that religious hopes make the good resigned under the 7t V an ' Jthat its terrors frequently restrato

h ' T ' - th , Md , they avail themselves of these observations , and support religion . as a .. . engine of state , and mean of their own security . ' But they are not contented- wtth its real advantages ; and they are much more a ra . d ' ol the resentment and the crimes ' of the offended nmflW *

turn or . tlie murmurs of . the suffering worthy . Therefore thevencourage s . ipcrstition ,, and call to their aid the vices of the priesthood Ine prists are . men of hke passions as other men , and it is no -round "SnHorV ; ltthCy : ' fVeqi , e"fly ^ ieId to "' e-temptaSons of taeu situation . I hey are encouraged to the indulgence of the love of-,,, ! lue . nce nS , ur ; , l- to all men , and they-heap terror upon terror , to subdue the mnnls i men and & rken their unders

, . tandings . Thus , the not honourable „ f a . l . employments , the moral instruction ofthe star ,, , . s degraded , to a vile , trade , and is . prated- with- all the deceit fiff ^ l 7 r , e '' ride , aiKl reiigi ° ' fVom bd « S the ^ i ¦ \ h \ , t , , ' ° f ° y ^ c »^ its greatest disgrace and curse , \\ hen a nation has fallen into tins lamentable state "

, it fs extremely onnctik to reform , ,, 1-hough , nothing would so immediately mul so completely remove all ground of complaint , as the re-establishing " pnvate . vir ue , this is of all others the- leist likel y to bladojted T I lly worthy , who see the mischief where it actually is , but who view tli .. vhfe as tne sc .-iool of improvement , and know that man is-to be made perfect throug h suffering , are the last persons to nnm „ hl % ! are the most

^ unless discontented , the most noisy in their complaints , and the least scrupulous about the mean ., of redress . ' Not to mprove . the nation , but to advance themselves , they turn thcir ' atten tion-to the abuses of poweraud influence . And they K thdr S whjrj they think the place most defenceless , and whefe perh P ' s h y expect assistance from a discontented garrison . They attack suner

Mi , u . It is not , perhaps , with any direct intention to ruin the stall " Iu merely 0 obtain indul gence for themselves and the co-operation the wealthy J hey . expeCt to be listened to by many who wish foe t e same indul gence : and thus it is that reli gious , f ee-thinki . I i"J generall y the hrsfsrep of anarch y and revolution ? For in a corr Sed ate , persons of all ranks have the licentious wi h

same s nd f ^ persuttou . s tear be reall y an ingredient ofthe lH , mat . tnind , itequire somestruggetoshake-itcff Nothing is so , effectual as mt E W 7 ™ "' ' '" ^ '' efore all , jojn . against priestcralf ; - even S » yi . ¦ AII BU ¦ ¦ . *

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