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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
me at the throne of grace . What a sad reckoner have I been , Mr . Editor , I am now as grey as a badger , and have not a single relative in the world . I have long retired from business , but my fortune brings me no enjoyment , my dog leads nearly as rational a life . I eat and drink and sleep alternately as he does , for I now fear to become the prey of some indigent dame , who would overlook my grey hairs and infirmities in consideration of coming in for a third
of my wealth , and therefore avoid much commerce with the sex , from which , ' though I might once have derived happiness , I can . now only expect trick , or at best ridicule . But what can a man do who has let avarice run away with him in his youth , when all the social affections should have been at their out-posts to prevent it ? All that remains for such a man ( after the example of a culprit
going to execution ) is to warn the multitude how they fall into this error . To assure them that the good which is not participated is not half enjoyed , and that those who abandon a young woman from motives like mine , as they do not deserve happiness so they never will obtain it . And moreover , Mr . Editor , if you print this , please to add , that an equal mixture of love and prudence forms
the only , and most delicious conserve they will have the faculty of relishing all their life long . Either , taken separately , is prejudicial ; one being too austere , and the other too sweet . They must be blended to render them happily effective , and if any persons have skill enough to make up the composition after my recipe , I shall not have bemoaned myself , nor you have inserted this in vain . I am , Sir , yours , & c . & c . STEPHEN SORROWFUL .
Detached Thoughts, Illustrated By Anecdotes On Various Subjects.
DETACHED THOUGHTS , ILLUSTRATED BY ANECDOTES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS .
ON ANGER
ANGER is a great weakness , and the folly of nature , mean , vile , and contemptible . It is a passion very pernicious to the soul . It caused the death of the emperor Valentiiiian , who burst a vein in his neck in the height of his choler . Atbenodorus , taking leave of the emperor Augustus , gave him a receipt to subdue his anger when he found it coming upon him ( for that emperor was very subject to it ) , which was , to repeat the twenty-four letters of the Greek alphabet .
Cotys , king of Thrace , having received in a present several costly vases of curious glass , very thin and brittle , after ' well rewarding the messenger who brought them , he destroyed them ail , for fear , he said , that in his anger ( to which he knew himself subject ) he might do a mischief to his servants in case they should break any of them ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
me at the throne of grace . What a sad reckoner have I been , Mr . Editor , I am now as grey as a badger , and have not a single relative in the world . I have long retired from business , but my fortune brings me no enjoyment , my dog leads nearly as rational a life . I eat and drink and sleep alternately as he does , for I now fear to become the prey of some indigent dame , who would overlook my grey hairs and infirmities in consideration of coming in for a third
of my wealth , and therefore avoid much commerce with the sex , from which , ' though I might once have derived happiness , I can . now only expect trick , or at best ridicule . But what can a man do who has let avarice run away with him in his youth , when all the social affections should have been at their out-posts to prevent it ? All that remains for such a man ( after the example of a culprit
going to execution ) is to warn the multitude how they fall into this error . To assure them that the good which is not participated is not half enjoyed , and that those who abandon a young woman from motives like mine , as they do not deserve happiness so they never will obtain it . And moreover , Mr . Editor , if you print this , please to add , that an equal mixture of love and prudence forms
the only , and most delicious conserve they will have the faculty of relishing all their life long . Either , taken separately , is prejudicial ; one being too austere , and the other too sweet . They must be blended to render them happily effective , and if any persons have skill enough to make up the composition after my recipe , I shall not have bemoaned myself , nor you have inserted this in vain . I am , Sir , yours , & c . & c . STEPHEN SORROWFUL .
Detached Thoughts, Illustrated By Anecdotes On Various Subjects.
DETACHED THOUGHTS , ILLUSTRATED BY ANECDOTES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS .
ON ANGER
ANGER is a great weakness , and the folly of nature , mean , vile , and contemptible . It is a passion very pernicious to the soul . It caused the death of the emperor Valentiiiian , who burst a vein in his neck in the height of his choler . Atbenodorus , taking leave of the emperor Augustus , gave him a receipt to subdue his anger when he found it coming upon him ( for that emperor was very subject to it ) , which was , to repeat the twenty-four letters of the Greek alphabet .
Cotys , king of Thrace , having received in a present several costly vases of curious glass , very thin and brittle , after ' well rewarding the messenger who brought them , he destroyed them ail , for fear , he said , that in his anger ( to which he knew himself subject ) he might do a mischief to his servants in case they should break any of them ,