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The Happy World. A Vision.

aud I conceived a presentiment of celestial amity , of that ami y wmeb united their souls and formed the greatest portion of their felicity . The angel of darkness , with all his artifice , was never able to discover the entrance into tbis world - —notwithstanding his over-watchful malice , he never found out the means td spread his poison over and pridewere there unknown ;

this happy globe . Anger , envy , , the hapless of one appeared the happiness of all ; an extat . c transport incessantly elevating their souls at the sight of the magnificent and prodigal hand that collected oye .-thek heads the most astonishing tiro'diaies of the creation . ¦ _ m . ¦ ¦ _ . _ „ -i _ i _ saffron distilled the

The lovely morning , with her bumid -wings , pearly dew from the . shrubs and flowers , and the rays of the rising "sun multiplied the most enchanting colours , when I perceived a wood embellished by the opening dawn . " ¦ ' The youth of both sexes there sent forth hymns of adoration towards " Heaven , and were . Med at the same time with the grandeur which rolled almost visiblover their heads ;

and majesty of God , y for in this World of innocence he vouchsafed to manifest himselx by _ neans : unknownto . ourweak : understarichngs . . : All things announced his august presence . ; the serenity ot the an , the dyes of the flowers , the' brilliancy of the insects ,, a kind of universal sensibility , spread over all beings , and which vivified bodies " least of it thing bore che

--that seemed the susceptible ; every appear arice of sentiment , and the birds stopped in the midst of then flight , » s if attentive to the affecting modulations of their voice . ¦ But no pencil can express the ' lavishing . countenance of the young beauties , whose bosoms- "breathefl love . Who can describe that Jove of which we have not any idea , that'love for which we have no name , that lovc ' the lot of pure intelligent beings , Divme Love , which they only can conceive and feel ? ' The tongue of man incapable , must be ¦ - silent' —The remembrance of this enchanting place suspends at this

moment all the faculties of nay-soul , . The sun was rising : the pencil falls ! from my ha . id .--Oh , Thorn" t ^ -W did you view ' 4 b a . sun !* -What a- world and what magnificent order ! I trod with regret on the flowery pants , endued , fikethat which we call sensitive , with a quick and lively feeling & bent under my foot , only to rise with more brilliancy : the tat the first touchfrom the lying branchami

lently dropped , on , comp , had scarcely gratified the palate when the delicious sensation of its hikes were felt glowing in every vein ; the eye , more piercing , spar-Sed with uncommon lustre , the ear was more lively ; the heart , which eSanded itself all over nature , seemed to possess and enjoy Us fertile 'Stent ; the universal enjoyment did not disturb any individual , ft htsand they esteemed themselves le *

Son multiplied their delig , liaoDV in their own fruition than in tne happiness ©* others This sun did not resemble the comparative paleness and weakness which illumines our gloomy , terrestrial prison ; yet the eye could Jeartogaze on it , and , in a manner , plunge itself-in a kind ofestasy inlts rnild ana pure light :- it enlivened- at once the sight and t ! indrwtanding ^ and-even penetrated the soul . The bodies of those

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LONDON : Article 1
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
Untitled Article 2
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 2
Untitled Article 3
SOME ACCOUNT OF MR. BAKEWELL, OF DISHLEY. Article 4
ON THE ERRORS OF COMMON OPINION. Article 6
THE HAPPY WORLD. A VISION. Article 10
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 13
DETACHED THOUGHTS ONBOOKS. Article 15
HISTORY OF MASONRY. Article 18
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 25
ANECDOTE. Article 25
THE STAGE. Article 26
REMARKS ON GENERAL INVITATIONS. Article 27
AMERICAN ANECDOTES. Article 28
TO THE EDITOR. Article 31
ON THE LOVE OF NOVELTY. Article 34
ON THE DIFFERENT MODES OF REASONING Article 36
THE CHARACTER OF WALLER, AS A MAN AND A POET. Article 39
A METHOD OF ENCREASING POTATOES, Article 41
NEW SOUTH WALES, Article 42
TO THE EDITOR. Article 44
LIFE OF THE DUKE OF GUISE. Article 47
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF FACILITY IN LITERARY COMPOSITION. Article 48
A SWEDISH ANECDOTE. Article 49
ACCOUNT OF THOMAS TOPHAM, THE STRONG MAN. Article 50
SPEECH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, ON MONOPOLIES. Article 51
DIRECTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS RELATIVE TO FOOD. Article 52
TO THE EDITOR. Article 54
THE WORM AND BUTTERFLY. Article 56
Untitled Article 57
ANECDOTE. Article 57
THE SENSITIVE PLANT AND THISTLE. A FABLE. Article 58
FRENCH ARROGANCE PROPERLY REBUKED. Article 58
A CAUTION TO THE AVARICIOUS. Article 58
A WELL-TIMED REBUKE. Article 59
NAVAL ANECDOTE. Article 59
TO THE EDITOR. Article 59
POETRY. Article 60
IMPROMPTU, Article 60
THE SUNDERLAND VOLUNTEERS. Article 61
IMPROMPTU, Article 61
MONSIEUR. TONSON. A TALE. Article 62
SONNET. Article 65
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 65
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 66
HOME NEWS, Article 67
PROMOTIONS. Article 72
Untitled Article 72
Untitled Article 73
BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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The Happy World. A Vision.

aud I conceived a presentiment of celestial amity , of that ami y wmeb united their souls and formed the greatest portion of their felicity . The angel of darkness , with all his artifice , was never able to discover the entrance into tbis world - —notwithstanding his over-watchful malice , he never found out the means td spread his poison over and pridewere there unknown ;

this happy globe . Anger , envy , , the hapless of one appeared the happiness of all ; an extat . c transport incessantly elevating their souls at the sight of the magnificent and prodigal hand that collected oye .-thek heads the most astonishing tiro'diaies of the creation . ¦ _ m . ¦ ¦ _ . _ „ -i _ i _ saffron distilled the

The lovely morning , with her bumid -wings , pearly dew from the . shrubs and flowers , and the rays of the rising "sun multiplied the most enchanting colours , when I perceived a wood embellished by the opening dawn . " ¦ ' The youth of both sexes there sent forth hymns of adoration towards " Heaven , and were . Med at the same time with the grandeur which rolled almost visiblover their heads ;

and majesty of God , y for in this World of innocence he vouchsafed to manifest himselx by _ neans : unknownto . ourweak : understarichngs . . : All things announced his august presence . ; the serenity ot the an , the dyes of the flowers , the' brilliancy of the insects ,, a kind of universal sensibility , spread over all beings , and which vivified bodies " least of it thing bore che

--that seemed the susceptible ; every appear arice of sentiment , and the birds stopped in the midst of then flight , » s if attentive to the affecting modulations of their voice . ¦ But no pencil can express the ' lavishing . countenance of the young beauties , whose bosoms- "breathefl love . Who can describe that Jove of which we have not any idea , that'love for which we have no name , that lovc ' the lot of pure intelligent beings , Divme Love , which they only can conceive and feel ? ' The tongue of man incapable , must be ¦ - silent' —The remembrance of this enchanting place suspends at this

moment all the faculties of nay-soul , . The sun was rising : the pencil falls ! from my ha . id .--Oh , Thorn" t ^ -W did you view ' 4 b a . sun !* -What a- world and what magnificent order ! I trod with regret on the flowery pants , endued , fikethat which we call sensitive , with a quick and lively feeling & bent under my foot , only to rise with more brilliancy : the tat the first touchfrom the lying branchami

lently dropped , on , comp , had scarcely gratified the palate when the delicious sensation of its hikes were felt glowing in every vein ; the eye , more piercing , spar-Sed with uncommon lustre , the ear was more lively ; the heart , which eSanded itself all over nature , seemed to possess and enjoy Us fertile 'Stent ; the universal enjoyment did not disturb any individual , ft htsand they esteemed themselves le *

Son multiplied their delig , liaoDV in their own fruition than in tne happiness ©* others This sun did not resemble the comparative paleness and weakness which illumines our gloomy , terrestrial prison ; yet the eye could Jeartogaze on it , and , in a manner , plunge itself-in a kind ofestasy inlts rnild ana pure light :- it enlivened- at once the sight and t ! indrwtanding ^ and-even penetrated the soul . The bodies of those

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