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Article THE SENSITIVE PLANT AND THISTLE. A FABLE. Page 1 of 1 Article FRENCH ARROGANCE PROPERLY REBUKED. Page 1 of 1 Article A CAUTION TO THE AVARICIOUS. Page 1 of 1
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The Sensitive Plant And Thistle. A Fable.
THE SENSITIVE PLANT AND THISTLE . A FABLE .
A THISTLE happened to spring up very near to a sensitive plant . The former observing the extreme bashfulness and delicacy of the fatter , addressed her in the following manner : " Why are you so modest and reserved , my good neighbour , as to withdraw your leaves at the approach of strangers ? Why do you shrink , as if you were afraid , from the touch of every hand ? Take example and advice
from me : if I liked not their familiarity , I would make them keep their distance ; nor should any saucy finger provoke me unrevenged . ' " " Our tempers and qualities , " replied the other , " are widely different . I have neither the ability nor inclination to give offence : you , it seems , are by no means destitute of either . My desire is to live peaceably in the station wherein I am placed ; and though my
humility may now and then cause me a moment ' s uneasiness , it tends , on the whole , to preserve my tranquillity : The case is otherwise with 3 'ou , whose irritable temper and revengeful disposition will , probably , one time or other be the cause of your destruction . " While they were thus arguing . th . et point , the Gardener came with his little spaddle , in order to lighten the earth round , the stem of the sensitive plant ; but , perceiving the thistle , he thrust his instrument through the root of it , and directly tossed it out of the garden .
French Arrogance Properly Rebuked.
FRENCH ARROGANCE PROPERLY REBUKED .
THE Abbe Nollet , whose admirable philosophical writings have rendered him eminent throughout Europe , waited on the then . Dauphin of France with his works , which , it seems , that Prince had desired to see ; on coming into his presence , Nollet was treated with a haughtiness which his spirit could by no means brook ; the Dauphin carelessly , looked at the book , which was entitled Lecons de Physique , and with coldness
singular and indelicacy returned ft to the Author ; saying conceitedly , he " never read those sort of books ; " on which Nollet bowed , held out the book in his hand , and looking his K-ighness full in the face , boldly said , Vottlez vous me permetire que je ° les htisse dans voire anti-chambre ? il s ' y trouvera , peut-etre , des gens d ' espril qui les liront avec p / aisir : " Will you permit me , Sir , to leave it in yourantichamber ? perhaps some persons of taste or genius may accidentally find it there , and read it with pleasure . "
A Caution To The Avaricious.
A CAUTION TO THE AVARICIOUS .
"W ¥ 7 'HEN Soladin , the great Emperor of the Turks , was dying , he Vw _ commanded that no solemnity should be . usedat his funeral ; but that his shirt , ih the manner of an ensign , made fast to che point of a launce , should be . carried before his dead body , a plain Priest going before aud crying thus aloud to the people : " Soladin , Conqueror of the East , of all the greatness and riches he had in this life , carrieth . with him after his death nothing more than his shirt to the crave " " - VOL . V . Nn
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The Sensitive Plant And Thistle. A Fable.
THE SENSITIVE PLANT AND THISTLE . A FABLE .
A THISTLE happened to spring up very near to a sensitive plant . The former observing the extreme bashfulness and delicacy of the fatter , addressed her in the following manner : " Why are you so modest and reserved , my good neighbour , as to withdraw your leaves at the approach of strangers ? Why do you shrink , as if you were afraid , from the touch of every hand ? Take example and advice
from me : if I liked not their familiarity , I would make them keep their distance ; nor should any saucy finger provoke me unrevenged . ' " " Our tempers and qualities , " replied the other , " are widely different . I have neither the ability nor inclination to give offence : you , it seems , are by no means destitute of either . My desire is to live peaceably in the station wherein I am placed ; and though my
humility may now and then cause me a moment ' s uneasiness , it tends , on the whole , to preserve my tranquillity : The case is otherwise with 3 'ou , whose irritable temper and revengeful disposition will , probably , one time or other be the cause of your destruction . " While they were thus arguing . th . et point , the Gardener came with his little spaddle , in order to lighten the earth round , the stem of the sensitive plant ; but , perceiving the thistle , he thrust his instrument through the root of it , and directly tossed it out of the garden .
French Arrogance Properly Rebuked.
FRENCH ARROGANCE PROPERLY REBUKED .
THE Abbe Nollet , whose admirable philosophical writings have rendered him eminent throughout Europe , waited on the then . Dauphin of France with his works , which , it seems , that Prince had desired to see ; on coming into his presence , Nollet was treated with a haughtiness which his spirit could by no means brook ; the Dauphin carelessly , looked at the book , which was entitled Lecons de Physique , and with coldness
singular and indelicacy returned ft to the Author ; saying conceitedly , he " never read those sort of books ; " on which Nollet bowed , held out the book in his hand , and looking his K-ighness full in the face , boldly said , Vottlez vous me permetire que je ° les htisse dans voire anti-chambre ? il s ' y trouvera , peut-etre , des gens d ' espril qui les liront avec p / aisir : " Will you permit me , Sir , to leave it in yourantichamber ? perhaps some persons of taste or genius may accidentally find it there , and read it with pleasure . "
A Caution To The Avaricious.
A CAUTION TO THE AVARICIOUS .
"W ¥ 7 'HEN Soladin , the great Emperor of the Turks , was dying , he Vw _ commanded that no solemnity should be . usedat his funeral ; but that his shirt , ih the manner of an ensign , made fast to che point of a launce , should be . carried before his dead body , a plain Priest going before aud crying thus aloud to the people : " Soladin , Conqueror of the East , of all the greatness and riches he had in this life , carrieth . with him after his death nothing more than his shirt to the crave " " - VOL . V . Nn