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Article DOGE'S MARRYING THE SEA AT VENICE. ← Page 2 of 2 Article TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Page 1 of 2 →
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Doge's Marrying The Sea At Venice.
B . irbarossa , had taken refuge at Venice , and was protected by the State . Ths Emperor sent a powerful fleet against it , under the command of his son Oriio . Ziani met him with the fleet of Venice ; a very obstinate tngagement ensued , in which the Venetians were victorious . The Doge returned in triumph with thirty of the enemies vessels , in one of which was their commander Otho ; all the inhabitants of Venice rushed to the sea-shore to meet their victorious Doge . The Pope himself
came , attended by the senate and clergy . After embracing Ziani , his holiness presents him with a ring , saying with a loud voice , " Take this ring , use it as a chain to retain the sea henceforth in subjection to the " Venetian empire ; espouse the sea with this ring , and let it be solemnized annually , by you and your successors to the end of time , that the latest posterity may know that Venice has preserved the empire of the waves-, and that the sea is subjected to you as a wife to her husband ,
To The Printer Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
SIR , ALL mankind who reason , unite in one general conclusion , < we should be contented ; but I never found that man yet , who was really so . Nor is this astonishing , when we reflect upon the imperfection of all . worldly felicity . The soul , which is an immortal being , cannot find real contentment in mutable and transient objects ; andin a religious light
, , it would be improper that man should be completely satisfied with terrestrial honours , riches , glory and renown , as he would then entertain no desire for eternal felicity . To carry this thought a little farther ; when I reflect upon contentment , and find no one in possession of this treasure upon earth , meihinks it should strengthen our belief with respect to futurity ; for as every thing hath its contrasts—as fire and water , black and
white , great and small , strength and weakness ,. & c . & c . by a parity of reasoning , tbe discontentment of human nature should also somewhere have its opposite contentment : and as it is not to be met with under the sun , we must conclude that it is to be found in another world : for in this , as the poet happily expresses it , That something ever unposscss'd ,
Corrodes and leavens all the rest ; That something , could we but obtain , Would be tiie cause of future pain . There is , indeed , a great deal of affectation played off in the world concerning contentment . There are many men whose pride and vanity will not allow them to let their heig hbours know their wants ; and pretend to enjoyments they never taste . These splendid miserable * , are all
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Doge's Marrying The Sea At Venice.
B . irbarossa , had taken refuge at Venice , and was protected by the State . Ths Emperor sent a powerful fleet against it , under the command of his son Oriio . Ziani met him with the fleet of Venice ; a very obstinate tngagement ensued , in which the Venetians were victorious . The Doge returned in triumph with thirty of the enemies vessels , in one of which was their commander Otho ; all the inhabitants of Venice rushed to the sea-shore to meet their victorious Doge . The Pope himself
came , attended by the senate and clergy . After embracing Ziani , his holiness presents him with a ring , saying with a loud voice , " Take this ring , use it as a chain to retain the sea henceforth in subjection to the " Venetian empire ; espouse the sea with this ring , and let it be solemnized annually , by you and your successors to the end of time , that the latest posterity may know that Venice has preserved the empire of the waves-, and that the sea is subjected to you as a wife to her husband ,
To The Printer Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
SIR , ALL mankind who reason , unite in one general conclusion , < we should be contented ; but I never found that man yet , who was really so . Nor is this astonishing , when we reflect upon the imperfection of all . worldly felicity . The soul , which is an immortal being , cannot find real contentment in mutable and transient objects ; andin a religious light
, , it would be improper that man should be completely satisfied with terrestrial honours , riches , glory and renown , as he would then entertain no desire for eternal felicity . To carry this thought a little farther ; when I reflect upon contentment , and find no one in possession of this treasure upon earth , meihinks it should strengthen our belief with respect to futurity ; for as every thing hath its contrasts—as fire and water , black and
white , great and small , strength and weakness ,. & c . & c . by a parity of reasoning , tbe discontentment of human nature should also somewhere have its opposite contentment : and as it is not to be met with under the sun , we must conclude that it is to be found in another world : for in this , as the poet happily expresses it , That something ever unposscss'd ,
Corrodes and leavens all the rest ; That something , could we but obtain , Would be tiie cause of future pain . There is , indeed , a great deal of affectation played off in the world concerning contentment . There are many men whose pride and vanity will not allow them to let their heig hbours know their wants ; and pretend to enjoyments they never taste . These splendid miserable * , are all