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Masonic Intelligence.
be struck off the roll of the Grand Lodge , and be considered as unworthy of any longer holding charter under that sanction . Tlfc Grand Lodge also unanimously express their entire approbation of the conduct of the Lord Provost and Magistrates of this city , under whose protection the Grand Lodge have always met , for their late exertions in checking the spirit above reprobated . —They also most sincerely
thank Thomas Hay , Esq . Substitute Grand Master , for his anxious concern in preserving . good order among the Lodges , and fully empower him to keep an equal watchfulness in guarding the-Lodges against such trespasses in time coming . WILL . MASON , G . Sec .
Edinburgh , Thursday Evening , 12 Dec . 1793 .
To THE PlUMTER 01 " THE Fa . EE-MA . SONs' MAGAZINE , * " Sir , . - ¦ " I SHOULD not have obtruded myself to notice on so trilling a subject , but that an appearance of neglect mig ht be imputed to me by some-who know the business . The song" NOT THE FICTIONS OF
, GREECE , " inserted in your last magazine , was written by me at Hull , in the year 17 86 , It was first sung at the festival of St . John , in that town , and a cony transmitted to the Universal Magazine , where it was inserted , in ti-. e January or February following . There are a few alterations—perhaps for the better—in the three cr four last lines ; the rest is as originally written . He must be a Stoic indeed , who did not feel a
degree of p leasure at having written . any thing that could be supposed , for a moment , the composition of such a character as Mr . PRESTON . ' ' 1 am , Sir , your faithful Brother , J . F . STANFIELD , S . W . Phoenix Lodge , Sunderland . " N . B . The Favours of this respectable Correspondent will at all times be received with pleasure , and acknowleged with gratitude . EDIT .
Anecdote Of Gravina, A Celebrated Writer.
ANECDOTE OF GRAVINA , A CELEBRATED WRITER .
f ~^ RAVINA ,. who was the preceptor and friend of the great Metasta" ^ sio , read very instructive lectures upon the civil law at Rome . He was much admired for his skill in poetry , and esteemed a very excellent philosopher , lhe singularity Of his temper was as remarkable as his great knowledge : " Come , ( said he to his pupils , when he went with them one day to mass ) let us go to the vul error . " As he walked the
gar streets of Rome , he would often take off his hat , and bow to the horses in a nobleman ' s or prince ' s carriage , saying , at the same time , " Thank you , gentlemen ; for if it were not for yon , we philosophers should he obliged to put onliarness , and drag those lazy fellows wherever they please . "
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Masonic Intelligence.
be struck off the roll of the Grand Lodge , and be considered as unworthy of any longer holding charter under that sanction . Tlfc Grand Lodge also unanimously express their entire approbation of the conduct of the Lord Provost and Magistrates of this city , under whose protection the Grand Lodge have always met , for their late exertions in checking the spirit above reprobated . —They also most sincerely
thank Thomas Hay , Esq . Substitute Grand Master , for his anxious concern in preserving . good order among the Lodges , and fully empower him to keep an equal watchfulness in guarding the-Lodges against such trespasses in time coming . WILL . MASON , G . Sec .
Edinburgh , Thursday Evening , 12 Dec . 1793 .
To THE PlUMTER 01 " THE Fa . EE-MA . SONs' MAGAZINE , * " Sir , . - ¦ " I SHOULD not have obtruded myself to notice on so trilling a subject , but that an appearance of neglect mig ht be imputed to me by some-who know the business . The song" NOT THE FICTIONS OF
, GREECE , " inserted in your last magazine , was written by me at Hull , in the year 17 86 , It was first sung at the festival of St . John , in that town , and a cony transmitted to the Universal Magazine , where it was inserted , in ti-. e January or February following . There are a few alterations—perhaps for the better—in the three cr four last lines ; the rest is as originally written . He must be a Stoic indeed , who did not feel a
degree of p leasure at having written . any thing that could be supposed , for a moment , the composition of such a character as Mr . PRESTON . ' ' 1 am , Sir , your faithful Brother , J . F . STANFIELD , S . W . Phoenix Lodge , Sunderland . " N . B . The Favours of this respectable Correspondent will at all times be received with pleasure , and acknowleged with gratitude . EDIT .
Anecdote Of Gravina, A Celebrated Writer.
ANECDOTE OF GRAVINA , A CELEBRATED WRITER .
f ~^ RAVINA ,. who was the preceptor and friend of the great Metasta" ^ sio , read very instructive lectures upon the civil law at Rome . He was much admired for his skill in poetry , and esteemed a very excellent philosopher , lhe singularity Of his temper was as remarkable as his great knowledge : " Come , ( said he to his pupils , when he went with them one day to mass ) let us go to the vul error . " As he walked the
gar streets of Rome , he would often take off his hat , and bow to the horses in a nobleman ' s or prince ' s carriage , saying , at the same time , " Thank you , gentlemen ; for if it were not for yon , we philosophers should he obliged to put onliarness , and drag those lazy fellows wherever they please . "