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will not be very hard upon them , but consign them to imprisonment , in the mass , ( not solitary imprisonment , which is a species of premature burial , ) and without the horrors of hard labour . " The lightest on the surface swim , " as somebody wrote , or ought to have written , wherefore we will first glance over an account of
CHANTER ' PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE FIRE-BOX . The very effort puts us in a glow far beyond " summer heat , " and positivel y the weather is too warm for a close examination . Enough to say , that our scientiBc Brother has patented the most useful invention—for his sake we trust it will also be the most profitable—of the day . It puts us m a perspiration to think how he will spend the fortune he ought to gain ; and as we are too hot to reason upon it , we must close with a rhyme : —¦
A saving of fuel Too great for a joke A flare up of fire Without any smoke Of these ev ' ry railway
Must still be a wanter , Unless the Directors Contract with John Chanter ! Come we now to THE THEOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY OF FREEMASONRY ; not a book in esse , but the glorious promise of one from our right trusty , learnedand excellent
, Brother , the Rev . G . Oliver , D . D ., who does honour to the Craft as a practical ( as well as erudite ) Freemason , by filling the office of Deputy Grand Master for Lincolnshire as none besides himself can fill it . And be it observed , that this work has an object of interest and ambition far exceeding that of common reward—it aims at maintaining the Charities of our Order , by devoting the entire profits to the Schools and the Asylum—a happy union , in which all Masons must rejoice understand
. We that the subscri ption list is progressing , and , with our kind friend ' s permission , we shall feel great pleasure in publishing the names of subscribers in our pages , as a tribute to his worth , and as a record of the numbers by whom his noble project is supported . 1 welve lectures from his pen , comprising 300 pages , to be published at eight shillings only . Who will be without it ?—No one but he who is wilfull y ignorant , and consequentl y desireless of examining into the philosophy of Freemasonry .
Oh ! for a million-horse-power pen , and a genius to match , that we might immortalize ourself by penning something worthy of ' ' THE YOUTH OF SHAKSPEARE ;" then would Henry Colburn consideratel y give us a chance , too , in his nst of " eminent writers of the day . " But verily ours is a goose-quill , and we are Nogentle readernot what would wittilindicate
, , you so y , put onl y too humble to be ever eminent . " The Youth of Shakspeare " is written much in the same manner , as , we dare say , the youth of Shakspeare was really passed—very unevenly . Sometimes worthy of the immortal subject , when in the vigour of his intellect—anon as dull as a
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A Rapid Review.
will not be very hard upon them , but consign them to imprisonment , in the mass , ( not solitary imprisonment , which is a species of premature burial , ) and without the horrors of hard labour . " The lightest on the surface swim , " as somebody wrote , or ought to have written , wherefore we will first glance over an account of
CHANTER ' PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE FIRE-BOX . The very effort puts us in a glow far beyond " summer heat , " and positivel y the weather is too warm for a close examination . Enough to say , that our scientiBc Brother has patented the most useful invention—for his sake we trust it will also be the most profitable—of the day . It puts us m a perspiration to think how he will spend the fortune he ought to gain ; and as we are too hot to reason upon it , we must close with a rhyme : —¦
A saving of fuel Too great for a joke A flare up of fire Without any smoke Of these ev ' ry railway
Must still be a wanter , Unless the Directors Contract with John Chanter ! Come we now to THE THEOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY OF FREEMASONRY ; not a book in esse , but the glorious promise of one from our right trusty , learnedand excellent
, Brother , the Rev . G . Oliver , D . D ., who does honour to the Craft as a practical ( as well as erudite ) Freemason , by filling the office of Deputy Grand Master for Lincolnshire as none besides himself can fill it . And be it observed , that this work has an object of interest and ambition far exceeding that of common reward—it aims at maintaining the Charities of our Order , by devoting the entire profits to the Schools and the Asylum—a happy union , in which all Masons must rejoice understand
. We that the subscri ption list is progressing , and , with our kind friend ' s permission , we shall feel great pleasure in publishing the names of subscribers in our pages , as a tribute to his worth , and as a record of the numbers by whom his noble project is supported . 1 welve lectures from his pen , comprising 300 pages , to be published at eight shillings only . Who will be without it ?—No one but he who is wilfull y ignorant , and consequentl y desireless of examining into the philosophy of Freemasonry .
Oh ! for a million-horse-power pen , and a genius to match , that we might immortalize ourself by penning something worthy of ' ' THE YOUTH OF SHAKSPEARE ;" then would Henry Colburn consideratel y give us a chance , too , in his nst of " eminent writers of the day . " But verily ours is a goose-quill , and we are Nogentle readernot what would wittilindicate
, , you so y , put onl y too humble to be ever eminent . " The Youth of Shakspeare " is written much in the same manner , as , we dare say , the youth of Shakspeare was really passed—very unevenly . Sometimes worthy of the immortal subject , when in the vigour of his intellect—anon as dull as a