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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 11 of 12 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
" Tell the Duke I wish I could have received this flag at his house , and have seen him once more preside at his dinner among the diminished ranks of his brave associates . I am very ill I know , but I hope it may p lease God to carry me through this day , as I should grieve to think that my death should cast even a momentary gloom upon a day which is so bright in the annals of my beloved country . " In the summer of 1 S 10 his Majesty ' s shiNaiad carried into
Ports-, p mouth one of Bonaparte ' s flat-bottomed praams , which had been captured by the frigate . Among the persons who visited her was the Duke of Clarence , before whom the Naiad's ship ' s company were mustered . On these occasions the men are arranged in classes , according to their rating as regular seamen or otherwise ; Mr . Green , the first lieutenant , thinking he might safely presume a little on the Duke ' s want of familiarity with naval detailsventured to place five of the best looking landsmen among
, the regular blue jackets , as a set-off , but it would not do . The Duke had not forgotten that indescribable something which impresses a distinctive character on a genuine seaman , and , to the utter confusion of poor Green , he singled out each of the intruders , and boldly affirmedwhich was the truth—that they had never been in a top nor on a yard in their lives . He immediately saw the drift of the deception , and goodnaturedlappreciated the feeling which had induced the first Lieutenant
y to make the best appearance he could before the highest officer in the service . As he successively picked each unlucky wight out of the ranks in which he had been placed , he laughed heartily , and said , " Ah , Mr . Green , here is another of your top-men . Take him away , I know a sailor by head mark as well as any of you . "
A ROYAL LESSON IN THE ART OF ROUGHING IT . Above fifty years ago , the young , handsome , and elegant Frank offended his father , by a poetical disgust against the law , a romantic yearning for ideal ruralities , and by some unlucky love affair , which rendered it expedient that he should be banished fiom London . His parent , resolving to surfeit his Arcadian tastes , articled him to a farmernamed Ferrymanwho lived near the coast of Devonshire .
, , Thither , with a very ill grace , did the interesting and fastidious Francis remove . He was hospitably received by the jovial agriculturist , his kind dame , and pretty daughters ; but such a change of habits , hours , fare , occupation , and society , almost stunned him . The realities of country life would , each and all , have proved shocks and disappointments , jarring on his pre-conceived imaginations , even if he had not been constrained to learn and to work . AFhat most provoked him was , the
matter-ofcourse way in which his new associates witnessed his every exertion , his every sacrifice . Their only astonishment seemed to spring from the obvious fact that he could not do his duty cheerfully . He took care to impress on them that he had been all his life accustomed to different and better things ; still they appeared quite satisfied that some of his superiors had gone farther and fared worse . His uncongenial toils , neither cheered bpraisenor soothed bitymade sad havoc in the amiability
y , y p , of poor Master Frank . One day , just as he was sitting down with the family , to their ample hut homely noontide dinner , a hearty voice from the road shouted , " House a hoy ! Is Farmer Ferryman aboard ?" "Ay , ay , sir , " returned he , running to the open door , at which stood a couple of young midshipmen . Both shook hands with the farmer ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
" Tell the Duke I wish I could have received this flag at his house , and have seen him once more preside at his dinner among the diminished ranks of his brave associates . I am very ill I know , but I hope it may p lease God to carry me through this day , as I should grieve to think that my death should cast even a momentary gloom upon a day which is so bright in the annals of my beloved country . " In the summer of 1 S 10 his Majesty ' s shiNaiad carried into
Ports-, p mouth one of Bonaparte ' s flat-bottomed praams , which had been captured by the frigate . Among the persons who visited her was the Duke of Clarence , before whom the Naiad's ship ' s company were mustered . On these occasions the men are arranged in classes , according to their rating as regular seamen or otherwise ; Mr . Green , the first lieutenant , thinking he might safely presume a little on the Duke ' s want of familiarity with naval detailsventured to place five of the best looking landsmen among
, the regular blue jackets , as a set-off , but it would not do . The Duke had not forgotten that indescribable something which impresses a distinctive character on a genuine seaman , and , to the utter confusion of poor Green , he singled out each of the intruders , and boldly affirmedwhich was the truth—that they had never been in a top nor on a yard in their lives . He immediately saw the drift of the deception , and goodnaturedlappreciated the feeling which had induced the first Lieutenant
y to make the best appearance he could before the highest officer in the service . As he successively picked each unlucky wight out of the ranks in which he had been placed , he laughed heartily , and said , " Ah , Mr . Green , here is another of your top-men . Take him away , I know a sailor by head mark as well as any of you . "
A ROYAL LESSON IN THE ART OF ROUGHING IT . Above fifty years ago , the young , handsome , and elegant Frank offended his father , by a poetical disgust against the law , a romantic yearning for ideal ruralities , and by some unlucky love affair , which rendered it expedient that he should be banished fiom London . His parent , resolving to surfeit his Arcadian tastes , articled him to a farmernamed Ferrymanwho lived near the coast of Devonshire .
, , Thither , with a very ill grace , did the interesting and fastidious Francis remove . He was hospitably received by the jovial agriculturist , his kind dame , and pretty daughters ; but such a change of habits , hours , fare , occupation , and society , almost stunned him . The realities of country life would , each and all , have proved shocks and disappointments , jarring on his pre-conceived imaginations , even if he had not been constrained to learn and to work . AFhat most provoked him was , the
matter-ofcourse way in which his new associates witnessed his every exertion , his every sacrifice . Their only astonishment seemed to spring from the obvious fact that he could not do his duty cheerfully . He took care to impress on them that he had been all his life accustomed to different and better things ; still they appeared quite satisfied that some of his superiors had gone farther and fared worse . His uncongenial toils , neither cheered bpraisenor soothed bitymade sad havoc in the amiability
y , y p , of poor Master Frank . One day , just as he was sitting down with the family , to their ample hut homely noontide dinner , a hearty voice from the road shouted , " House a hoy ! Is Farmer Ferryman aboard ?" "Ay , ay , sir , " returned he , running to the open door , at which stood a couple of young midshipmen . Both shook hands with the farmer ,