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Those Who Have Experienced The Painful V...
THOSE who have experienced the painful void left in the bosom by the loss of those who had entwined themselves in friendship around the heart , will readily enter into the feelings of Mrs . J . S . Wood , and a few friends , who , deploring their early deprivation of one ot the most intellectual and affectionate of human beings , are desirous of erecting , by means of a trifling subscription , a small memorial to the memory of the late talented and virtuous
HENRY O'BRIEN , ESQ . B . A . Author of the " Round Towers of Ireland . " Unwilling that a young and estimable young man , who was so prematurely called to a better and a happier world ; a guileless denizen of the same earth with ourselves ; a friend who found a resting-place in the heart of every person who had the happiness to know him whoin singleness of mind and
; , purity of soul , stood almost unequalled amongst his fellows ; a bright and beaming star in the literary world—should be allowed to sleep without even a stone to mark the spot where he mingles with the dust : it is proposed to collect a small sum from the friends and admirers of talent , to be applied for the purpose of raising a plain and simple Monument to remains aic in
his memory in the retired church-yard in wmcii ms - terred . . , The pompous cenotaph frequently blazons forth the name of the wealthy , who , but for the artist ' s labour on the marble , would have been long since forgotten ; and to leave the talented to sleep unnoticed and unknown , would evince a want of respect to the memory of those whom mental ability has rendered illustrious , ill becoming the liberality of the British nationand whichit is presumedwould be painfuleven in
, , , , idea ; and when , from the trifling sums given by a " few friends to virtue , and to virtue ' s cause , " a lasting record may be raised to the memory of a truly estimable man , this appeal cannot , will not be made in vain . From such donations , the proposed tribute of respect and esteem will he erected , and in the posthumous work of the talented Freemason , " The PYRAMIDS of EGYPT , " which is now preparing for the pressa List of the Subsbrihers to this Memorial will be printed .
, December 10 th , 1835-[ The Editor ' s box is open to all who may be disposed to further the disinterested appeal of Mrs . Wood , whom indeed it is a pride to number among the noble-minded of her sex . ]
LB MIROIR DE LA SAGESSE . —We regret to he ohliged to bring this erudite work again before our readers , because in so doing , we have to confess our surprise that it should not have been hetter encouraged , and at a time too when we can bear witness that matters of less importance and still less value are accepted . This should not be . Our mode of pleading may not he sufficiently to the " charity" of men ; but if so , let our error be merged in the " justice" of our vocation . A man of honour , in distressinvokes the aid
a man of talent—a Brother—a foreigner — of those who have hearts to feel , and hands to ofFer aid . The Editor ' s address is 23 , Paternoster-row-THE MASONIC CALENDAR—This useful Pocket Book can he had at Freemasons' Hall , price 3 s . The Grand Secretaries will attend to any orders or communications . DEVON P ROVINCIAL GRAND L ODGE—We especially direct the attention of our readers to the very appropriate subjects which were there considered .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Those Who Have Experienced The Painful V...
THOSE who have experienced the painful void left in the bosom by the loss of those who had entwined themselves in friendship around the heart , will readily enter into the feelings of Mrs . J . S . Wood , and a few friends , who , deploring their early deprivation of one ot the most intellectual and affectionate of human beings , are desirous of erecting , by means of a trifling subscription , a small memorial to the memory of the late talented and virtuous
HENRY O'BRIEN , ESQ . B . A . Author of the " Round Towers of Ireland . " Unwilling that a young and estimable young man , who was so prematurely called to a better and a happier world ; a guileless denizen of the same earth with ourselves ; a friend who found a resting-place in the heart of every person who had the happiness to know him whoin singleness of mind and
; , purity of soul , stood almost unequalled amongst his fellows ; a bright and beaming star in the literary world—should be allowed to sleep without even a stone to mark the spot where he mingles with the dust : it is proposed to collect a small sum from the friends and admirers of talent , to be applied for the purpose of raising a plain and simple Monument to remains aic in
his memory in the retired church-yard in wmcii ms - terred . . , The pompous cenotaph frequently blazons forth the name of the wealthy , who , but for the artist ' s labour on the marble , would have been long since forgotten ; and to leave the talented to sleep unnoticed and unknown , would evince a want of respect to the memory of those whom mental ability has rendered illustrious , ill becoming the liberality of the British nationand whichit is presumedwould be painfuleven in
, , , , idea ; and when , from the trifling sums given by a " few friends to virtue , and to virtue ' s cause , " a lasting record may be raised to the memory of a truly estimable man , this appeal cannot , will not be made in vain . From such donations , the proposed tribute of respect and esteem will he erected , and in the posthumous work of the talented Freemason , " The PYRAMIDS of EGYPT , " which is now preparing for the pressa List of the Subsbrihers to this Memorial will be printed .
, December 10 th , 1835-[ The Editor ' s box is open to all who may be disposed to further the disinterested appeal of Mrs . Wood , whom indeed it is a pride to number among the noble-minded of her sex . ]
LB MIROIR DE LA SAGESSE . —We regret to he ohliged to bring this erudite work again before our readers , because in so doing , we have to confess our surprise that it should not have been hetter encouraged , and at a time too when we can bear witness that matters of less importance and still less value are accepted . This should not be . Our mode of pleading may not he sufficiently to the " charity" of men ; but if so , let our error be merged in the " justice" of our vocation . A man of honour , in distressinvokes the aid
a man of talent—a Brother—a foreigner — of those who have hearts to feel , and hands to ofFer aid . The Editor ' s address is 23 , Paternoster-row-THE MASONIC CALENDAR—This useful Pocket Book can he had at Freemasons' Hall , price 3 s . The Grand Secretaries will attend to any orders or communications . DEVON P ROVINCIAL GRAND L ODGE—We especially direct the attention of our readers to the very appropriate subjects which were there considered .