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The Revelations Of A Square.
the neighbouring church clock , and then hats , swords aud canes were in requisition , for the party was broken up at once by the Master's ' Good night . ' The Lodge prospered under his judicious management . " While embodying these transactions in your imaginationI must caution you" said the Master ' s Jewelwhich I
, , , found to be rather facetiously inclined , " not to raise up before your minds eye , an assembl y of Brethren habited in the costume to which you have been habituated ; for if you , sir , in your present dress , had made your appearance among them , you would have created shouts of more extatic laughter than either punning or crambo . Nosiryou
, , must see them as they actually were , if you woulcl form a true idea of the scene . They wore square cut coats and long flapped waistcoats with pockets in them ; the coats had long hanging cuffs , and the skirts were stiffened out with buckram and wire , to show the hilt of the sword . They had lace neckcloths and ruffles ; blue or red silk stockings ,
with gold or silver clocks , drawn over the breeches to meet the pocket-flaps of the waistcoat , and gartered below the knee ; square toed aud short quartered shoes , with high red heels and small silver buckles . Then they had on various kinds of wigs , and small three-cornered hats laced with gold or silver , and trimmed with feathers ; all formal , clean , and spruce , ancl , in every respect , a striking contrast to the fashionable costume of the present day . " The Square then proceeded with its revelations .
" My next move was to the breast of a very showy and self-sufficient gentleman , a man of ample fortune , but very superficial , and famous for nothing but his versatility and want of firmness . He seldom knew his own mind on any given subject , whether in religion or politics , for eight and forty hours together . To day he was a whig , to-morrow a
tory , and the next something very different from both . In religion he was sometimes high church , sometimes low church , but more frequently neither one nor the other . In a word , he was unanimously pronounced a universal genius ! I have known many universal geniuses in my time , though , to speak my mind freelyI never knew one whofor the
, , ordinary purposes of life , was worth his weight in straw ; but , for the government of a Lodge , a little sound judgment ancl plain common sense is worth all the sparkling genius that ever wrote poetry or invented theories . He was exceedingly fond of trying philosophical and political experi-
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The Revelations Of A Square.
the neighbouring church clock , and then hats , swords aud canes were in requisition , for the party was broken up at once by the Master's ' Good night . ' The Lodge prospered under his judicious management . " While embodying these transactions in your imaginationI must caution you" said the Master ' s Jewelwhich I
, , , found to be rather facetiously inclined , " not to raise up before your minds eye , an assembl y of Brethren habited in the costume to which you have been habituated ; for if you , sir , in your present dress , had made your appearance among them , you would have created shouts of more extatic laughter than either punning or crambo . Nosiryou
, , must see them as they actually were , if you woulcl form a true idea of the scene . They wore square cut coats and long flapped waistcoats with pockets in them ; the coats had long hanging cuffs , and the skirts were stiffened out with buckram and wire , to show the hilt of the sword . They had lace neckcloths and ruffles ; blue or red silk stockings ,
with gold or silver clocks , drawn over the breeches to meet the pocket-flaps of the waistcoat , and gartered below the knee ; square toed aud short quartered shoes , with high red heels and small silver buckles . Then they had on various kinds of wigs , and small three-cornered hats laced with gold or silver , and trimmed with feathers ; all formal , clean , and spruce , ancl , in every respect , a striking contrast to the fashionable costume of the present day . " The Square then proceeded with its revelations .
" My next move was to the breast of a very showy and self-sufficient gentleman , a man of ample fortune , but very superficial , and famous for nothing but his versatility and want of firmness . He seldom knew his own mind on any given subject , whether in religion or politics , for eight and forty hours together . To day he was a whig , to-morrow a
tory , and the next something very different from both . In religion he was sometimes high church , sometimes low church , but more frequently neither one nor the other . In a word , he was unanimously pronounced a universal genius ! I have known many universal geniuses in my time , though , to speak my mind freelyI never knew one whofor the
, , ordinary purposes of life , was worth his weight in straw ; but , for the government of a Lodge , a little sound judgment ancl plain common sense is worth all the sparkling genius that ever wrote poetry or invented theories . He was exceedingly fond of trying philosophical and political experi-