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Article THE HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM* ← Page 10 of 10 Article THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE " VIXEN." Page 1 of 23 →
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The History Of The Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem*
lords coming home from the first Crusade , affranchised , chartered , or otherwise softened the institutions of feudalism . "—p . 169 . AVe give the whole sentence , Avithout pretending to comprehend it or many others in the li-ork . " Gerard knew how to take the ball at the hop . "—p . 2 » M » . AVe xvould charitably takep . 91 reign for reinand vol . ii .
, , , p . 217 , breaches for breeches , as typographical blunders , had xve not experienced the general fidelity of London compositors ; but ohe ! jam satis , should it be desirable , xve coulcl increase this anthology tenfold . In taking our leave of the author , xve recommend him , xvhen in future he rushes into printin the first place to secure better
, guides for his facts and deductions , ancl in the second , to request some friend or practised writer to examine ancl correct his manuscript , that his xvork may be presented to the public in moderately decent and respectable apparel . AV . B .
The First Cruise Of The " Vixen."
THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE " VIXEN . "
AND SO I bought a yacht . I never mounted a horse Avithout a sensation of dread , an internal acknoxvledgment that I had much rather not ; I never pulled a trigger xxithout closing both eyes ; and I never xvent to Gravesend by xvater xvithout a qualm . Yet I have just taken a hunting-box at Melton . I have nine horses there , the exploits
of xvhich make me shudder AA'hen I reflect upon them ; and I hax'e rented a moor in Scotland AA'hich is capable of carrying fix'e guns . Perhaps you * - xvill ask me , xvhy I did anything so repugnant to my feelings ? Have you , at any period of your life , come into the possession of six thousand a year ? I take it for granted , that the majority of readers have not had this
misfortune , so I feel called upon to explain . My dear reader , you have doubtless heard that property has its chities as Avell as its rights . I never understood the real meaning of this dogma , until from a clerkship in my uncle's bank in Colchester I became , by his sudden death , the proprietor of txvo hunched thousand pounds in Consols . Simple and inexperienced , I thought I hacl nothing to clo but to spend my six
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The History Of The Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem*
lords coming home from the first Crusade , affranchised , chartered , or otherwise softened the institutions of feudalism . "—p . 169 . AVe give the whole sentence , Avithout pretending to comprehend it or many others in the li-ork . " Gerard knew how to take the ball at the hop . "—p . 2 » M » . AVe xvould charitably takep . 91 reign for reinand vol . ii .
, , , p . 217 , breaches for breeches , as typographical blunders , had xve not experienced the general fidelity of London compositors ; but ohe ! jam satis , should it be desirable , xve coulcl increase this anthology tenfold . In taking our leave of the author , xve recommend him , xvhen in future he rushes into printin the first place to secure better
, guides for his facts and deductions , ancl in the second , to request some friend or practised writer to examine ancl correct his manuscript , that his xvork may be presented to the public in moderately decent and respectable apparel . AV . B .
The First Cruise Of The " Vixen."
THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE " VIXEN . "
AND SO I bought a yacht . I never mounted a horse Avithout a sensation of dread , an internal acknoxvledgment that I had much rather not ; I never pulled a trigger xxithout closing both eyes ; and I never xvent to Gravesend by xvater xvithout a qualm . Yet I have just taken a hunting-box at Melton . I have nine horses there , the exploits
of xvhich make me shudder AA'hen I reflect upon them ; and I hax'e rented a moor in Scotland AA'hich is capable of carrying fix'e guns . Perhaps you * - xvill ask me , xvhy I did anything so repugnant to my feelings ? Have you , at any period of your life , come into the possession of six thousand a year ? I take it for granted , that the majority of readers have not had this
misfortune , so I feel called upon to explain . My dear reader , you have doubtless heard that property has its chities as Avell as its rights . I never understood the real meaning of this dogma , until from a clerkship in my uncle's bank in Colchester I became , by his sudden death , the proprietor of txvo hunched thousand pounds in Consols . Simple and inexperienced , I thought I hacl nothing to clo but to spend my six