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Are Not Authors Generally Freemasons ?
pear en couleur de rose . Freemasonry would seem to be his great auxiliary , and Rousseau figures in some respects as a foil . There are many masonic allusions , and some scenes that are interesting . Rousseau , however , as a philosopher cannot be kept far in the back-ground , while Balsamo , for effect , is always in the fore-ground . Gentleman Jack . —The history of Gentleman Jack is a Sea Tale . The author thus apostrophises at p . 227 vol . iii . "Dear woman ! whoin
, , danger or distress , ever appealed to you for sympathy and kindness , and appealed in vain ? " After travelling with this good escort , ( two women ! ) for about three leagues , FitzJohn had passed the frontier and was safe in Prussia . * * * * * * -: ; - At one in the morning , Fitz and his fair guides reached the village of Bunde . At tbe upper end of the village the girls took their leave of him , pointing out where the auberge was situated ; he arrived quite exhausted
and sinking with fatigue at the door . The only answer he could get here from the surly host , was to go away , and come on the morrow . FitzJohn at last bethought him to try the far-famed grip of Freemasonry , and having got his host once more to the window—the well known sign being given—the landlord descended immediately , and making up a good fire and spreading an excellent supper , FitzJohn soon forgot all his cares between two comfortable beds of down . Arlington , a novel , alludes frequently in very complimentary terms to the Order of Freemasons .
Anecdotal.
ANECDOTAL .
THE RULING PASSION . —All Souls , Weymouth , 1839 . —A very estimable person , by business a grazier , was to be initiated , the lodge was kept waiting , and it was proposed to adjourn , when the candidate was announced ; on entering the lodge he was desirous to address it , but the W . M . objected , unless it was for the purpose of declining to proceed . The candidate most willingly desired to undergo the ordeal , but frequently betrayed visible anxiety ; at length , when asked what blessing
he was desirous to ask of Heaven , he , after a short pause , innocently , but with great impression , said— " I must say , that I should be right glad to have those fine bullocks which I bid for at the fair , the primest I ever set eyes on ; I have thought of nothing else ever since . " The earnestness of his manner , free from any ribaldry , was sufficient to restrain the brethren from laughter ; but at the banquet he himself laughed heartily at bis own simplicity , nevertheless he maintained they were the very finest bullocks he ever saw .
REAR-ADMIRAL WALKER ( when a lieutenant during the peace of 1783 ) , was a passenger with several others in a diligence . The carriage was attacked by robbers near Aschaffenbourg , the lieutenant rushed into the midst of them , but being unsupported by his fellow-travellers , he was overpowered and left for dead . He was afterwards found , and conveyed to a place of safety at Frankfort , where he was supplied with assistance and money by the Freemasons . — United Service Journal . Feb . 1832 . '
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Are Not Authors Generally Freemasons ?
pear en couleur de rose . Freemasonry would seem to be his great auxiliary , and Rousseau figures in some respects as a foil . There are many masonic allusions , and some scenes that are interesting . Rousseau , however , as a philosopher cannot be kept far in the back-ground , while Balsamo , for effect , is always in the fore-ground . Gentleman Jack . —The history of Gentleman Jack is a Sea Tale . The author thus apostrophises at p . 227 vol . iii . "Dear woman ! whoin
, , danger or distress , ever appealed to you for sympathy and kindness , and appealed in vain ? " After travelling with this good escort , ( two women ! ) for about three leagues , FitzJohn had passed the frontier and was safe in Prussia . * * * * * * -: ; - At one in the morning , Fitz and his fair guides reached the village of Bunde . At tbe upper end of the village the girls took their leave of him , pointing out where the auberge was situated ; he arrived quite exhausted
and sinking with fatigue at the door . The only answer he could get here from the surly host , was to go away , and come on the morrow . FitzJohn at last bethought him to try the far-famed grip of Freemasonry , and having got his host once more to the window—the well known sign being given—the landlord descended immediately , and making up a good fire and spreading an excellent supper , FitzJohn soon forgot all his cares between two comfortable beds of down . Arlington , a novel , alludes frequently in very complimentary terms to the Order of Freemasons .
Anecdotal.
ANECDOTAL .
THE RULING PASSION . —All Souls , Weymouth , 1839 . —A very estimable person , by business a grazier , was to be initiated , the lodge was kept waiting , and it was proposed to adjourn , when the candidate was announced ; on entering the lodge he was desirous to address it , but the W . M . objected , unless it was for the purpose of declining to proceed . The candidate most willingly desired to undergo the ordeal , but frequently betrayed visible anxiety ; at length , when asked what blessing
he was desirous to ask of Heaven , he , after a short pause , innocently , but with great impression , said— " I must say , that I should be right glad to have those fine bullocks which I bid for at the fair , the primest I ever set eyes on ; I have thought of nothing else ever since . " The earnestness of his manner , free from any ribaldry , was sufficient to restrain the brethren from laughter ; but at the banquet he himself laughed heartily at bis own simplicity , nevertheless he maintained they were the very finest bullocks he ever saw .
REAR-ADMIRAL WALKER ( when a lieutenant during the peace of 1783 ) , was a passenger with several others in a diligence . The carriage was attacked by robbers near Aschaffenbourg , the lieutenant rushed into the midst of them , but being unsupported by his fellow-travellers , he was overpowered and left for dead . He was afterwards found , and conveyed to a place of safety at Frankfort , where he was supplied with assistance and money by the Freemasons . — United Service Journal . Feb . 1832 . '