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Article THE SIGNS OE ENGLAND. ← Page 6 of 6 Article MASONIC REMINISCENCES. Page 1 of 7 →
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The Signs Oe England.
surface—thait is , when he has his sole passion to gratify , that of admiration—but with a lump of ice , that rattles in his hollow bosom , for a heart . Ah , my dear sisters , avoid this moral Vampire , and learn to value the unassuming and modest lover for that flame , which burnetii so
fiercely . Oh , unmitigable coquette ! reject him not for the gaudy dragon-fly , with his self-assured buz . Be wise , 0 woman ! in time . There are better things than jewels merely hung over the skeleton of passion . Avoid the thing as a spectre , with its mincing gait and its ill-disguised croak , that would assume devotion and simulate homage . That is the honest man , who in his human sympathies telleth you
he hath a heart , beating in his bosom , if he boasts no other fortune . Is not a heart better than all the compliments , and all the contents of a whole tailor ' s shop—including the block itself !
Masonic Reminiscences.
MASONIC REMINISCENCES .
By QwTocpiXoQ , P . M ., L . 50 , Dublin . { Concluded from p . 718 of the Masonic Mirror . )
Chapter XIV . —The Haijnteo Castle . —The Highwayman ' s Home . — The Letter . — The Masonic Signet . — Mary ' s Remonstrance .
Minoleu sensations of awe , admiration , and not unpleasing melancholy , will be occasionally stirred up in the mind of the tourist , on beholding , in the midst of a calm sylvan scene , the scathed trunk of an aged tree blasted by the lightning ; rearing its charred and withered form—like the evil genius of the place—in hideous contrast wdth the freshness and beauty around . Or , abruptly bursting from the bosom
of a rich and lovely valley , a bleak and rocky hill will strike upon his view with sudden w onder , looking as if some gigantic Titan had escaped the wrath of Jove , and still with dark and rugged front defied the storms of heaven ! Even thus emerging from as green and beauteous a vale as the joyous sunbeams bless , may be seen for many a mile , by the
admiring traveller , a precipitous and crag-crowmed hill , upon whoso topmost point stands a desolate ruin , known as " the haunted castle . " The panoramic view from this ruin is such as the lover of natural beauty would delight to luxuriate upon . In front , a wild and dreary waste , dotted with huge naked crags , of grotesque shape , like petrified skeletons of a bygone world , slopes gently down to the lower
valleys , rich in profuse cultivation , and the most picturesque loveliness ; hill and dale , " rock and tree , and flowing water , " in the most exquisite combination , stretching away far as the eye could reach to meet the waves of the deep blue sea , whose spray was thrown back from the bold headland in such white and sparkling purity as would justify the poetic fancy in the notion—that of such was formed the
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The Signs Oe England.
surface—thait is , when he has his sole passion to gratify , that of admiration—but with a lump of ice , that rattles in his hollow bosom , for a heart . Ah , my dear sisters , avoid this moral Vampire , and learn to value the unassuming and modest lover for that flame , which burnetii so
fiercely . Oh , unmitigable coquette ! reject him not for the gaudy dragon-fly , with his self-assured buz . Be wise , 0 woman ! in time . There are better things than jewels merely hung over the skeleton of passion . Avoid the thing as a spectre , with its mincing gait and its ill-disguised croak , that would assume devotion and simulate homage . That is the honest man , who in his human sympathies telleth you
he hath a heart , beating in his bosom , if he boasts no other fortune . Is not a heart better than all the compliments , and all the contents of a whole tailor ' s shop—including the block itself !
Masonic Reminiscences.
MASONIC REMINISCENCES .
By QwTocpiXoQ , P . M ., L . 50 , Dublin . { Concluded from p . 718 of the Masonic Mirror . )
Chapter XIV . —The Haijnteo Castle . —The Highwayman ' s Home . — The Letter . — The Masonic Signet . — Mary ' s Remonstrance .
Minoleu sensations of awe , admiration , and not unpleasing melancholy , will be occasionally stirred up in the mind of the tourist , on beholding , in the midst of a calm sylvan scene , the scathed trunk of an aged tree blasted by the lightning ; rearing its charred and withered form—like the evil genius of the place—in hideous contrast wdth the freshness and beauty around . Or , abruptly bursting from the bosom
of a rich and lovely valley , a bleak and rocky hill will strike upon his view with sudden w onder , looking as if some gigantic Titan had escaped the wrath of Jove , and still with dark and rugged front defied the storms of heaven ! Even thus emerging from as green and beauteous a vale as the joyous sunbeams bless , may be seen for many a mile , by the
admiring traveller , a precipitous and crag-crowmed hill , upon whoso topmost point stands a desolate ruin , known as " the haunted castle . " The panoramic view from this ruin is such as the lover of natural beauty would delight to luxuriate upon . In front , a wild and dreary waste , dotted with huge naked crags , of grotesque shape , like petrified skeletons of a bygone world , slopes gently down to the lower
valleys , rich in profuse cultivation , and the most picturesque loveliness ; hill and dale , " rock and tree , and flowing water , " in the most exquisite combination , stretching away far as the eye could reach to meet the waves of the deep blue sea , whose spray was thrown back from the bold headland in such white and sparkling purity as would justify the poetic fancy in the notion—that of such was formed the