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Address To The Masonic Body, And Public In General.
parnc .. hr Asfond Parents , we will venture to pronounce it a Child of Promise ; and although its features , for want of a little time for maturity , do not possess that Prominency and Strength wh . ch in a short time we hope it will attain ; yet we doubt no / even m its present infantile state , it will prove itself an a-reerble friendand instructive &
, an Companion . Dropping the metaphor , after returning our sincere thanks to all those who have alread y favoured us with their polite commu mcations , no less than for the flattering terms in which
very thev have been conveyed : we humbl y crave the Protection and Encou ragementot that Noble Class of Mankind , to whose Instruction ' and Amusement this Work is peculiarl y dedicated and devoted "
Wc would not be thought vain , when we entertain the most chearmg belief , that this Undertaking is the first of the kind that ever was sent into the world with so pleasing a prospect , and under the influence of such favourable and polite assurances as even at this early period it has experienced—Be it ours to render ourselves worth of continuation and
y a increase of such ftatterim , marks of the public Opinion ; which return we hope not to beunmindful of , whether we are called upon to fulfill our engagements as to Fine Paper , Printing , or Copper-plate ILMish nte ^ -1 but more especially with respect to our collecting such useful and varied pieces of Intelligence , as shall entitle each succeeding
. Fh . s Magazine is not onl y intended as a momhl y Register of Lterarv Information , but will also contain Essays , tei ^ lij 0 - tne promotion of good Moral , ; Strictures on the dreadful efecu of Vice ; together with a variety of such ori ginal and pleas 1 L miscellaneous Subjects
, as we may think useful or enterfe ? hCsewilform ^^ , of our Magazine ; Mother , we conceit - 11 be of the most evident utility , and for which tins Ma ^ nn 2 principall y undertaken ,- * , less than that of an honourable chum , through which our fraternal communications and co"
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Address To The Masonic Body, And Public In General.
parnc .. hr Asfond Parents , we will venture to pronounce it a Child of Promise ; and although its features , for want of a little time for maturity , do not possess that Prominency and Strength wh . ch in a short time we hope it will attain ; yet we doubt no / even m its present infantile state , it will prove itself an a-reerble friendand instructive &
, an Companion . Dropping the metaphor , after returning our sincere thanks to all those who have alread y favoured us with their polite commu mcations , no less than for the flattering terms in which
very thev have been conveyed : we humbl y crave the Protection and Encou ragementot that Noble Class of Mankind , to whose Instruction ' and Amusement this Work is peculiarl y dedicated and devoted "
Wc would not be thought vain , when we entertain the most chearmg belief , that this Undertaking is the first of the kind that ever was sent into the world with so pleasing a prospect , and under the influence of such favourable and polite assurances as even at this early period it has experienced—Be it ours to render ourselves worth of continuation and
y a increase of such ftatterim , marks of the public Opinion ; which return we hope not to beunmindful of , whether we are called upon to fulfill our engagements as to Fine Paper , Printing , or Copper-plate ILMish nte ^ -1 but more especially with respect to our collecting such useful and varied pieces of Intelligence , as shall entitle each succeeding
. Fh . s Magazine is not onl y intended as a momhl y Register of Lterarv Information , but will also contain Essays , tei ^ lij 0 - tne promotion of good Moral , ; Strictures on the dreadful efecu of Vice ; together with a variety of such ori ginal and pleas 1 L miscellaneous Subjects
, as we may think useful or enterfe ? hCsewilform ^^ , of our Magazine ; Mother , we conceit - 11 be of the most evident utility , and for which tins Ma ^ nn 2 principall y undertaken ,- * , less than that of an honourable chum , through which our fraternal communications and co"