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nd have not Known.
I do not know
rom noise and strife,
n I do not know
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ho would 3101 Rave a WilC.
will! nat mar
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fiave never K
ari IT d an was i CCa
I nevel
Who truly wish’d to'die :
I never knew a youth
\ oy alasirl
Who never.breathed a sigh
I never knew an idle man
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I never knew 2a {1
Who
hem Satan could not hire ;
ding man
never prov-d a liar.
I never knew a witty man
Who wealthy ever was,
1 never khew a simple man
But meddied with the law
I never knew a singing man
pot relish wine ;
man
a tn NIT
L TUVIRIIDY
7 i
eer went out to dings
A homily maid I never knew
YW ho so
A handsoine
herself believed;
maid I never knew
Who could not be deceived.
B. B.
as pnreneentTVD § ETE i
THE BLIND/OF ONE EYE.
There lived at Babylen 1n the reign of
cing Moabdar, a youag man named Zadig
0 ab
of a good natural digposition, trenpttienad
and improved by education, Fhough rich
and young he had learned to moderate his
nk ri RIMT nr afr 3
AS51015 ic SHULL i ML ’ wv «LC 1}
passions—had pothing suff er affected in
I:is behaviour, he did. not pretend to ex.
amine every action by the strict rules oj
reasoniy but was always ready to make a
proper allowance for the weakness of man-
kind. It was a matter of sudprise, thal
rotwithstending his sprightly wit, he nev.
er exposed by his raillery those vague, in
coherent and noisy discourses, these rash
ccnsures, ignorant decisions, course jests
od all that empty jingle of words which
at Babylon went by the name of conversa-
first book ©
ry
tion. Ile had Jearbed in the
Zoronster, that self-love is a foot-ball s
ed with wind, from which when pietcéd
the most tesrible tempests issue forth.
Above all Zadie never boasted of his con-
2
¢sts among the women nor affected to
ntertain accontemptible opinion of the fair
generous and was
liging the ungrateful ; remem-
grand precept of Zoronster.
When thou e gs should)
atest; ove to the dog
. tl ’ 13 Yor u 1
even ure thee, fic was as wise: as
{ {or SO arht
sought
the
ah (0 be, for he
am
ive with Instructed in
science of the ancient Chaldeans, he un-
derstood the principles of natural philose
SU
3 Tor itself, and Z
and that the
Fn 3 i
1 0 LHOUrS,
¢ of the world. B
ei told him, with a havgh
contemptious alry that bis
ments were of a dangerous te
that it Was to be an enemy to the st
10 believe tha sun reyolved
its own axis ai that the ‘year,
tongue
is of great riches
any
nstitation, a
and moderate, and
re he fondly
be hoppy. Ie
ol! considerable depth.
well}
never
ut when
senti-| centered ; aad
ndency, and! wished to have ¢
state
around
had
with
friends ; bless-
handsome |
!
ale
imegin-
was
.
ARO
{~oing to be married to Semira, who in|
soint of Leauty, birth and fortune, was the!
rst match in Babylon. He had a reel
nd virwcus affection for this lady, and she
lyved him with the most passionate fond*
ness, The happy moment had almost ar-
rived, that was to unite them forever in
the bands of wedlock, when happening to
ake a walk together towards one of the
rates of Babylon, under the palm trees
that adorn the banks of the Fuphrates,
they saw some men approaching, armed
Ww bi & ssbres snd arrows. These were the
.ttendants of young Orcan, the ministers
. 1 3. ~veatnres had
phew, whom his uncle’s creatures had
Hattered into an opinion that be might do
i ith i iy. Ja Te
every thing with Impunity.] He bad not
s and graces of Zadig; but
af tie virtue 2
accomplish: |
thinking himself a much more
s enraged to | find that the
This
ed many he wa
other was preferred before him.
hittle jealousys which was merely the ef
fect of his vanity made higa imagine tha
Lhe was desperatelyin love with Semira
and accordingly hie resolved to carry he
off——The ravishers seized her; in the vio
nce of the
-d made the blood flow Irom a person,
softened
. vex Bet }- ty id er.
outrage they wounded her,
(he sight of which would hav
r¢rs of Mount Imat She piegged)
with her complainis. She
they tea
15.
the tyg
the heavens
cried out, ¢ My dear busband,
. R a 11 .
me {rom the man I adore.’-—Regardies.
of her own danger, she was only concerngd
{or the fate of ber dear Zadig, who in the
mean time defended himself with all the
strength that courage and love could in-
spires Assisted only by two slaves, he
yi put the rayishers to flight, and carried home
Semira, insensible wounded, and bloody as
she was. On opening her eyes and behold-
ing her deliverer, ¢ O Zadigy said she, ¢
intended hus.
ioved thee formerly as my
band ; ¥ now love thee as the preserver of
my honor and my life.” Never was heart
more deeply affected then that of Semira:
Never did a more charming mouth express
more moving sentiments in those glowing
words ihspired by a sense of the greatest
of all favors, and By the most tender trans.
Her wound
ports of a lawful passion. was
light and soon cared, Zadig was more
daneerously wounded ; ap arrow had pierc-
ed him neat his eye, and penetrated to a
Semira wearied hea.
ven with her prayers for the recovery of
her luver. Haryyes were constantly bath.
ed in tears ; she anxiously waited the hap.
py moment when those of Zadig should
meet ber’s 5 but an abscess growing on the
thing to fear.
wounded eye, gave every
i
5 A messchger was immediately dispatched
{10 Me
L ues, whe came with a numerous ret inue. |
|
3
He
«mp his, for the great physician Her
visi'ed the patient and declared that!
5
{sat longer
Since, said he, I have suffered so much
~ry 4
[4 i
from the cruel caprice of a woman educ
ed at court, I must now think of marrying
] 14 11 oe 1
the daughter of a citizen. Tle pitched up.
on Azora, a lady of the greatest prudence,
Ie mar-|
and of the best family in town.
ried her and lived with her three months
in all the delights of the most tender union.
He only observed that she had a little lev-
iy
young men who had the
> +} :
and was too apt to find that those
most handsome
persons were likewise possessed of the
most wit and virtue,
One morning Azora réturned from 2
walk in a terrible’ passion, uttering the
¢ What aileth
spouse {-—what|
!
) |
nost violent exclamations.
said he, ¢ my dear
discomposed thee!
thee,’
is it that can thus have
¢ Alas; ¢
spraged as I am, hadst thou seen
said she, thou wouldst be as
what 1]
much
have just beheld, I have been just to
Joomiot the young widow Cofrous, who
within these two days has raised a tomb
to her husband, near the rivulet
hat washes the skirts of this
young
meadow
She vowed to heaven, if the bitterness of
wer grief; to remain, at his tomb while the
water of the rivulet should continue to rup
pear ite ¢ Welly said Zadig,¢ she is ab
xcellant woman, and loved ber husban®
s
sincere affection.” ¢ Alb;
thou bat know
the most
with
¥
replied Azora, didst in
what she was employed when I went to
wait upon her. ¢ In what pray beautiful
Azora }—was she turning the course of
in his journey to
cause uls nose is a
Yexalic hie cant Kha
exalts 1118 801 5; ne
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the other world,
little sho
second lite than it was in the
then took a razory went to her |
Afrael will not refuse him a passage
er
first
[4k
tomb, bedewed it with her tears, and
near to cut off the nose of Zadig
shie found extended at full lengtl
tomb. Zadig arose bolding hisn
one handy and putiing back
the other, ¢ Madam,’ said he ¢ dont
50 Violently against young Colr
project of ¢ uipng off my nose is
th
3
that oi iy
irning the courses of the
Ladig found by ex pe
rience that
| month
and the sec 1s t!
TT
i
ie was so yt) » a ft
¢ too diff
sout
in Ee study of natur: ¢ No man
(or he hannier | 1 ]
can be happier than a philsop
reads
nlacer 0 " wT
placed before our eyes. The t
lives in pe
fears nothing from men; and Lis
SOIC
spouse will not come to cut off
eo
ON THIEVING.
A gentleman of reputation
long resident at Magadore in J
rece unt sc} hoo £1 tr IY on APY
CCOUNLEd the following story, wh i
serve as well to shew the
anal Ory
1
fe ke
rad dicenasits ona tis :
Icked dispositions; as that thsre
a “y .
thine Lil a1 rite
tiring like an Innat ie
}
pdency
broke out into such
"Azora
‘ |
ong invectives, and leaded the young wid- |
|
the rivulet ?
ow with such bitter reproaches; that Zadig
o
}
was far from being pleased with such os. |!
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tentation of virtue.
Zadig had a friend named Cador, one of)
more probity and honor than in others.
He made him his confident, and secured
!
his fidelity as much as possible by a con.
siderable present.
Azora having passed two days with a
friend in the country i1eturned home ob
the third, The servant told her, with tears
in her eyes, that her husband dicd sydden-
ly the night before ; that they were alraid
to send for her on account of this mourful
event; and that they bad just been depos-
iting bis corpse in the tomb of his ances-
hair, and
tors, She wept, she tore her
vhich may be
A Door detected i
i100
«4 fore the Present
He inflicted the usual punishm
was that of he of
} 3 1
naving
hand cut off at the wri
again brought before the Emp
His
facetious en the occasion. ar
like offence. imperial
maj
came
dered the wrong hand to be cut
corrected it
»
short, t
left.
of time, almost incredibly
diate amputation of the
Moor was brought to court for
robbery—~his right foot was lopy
Stil) he persistedyand within a y
both lis hands and both his feet
then any longer to steal himself
swore she would follow him to the grave .—|
Next day they wept less, and dined to-
Cador told ler
had left him the greatest part of bis estate;
gether. that his friend
and that he should think himself extreme. |
i
ly happy in sharing his fortune with het.
¥
I'he lady wept, fell into a passion, and a
They
dinner, —
l1ast became more mild and gentle.
at supper than at
he would lose his c¢ye. He even foretold |
the day and
¢ Had 1t be
¢1 could easily
en the righ:
said he,
the wound of the left dare incurable.’
have cured
"Hie bat
1 12
1 :
Al 1
ind admired the profound knowledge of
ralid
pros would happen
fy
:
i
| He :PITIES.
In two days the abscess broke
Ladlg was pericctly cured.
{ Hermes wrote a book
{ not to have been cure
y -y “ } r
as soon as to
in
1
4
{
|
{whom all
ed on the roadihat the fine lade
openly declared that she had anuncor
able aversion to one-eyed men, hag
night before given hier band to Orean,
this news he fcll speechless to the ground
His sorrows brought him almost to the!
i,
c Was |} ng
the
brink ofthe grave indispos-
d but reason at gat.
his affliction ; y of his fate
(Served even {0 Cons
i
hour when this fatal event!
| Azora praised the
[that 1 he had many
yyion lamented the [ate of Zadig, |
“lv. a
LU Aaagol
query
better of merit of the young man at
They now talked with greater confidence.
deceased ; but owned |
é |
failings from which}
| Cador was free. |
1
during supper Cador complained of a vi-|
olent pain in his side. The lady grea
| concerned and eager to serve him, caused
all kinds of essences to be broug
them might not possibly cure him of his
She
£2
{mes was not still in Babylon.
i she anointed him, to try
i
yi
"pain. lamented t7at the great Ider
She even
ch
rt
tcondescended to touch the side in whi
felt such exquisite pain. ¢
this disorder ¢’ said
“It
brings me replied Cador to the
bject to she i
{io su
alr
with a comb sionate ry sometimes
the grave : and there is but one
and tha
o my side the nose of a
hat can give me relief,
man who
2A remedy indeed
strange 3
Not more strange, replied
‘ of Arnou inst the |
oe
than the sachels
% : t
ded to the great
termined)
in y {
i
apoplexy.” This reason ad
3 PRES |
ast gc
| the lady. < After ally said she, when
fried
{ y
§ USD ride gc Lchinavanlg
In the evening Cador begged leave to wait |,
upon her, and joined his tears with hers. |
|
2
|
1
‘es
HEM away,
| Stavery, he meta 8 High
tle man, and offer
{way laid the retinue of his m
{1te concubine Sy pointed out to his
a camel laden with her jewels
other valuable ornaments.
the 1
On
ippearance before .mpe
last transaction his majesty ord
he “immediately has PF. wid oe
)€ immediately nangec’™ and as
¢ Ah ! said
:
ing his head, # what a deal of D
e FF .
the aanper
Lire nur
La ouo
lest me jo
ed this poor man, if we had
| him as we now leave off 1?
————)
Lrom the Connects 1!
ANECDOTES
rn Sven of ; &
C pon the return to tis native
‘
Cotir
LA
ly reg
i
him hi:
ecelving Jt.
a5.0nis
scemed somewhat
ponor was refu ed, and askeda an
“ion : to which the gentle
ith a
al Ie}
cannot lial-e lia 7 ‘sg man
Foy ap BE
Ld lirad.
of
oo
anolthic
Avery.
——
iil. oranting an exclus
:
tie
ssed the
remarked,
from t
er of
By
sum of money
and demanded it as mat!
was in fact our due.
done you have admitted. the tig!
done you have admitted the right
{stead of paying us the n
given us i ack gf cards to flay foi
of marriage is the moon of
ie moon of wor
cul
it for hap
mn this great book which G
and
itutic
cror
ror,
and the culprit, by an im
a party of his ‘own disposition ar a
rnies we should ha
begun
ator
Bishop's fu
what ¥
oney, you
Oy Whon
OS¢ ¥
the razor
exXclaly
ou ; the
equal
rivul t.?
th 3 first
¢ first
honey,
YEU roe)
mwaood,
ter obliged to repudi.
it to he
piocss
sald he
ery, Ww 9
has
hie
rod
ruth
11 NVoYre 3 3
Giscovers as his own; he noarishes and
ace ; he
$8 tende
. 1 *
ht vires
i nis nose.
i
Jarbary,
ich may
between
ISsome«
to rob,
nal 2
those men in whom his wife discovered] wound was well healed the Moor w
or
esty be
1)
gized for his mistake in h wing before of
off ;
rite
A_gpace
he same
a third
ed off
ear Jost
Unable
ee headed
having
iil
be
‘ 5
jesty’s favor.
associate
. vind :
yLrinKets ¢
his
Jed
$y
yy SOaK~
they
ain. and
Ve
1
tat
tly | Senator in Congress, who had voted
Jied © I
aufio as
This
who
.
BI
S5IV¢
nd
assembly «¢
“« We
be state,
rex t ’ ~ 2
rigitty, and It
hav.
i
~
ou
but in-
have
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