VOLUME XLV/Ib
tarps.
• Dr. John J. Dryers,
AS EMOVED his
Offide and d tile!
ling to the house adjoiitirg 'his Drug Store
son yen
..High street. . • nerd 1
• . Dr. Gee. Willis VWnike,
tir..ft.ADUATE of the Jefferson Medical
College of Philadelphia, respectfully offers
i laie professionul services in the practice ofMedi
' "erne, Surgery and• Midwifery. • .
OFFICE ot.the.residence of his father in
'7 - hoover street, directly opposite Morrets' Hotel
'and the •241 presbyterican church. op 7 '47
Doter Ad: Lippe, •
11101VIDEOPATHIC Physician. Office .
• io Main street, in the house formerly °cell
!pied by Dr. F. Ehrman,' . ap 9 '46
Dr. L 0. Loomis,
WILL perform all
operations upon the
• Teeth that are requi
red for their preservation, such ah Scaling, Filing,
Plugging, Six, or will restore the loss of them,
by inserting. Artificial Teeth, from a single tooth
to a fall sett. litrOlfice on Pitt street, a few
doors south of the Railroad Rotel. De. L. is ab
-sent the last ton days of every month:,
Wm., T. Brown,
TTORNEY AT LAW, will practice
ip ihe several Courts of Cumberland coon
ty. Offieo Main street, nearly opposite the
feb '9
Joseph Knox,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Pittsburg,
Pa., has returned' from Carlisle, to the
practice of his profession in Pittshuro, Allegheny
county, Pa. 'lel) 10 '47
Henry EdOr Keene,
• -
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Will prac-.
several Courts of Cumberland
and adjonining counties, mid attend to all pro
fessioual business entrusted to his care with fi
delity and promptness. Office in South Hanover
• street, - in Graham's new, building, opposite-the
Post Office. " attaust26
ATTORNEY AT LAW: Office with
s: D. Adair, Esq, in Graham's new build
lig, opposite the Post Office. mar 31 'l7
Carson C. Moore,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in
die - roam' lately occupied by Dr. Fester,
deceased. mar 31 '47
, R. A. Lamberton,
A•TORNEY AT LAW, Harrisburg
Pa. , up 28 '4B
WRIGHT & SAXTON,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN FOR
EIGN & DOMESTIC HARDWARE,
Glass, Paints, Dye Stuffs, Oil, Iron, Steel,Nails
&c. would invite the attention of persons want
ing goods in their line, to the large assortment
they have just opened, and which they offer at
the very lowest cash prices. feb23
Dyeing and Scouring.
WILLIA.M BLAIR, in Louther Street,
near the College, dyes Ladies' and Gentle
men's apparrel, all colorsottni -warrants all work
to he satisfactory. Orders in his line respectfully
solicited. pep '2 %it;
W.lll T. IVALTERs
*ALTERS & HARVEY,
(Late liazleburat ,L• Wa
'IIRODUCb: and General Commission Mel.
chants, Nos. 15 and 16 Spear's Wharf, Hal
imorc: Liberal cash advances made on consign
imams of all kinds of produce. b Sin
Magistrate's Office Removed.
."11THE Office of the subscriber, a Justice of the
Peace, has-been removed to the house adjoining
the store of Mrs. Weakley, in High street, Car.
lisle, immediately opposite the Railroad Depot
and Winrott's Hotel'. My residence being there,
I will always be found at home, ready to attend
to Me business of the public. In addition to the
duties of a Megistrate_, I will attend to all 'kinds
of Writing, such as Deeds, Mortgages, Bonds,
Indentures' Articles of Agreement, Notes &c,
which will be executed in a neat meaner and ac
cording to the most opprovod forme.
The Office lately occupied by me, in Mr. Gra.
ham's building is for rent, and possession had im
mediately. The rant is low and the location good.
jan 12 1848 GEO. FLEMING.
Aficunberland _and Perry Hotel.
- i'HE subscriber desires to in
:is: 'fOrm his friends and the travelling
as a public that he has miovka from-the
-
old, stand, known as Weibly's Hotel,
the:public house recently .occtpied by Johh
Commathon North Hanover street, near the pub.
lic square,. Where he will be glad to sac his old
acquaintances from Perry and Cumberland, and
asittniny new ones as possible. His house is large
and in good order, containing a eullicient number
'of-well furnished chambers and • every other In.
• cilitYlor the-most comfortable accommodation of
- travellers - ind'boardem—Hie su
'ldled with the choicestilolicucies of the markets,
and his bar ; the • best , ef Liquors. There is
•• CommodioutrStabling attached to the house; and
'n eurefut.clider•imill always be in atienditneo.—
Ho respecittulliLmitea limn from travellers and.
other/3i' confident of his ability-to give satisfaction
.tnarchgc*ntti,:ltENity GLASS '
11reirelien' Le ;Grande of the
Toso
• • rlsl Tribe. ' •
RTCHAM) SOOSON—not the hero of the
'Thatnes, but tho Knight of the Rasor—iii;
iniecifully informs those revering his profeesional
se,rsieesi - thathe - rnayralways - be - found at-The - old
Araoutlier' atreet t .one door wost of North
ilanos.er ~turtiet, •ininiculiatelY in the, rear of In
:TAioffis gnteerk.stortl, and alth ough he,will neither
-.:l,bragLinor..boaskyetillTd neat tllf ..
INl;i:Cashionabio'sHAlß, CUTTING' and taste
..:Moustaoht4 he' doe& defy tits eounty.
fief is also sole Ansentor. and 'AnantifaCturee,Ol
.the celebrated and never.failing remedy for bald;
- ,:be - itt so!pertain or . restoring the than
, q uould it ailrbe - will..rettirn ose4talf, the purchase'
~:o;snonoy,, $l-per bottle; 1048 .
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inourant tompativ.
The Franklin Fire Insuran en Co
- zany of philadelphia. .
FFICE, No. 163 Chesnut street, near Fifth
'street. . •
IMRECTORS. •
hurl es N. Banker George W. Rtchardg
Thomas Hart Mordecai D. Lewis.
Toblai Wagner :Adolphe E. Borte
Samuel Grant....
Jacoh R. Smith Morris Patterson
' Continuo to make insurance perpetual or find:
tell, On eyery description of propertylti lowniind
country, at rates as low as are. consistent with
security. The company have .reserved n large
contingent fund, which with their capital and pre
miurns, safely invested, ailbid ample protection
tc the insured. •
The assets 91 the company on January Ist,
1848, as-published agreeably to an act of Asseni
bly, were as follows, viz
Mortgages $890,558 65
Real Estate 108,358 90
Temporary Loans 124,159 00 •
Stocks • 51,563 25
Cash on hand and in hunch! of
agen.s, ' 35,373 28
Sincoihcir incorporation, a piriod of eighteen
years; they have paid upwards of ONE MILLION.,
TWO HUNERED THOUSAND DOLLARS, losses by fire,
thereby ailbrding evidence of the advantages of
insuranco; - as well as the ability and disposition
to meet with promptness, all
NA IMES N. BANCKER, Pres't.
HAS. G. BANCKER, See. f fob 2
__The_subscriber ia agent for the above company
for arlisle and its vicinity. All applications for
insurance. either •by mail or personally. will be
promptly attended to. W. D. SEYMOUR.
glitz ALLY...1%7 nvn E. PEN NSIIOIIOI I 6II
1 Mutual I.:ire Insurance Company of Cum
berland county, incorporated by an act of Assent
bly, is now fully organized and in operation, uts•
der the management of the tullowing •cummis
sinners, viz
CM. Stnymnn, Jacob Shelly, Wm. U. Gorges,
Lewis Ilyer, Christian *1 itzet. P . oe.rt Sterrett,
'Henry Logan, Michael Cocklin, Benjamin 11.
Musser, Levi Merkel, Jacob Kirk, Sand. Prow
ell, sr, and Melchoir Brent:men, who respectfully
call the attention of citizens of Cumberland and
York counties to the advantages which the com
pany hold out.
T
The rates of insurance are nslow,and favorable
as any company of. the kind in the Stale. Per
sons wishingrto become members are invited to
make application ty the agents of the oatpony,
who are willing to wait upon them atany time.
"JACOB SHELLY, President
HENRY LOGAN, V. Pres't
• Lewis flvEn, Secretary
Cocams - , 'l•reusdrer
Aossrs—:Ruttolpli Martin, New Cumberland;
Christian Titzel and John C. Dunlap, Allen; C.
B Harmon, Kingstown; Ilenry Zearni, Shire
manstown; Simon Oyster, Wormleysburg; Ro
bert Aloore, Carlisle.
Agents for York County—Jacob Kirk. gene
agent;iul John Sherriek, John Rankin, J. Bow
roan, Peter Wolford.
Agents for Harrisburg—Houser & Lochman
feb 9
THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY
tatintnat Protection .Con Cy.
r CUMBERLAND VARLEY MUTU-
L Al. PROTECTION C'M PAM', a ill he
under die direction of the "Tollowing board of
Alanagres for the ensuing year, vizi—Thos. C.
illgr, President; Samuel Galbraith, Vice Pre
siderit•,•Davip W. McCullough, Treasurer; A.
G. Miller ,Secretary, James Weakley „lobo T.
Green, Julio Zug, Abraham King. Richard
Woods, Saruuel 111.1510%, William Peal, :coo.
Coyle, Alexander Davidson. There are also a
number of Agents appointed in the adjacent
conottes, who will receive applientpois Far
iu
sorance HMI lora aril them immediately for up
-royal to the office of the Company ,when thepol
icy will be issued without. delay. For further
inlormation see the by-laws nf the Company.
CIIARI.I:S IiARVEY
T 110 S. C. :11.ILLE11 l'rest
A. C. Mt LLER
The follosiin gentleineli have been nppointed
AMINTS:
L. H. William a r Bag., Wentpennaboro, Gen
eral Agent.
S. A. l;o3le, Carlisle,
Dr. Ira Day, Nlezhanienlinrg.
George Brindle, Esti., Monroe.
Jos. M. Mettott,Esq. Newburg . .
John Clemlento, Esq. llogratown.
Stephen Culbertson ,Sbippensburz.
September .29,1847
D M. W.P. IRLAND now ofTers•to the pub•
lie his Indian Vegetable Premium Plaster,
the qualities of, which after long and tried expe
rience have been satisfactorily established. To
all women who may ['enacted with the affection
of PROLAPSIS UTERI, or Ilia Fallen Womb, he
now recommends his plaster, guaranteeing a Sore
and speedy cure in the short space of time of from
to three weeks, if applied with care and rest, dip.
carding all the.countless instruments and expen-
sive bandages so long ill use. This he feels jus
tified in statiog.,:intußicueli as he has not failed in
ono intionceout.ef three hundred and filly cases.
_ErictrOss.'Dounn per box. Sold in Garlisle by
S. - ELLIOT. and Dr..l. J. MYERS.
feb23—ly
Daguerreotype Likenesses!
1 '
MM . !' ,respectfully informs the
•• Ladies and Gentlemen of Carlisle and
cinityultat lie has taken rooms on the corner of
Illanovitr and Loather streets, in the house now
occupied by Hunter & Reed as a grocery, and
'directly opposite William Leonard's store, where
ho is fully pr epared to execute Dnausan - syrypc
LIKENESSES in a style not - to be surpassed by any
other.artist in thopountry. le therefore would,
invite all who wish a correct miniature to honor
him with a visit, and he flatters himself in every
instance to give satisfaction. ,
Single Pictures. medium size, colored true to
Nib, and warranted not to fade, for $1.50, includ
ing-a fine-llforoceo - ease. - _mar 29 •
Extinstirl - Furnitiire Roomth
' -.. 7"`1):'1 1 .`.4 . A:: -. C; - FETTEIt '.--:'•
.IM.PULD ! respectfully. the:Cell: anemia!) - 6,
•.,,.tr tr Ilonsii4taepera and .the - Public; ie. the ex.:
taiiiii/e Snick of..splendid TURNITU REV iholtl4'
'ding,pfes;. Wardrobes; Centro' aid other Tables;
Dressing_andinain , flureautt, tind.every,varielybl,
Xabinet•warri-and I Chairs, Which, they ,htiva.-liist.
bperted7trilleir.NEW.L.ttopolg s, ion ~.qie oorneti
ofiNprili Hanover and Loutiter - etieetsi - parliele;,
. •
They' are confident `that the. superior . finish of
thi-workmanship;andeiegine6 Of stylo,lh which.,
their ~.artichtirare igot-, , up:r together, with !iheir
:cnrinisas; will ,xecommend,them to. every per-.
eon wanting . , Furniture:.' nvy 'have also made,
arrangements for.iiiiidufalifinng. and keeping a."•
constant enpply,pf oyery, article in, their line,' both
plain:, and.. ornamental,' elegaitt..:‘,llpd% , useful,',', at'
,ptfad*hii!h,tannoffail te autt:purchaaara,' . lrhey .
wouldearnestlf.itiyitenniebriaWlWerir'ithout to'
commence .lhopseqtpaping t 'ito . ' .Ott .landr.7iixittninek
.Aalri..:..pratient.oleginto at ockiv , to: , . labi,tlw4. will;
A)ittitaptly'lAtkitii Odiii o O'br. , ool. YVPOtano" . ip - oi. ,
i
:modern styles; :' , Ai.„, , ,"4:j i: •.,x014 , A , , 3.: '‘'- '
';..p OVFlLi . p,riia4o;O: - ,91 1 : ar74flie.altbrtisi no. -
ilaa;ifar t'fi'vv,rca'iut amino ~.;;',, . 4.1,,, . 4 :1. , ~...'_:.•-;,.,::, -.-..
Carliale',.. ) oiilrlipis 1..i . 0p:-, 1, .0 - :.;..,... , ..-
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'' . braeinaia.laiga;arid . 'islegantAig Wilk:.kliJnavv .
T uß i ,ti,, gipi;:ool,..eatahlta nent i , , wherilie.
FWili:fittiglekto,astiahrOfrien earid . enetomets:i:
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$1,220,097 67
Fire Insurance.
Premium Plaster.
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LAMARTINE.
The na ne of this dielingtlished Republican is inti
mately associated with theliiiirious and succeisfhl
Revolution In France. Hbreloquence has moved ,the
hearts of the 'peOple ; his mirderatioty hos Prevented:
the shedding of bleed; and his lirmnees has awed in
to submission the courtiers and flatterers of the erown.
Lamattine—is:a,poet,:tistonian..and.pitilosopher,..all.
well as a statesman. Indeed, he is considered the
greatest Jiying poet of
f the ]trench mitten.. Inthatast
numbeVof the Nallan'al Era, .1. 0. Whinier , i cor
responding editor of thaipaper, gives elm ... natation of
tt thrilling poem, written many years since by Lamar
tine, and presented to the Academy of Marseilles, on
the eve of his embalication (Or "the Holy Land. In
the Foreign Quarterly Review,, fin 1847, we And a
tniiislation at the BOMB beautiful poem, which iVe
think is infinitely superior to that of Whittier, and
therefore prefer adopting it. The piece breathes the
purest and holiest sentiments:
Thoughts op the Holy !bunt?.
I have not felt on the sea of sand
The Slumberous rocking of the desert bark,
Nor quenched my thirst at eve s with grilVang ,
Land,
By llebron's well, beneath the palm tree dark;
Nor in the pilgrim's lent my-mantle_sprpd,_:_______
Nor laid me in the 'Arta wheYelottath lain,
Nor, while the canvass'murniured over head,
Breampt Joseph's mystic dream again.
Of the world's pages, one is yet unyeas:
now the store tieMbVe
With what a sense of nothingness we tread,
How the heart heats when God opposes so nigh ;
Row on the soul, beside some column lone,
The shadows 61 old days descend and hover,—
tow the crass speaks, the earth sends out Its moan,
And the breeze wails that wonders over.
I have not heard in the tall cedar top„
The cries of nation. echo to and fro ;
Nor seen from Lebanon the eagles drop
On Tyro's deep-buried palaces below ;
I have not loin my head upon the ground
Where Tedium's temples in the dust decay,
Nor startled, with my footfall's dreary ,sound,
The waste where Memnon's empire lay.
I have not stretched where Jordan's current flows,
-Honed-how-the loud-lamenting river-weeps, -
With moans and cries sublimer e'en than those
With which the mournful- Prophet stirred its deeps;
Nor felt the4cansports9which the 110 , 11, inspire
In tile deep gent, where he, the hard of Kingsi
Felt at the dead of night, a hand of flame
Soize on the harp, and sweep the strings.
I have not wanderedn'tt the plain,-whereon,'---=--
Beneatlt the olive . tree, the SAVIOUR wept t
Nor traced his tears the hallowed trees upon,
Which jeoletts angels have not all out wept ;
Nor ht the garden watched, through night sublime,
Whore._whlle the bloody sweat was-undergone,
The echo of Mix Sorrows and our crime
Bun in one listening ear alone.
Nor have I bent my forehead nn the spot
Where his ascending footsteps pressed the clay;
Nor won with lips devout the rock-hewn spot,
Where In his mother's tears embalmed he lay;
Nor smote my !weskit on that sad mountain-head,
Where, even iII death, conquering the powers of
Hid arms, ns to embrace our earth, he spread,
And bowed his bend to bless it there
Ittic.t.:lsaitrfolivrtto
TACT AND TALENT.
Talent is something, but tact is everything.
Talent is serious, sober and grave; tact is all
that and more too. It is not a seventh sense.
but it is the life of all the five. It is the open
eye, the quick ear the judging taste, the keen
smell, and the lively touch ;the interpreter of
all fiddles, the surmounter of all difficulties,
the remover of all obstacles. It is useful in
all places, rod at all times. It is useful in so,
hurtle, for it shows a man the way into the
world; it is useful in society,, for it shows
hum the way through the world. Talent is
. power; tact is skill. Talent is weight; 'tact
is momentum. Talent knows what to do .
tact knows how to do it. Talent makes n
man respectable; tact will make him respec
ted. Talent is wealth ; tact is ready money. i
For the practical purposes of life, tact carries
I it against talent, ten to one. There is no'
' want of thematic tact or talent, but they she
seldom together ; so we have successful pie-.
ces which are hot respectable, and respecta
ble pieces which are not successful.' Take
them to the bar, and let them shake their
learned curls at each 'other in legal rivalry;
talent sees its way clearly, but tact is first at
its journey's and. Talent has many atom
phinent from the bench; but tact touches
fees from attorneys and clients.. Talent speaks
learnedly and logically; tact tnumphantly.—
Talent, makes* the world wonder-that it gets
along so fast. The secret is, Whew no weight
to carry if it makes no false steps- • it hits the
tight nail on the head; it . lekes all Time.
Tularthafttimu - tlie I.lihreb. Talent I
alwayscomething wtirth hearing; tact is cut ti
of abundencetf hearers. Talent may obtain ;
a living; tact will make one. Talent gets a
good name; tact gets a great one, ' Talent
cotivinees t tact converter' Talent inert linear'
to die profession j tact gains honor from the
profession. . .
Take them to court: Talent feels its way;
tact makes its Way. Talent commands ;tact
'is obeyed/ 'relent, fa thineitid .whti approba;
limit tact is blessed with pielerment.
Place them in the Senate, - Telenthai the
ear of the. house; but tact .wins its heart and
gains, he voles t * Talent is fit employment;
but - tact is - fitted fat it. -- If has - U rittek - of slip
pinginto - placti,* with-a 7 swerit-_-eilente 7 hed,
.glittnesia el movementtik a 'billiard' ballin-.
sinfiatee itself irittil.the' pnektrti., It - teems:lo
•
knowievery,thingWli itlearifing . any thing
liwanteno *drilling.* lairs no left. hand,' no
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~
ilf Wo'ndrotte.Wlsdere,iilidivrio;*.dite cif proz•
iiinditYjbiit play, with the p
details of ica as
degbrousiY as a well-laught.hand flourishes,
midi .the keys of a pianfPlartri. - Llt'has Alba,
air of common-place and all: thetieroit'il
1 pcnver and genius, Talent' calculates clear.;
137,1eiiitins ogOally: i.7act...refuldif_withotW
contradiatingf:puzilei4he profound:. without
Oroftindity:;!tqd withoUttwit, outwits the wise. '
: - ...fiet3them. - on• a race for -popularity; pen in
hands and tact will 'distantie talenlj'by ; 'half
thi . 3i.ernirse...;Ntilent ;bring,- to Inarketlhat
which'isflefitled j.taet'preduceit Olt Whielvie.
wished ffirjjiTelent•lffede•Where. no. One fril - 1
lOwellturrifollews Where de' dee Iderle. :. - ;.Tal:
:tirt*.faMCk#liiiettrity,;titet'dititobed.the''paigl
shine htfit%.priseitig.; - .hour...7.,Talaritie:a'!fine:
thing tkuklis..aboot,tiiiii,;lie . o9.o , *; bill:feet
in'' use 10A:tellable, itiWaYealiive;TAWaYeitllW
•ketable.4ltl,3the 'latent:Of pliantly file . ;VW,
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'CA:tiLI'ST,F, : ;:.-10:::1[7 1 1,(); 1848.
FrOVI do Engl . !lt Nagar:lna
rYALE OV CHIVALRY.
I do not think a braver gentlamen. : • , .
More active-valient, or more valiant:young, •
Mst dart
_g pronntre mible,la now alive, •
—" To ig ace thL;latter age with — nal:de de - OIL — .
8111.101.16/111E.
THE LADY BLANCHE was H beauty and a i
belle. But more than tins—sbe was an heir
ess. Need .Ve Vvcifidet, therefore, that old
barons, as grim as-their ancestor's-effigies—
gay.. knights; sported-retainers in'cloth
gold-,and princes of-thirty riwirteringa, horn
Gerrehny i thrOriged:her,castle, and sighed by
tains at the feet of the obdurate fair? For :
the Lady Blanche, though, slia flatly raided
none, was ItniitTerdift to 'all: She treated
every suitor, indeed, alike. She had a smile
for one, a gay word for another, a task lei a .
third, and for each and all the same tanta
lizing succession of. hopes and fears with
which • beiNtlins ieve managed to torment,
their; lovers from time immemorial. To tell
the truth. the Lady Blanche was a bit-of a
flirt. And Claude llarston lomat this out to
his cost. "
As gallant a warrior, as courteous a knight,
and withal as-poor a gentleman.—God help
him !—was not to be found in the realm.—
His ancestors, on one side; had come over
Trvittillfe - Cocrrun - ifirTtna,"turthrrrnh - trc - we - ra -- .
lost in the clouds of - Saxon and British fable:
Their war-cry had rung and their banners
flaunted in every battle-field from Hastings
to Aginbobri. But time had stripped them
of their possessions, as the sea slovTly wastes
away some majestic rock ; so that Claude
Marston, the last of his line, could only claim
a .solitary tower, with a lent roods of lapd,
for his inheritance.
A distant relationship , existed between his
family and that of the Lady Blanche, and
when he, had won his spurs, in fulfilment of
a long standing promise. he visited Delaney
Castle. Little had Claude thought of love;
indeed he boasted that glory, should ever be
his sole infstress. Yet lie had rare endow . -
merits for a lady's bower: he.liad clerkly
skill as well as renown at arms; could - tune
a gittern as well as couch a lance, and was
a minstrel withal. The Lady BlattCite, who
we's accomplished beyond her •sex,. could
not fail to be delighted with the arrival of
such a Crichton; and it was not long, -- in
conieqeence, befofie She efigrossed the chieT
portion of the-young knight•stime. Pei haps
site hoped to revenge herself on him for his
declared indifference to her sex. They read
together, rode together, and seemed, indeed,
as her . jealous suitors said, to be always to
s'ether
The raviihing beauty oTTe Laity Blanehe,
her playful humor, the grace of her person,
and the winning sweetness of her manner,.
soon made a. captive of Claude, most of
whose life had been spent en :lamps, and to
whom female society wee as new as it was'
winning. Day hull night he tholipt only of
the fair heiress. At first he. fondled Its af
fection no! otherwise than a cousin's should
be; and when • he awoke from hls delusion,
it was to despair. The Lath' Blanche was
rich and courted, he, poor and unnofided.—
She could never be his. Tod profid to be
tray a hopeless passion, he resolved to de
part from the castle as soon as possible, and
while lie remained to set glumd or. his looks
arid tongue, to assume a gaiety he did not
feel, and even to jest on the lolly of love,
ldst lie should be suspected of his secret pas
sion. Once, indeed, lie was nearly surprised
into betraying himself;. for, at times, there
was that in the looks or words of the Lady
Blanche which almost bade him hope. On
one of these occasions he made bold to give
her b ose-buds, tied with a ribbon
he ound on her. able; and he tlibught he
detected a consciot teas in her manner.—
Ile took up her splendidly illuminated Pe.-
trarch, and opened at one of the sonnets to
Laura. It spoke of undyir ° y love. •
'Heigho! 'she said, with a pretty toss of
the head, 'you do not believe in love?—
Love's but lunacy under another name—a
juggle to cheat maidens out of•tligir freedom.
It's an enchanter's lute, that lulls ns to sleep;
but we wake up to find ourselves decked
with the cap and bells of the fool. I'll have
none of it!'
'You cannot think so,' said Claude, earn
estly. 'Surely Petrarch loved Laura
'Loved her! He loved himself ! he loved
fame ! and wanting a theme •to hang his
verses on, he took poor Laura for lack of a
better. ood honest mail ! I warrant he
tlutt more of his library than of her charms,
and dreaded a fit of rheumatism far worse
'than her frowns.' ,
•
'But me no buts,' said she, stamping her
loot with pouting-obstinacy. 'Men marry to
get-estatea r end-womett-to-have - hitsbarrds.—
It is well enough for the crowd. , But. I
would be a tree fulcon r br-- 1 She hesitated;
and° then added, looking at Claude with a
metry laug h —' or be chained in a royal
mews.' -
Claude dighHd a nd t ee m .. elle
KM twisted his poor ram neatly to pieces.
• .rti-that-hotir_ti '
hadghly St times, to the'Lady ,Blen e: lie
strove to appear indifferent, but his spirits
would sometimes desert himy and he was
either recklessly gay;'or silent atillirooding.
1 ,4 e aidided the dangerodst ditirtring refi-a
fetes, at first finding dome feigned exude ler
doing se, but finally abandoning them, with:.
out Any apology., Astor the Lady Blanche,.
she deemed , to (dire little about this pettish.
gess. Of his Intended departure she - heard
with a gay jest ; he was grfing; ate kid, it
was currently believed; to slay the giant
_Garganttia.:.--Claude _wasipiqued,_and_grew...
bolder than .ever. ; .; They, never met ;tow bitt
in the Vesente of others; and , then .fite.Lady '
Blefinlhe,,Scierned' to'seek for Occasions tq
tense her lover . I f Ito wa gay she'rallied
him ;;; ifire Was - leti4Slicpitied him; anti if
he , was botkiit the.sarae,hquv, as "often. hap
penedi-she i?oviredthatirnen were fickle, but,
cousin,Cladde dicieffirlde of • -
-- It - the willutheiiesi_faiOred
'VrtiaLthef Protid , :Lord:ol Waltham. :Ho was
still in :the:prime of Life and,ut tWe:bead of
the baronage,: and bad, long loved, the Lady .
'Bianehe.,,'Eyery one said that the gay bean- .
ty; a ll, along, haillnadeup her' mind, }alien
she' grerfweary :or flirting/. to - . Wed lho;Lord
Ccirldicly Her manner uiVrerd.
hurt grew more ocittlerending , , daily he'
,now , filled - the.post at htir Pridle4ein , whicitc
Claude once , oecupledi add often , during the
eventng - the.pair were • lett together, air if by
that: tacitCorteerft ori the partoLthe conipany,
with whielt lovers are avoided: .Cfaude Was,
jealous; though:he fatteied no one' , know it
and •hrel. , slit - rfotidd I>ent.;o4-.lfie .eirpertse ,
of
L'',tiValthroti, who
;Mallin,e?wad* i N ll e i i n
' i 4
the l!; m yb fo o u , , l odn.,
f tr S t e
, h o iairer'e h eid la n y generally dieterohytedo.;`
iit '4' ,„
1.
(4 . 3 gtrArthe eight balers Claude's depaitorii.
CNo 000oUld be. more' Unhappy ; thair homed,
7 . beete.llocd the, preceding . Irirtulgho,';,:uptiripi
'hUpallViltad:yet. - yentured:.:re bovei , end: a .
, •Aio , • '
... .:.
single relenting, word . froth his mistress
would give rise to most extravagant dreams:
•tuit'the ohilling,indiflemnee or merry raillery
. of the Lady Blanche bid at last cured him.
On. this occasiciii lie was the - gayest of the
say. 'They were talking of 'a contemplated
jonrne,y.of the fair hosteir;?.
• think'of going arouildby the bdrder.
is long since - Lim it. What say you, to it,
'cousin Claude? You ate as dimly as a Sing
.ing-thrd and would be ready, ',sup
pose, 'to a'dvise .ins to. rush into a 'lion's
den' • .
,°! 4 YOU surely_leat,' said lie,..witli.,earnest
ness. , The• border i ts very unquiet, and
You would ilia 'The Oak of being made pap
tive.'
'Why the man's suddenly become timor
ous as a monk,".said the Lady Blanche, but
she blushed slightly notwithstanding.. 'Think
you, riablegentfernen, that . a ~Itidy of 'Eng
landMay hot tritest in 'tier native realm
without fear of capture? What say you ?'
'I think;'.said the Earl of Waltham, With
a haughty ;lance at Claude, 'that the Lady
Blanche may travel anywhere, if -she has
valiant knights for her escort; and for one 1
offer my poor sword to defend her.'
'What think you of that, cousin Claude ?'
said the lady, triumphantly.
eVly-Lardmf-411.altharo-is-aibrave rude
man, said he, with a low bow, 'but I think
he has never crossed lances with the Scot's.
won•my spurs against theta, and know the
people; and 1 still adhere to my opinion
that it would be dangerous for you to under
take that route at present'
-The-Ludy-Blaimbe-hesitated-,-for-tfthrear
neatness was - not lost on her. Indeed slog
had, at first, proposed the contemplated route
only in jest; but' feminine whim, or some
hidden motive, had made her persevere in
it on hearing lande's disapprobation. She
NVPS now again in dotibt. Claude saw his
advantage.
'Lady,' he said eagerly, know you will
not gel Indeed, L ask it as a farewell M
yer!'
He was surprised in speaking thus. The
instant he had done so he saw his error.—
The-Lady Blanche colored, and then said,
withal slight curl of the lip— ,
'Oh! we forgot that Sir Claude Marston
was used to dictating for-lathes' favors. But
perhaps,' she added,looking laughingly a
round on the rest-of the group, 'he thinks we
May lay our injunction on him, as our.good
cousin, to go with us; and having no taste
for these Scottish broadswords, would per
suade us to travel southward. But never
fear,
we are a knight's daughter, add dread
no foe. So we . absorve yea Ircim all duty to
us; and while you go to play at silken tour
naments, our Lord of Waltham,- with our
squire,Sir John Neville, will bear its thiough
the . Douglass lances'
0 0 The cheek of -Claude burned like fire at
this galling Speech ; but the elpeaker was a
lady, and he could take no notice of it.. He
bowed.
'So belt,' he said, with difficulty mastet
ine his rage, and then turned on his heel and
walked the tooth.
The Lady Blanche had, perhaps, gone fur
ther than she intended, for she changed co
lor, but added quickly and gaily—
' I /id you ever see such a ferocious animal?
And he was once, too, as dainty and well
behaved—you all can testily—as my pet
grey-hound. • What can he the matter with
cousin Claude?'
The yoing knight Wsis boiling with indig
nation as he reached his room. It had been
the first time he had been thus. publicly
slighted i'dr the,sturild • %Veld - lam; but what
else, he now Waked himself, could he have
expected ? ,
'Fool, fool that I was!' he said, as lie strode
to and fro in his apatment. 'She thinks, or
affects to think,l
that am a coward. By St.
George, I only Wish that dolt, IValtliam, miff
dared to add a syllablel would have made
him eat his own words!'
-He °haled thus for nearly hall an hour;
then his passion, in part,subsided.
'lt was a dream, a ream cherished in
spite of a thousand rebuffs; but it is over.—
Jet, Lady Blanche, I cannot see you tall a
ileum to your own infatuation. 1, too, will
goNerotind by the border, secretly guarding
yob till you safely reach Durham. Perhaps
some day you may hear of it, and do me
justice'
The next morning long before sunrise,
Claude and his few followers were in the
saddle, arid without further leave-taking had
tweed their backs on Deirincy.Casile.
It, was near noon on the third day` after lea
ving belancy Castle, that Clatide,,with his
little troop, slowly wended his way up a long
hill, near_the border, commanding an eaten
-sive-view-of-the-surrounding--countrr-----For-
thme days he had kept unobserved bet Ween
the Lady Blanche and the Scottish frontier,
maintaining a constant look-out; but dining
the lait twenty loth hotis his scouts had lost
.cavalcade, of her avalbade, though t)ande still
believed it to be 'on the English side of the
fate he -was Mailing. Suddenly, however,
on attaining the broW of the hill; lie saw be
fore-him-in (fill - WitIIIIT - 1 tliiikloud of dust's
from %Vita, gleamed occasionally the glitter,
of -heltnat and aims; While the ebiali o f wee:
pdns in 'ti fray: find theritionti or Cdrilbatdnts
rose le hid etir, tiOlteiiiid by the , distance. A
ttientery breeze that swept aside the dust,
.r wiled the banner of Lord - Waltham; and
thithickest of the fight appeared to be amid.
a group - tf, women; gnarden by•mtini:at:itithe.
But it was evident that the:English had the
worst of ihe,tionflict, and must soon haidi git
yen Wav :.li ven as he paused the i tritirripliant
'elloilts.otilie &dui igWellell de the ail.; for tile
71?inine - rOrLord, Waltham was in the ditst.• •
•,Claude, .ian .ins,eyo: over hastily:his little
dleernumben:.not - One thiyd - tha - of - Ili&
• $f ssailahleiltik ri tio g _kniiti,they„weiildit t and_by,..
'hint tee meta.' .',.. l• , ..'
'Have ,
attheta: my.. said,
'‘Eitglithd;tii the Reseite!;,A,,l‘ f lartiten !,, A
Marston I' and thWelteuting, hie war-pry, at
theAe id 'o
t.,b is,gal latitAin ti, ',end .4.11k_ hi it
lance in:rest, lie 'galleppedl.' down 7ipen'cihe'
foe. ' :''''.',: •;,',.• 1 ' 7 ' , '"'• ' • :- ,- ~''',. ' . • :,. c... - -:
'Otiet'poymiedb:y:'.iinmhersr end:Worn out'
by; desperate,; and
meir-etrarmtl,' : *he'yentatned iitli'theLpittly ,
• anOtte4lor:lOng' Were; :14 .. . - 2. 6 Waltham
de4iinhig`th4'battle Ittisti,had. , "pet ititiniiti-ins
cdeeki..tindl:,fled,kcint the fi elttl-Werd'en the .
, , peint - 15f giving , lipthev , Cdatest;'Wlien they
were OE+4(4 h's,aWellictio*nl*Eti.;eit;.that:
Mao even"! tiVer3he din of the loontliok, end
tircinght ' Eornictrt..andliakle,theivtaletine:
• bo, om r. ~ Ac, the.,,Aterne•tatitsfriflooklag:::lipi
they saw iiieyeung,k4ght htiii daring d°''lo'•
;thiChigi 1411onk,VF,hi!e i plifriire,s!rolitnlog . fimi
,fiiikitimiao .1.4 Ica f 1 y,! . .. 1 0 : 00ti cold,s*Loop:f..
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taist‘„4#l6 540ne.*..: - tiiiiTe'ke`ortimiii,!.'idid' ,
11 /* *EI shco it* haini tioikk 01 iti iiid, had,- de.:,
•jitiltieii; liititi:AWdity,Nirill''yo , :beit,,Ortt.:',:4:
~ 1 1iiiiiiiel! tirishOtited; Aiiithitigl . fitiebniOn-
I 4(6l*****ltliihte:ghliMutelltiffeetrM
7g . ,i k-....--.'::'''',l4'.''.4i'fr','''S
ihe,foei where with his 4hugh sword, he laid.'
about him right manliilly. ,
'A Douglas? For'God and St. Andrew,
Douglas! a Douglas P was the response of
the toe. ,
But now, like. a torrent sweeping down'
Ike hill, like a whirlwind careering over the
plain, the little band of Made, with fixed.
lances, burst lull upon the foe, who, turning,
like a wild boar at bay, fiercely' confronted
this new enemy. The shock was like the
meeting of two opposite waves in the mouth
.of a tideway. For a moment both assailants'
and assailed shout ip their saddles, but the
imPeineus chrirge of Claude'a'weighty- men-,
af-erms, soon bore down the lighter horse'-
men' of thetcots, whose pa - Steele foinis were
instantly ridden over by the victor's as they
pursued their career. Right on like an-ar
row, scattering ruin on this side and that—
with tiffs eye never losinly, sight for n'incment
of the white dress p 1 the. Lady Blanche,=-
Ciaude Marston kept his course, and riot un
til he stood tit her side did he look brick to
see the enemy dying in every direction a
cross the plain.
'The day is yours, Sir Claude' - said - Sir
John Neville. her squire; .'we had been lost
but for you'r timely succor,'
'Nay ! Give the glory to God and the.saints
oAiraughtuncLup...an,oppranutpt • lint aee..
—your lady has tainted ;
It Was even - . so; the Lady Blanche, after
bearing all the horrors of the oonfliet, had,
in the instant al victory suddenly fainted
away.
, There an abbey but ;a mile hence ever
• to - lrilh -- Sne - canliml - shelter - ttre - Strid
John— , Luckily we have a liner with
you Sir Claude. guard her thither,while I see
,to the Wounded.'
'Na', nay, let that lie my task,' said
Claude, anil. notwithstanding every realm
strance, Sir John was lowed to_ attend his
mistress to the abbey.
The truth„is, - Claude did not desire 'to MI,
posh on die Laths Blanche the painful task of
returning him !hank=, w hen .kelcnew her
heart must be a prey to tire inortificadon
consehuetit on Lord - IValtham's flight. He,
therefore, after he had seen the wminded
borne to the abbey s was about to pursue
hie. journey without stopping, when a mes
sage was delivered from the' Lady Blanche,
askino• an interview. Thete was now no
escape, and he alighted. -
But Claude Witold have given worlds to
have avoided the interview. He feared for
his composure; feared that by some look or
Word he might betray his love; feared that
the Lady Blanche would be bound to speak
honied words of thanks When she knew and
scorned firs suit.
The route to tier apartments led-through
the garden, and ns Claude was slowly per
suing his way, with his eyes bent on the
ground, he thought he heard a sigh near him.
Looking bp, he found himself near the 'clois
ters; and _on a seat only sePerafed )rent liih
by some rose bushes, was the Lady Blanche.
She held something to her lips. Was he m
a dream, or could it be the bunch of now fa
ded flowers which he had once given her?
He could not be mistaken. There was the
well known ribbon with which they were
still tied, She murmured his name, too as
she kissed them. Without a second thought,
'carried away by the rapture of the discovery,
Claude put aside the bushes and knelt.be
fore her, just as she arose from, her seat, a
, tanned, surprised and overcome with mai
denly shame.
'1 have long loved you,' he said passion
ately. 'Dear Lady Blanche, you do not
despise my suit.'
She could not speattblit moved WM. hand
for him to rise; and Mil weeping into his
arms.
We spare the bliiithes of the Lady Blanche;
but us her face lay hidden on the bread bo
som el her lover, , she conieSied how rong
she had secretly I dled him; and owned her
self properly punished for, her momentary
flirtation. For the Lady Blanche had re
turned his affection even on that memorable
morning when he ghite her the rose:buds,—
woMan'i whim had prompted her-words on
that occasion, but,, ever since, the little bn
quet had been worn next her heart. Pride
had kept her, however, from com i ng to an
explanation, until Claude's altered demean
or made tier roar that his afibctions had chan
ged.
They werebmarried—.Claude Marston and
the Lady Blattche; but the craven Earl of
Waltham was not even hidden to the wed
ding. „
JEjLtim.L
lEMBM!i
LETTERS
FROM 110 N. JOIEN QUINO_3I:ADAMSZO-UIS SON
ON TILE MILE AND ITS TEAbIIINGS.
LETTER
I promised you in my last letter, to state
the particulars in which I deemed the Chile
, in-dispensation to he an inapit i cuieident.:o
perfectind, of UM LaW.: deliver ed at sw a t;
considered air inelBiling ii system. of .morali
ty; but beltire I mime le this point. it is pro:
G, to remark dim the character. of the
boolls Am Old Testament sabsequent to
thostief Moses. • gome are historical, some
prophetical, and some poetical; and two may
be considered as peculiarly of the. moral
sass—one being an affectingdissertation up.
on tho vanity ot human life, and another col;,
lebtion of moral sentences under the' name
of. Proverbs. I have already observed that
the:great immovable-rind-eternal-foundation
of ,;the superiority of Seiriphire morals to. all
other morality, , `was.,the idea,-,01 God disclo
sed in, and only,jo;themt, - ;this_unitt ot nod,
His jlis,TrightiscinstiessHlis
mercy, and" the irifinikt , of if s tittributes, are
marked in•eVery line of• dip Old Tavtament%
in characters which nething.lesci. than blind.. •
can ' tail to ,disceiii,.and.: nothing lees
than 'fraud Cria i rnistePrarient.: :, his onbep
lion of a'bibild•krAnd 'piety
of Ilia warshipPers; was of boated inceniPtv.
more, ratithilifsind,more:prOfound than
'turas pos s ible. that atedietent could be Which
,adored.Gaya rdr.dellie#, even, that of
Philesephertliite &Odes, 'PlatOtind nicere, -
who, 41thi'tlielt pricarand matitertalted ideas
of the Wide Irritate than thb rabble et, the
conaideredlhe existence- of any'
I God at alt add titieatlop upon which ' , they
meld form ; do , decided opinion. Yea have
eten betieVeit the 'only so t :
lideiiindition of air hurnanlvirtuiiiii be pie r
ty; 'arid it was infpossible:thatpiel'y;so lar
Aramicending that of :other, minaret should
contain to ,its gensecptencea,,d
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might arise to its. being neglected .or disre:
gartled. 'Througho,rit the Wl* Ole taw the Annie
injunctions are contrnuallysfenetied t all the
all the rites and enremorna were adapted to
root deeper,into the hearts and smile of the •
ohosen pep* tjiatilie'fmnnlehovith was to
be Weyer the sole and exclusive object ,cit...
love. Reverence and ridorii ti pti, rinboundet . l43 .
as his own rpitnie„wes;(he,prineiple: (WA'? ' 1,
.letter oftlie TAW, and the Wheleßible,M,
a comment on it_andeosollatyjniiirr t.A
Idw wasgiven not merely in Ilie.lotie,f
coin iiiierdiriept • 'Nip - , GOtl,, but , in • thaf,ll -- ,P"'
Covenant Or ernripact„hetween_thq,S*reine '
Creator and the' JeWish pecrAe; it.was sane- '
Ironed by the blessingtaridiheourse pronoun-
''cied Upon Mount Oerizirri „and' Mount Ebal,,in
''the presence of the whole Jeiviish•peopte add -
strangers and by_ the splemn,aceeptance of
‘ the whole people res'ionding
~ Amea ,l ' to, ev,- '
cry one•of the curses dendunced for violation
on their part of the - COlteherif. • -
From that day until the bittli`of - Christ, (a
pedod Of about 1,500 years,) the historical
books of the Old ,Testament are .no 'more
than a simple, record 'of ;die fulfilment of the
cove:rant, in all its blegefrigs and'curses, ex
actly adapted to the fulfilment or transgres
sion of its duties by the people. The,nation
was first , governed by Joshua, under the ex
-pl,_
.rewaYipainfie:idml_Godithen--by 7 a-suecies:---
mon of judges : and afierivards by a double
line of kings, until eu'liquered and carried
into captivity : their 'temple and their laws ;
and again conquered brdie Romans, apd
, ruled by their tributary kings and prOcunsule.
Yet, through all Neir vicissitudes of fortune,
they nevercnmplied with the ( - rudest° which
they had bound themselves by the covenant
without being loaded well the blessings pro . -
mised on Mount Geriaitn, and never depart
' ed from them without being afflicted, with
some of (Ice c urses 'deficianced upon Mount
Ebal. The prophetical books are them
selves historical—lor•propliecy,4n the strict
est sense, is no 'More diet' history related be
fore the event; but the Jewish Prophets, (of
whom there lads a succession almost con
stantly from the time of Joshua to that of
Christ,)were messengers, specially commis
sioned or God, .to warn the people 01. their
duty, to •foretell the punishments which a-
Waited their transgressions, arid finally to
keep alive by uninterupted prediction the ex
peetatton,of
. a Messiah, "the sled of Abra
ham,, in whom all the families of the earth
should be blessed."
•Withthis conception of the divine nature,
FO infinitely surpasaingthin of any other na- -
iioo_with,this systeni of moral virtue, so in
dissolubly- blending, as by,the eternal con
stitution of things must be bended piety,with
this uninterrupted series of signs,and woe
'tiers, lirophets and seers, miraculous interpo
ittieris of the Oliiiiiseient Creator • to preserve
and vind'icite the truth, it is famentable, but
to those who knmy the nature of man, it is
not surprising, to find the Jewish history lit
tle else the ariarrativ'e of idolatries and cor
ruption of the Israelites and tbeir, monarchs;
that the very people who had heard the voice
of God from Mount Sinai, should within for
ty days compel Aaron to make a golden calf
and worship that as the 'God who brought
We nn mit of the land dl Egypt ;" that the very
Solomon, the • wisest of mankind, to whom
God had twice revealed himself in visions—
that t e, efhis old age, beguiled by fair idol
atresses, shOuld heap fallpn from the worship
of the ever:blessed Jehiivilli to itiat of Ashta
roth and Milcom, &c. the abomination of all
the petty tribes of Judea—that of Baal and
Dragon; that the Sun, Moon and Planets,and
all the host of heaven, the mountains and
plains min* high place and every grave,
ahould have swarmed with idols, to corrupt
the head and debase the minds of a people
io Iliphly favored Of Reairen, the elect of the
Almighty; May Va among the mysteries of
Divine Providence, which it is not given to.
inOliality,io explain, but as inadmissible on
ly to those who presume to demand why it
has pleased the SupremeArbiler of events to
create such a being as Man.
Observe however, that amid ttie atrocious
crimes which that notion so otten polluted
themselves with—through all their servitudes;
dismemberments, captivities, and transmi
gratans—ilte Divine light, which had been
irripaited,exclueiitely tolhem; was never ex
tinguished; the law delivered from Sinai was
preserved in all its purity; the histories which
attested its. violations,. and its ifeboinplish
manta were recorded and never lost. The
writings of the prophets t of David and Solo
mon, were all insplred with the same idea
of the Godhead, the same intertwinement of
religion and morality, and the same antici
pations Of the Dia,int3,."lminaniiel, the God
with us t" iliese inryiyell all the changes of •
governMen.La , mlActinstitutioxia.vv.hiclTbelell_._
trio people; "the pillar of cloud by day and
the pillar of fire by nignr—the law and the
rophets, eternal in. their
,nature—went be:
ri4 them unstilliedfind unimpaired through
a Oh° mintier, rebellion
,iititt,
.41volotion, of
'conquest and dispetainkof war,. pealifelke
and famine .' 'The Aesynan,-13abylonian, and
Egyptian eniPires, Tyre 'arid Sid% Criiillage•
and all the Other -nations'. lent . out •• rose an
. .
fell in their -religious insti unit
ons'•the same
rime, as in theft kiw,enii,government;• it was
a practice of the Romans wheri they besieged
a crly
,to invoke 'Pi gods to; come over tri
'them; they considered . the goils , • its , ' Summer
friends ready to desert their v,oteries in their
hour o f ealarniiy,, oraltraitord,' steady to sell • '
themselvei, lop a bribej tharhililitpkhigher
estimate of. their Ol'vn ' than 41 ihp. strangers
deities, whom as Gibberi .traid-,:m . theY were
Slivers ready' to ridriiii te the freetioiti,ol the
-411Etheidrie.el?-tho, lard reiVhivire- perished
with, theiimpltittrel
,for , whara,on
the' being
of
the,glObaiipo4 - 9Po%istitire being wire
tielie(reer,',fit - itriy.,'ena'Af,,:th nil 'sci much'.
-more-iiee extil-litriniveirift, hpLifot t li.whi c ii—_
ttle Ged'O - ilbriihtim,;learee; arifi. Jacob fool: .
,r
Ueda thit ntagpifilitins and reason of man
kind,- that 1C might 'Banat:invert - the( question
atigi sti,r.l. ,Wt,n/tb3Sjhrtiletnew ihe,lttg found. • .
_belii3yrOglu,OY„POtlAl afi, and.,notlelievie _
hi him? The moral charact er o' the Old
reateratiiii; then , is, that'lliety to Golf islher •
fofindation of alevirtue r and that 'virtue is in
separable from,it ibut t that ~?retys , without the
ricactibei kit yirtne is itself a curet!, riMkthe eg :
gravatiOn . of all ,iniclui_t3r.:•' , All
_the virtues,
which are, here reeggifterili s y
,the heathen,
are inculcated not i brily'with c mme,authoritty, .
but v6itti'inoMeriergypf ifgualeiit;;and more
elorgent.Perstraiiion in - ltie , Blblitnthilt in' all
:the..Writinge . el the l aturient moralitakl " •
~_', As ;I have tlrgerl,rhet.therigiVeratidea of
•Goit is iiifs.'49iiiliiiiiicskibt Pii' , PArfeßL;7iriiiP,
11 ,41 d i 4t; o'fa'Sotally clinarankfrorn i the idea of
'Ged . .lioncelied ''ky,'lptiy, 'snetelitlitliott, I
sliould',iricainmeed ,19:livociiiilispittqng•tA0
Seriplarei'herealter - ttr meditate , ellen upoti
Ifie:OX y
PrespiOneb,NiniOh'they in igie the ehar r ,
Itibier,:tifkihe:ltie4y,,m4 wrefferiteporishe du i .
0epi:011-,Atn.and, , tolenr,telli'mmtelti.which ‘., ....1
.o r w,,iqpiimb," opeo.olpoci. t i4thein,„;s,,,,
~.„, mil \ yoUr iffep ionalejfaihe < 1', , q. , :'
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