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Article A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PROVERBS AND APOTHEGMS, ← Page 2 of 2 Article ON THE INVASION. Page 1 of 2 →
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A Collection Of Chinese Proverbs And Apothegms,
Four good mag istrates illuminate a thousand Lee . [ The origin of this saying is as follows : ' The king of Gtiey and the king of Tsi had a conference on their frontiers ; when the former asked the latter if he had any rare and curious pearls ? ' He answered in the negative . 'But I , ' said the king of . Gttey ,. ' have ten precious stones so brilliant , that each of them casts a lustre over the space of twelve said the other
furlono-s . ' ' My jewels , ' , ' are different from your ' s , for they live and breathe . 1 have four Mandarines ; who preside over four provinces , and by the lustre of their justice and integrity illuminate a thousand furlongs . ] Great instruments of music are of no value to strollers : —great fishes are produced in great waters .
He maintains a three-eared argument ; or an argument for three ears . [ This saying took its rise from an argument once held b y the p hilosopher Sutig-tung , ( who lived 114 years before Christ ) ' that every man hath three ears ; one internal , and two external . ' [ TO BE CONTINUED . J
On The Invasion.
ON THE INVASION .
nPHE menace of invading this country has been held forth by France •^ in every war , and seldom without effeft in this country on the Fears and prejudices of the many . It is now exhibited with more than common parade in every point of view . It may be useful , therefore , to diminish the apprehensions of the people , and , by pointing out to them the grounds of their ultimate securityto render them more
, alert and aftive in case that the rash and desperate experiment should be made . ^ I know for this purpose of nothing more effectual than to direft their attention to ' the Political and Military rhapsody of General Lloyd , ' of which I shall present you with a brief analysis . ' It is to be remarked that the General , in early life , was employed in suggesting plans to the enemy for a descent on this Island . In his latter
days , he made the amende honourable for this perfidy , by shewino-, from premises that are irresistible , that , any such attempt , if we are only true to ourselves , must end in the confusion and ruin of the invader . The General prefaces his remarks by observing , that whilst our fleet is superior , it is scarcely possible that an invasion can be attempted . Should the enemy hasard a descent , he considers Portsmouth
and Plymouth as the most eli gible points for their disembarkar tion . In this case , the line of defence must extend from Plymouth to Dover . One third of our army should occupy Halldown hill , beyond Exeter : the central position to be at Portsdown : the remaining third on that branch of the Medway called the Teise . England , he next observes , is in general what military men call ' a close country . ' It is for the most part very hilly , and so enclosed with hedges and ditches , that for many miles ' together you do not find ground sufTici eatl y open to form twenty battalions upon . The high road , bv which
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Collection Of Chinese Proverbs And Apothegms,
Four good mag istrates illuminate a thousand Lee . [ The origin of this saying is as follows : ' The king of Gtiey and the king of Tsi had a conference on their frontiers ; when the former asked the latter if he had any rare and curious pearls ? ' He answered in the negative . 'But I , ' said the king of . Gttey ,. ' have ten precious stones so brilliant , that each of them casts a lustre over the space of twelve said the other
furlono-s . ' ' My jewels , ' , ' are different from your ' s , for they live and breathe . 1 have four Mandarines ; who preside over four provinces , and by the lustre of their justice and integrity illuminate a thousand furlongs . ] Great instruments of music are of no value to strollers : —great fishes are produced in great waters .
He maintains a three-eared argument ; or an argument for three ears . [ This saying took its rise from an argument once held b y the p hilosopher Sutig-tung , ( who lived 114 years before Christ ) ' that every man hath three ears ; one internal , and two external . ' [ TO BE CONTINUED . J
On The Invasion.
ON THE INVASION .
nPHE menace of invading this country has been held forth by France •^ in every war , and seldom without effeft in this country on the Fears and prejudices of the many . It is now exhibited with more than common parade in every point of view . It may be useful , therefore , to diminish the apprehensions of the people , and , by pointing out to them the grounds of their ultimate securityto render them more
, alert and aftive in case that the rash and desperate experiment should be made . ^ I know for this purpose of nothing more effectual than to direft their attention to ' the Political and Military rhapsody of General Lloyd , ' of which I shall present you with a brief analysis . ' It is to be remarked that the General , in early life , was employed in suggesting plans to the enemy for a descent on this Island . In his latter
days , he made the amende honourable for this perfidy , by shewino-, from premises that are irresistible , that , any such attempt , if we are only true to ourselves , must end in the confusion and ruin of the invader . The General prefaces his remarks by observing , that whilst our fleet is superior , it is scarcely possible that an invasion can be attempted . Should the enemy hasard a descent , he considers Portsmouth
and Plymouth as the most eli gible points for their disembarkar tion . In this case , the line of defence must extend from Plymouth to Dover . One third of our army should occupy Halldown hill , beyond Exeter : the central position to be at Portsdown : the remaining third on that branch of the Medway called the Teise . England , he next observes , is in general what military men call ' a close country . ' It is for the most part very hilly , and so enclosed with hedges and ditches , that for many miles ' together you do not find ground sufTici eatl y open to form twenty battalions upon . The high road , bv which