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Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.

than that of Queen Wisdom . For the last twenty ' years it has received vast accessions from Mi's . Novel's female friends , and those males whom Folly marks as her own . ¦*¦ ' The deputy-keeper of Mrs . Novel ' s department is a Militia Colonel , and is also superihtendant of her press . That ' worthy person may proudly boast that never did man exe _ rt himself more to supply Fools with appropriate literature than he : in one thing , indeed ,

he is inconsistent , as he calls bis the Minerva-Press , giving the name of the Goddess of Wisdom to the FORGE OF FOLLY . ' There are occasional surmises still to the disadvantage of Mrs . Novel ' s loyalty . She has an hankering after a Mr . Moore , though the enemy of Folly , and a Sapphic friendship with a lady of the name

of Btiiney , a native of the higher regions of Wisdom . When reprimanded for this connection by the Queen , she pleaded in her defence , that if she had a friendship for two Wise , she patronised at least two thousand Fools : that the works of the said'Fools being read through the whole territories of Folly , increased loyalty to the Sovereign : that , besides , they tended to increase population , by stimulating young readers . Queen Folly admitted- the truth of this last assertionand

or-, dered that her thanks should be returned to governesses and teachers of boarding-schools , for instructing their young ladies in literature so productive . ' Besides Miss Biirney ' arid Mr . Moore , there were a few of the natives of Wisdom , " though born ' much farther down , and indeed towards the frontiers , that had used Mrs .. 'Novel ' s name : however , it

was evident , from their productions , that they had passed much , of their leisure at the court of Folly , which they could visit in a short time , not ' having far togo . A Mrs . 'Ratcliffe , from near the bbttom of Wise-land , was a very great favourite with Queen Folly , and her works wonderfully admired by ' FOOLS . This Mrs . ' Ratcliffe always . preserved her reputation for . ' chastity , no one having ever accused her of bringing into the world NATURAL children . She , and many

other lemale novelists , had been impregnated , like the quadrupeds described by Virgil , without any converse with males— " Sine ullis cdnjugiis vento gravidse—their progenies , begot by the wind , resembling the father in emptiness . " Mrs . Ratcliffe had spent much of her time in the lower regions of Fancy , regions which , besides the productions before mentioned , were most plentifully stored with fiendsdevilsand hobgoblinsa species of beings in very hih

re-, , , g quest with Queen Folly and her subjects . As to collect fiends , devils , and hobgoblins , required very little trouble , Mrs . Ratcliffe , with great , ease to herself , afforded a most plentiful supply of them to their amateurs , the Fools ; and now and then , for a change , garnished them with side-dishes of monks , friars , ntins , thieves , and murderers , taken from the same quantity , and with equal ease .

' The proneness of certain animals to imitation was before remarked : asses contribute their mimetic ' efforts , without considering the utility of the object , even if practicable : if one sheep act through

“The Freemasons' Magazine: 1798-02-01, Page 14” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 6 July 2025, django:8000/periodicals/fmm/issues/fmm_01021798/page/14/.
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LONDON: Article 2
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
ACCOUNT OF KIEN-LONG, EMPEROR OF CHINA. Article 4
NOTICE OF SIR ANDREW DOUGLAS. Article 6
A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE LITERATURE OF 1797. Article 7
WISDOM AND FOLLY: A VISION. Article 12
THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. Article 18
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. Article 30
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PROVERBS AND APOTHEGMS, Article 36
AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON LONGEVITY. Article 41
COLONEL TITUS's LETTER TO OLIVER CROMWELL. Article 43
THE COLLECTOR. Article 45
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS: Article 50
POETRY. Article 58
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 62
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 66
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Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.

than that of Queen Wisdom . For the last twenty ' years it has received vast accessions from Mi's . Novel's female friends , and those males whom Folly marks as her own . ¦*¦ ' The deputy-keeper of Mrs . Novel ' s department is a Militia Colonel , and is also superihtendant of her press . That ' worthy person may proudly boast that never did man exe _ rt himself more to supply Fools with appropriate literature than he : in one thing , indeed ,

he is inconsistent , as he calls bis the Minerva-Press , giving the name of the Goddess of Wisdom to the FORGE OF FOLLY . ' There are occasional surmises still to the disadvantage of Mrs . Novel ' s loyalty . She has an hankering after a Mr . Moore , though the enemy of Folly , and a Sapphic friendship with a lady of the name

of Btiiney , a native of the higher regions of Wisdom . When reprimanded for this connection by the Queen , she pleaded in her defence , that if she had a friendship for two Wise , she patronised at least two thousand Fools : that the works of the said'Fools being read through the whole territories of Folly , increased loyalty to the Sovereign : that , besides , they tended to increase population , by stimulating young readers . Queen Folly admitted- the truth of this last assertionand

or-, dered that her thanks should be returned to governesses and teachers of boarding-schools , for instructing their young ladies in literature so productive . ' Besides Miss Biirney ' arid Mr . Moore , there were a few of the natives of Wisdom , " though born ' much farther down , and indeed towards the frontiers , that had used Mrs .. 'Novel ' s name : however , it

was evident , from their productions , that they had passed much , of their leisure at the court of Folly , which they could visit in a short time , not ' having far togo . A Mrs . 'Ratcliffe , from near the bbttom of Wise-land , was a very great favourite with Queen Folly , and her works wonderfully admired by ' FOOLS . This Mrs . ' Ratcliffe always . preserved her reputation for . ' chastity , no one having ever accused her of bringing into the world NATURAL children . She , and many

other lemale novelists , had been impregnated , like the quadrupeds described by Virgil , without any converse with males— " Sine ullis cdnjugiis vento gravidse—their progenies , begot by the wind , resembling the father in emptiness . " Mrs . Ratcliffe had spent much of her time in the lower regions of Fancy , regions which , besides the productions before mentioned , were most plentifully stored with fiendsdevilsand hobgoblinsa species of beings in very hih

re-, , , g quest with Queen Folly and her subjects . As to collect fiends , devils , and hobgoblins , required very little trouble , Mrs . Ratcliffe , with great , ease to herself , afforded a most plentiful supply of them to their amateurs , the Fools ; and now and then , for a change , garnished them with side-dishes of monks , friars , ntins , thieves , and murderers , taken from the same quantity , and with equal ease .

' The proneness of certain animals to imitation was before remarked : asses contribute their mimetic ' efforts , without considering the utility of the object , even if practicable : if one sheep act through

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