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Wisdom And Folly. A Vision.

ally sounding , which they employed for a small quantity of matter ; the preachers of FOLLY , and indeed all her orators , excelling in 'verbosity . Next to sonorous language , harmonious delivery is what FOOLS regard most highly in their preachers . One of the Blacks described an expedient , hit on by himself and many ' of his brethren , of killing two dogs with one stone , by preaching ' politics ; and so making the lace

same p serve for a pulpit and a coffee-house box . _ ' You will , said my Guide , < see many , at least several , gentlemen in the same uniform , in the regions of Wisdom ; but these estimate merit by conduct , and not belief ; and their discourses are distinguished for sense , and not for sound . They mind the beads and hearts of their hearers more than their EARS Let howeverfor the

. us , , present , keep to those before us . ' A person in a broad-brimmed hat his whole fi gure stiff and formal , entertained FOLLY with a discourse against formality . < That person , ' said my Guide , < belongs to a very laughable , but very harmless set of Fools . ' Another proved that the

supreme good consisted in plunging head foremost into a tub of water . Another , named Cantwell , declared , that the chief merit of man consisted in building chapels , and making him the cashier Many Fools believed him , and contributed . There was not , indeed to be found a more dexterous pickpocket than Cantwell : at one ' time he would makeup a plausible story of families undergoino- rrreai misery , although they were not in existencewould collect round

; a sum of money , and apply it to his own use : at another , he would raise contributions for people really in want ; give them a little , and keep the greater part to himself . A third device was to employ persons to pretend to be distressed , recommend them to his votariesand go snacks in their earnings . As he was peculiarly impressive to FEMALE FOOLS his meetings were good lacesfor assignations

, p . He assisted FOOLS at the making of their WILLS . When on their death-beds he often persuaded them that they were going to be damned , and that the only way of escaping was to leave monev to pious and charitable uses , to be disposed of b y him . Many Fools believed him tie pocketed the cash , and left them to settle accounts with the devil at tiieir mutual leisure .

' A person called Maister Drawl , speaking through the nose delivered a long harangue about the Covenant ; and attracted numbers of the lower ranks of Fools . He , too , did his best to fleece his auditors , but they were not so well supplied as Mr . Cantwell ' s . Maister Drawl , it seems , made it a practice to get together numbers of Fools in fields and woods , a practice , which , besides other advantages tended to increase the

population of her Majesty's territories . After his discourse , Maister Drawl gave a specimen of his musical talents : so masterly and variegated was his execution , that in one stave he exhibited a most happy imitation of ihe braying of an ass , the bleating of a ram , and the drone of a bagpipe . ' ' Z . O BE COWTIKUta . l

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TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 3
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUTCHESS OF CUMBERLAND. Article 4
THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. Article 5
BRIEF HISTORY OF NONSENSE. Article 11
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL MUSKIEN. Article 13
ACCOUNT OF THE CABALISTICAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE JEWS. Article 14
WISDOM AND FOLLY. A VISION. Article 18
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. Article 22
AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON LONGEVITY. Article 29
AN ESSAY ON THE CHINESE POETRY. Article 31
CHARACTER OF SIR WILLIAM JONES. Article 34
THE LIFE OF DON BALTHASAR OROBIO, Article 36
THE COLLECTOR. Article 38
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 42
GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. Article 43
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 44
POETRY. Article 52
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 56
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 56
IRISH PARLIAMENT. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 62
OBITUARY. Article 68
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Wisdom And Folly. A Vision.

ally sounding , which they employed for a small quantity of matter ; the preachers of FOLLY , and indeed all her orators , excelling in 'verbosity . Next to sonorous language , harmonious delivery is what FOOLS regard most highly in their preachers . One of the Blacks described an expedient , hit on by himself and many ' of his brethren , of killing two dogs with one stone , by preaching ' politics ; and so making the lace

same p serve for a pulpit and a coffee-house box . _ ' You will , said my Guide , < see many , at least several , gentlemen in the same uniform , in the regions of Wisdom ; but these estimate merit by conduct , and not belief ; and their discourses are distinguished for sense , and not for sound . They mind the beads and hearts of their hearers more than their EARS Let howeverfor the

. us , , present , keep to those before us . ' A person in a broad-brimmed hat his whole fi gure stiff and formal , entertained FOLLY with a discourse against formality . < That person , ' said my Guide , < belongs to a very laughable , but very harmless set of Fools . ' Another proved that the

supreme good consisted in plunging head foremost into a tub of water . Another , named Cantwell , declared , that the chief merit of man consisted in building chapels , and making him the cashier Many Fools believed him , and contributed . There was not , indeed to be found a more dexterous pickpocket than Cantwell : at one ' time he would makeup a plausible story of families undergoino- rrreai misery , although they were not in existencewould collect round

; a sum of money , and apply it to his own use : at another , he would raise contributions for people really in want ; give them a little , and keep the greater part to himself . A third device was to employ persons to pretend to be distressed , recommend them to his votariesand go snacks in their earnings . As he was peculiarly impressive to FEMALE FOOLS his meetings were good lacesfor assignations

, p . He assisted FOOLS at the making of their WILLS . When on their death-beds he often persuaded them that they were going to be damned , and that the only way of escaping was to leave monev to pious and charitable uses , to be disposed of b y him . Many Fools believed him tie pocketed the cash , and left them to settle accounts with the devil at tiieir mutual leisure .

' A person called Maister Drawl , speaking through the nose delivered a long harangue about the Covenant ; and attracted numbers of the lower ranks of Fools . He , too , did his best to fleece his auditors , but they were not so well supplied as Mr . Cantwell ' s . Maister Drawl , it seems , made it a practice to get together numbers of Fools in fields and woods , a practice , which , besides other advantages tended to increase the

population of her Majesty's territories . After his discourse , Maister Drawl gave a specimen of his musical talents : so masterly and variegated was his execution , that in one stave he exhibited a most happy imitation of ihe braying of an ass , the bleating of a ram , and the drone of a bagpipe . ' ' Z . O BE COWTIKUta . l

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