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On The Profligate Manners Of The City Of Avignon,

to catch the innocent and unwary , whom they fleece and burn to satisfy their gluttony . To the most simple repasts have succeeded the most sumptuous feasts ; and where the apostles went on foot , shod only with sandals , are now seen ins . ilent Satraps , mounted on horses ornamented with gold , and champing golden bits . They appear like the kings of Persiaor the Parthian princesto whom all must pay

, , adoration . —Poor old fishermen ! For whom have you laboured ? For whom have you cultivated the Lord ' s vineyard ? For whom was so much of your blood shed ? Neither piety , charity , nor truth , is here : God is despised , the laws trampled upon , and wickedness is esteemed wisdom . '

Original Letter Of Petrarch To A Friend,

ORIGINAL LETTER OF PETRARCH TO A FRIEND ,

WHO PRESSED'HIM TO COME TO TUB POPE ' S COURT , WHERE HE MIGHT HAVE GREAT PREFFRMCNT .

' T AM content;—I have enough for life;—I have put a rem on my - " - desires ' , and I will have no morel Cincinnatus , Cari ' us , Fabricius , Regultts , after having subdued whole nations , and led kings in triumph ., were not so rich as I am . If I open the door to the passions , I shall always be poor . Avarice , luxury , and ambition , know no bounds ; but avarice , above all , is an unfathomable abyss . I have clothes to defend me from the coldfood to nourish me , horses to carry me , a

, clod of earth to sleep on , to walk on , and to cover me when I die : what more had the emperor of Rome ? My body is healthy : subdued by labour , it is the less rebellious to my soul . I have books of all kinds : they are my wealth ; they feast my mind with pleasure not followed by disgust . I have friends , whom I consider as principal treasures . lam rich enough for content ancl quiet : must more he

done to appear rich for the satisfaction of others , or rather to more envy ? I should prefer the honour of being conspicuous among persons of merit to that of being Pope . - '

Of The Destruction Made By Duelling In France, In The Last Century.

OF THE DESTRUCTION MADE BY DUELLING IN FRANCE , IN THE LAST CENTURY .

A French historian , speaking of the state of his country in the last century , says , " almost all orders in the kingdom were in arms ; nay , almost every individual breathed nothing but the spirit of rage and duelling . " This Gothic barbarity , which had been formerly authorised by the kings themselves , and which was become the character of the nationcontributed , as much as the domestic and foreign wars

, , to depopulate the kingdom : and it will not be saying too much to . , affirm , that in the course of twenty years , of which ten were embroiled by wars , more Frenchmen were killed b y the hands of one another , than by their enemies .

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY, Article 4
ON LEAVING LEHENA , † IN OCTOBER, 1788. Article 5
ANCIENT AND MODERN FRANCE. Article 7
REMARKABLE INSTANCES OF THE EFFECT OF FEAR. Article 8
AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF ROBESPIERRE. Article 10
PRESENT STATE OF THE SPANISH THEATRE. Article 13
DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF TRINIDAD, Article 18
RISE AND FALL OF BEARDS. Article 21
AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF THE COUNTESS CORNELIA BAUDI, OF CESENA; Article 24
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF AUSTRIA, Article 28
ANECDOTE OF THE EMPEROR THEODOSIUS. Article 31
ON THE PROFLIGATE MANNERS OF THE CITY OF AVIGNON, Article 32
ORIGINAL LETTER OF PETRARCH TO A FRIEND, Article 33
OF THE DESTRUCTION MADE BY DUELLING IN FRANCE, IN THE LAST CENTURY. Article 33
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 34
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 36
CUMBERLAND FREEMASONS' SCHOOL. Article 36
PRESTONIAN LECTURES. Article 36
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND. Article 37
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Article 37
TO GEORGE WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE ADDRESS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Article 38
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 39
POETRY. Article 50
EPILOGUE TO THE SAME. Article 50
THE CHANGES OF NATURE. Article 50
TO A RED BREAST: Article 51
THE LAIRD AND THE LASS O' LALLAN's MILL . Article 51
THE LAPLAND WITCHES. Article 52
LOUISA: A FUNERERL WREATH. Article 52
SONNET IV. Article 52
LE CORDIER. Article 53
THE TWISTER. Article 53
TO THE EVENING STAR. Article 53
THE DESCRIPTION OF A STORM. Article 53
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 54
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 56
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 57
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 62
OBITUARY. Article 69
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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On The Profligate Manners Of The City Of Avignon,

to catch the innocent and unwary , whom they fleece and burn to satisfy their gluttony . To the most simple repasts have succeeded the most sumptuous feasts ; and where the apostles went on foot , shod only with sandals , are now seen ins . ilent Satraps , mounted on horses ornamented with gold , and champing golden bits . They appear like the kings of Persiaor the Parthian princesto whom all must pay

, , adoration . —Poor old fishermen ! For whom have you laboured ? For whom have you cultivated the Lord ' s vineyard ? For whom was so much of your blood shed ? Neither piety , charity , nor truth , is here : God is despised , the laws trampled upon , and wickedness is esteemed wisdom . '

Original Letter Of Petrarch To A Friend,

ORIGINAL LETTER OF PETRARCH TO A FRIEND ,

WHO PRESSED'HIM TO COME TO TUB POPE ' S COURT , WHERE HE MIGHT HAVE GREAT PREFFRMCNT .

' T AM content;—I have enough for life;—I have put a rem on my - " - desires ' , and I will have no morel Cincinnatus , Cari ' us , Fabricius , Regultts , after having subdued whole nations , and led kings in triumph ., were not so rich as I am . If I open the door to the passions , I shall always be poor . Avarice , luxury , and ambition , know no bounds ; but avarice , above all , is an unfathomable abyss . I have clothes to defend me from the coldfood to nourish me , horses to carry me , a

, clod of earth to sleep on , to walk on , and to cover me when I die : what more had the emperor of Rome ? My body is healthy : subdued by labour , it is the less rebellious to my soul . I have books of all kinds : they are my wealth ; they feast my mind with pleasure not followed by disgust . I have friends , whom I consider as principal treasures . lam rich enough for content ancl quiet : must more he

done to appear rich for the satisfaction of others , or rather to more envy ? I should prefer the honour of being conspicuous among persons of merit to that of being Pope . - '

Of The Destruction Made By Duelling In France, In The Last Century.

OF THE DESTRUCTION MADE BY DUELLING IN FRANCE , IN THE LAST CENTURY .

A French historian , speaking of the state of his country in the last century , says , " almost all orders in the kingdom were in arms ; nay , almost every individual breathed nothing but the spirit of rage and duelling . " This Gothic barbarity , which had been formerly authorised by the kings themselves , and which was become the character of the nationcontributed , as much as the domestic and foreign wars

, , to depopulate the kingdom : and it will not be saying too much to . , affirm , that in the course of twenty years , of which ten were embroiled by wars , more Frenchmen were killed b y the hands of one another , than by their enemies .

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