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Rules For The Preservation Of The Sight.

obliged to use glasses often or twelve inches focus , instead of those of thirty-six or forty , which would otherwise have suited them ; thus preferring a real evil to avoid one that is imaginary . A late author mentions several deplorable cases of this kind , particularly one of a lady , who , through false shame , had abstained from wearing spectacles so long a timethat at last it was impossible to suit her but with

, those adapted to eyes that have been couched . ' Whereas the instances are numerous of those who , by using glasses of a long focus at the first approaches of long-sightedness , have brought back their natural sight , and been able to lay aside their spectacles for years . The most general and perhaps the best rule that can be given to those who are in want of assistance from glassesin or ^ er so to choose

, their spectacles that they may suit the state of their eyes , is to prefer those which shew objects nearest their natural state , neither enlarged nor diminished , the glasses being near the eye , and that give a blackness and distinctness to the letters of a book , neither straining the ej'e ., nor causing any unnatural exertion of the pupil . No spectacles can be said to be properly accommodated to the ,

eyes , which do not procure to them ease and rest : if they fatigue the eyes we may safely conclude , either that we have no occasion for , them , or that they are ill made , or not proportioned to our sight . Though , in the choice of spectacles , every one must finally determine for himself which are the glasses through which he obtains the most distinct vision ; yet some confidence should be placed in the

judgment of the artist of whom they are purchased , and some atten-¦ tiotl paid to his directions . By trying many spectacles the eye is fatigued , as the pupil varies in size with every different glass , and the eye endeavours to accommodate itself to every change that is produced . Hence the purchaser often fixes upon a pair of spectacles , not the best adapted to his sihtbut those which seem to relieve him

g , most while his eyes are in a forced and unnatural state ; and consequently , when he gets home , and they are returned to their natural state , he finds what he has chosen fatiguing and injurious to his sight .

On Discontent With Our Lot In Life.

ON DISCONTENT WITH OUR LOT IN LIFE .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS" MAGAZINE ,

SIR , IT is remarkable of the age in which we live , tliat those men who ( according to a great exemplar of wisdom ) ought to feel best satisfied with their lot , are , on the contrary , generally speaking , least inclined to be so ,

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Untitled Article 1
LONDON: Article 1
TO OUR READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 2
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 3
HUMANITY OF GELO, KING OF SYRACUSE. Article 7
DISSERTATIONS ON THE POLITE ARTS. Article 8
GENEROUS SENTIMENTS ON THE PROSPERITY OF OTHERS, CONDUCIVE TO OUR OWN HAPPINESS. Article 10
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Article 12
THE FREEMASON. No. VI. Article 17
THE STAGE. Article 19
ON FRIENDSHIP. Article 22
BASEM; OR, THE BLACKSMITH. AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE. Article 24
SPECIMEN OF MODERN BIOGRAPHY, Article 33
ANECDOTE. Article 34
TESTIMONY OF N. B. HALHEAD, ESQ. M. P. Article 35
SEMIRAMIS. A VISION. Article 37
DETACHED THOUGHTS. Article 39
RULES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE SIGHT. Article 43
ON DISCONTENT WITH OUR LOT IN LIFE. Article 45
Untitled Article 47
ESSAY ON JUSTICE. Article 48
ANECDOTE OF SANTEUIL. Article 49
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 50
ANECDOTE OF WILLIAM THE THIRD. Article 55
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 56
POETRY. Article 58
TO MISS S****. Article 58
TO Dr. BROWN, WITH A TONQUIN BEAN*. Article 59
VERSES, Article 59
A PARAPHRASE ON THE LAMENTATION OF DAVID, FOR THE DEATH OF SAUL AND JONATHAN. Article 60
THE MASONS' LODGE. Article 61
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 62
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 63
PROMOTIONS. Article 66
Untitled Article 66
Untitled Article 67
BANKRUPTS. Article 67
INDEX TO THE FOURTH VOLUME. Article 68
ADVERTISEMENT. Article 72
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Rules For The Preservation Of The Sight.

obliged to use glasses often or twelve inches focus , instead of those of thirty-six or forty , which would otherwise have suited them ; thus preferring a real evil to avoid one that is imaginary . A late author mentions several deplorable cases of this kind , particularly one of a lady , who , through false shame , had abstained from wearing spectacles so long a timethat at last it was impossible to suit her but with

, those adapted to eyes that have been couched . ' Whereas the instances are numerous of those who , by using glasses of a long focus at the first approaches of long-sightedness , have brought back their natural sight , and been able to lay aside their spectacles for years . The most general and perhaps the best rule that can be given to those who are in want of assistance from glassesin or ^ er so to choose

, their spectacles that they may suit the state of their eyes , is to prefer those which shew objects nearest their natural state , neither enlarged nor diminished , the glasses being near the eye , and that give a blackness and distinctness to the letters of a book , neither straining the ej'e ., nor causing any unnatural exertion of the pupil . No spectacles can be said to be properly accommodated to the ,

eyes , which do not procure to them ease and rest : if they fatigue the eyes we may safely conclude , either that we have no occasion for , them , or that they are ill made , or not proportioned to our sight . Though , in the choice of spectacles , every one must finally determine for himself which are the glasses through which he obtains the most distinct vision ; yet some confidence should be placed in the

judgment of the artist of whom they are purchased , and some atten-¦ tiotl paid to his directions . By trying many spectacles the eye is fatigued , as the pupil varies in size with every different glass , and the eye endeavours to accommodate itself to every change that is produced . Hence the purchaser often fixes upon a pair of spectacles , not the best adapted to his sihtbut those which seem to relieve him

g , most while his eyes are in a forced and unnatural state ; and consequently , when he gets home , and they are returned to their natural state , he finds what he has chosen fatiguing and injurious to his sight .

On Discontent With Our Lot In Life.

ON DISCONTENT WITH OUR LOT IN LIFE .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS" MAGAZINE ,

SIR , IT is remarkable of the age in which we live , tliat those men who ( according to a great exemplar of wisdom ) ought to feel best satisfied with their lot , are , on the contrary , generally speaking , least inclined to be so ,

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