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Excerpta Et Collectanea.

MATERNAL AFFECTION . WHAT pen can describe all the emotions of joy and sorrow which at times agitate a mother ' s bosom ; the tender solicitudes for the object of her affection ; her alarms and dread , when in danger of losing it ; and her despair , when it is gone for ever ? A noble Venetian lady , having lost her only son , became a prey fo excessive confessor

grief . Her endeavoured to console her ; he told her to think of Abraham , whom the Almighty commanded to sacrifice his son , and which he obeyed without murmuring . ' Ah ! my father , ' she replied , with much vehemence , ' God would never havs commanded such a sacrifice to a mother , ' COURT ETIQUETTE .

( From Bielfeld ' s Political Institutes . J THE etiquette ( or rules to be observed in the royal palaces ) is necessary for keeping order at court . In Spain it was carried such lengths as to make martyrs of the kings . Philip III . being gravely seated by a chimney , where the fire-maker of the court had kindled so great a quality of woodthat the monarch had like to have been

, suffocated with heat , his grandeur would not suffer him to rise from the chair , to call for help : the officers in waiting were not within call , and the domestics could not presume to enter the apartment , became it was against the etiquette . At last , the Marquis de Pobat appeared , and the king ordered him to damp the fire ; but he excused himself ) ailedingthat he was forbidden bthe etiquette to perform

g , y such a function , for which the Duke d'Usseda ought to be called upon , as it was his business . The duke was gone out , the fire burned fiercer , and the king endured it , rather than derogate from his dignity : but his blood was heated to such a degree , that an erysipelas broke out in his head the next day , which , being succeeded by a Violent fever , carried him off in 1621 , and in the 24 th year of his age .

SPANISH PRIDE . IN Rome it is common to see an innumerable quantity of poor persons of all nations , to whom , at certain hours , some of the monasteries give soup daily . A Castilian , who had just arrived , and did not know at what time the distribution was made , applied to a French ecclesiastic for information . The vanity of the Spaniard would not permit him to ask

plainly at whose house they gave the soup ; it was a species of question that appeared too mean . After endeavouring , for some time , to find a mode of expression not quite so low , he thought it was better to ask the Frenchman , if he had taken his chocolate ? ' My chocolate ! ' replied the ecclesiastic , ' how do you suppose I am to pay for it ? I live on charity , and am waiting for the distribution of the soup

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS , CORRESPONDENTS , Sec. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, AND CABINET 0F UNIVERSAL LITERATURE. Article 4
A DEFENCE OF MASONRY, Article 4
A CHARGE DELIVERED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNION LODGE, Article 8
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM. Article 10
ON THE CAUSES OF THE HIGH PRICE OF CORN. Article 17
DESCRIPTION OF THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO. Article 19
ON FEMALE EDUCATION. Article 21
ESSAYS ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH HISTORY AND CLASSICAL LEARNING. Article 23
LOUIS XII. KING OF FRANCE. Article 28
DEATH OF THE GREAT MARSHAL TURENNE. Article 29
CURIOUS PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE JEWS. Article 31
Untitled Article 34
DESCRIPTION OF A PORTABLE GYN, FOR MOUNTING OR DISMOUNTING ORDNANCE: Article 36
EXCERPTA ET COLLECTANEA. Article 38
THE POISONOUS QUALITY OF MUSCLES CONSIDERED. Article 42
To the EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 43
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 44
POETRY. Article 52
ODE TO FANCY. Article 53
A POETICAL REVERIE ON THE GOUT. Article 54
ON SEEING A VERY SENSIBLE WOMAN WEEPING, WITH A BEAUTIFUL CHILD AT HER SIDE, IN THE SAME SITUATION. Article 55
ON THE AUTHOR OF THE BALLAD CALLED THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD. Article 56
A PIECE FROM A SERIOUS MUSICAL COMPOSITION. Article 57
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 58
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 60
HOME NEWS. Article 62
OBITUARY. Article 66
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Excerpta Et Collectanea.

MATERNAL AFFECTION . WHAT pen can describe all the emotions of joy and sorrow which at times agitate a mother ' s bosom ; the tender solicitudes for the object of her affection ; her alarms and dread , when in danger of losing it ; and her despair , when it is gone for ever ? A noble Venetian lady , having lost her only son , became a prey fo excessive confessor

grief . Her endeavoured to console her ; he told her to think of Abraham , whom the Almighty commanded to sacrifice his son , and which he obeyed without murmuring . ' Ah ! my father , ' she replied , with much vehemence , ' God would never havs commanded such a sacrifice to a mother , ' COURT ETIQUETTE .

( From Bielfeld ' s Political Institutes . J THE etiquette ( or rules to be observed in the royal palaces ) is necessary for keeping order at court . In Spain it was carried such lengths as to make martyrs of the kings . Philip III . being gravely seated by a chimney , where the fire-maker of the court had kindled so great a quality of woodthat the monarch had like to have been

, suffocated with heat , his grandeur would not suffer him to rise from the chair , to call for help : the officers in waiting were not within call , and the domestics could not presume to enter the apartment , became it was against the etiquette . At last , the Marquis de Pobat appeared , and the king ordered him to damp the fire ; but he excused himself ) ailedingthat he was forbidden bthe etiquette to perform

g , y such a function , for which the Duke d'Usseda ought to be called upon , as it was his business . The duke was gone out , the fire burned fiercer , and the king endured it , rather than derogate from his dignity : but his blood was heated to such a degree , that an erysipelas broke out in his head the next day , which , being succeeded by a Violent fever , carried him off in 1621 , and in the 24 th year of his age .

SPANISH PRIDE . IN Rome it is common to see an innumerable quantity of poor persons of all nations , to whom , at certain hours , some of the monasteries give soup daily . A Castilian , who had just arrived , and did not know at what time the distribution was made , applied to a French ecclesiastic for information . The vanity of the Spaniard would not permit him to ask

plainly at whose house they gave the soup ; it was a species of question that appeared too mean . After endeavouring , for some time , to find a mode of expression not quite so low , he thought it was better to ask the Frenchman , if he had taken his chocolate ? ' My chocolate ! ' replied the ecclesiastic , ' how do you suppose I am to pay for it ? I live on charity , and am waiting for the distribution of the soup

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