77 | 7 And | day by day 7 | 7 some current's |

thwarting force 7 |

Sets me more 7 | distant | 7 from a prosperous | course. | 77 | 77 |

Yet 7 | O the thought, | 7 that | thou art | safe, 7|7 and he! 7

That thought is joy, | 7 ar- | rive what may to me, 777 |

7 My boast is not, 7 | that I de- duce my | birth 7 | 7 From loins en- | throned | 7 and | rulers of the | | earth; 7 |

77 | 7 But | higher | far 7 | my | proud pre- | tensions

rise, 7 |

777 The son of | parents | pass'd into the | skies. 7 | 7 7 | 7 7 |

7 And | now, 7 | fare- | well. | 7 7 | Time | unrevoked 7 has run 7 |

7 His wonted | course, 7 | yet 7 | what I | wish'd | 7 is | done. 7 |

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77 | 7 By ❘ contem- | plation's | help, 7 | 7 not | sought in | vain, 7 |

7 I seem to have | lived my childhood | o'er a- | gain; 7 |

To have re

mine, 7

newed the joys 7 | 7 that | once were |

7 With-out the | sin of | violating | thine; 7 | 7 7 7 And while the wings of fancy still are | free, 7 | 77 | And I can | view this | mimic | show of | thee, 7 | Time has but | half 7 | 7 suc- ceeded in his | theft 7 | 77 | Thy- self re- | moved | 7 thy | power to | soothe me left. 7 | 77 | 7 7 |

ON SINCERITY.

From A. B. Tillotson, (Abridged.)

Truth | 7 and sin- | cerity | 7 have | all the ad- | vantages 7 of appearance | 7 and | many | more. | 77 | 77 | 7 If the ❘ show of any thing | 7 be | good for | any thing 777 I am sure | 7 the re- | ality | 7 is | better: | 77 | 7 for | why | 7 does | any man | 7 dis- | semble, 7 or seem to be that which he | is not, | 7 7 | but be- | cause | 7 he thinks it | good | 7 to | have the | quali| ties | 7 he pre- tends to? | 7 7 | Now the best way | 7 for a man to | seem to be | any thing, | is to | be in re- | ality, |77| what he would | seem to be: | 77 | 7 be- sides, 7 it is | often as | troublesome | 7 to sup- | port the pre-tence of a good quality, | 7 as to | have it; | 7 and | if a | man | have it not, | 7 it is | most | likely | he will be discovered to | want it ; |77|7 and | then, | all his labor to seem to | have it, | 7 is lost. | 77 | 7 7 | 7 There is something | un-natural | 7 in | painting, | 7 which a skilful | eye | 7 will | easily dis- cern | 7 from native | beauty | 7 and com- | plexion. | 77 | 77

Therefore 7 if any man | think it con- | venient to | seem | good, | let him | he so in- | deed: | 77 | 7 and | then 7 his goodness will ap- pear | 7 to | every one's | satisfaction. | 7 7 7 7 7 Par- | ticularly, | 7 7 | as to the affairs of | this | world, | 7 in- | tegrity | 7 hath | many advantages over | all the arti- ficial | modes 7 of dissimu- | lation | 7 and de- | ceit. | 77 | 77 | 7 It is much the plainer | 7 and | easier, | 7 7 | much the safer, 7 and more se- | cure | way of | dealing in the |

world; | 77 | 7 it has | less of ❘ trouble and | difficulty, |

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7 of en- | tanglement | 7 and per- | plexity, | 7 of | dánger and hazard | 7 in it. | 77 | 77 | |

7 The arts of de- | ceit and | cunning | 7 con- tinually grow weaker, | 7 and | less | serviceable | 7 to | those that practise them; | 77 | 7 where- | as | 7 in- | tegrity | 7 7 | gains | strength by | use; | 7 7 | and the | more and longer | any man | practiseth it, | 7 the | greater service 7 it does him; |77| by con- | firming his reputation, | 7 and en- | couraging | those | 7 with whom he hath to do, | 7 to re- pose the | 1 greatest confidence | in him: | 7 7 | which is an unspeakable ad- | vantage | 7 in | business, and the af- | fairs of life. | 77 | 77 |

7 But | insincerity | 7 is | very | troublesome to | manage. | 77 | 77 | 7 A | hypocrite | 7 hath so | many things 7 to at- | tend to, | 7 as make his life | 7 a very per- | plexed and | intricate | thing. | 77 | 77 | 7 A liar 7 hath | need of a good memory, |77| lest he contra- | dict | 7 at | one | time | 7 what he | said at an- | other: |77|7 but | truth | 7 is always con- sistent, 7 and | needs | nothing to help it | out: | 77 | 7 it is always | near at | hand, | 7 and | sits upon our lips; | 77 | 7 where- | as a | lie | 7 is | troublesome, 7 and needs a great | many | more | 7 to | make it good. | 77 | 77 |

7 In a word, whatso- | ever con- venience | may be thought | 7 to | be in | falsehood | 7 and dis- | simu|lation, | 7 it is soon | over: 7 7 | but the | inconvenience of it | 7 is per- | petual; | 77 | 7 be- | cause | 7 it brings a man | under an | ever- lasting | jealousy and suspicion; | 7 7 | so that he is not be- | lieved | 7 when he speaks the truth; | 7 7 | nor | trusted |

7 when perhaps, | 7 he | means | honestly. | 77 | 7 7 | When ́a | man hath | once | forfeited | 7 the repu- | tation | 7 of his in- | tegrity, | 7 7 | nothing will | then serve his turn: | 7 7 | neither | truth | nor | falsehood. | 77 | 77 |

7 In- | deed, | 7 if a man were | only to | deal in the world | 7 for a | day, | 7 7 | and should | never have occasion | 7 to con- | verse | more | with mankind, ❘ it were | then | 7 no | great | matter | 7 (as | far as respects the af- | fairs of this | world,) | 7 if he spent his repu- | tation | all at | once; | 7 or ventured it | 7 at | one | throw. | 77 | 7 7 | But if he be to con- | tinue | 7 in the | world, | 7 and would | have the ad- vantage of | repu- | tátion | whilst he is | in it, | let him | make | use of | truth | 7 and sin- | cèrity | 7 in | all his words and | actions; | 77 | 7 for | nothing but | this 7 will hold | out | 7 to the | end. | 7 7 | 77 | All | other | arts may | fail; | 7 but | trúth | 7 and in- | | tegrity | 7 will carry a | man | through, | 7 and | bear him | out | 7 to the | last. | 7 7 | 7 7 |

HYDER ALI.

Extract from a speech of Mr. Burke.

When at length | Hyder | Ali | found, | 7 that he | had to do with | men, | 7 who | either would | sign | no con- vention, | 7 or | whom | no | treaty, | 7 and no signature | 7 could | bind; | 7 and who were the determined enemies | 7 of | human | intercourse |

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7 itself, 7 he de- | creed | 7 to make the try | 7 possessed by these in- | corrigible | 7 and pre- destinated | criminals, | 7 a | memorable ex- | ample | 7 to man- | kind. | 7 7 | 7 7 | 7 He re- | solved, 7 in the gloomy re- cesses of a mind | 7 capacious of such things; 7 to leave the whole Car- natic, | 7 an ever- | lasting | monument of vengeance, | 7 and to put per- | petual | 7 desolation, | 7 as a | barrier, | 7 be- | tween | him, | 7 and | those, 7 a-gainst | whom, | 7 the | faith | 7 which | holds the moral | elements | 7 of the world | 7 to- | gether, 7 was no pro- | tection. | 77 | 77 | 7 He became 7 at | length | so | confident | 7 of his | force | 7 and | so col- | lected | 7 in his | might, | 7 that he made | no | sécret | 7 what- | ever, | of his | dreadful | reso- | lution. 7 7 7 7 | Having | terminated | 7 his disputes | 7 with | every | enemy, | 7 and | every | rival, | 7 who | buried their | mutual | 7 ani- | mosities, 7 in their | common | interest, | 7 against the creditors of the | Nabob of | Arcot; | 77 | 7 he | drew from every | quarter, | 7 what ever a savage fe- rocity | 7 could | add | 7 to his | new | rudiments 7 in the art of de- | struction; | 7 and com- | pounding | all the ma- | terials of | fury, | 7 7 | havoc, | 7 and | deso- | lation, | 7 into | one | black | cloud; | 7 he | hung for a while on the de- | clivities | of the | mountains. | 77 | 77 |

Whilst the authors of all these | evils, | 7 were | I idly and | stupidly | gazing | 7 on this | menacing | meteor, | 7 which | blackened | all the ho- | rizon, | 7 it | suddenly | burst, | 7 and I poured | down the | whole of its con- | tents, 7 upon the | plains | 7 of the Car- |