508. THE PASSIONS. Plato calls the passions, | story of his loss, and when he had finished the wings of the soul. According to this meta-"You are welcome," said he, "my son here phor, a bird may be considered as the type of it; and, in applying this figure to the several charac- will show you where it is; no hand has ters of men, some are eagles, others are bats and touched it, but the one that covered it, that owls; a few are swans, and many are geese; no pho- you might receive what you had lost." nix among them all. In another place, he styles the passions the chariot-horses of the soul; by which is implied, that though strong and fleet, they should be under command. COMPLAINING OF EXTREME PAIN. Search, there; nay, probe me; search my wounded Oh! I am shot! A forked burning arrow-- A bolt of ice-runs hissing-thro' my body: Laconics. 1. Owe nothing-to your advancement, save your own unassisted exertions, if you would retain what you acquire. 2. When passion rules us, it deprives of reason, suspends the faculty of reflection, blinds the judgment, and precipitates us into acts of violence, or excesses; the consequences of which we may forever deplore 3. With those who are of a gloomy turn of mind, be reserved; with the old, be serious; and with the young, be merry. 4. In forming matrimonias alliances, undue effort is made to reconcile every thing relating to fortune, and family; but very little is paid to congeniality of dispositions, or ac cordance of hearts. 5. Moral knowledge is to be sought from the WORD of God; scientific knowl edge from the works of God. 6. By union-thr most trifling beginnings thrive and increase; by disunion-the most flourishing-fall to the ground 7. Is not the union of CAPITAL, TALENT and LA BOR, the SALVATION of the WORLD, temporally and spiritually? Why turnest thou from me? I'm alone Already, and to the seas complaining. What can thy imag'ry of sorrow mean? Secluded from the world, and all its care, Hast thou to grieve, or joy; to hope, or fear? Why should we anticipate our sorrows? "Tis like those, who die-for fear of death. 509. CURIOSITY-opens the eyes and mouth, lengthens the neck, bends the body forward and fixes it in one posture, with the hands nearly as in admiration with astonishment: when it speaks, the voice, tone and gesture are nearly as in inqui-er-lame, were called to a distant place; but ry, which see; also Desire, Attention, Hope and Perplexity. CURIOSITY AT FIRST SEEING A FINE OBJECT. Varieties. 1. Good neighborhoods supply all wants; which may be thus illustra ted. Two neighbors, one-blind and the oth how could they obey? The blind man carried the lame one, who directed the carrier where to go. Is not this a good illustration, Pros. The fringed curtains of thine eye advance, of faith and charity? Charity-acts, and And say what thou seest yonder. Mir. What! is't a spirit? Lo, how it looks about! believe, sir, it carries a brave form. But 'tis a spirit. Mir. I might call him A thing divine, for nothing natural, 510. DENYING--what is affirmed, is but an af- Anecdote. The Os-ti-ack Boy. A Russian faith-guides; i. e. the will-impels, and Trifles make the sum of human things, How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine The desert circle spreads, How beautiful is night! No station is in view, was traveling from Tobalsk to Reresow; and, Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky; on the road, stopped a night at the hut of an Ostiack. In the morning, on continuing his Journey, he found he had lost his purse. The son of the Ostiack, about fourteen, had found the purse; but, instead of taking it up, he went and told his father; who was equally unwilling to touch it, and ordered the boy to Lover with some bushes. On the Russian's return, he stopped at the same hut; the Osjack did not recognize him. He related the Nor palm-grove islanded amid the waste. Wander o'er the desert sands. 511. DISMISSING-with approbation, is done with a kind aspect and tone of voice; the right hand open and palm upward, gently raised towards the person: with displeasure-besides the look and tone of voice that suit displeasure, the hand is hastily thrown out towards the person dismissed, the back part of the hand towards him, and the countenance, at the sanie time, turned away from him. Chatillon says to king John: Then take my king's defiance from my mouth, K.J. Bear mine to him, and so depart in peace: ING in sentiment, may be expressed nearly as Refusing, which see; and 4greeing in opinion, or being convinced, is expressed nearly as granting, which also see.DISTRACTION-Opens the eyes to a frightful wideness, rolls them hastily and wildly from object to object, distorts every feature; gnashes with the teeth; agitates all parts of the body; rolls in the dust; foams at the mouth; utters hideous bellowings. execrations-blasphemies, and all that is fierce and outrageous; rushes furiously on all who approach, and, if restrained, tears its own flesh and destroys itself. See the engraving, indicating dread, abhorrence, &c. DOTAGE, or infirm old age, shows itself by talkativeness; boasting of the past; hollowness of the cheeks; dimness of sight; deafness; tremor of voice; the accents, through default of the teeth, scarcely intelligible; knees tottering; hard wheezing; laborious groaning; the body stooping under the insupportable weight of years, which will soon crush it into the dust, whence it had its or igin. What folly can be ranker? like our shadows, Varieties. 1. The most disgusting vices-ar often concealed under the fairest exterior. 2. A knowledge of the human heart, is, by no means detrimental to the love of all mankind. 3. Or person cannot render another-indispensable; no can one supply the place of another. 4. The leas failing of an individual often incites a great out cry; his character is at once durkened, tramplea on, destroyed; but treat that person in the right way, and you will be astonished at what he was able and willing to perform. 5. He who cannot listen, can perform nothing, that deserves the mains of wisdom and justice. 6. He had respectable talents and connections; but was formidable to the people, from his want of principle, and his readiness to truckle to men in power. 7. Every vicious act, weakens a right judgment, and defiles the life. These, and a thousand mixed emotions more, For my past crimes-my forfeit life receive: For soon, the winter of the year, It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which, HEART to HEART, and, MIND to MIND, Anecdote. Stan-is-laus, king of Poland, was driven from his dominion by Charles XII. of Sweden; he took refuge in Paris, where he was supported at the expense of the court of France. Some person complained to the duke of Orleans, (then regent,) of the great expense of the exiled monarch, and wished that he should be desired to leave. The duke nobly replied: "Sir, France has ever been, and I trust ever will be, the refuge of unfortunate princes; and I shall not permit it to be violated, when so excellent a prince as the king of Poland comes to claim it." The winds And rolling waves, the sun's unwearied course, The elements-and seasons, all declare-For what-the eternal MAKER-has ordained The powers of man; we feel, within ourselves, His energy divine. He tells the heart, He meant, he made us-to behold, and love, What HE beholds and loves, the GENERAL orb | Of life--and being; to be great-like him, Beneficent, and active. Thus, the men, Whom nature's works can charm, with GOD kimself Hold converse; grow familiar, day by day, With his conceptions; act upon his plan, And form to his-the relish of their souls. An honest soul-is like a ship at sea, That sleeps at anchor-upon the ocean's calm; But, when it rages, and the wind blows high, She cuts her way with skill-and majesty. 513. EXHORTING, or ENCOURAGING. is earnest | persuasion, attended with confidence of success; the voice has the softness of love, intermixed with the firmness of courage; the arms are sometimes spread, with the hands open, as entreating; occasionally the right hand is lifted up, and struck rapidly down, as enforcing what is said. In a general, at the head his army, it requires a kind, complacent look, unless matters of offence have passed, as neglect of duty, &c. But wherefore do you droop? Why look you sad? Be stirring with the time; be fire-with fire; Extremes. The sublime of nature is the sky, sun, moon, stars, &c. The profound o nature, is, gold, pearls, precious stones, and the treasures of the deep, which are inestima ble as unknown. But all that lies between these, as corn, flowers, fruits, animals, and things for the mere use of man, are of mean price, and so common, as not to be greatly esteemed by the curious; it being certain, that any thing of which we know the true use cannot be invaluable: which affords a solution, why common sense hath either been totally despised, or held in small repute, by the greatest modern critics and authors. Varieties. 1. The arts are divided into the useful, and the polite, the fine, and the elegant; some are for use, and others for pleasure; Elocution is of a mixed nature, in which use and beauty are of nearly co-equal influence; manner being as important as matter, or more so. 2. Our government, is a government of laws, not of men; but it will lose this character, if the laws furnish. no remedy for the violation of vested rights. 3. Nature has given us two eyes and two ears, and but one tongue; that we should see and hear more than we speak. 4. The weariness of study is re moved by loving it, and valuing the results for their uses. 5. The three kingdoms of nature, are the Mineral, the Vegetable, and the Animal. minerals are destitute of organization and life, 514. FAINTING-produces a sudden relaxation of all that holds the liuman frame together-every sinew and ligament unstrung; the color flies from the vermillion cheek, the sparkling eye grows dim; down the body drops, as helpless and senseless as a mass of clay, to which it seems hasten-vegetables, or plants, are endowed with organizaing to resolve itself. And lo! sad partner of the genial care, Anecdote. A poor priest came one day, to Louis XI. of France, when this monarch was at his devotions, in the church, and told him, the bailiffs were about to arrest him for a sum, he was unable to pay. The king ordered him the money; saying-"You have chosen your time to address me very luckily. It is but just that I should show some compassion to the distressed,when I have been entreating God to have compassion on myself." ADDRESSED TO AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY. OH, that the muse might call, without offence, The gallant soldier back to his good sense, His temp'ral field so cautious not to lose; So careless quite of his eternal foes. Soldier! so tender of thy prince's fame, Why so profuse of a superior name? For the king's sake, the brunt of battles bear, But for the King of king's sake-do not swear. How many bright [high! And splendent lamps shine in heaven's temple Day hath his golden sun, her moon the night, Her fix'd and wand'ring stars the azure sky; So fram'd all by their Creator's might, [die. That still they live and shine, and ne'er shall There is a lust in man-no power can tame, Of loudly publishing-his neighbor's shame; Dn eagle's wings-immortal scandals fly, Whilst virtuous actions are but born-to die. tion and life, but are destitute of voluntary motion 515. FATIGUE-from severe or hard labor, gives a general languor to the body; the countenance is dejected, the arms hang listless; the body, (if not sitting, or lying along,) stoops as in old age; the legs, if walking, drag heavily along, and seem, at every step, to bend under the weight of the body; the voice is weak, and hardly articulate enough to be understood. I see a man's life is a tedious one: I've tir'd myself, and for two nights, togetherHave made the ground my bed. I should be sick, Bu: that my resolution helps me. MilfordWhen from the mountain-top Pisanio show'd thee, Thou wast within my ken. Ah me! I think Foundations-fly the wretched; such, I mean, Where they should be relieved. 516. GRAVITY,-seriousness, as when the nind is fixed, or deliberating on some important subject, smooths the countenance, and gives it an air of melancholy; the eye-brows are lowered, the eyes east downwards, and partially closed, or raised to heaven the mouth shut, the lips composed, and Sometimes a little contracted: the postures of the body and limbs composed, and without much moion; the speech, if any, slow and solemn, and the voice without much variety. Fathers! we once again are met in council: Laconics. 1. We too often form hasty opin ions, from external appearances, assumed merely for deception, by the wolf in sheep's clothing. 2. While prosperity gilds your days, you may reckon many friends; but, if the clouds of adversity de scend upon you, behold, they flee away. 3. Cow ards boast of their fancied prowess, and assume an appearance of courage, which they do not pos sess. 4. The life of the true christian, is not one of melancholy, and gloominess; for he only resigns the pleasure of sin, to enjoy the pleasure of hosiness. 5. The blessings of peace cannot be too highly prized, nor the horrors of war too earnestly deprecated; unless the former is obtained, and the latter-averted, by a sacrifice of principle. 6. The conqueror is regarded with awe, and the learned man commands our esteem; but the good man alme is beloved. Thy words-had such a melting flow, And spoke of truth, so sweetly well, And all was brightness-where they fell. Honor and Virtue. Honor is unstable, and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food. She builds a lofty structure on the sandy foundation of the esteem of those who are of all be Fathers, pronounce your thoughts; are they stillings the most subject to change. But virtue To hold it out, and fight it to the last? Or, are your hearts subdued at length, and wrought, By time and ill success, to a submission? Sempronious-speak. Anecdote. How to prize good Fortune. In the year preceding the French revolution, a servant girl, in Paris, drew a prize of fifteen hundred pounds. She immediately called on the parish priest, and generously put two hundred louisd'ors into his hands, for the relief of the most indigent and industrious poor in the district; accompanying the donation with this admirable and just observation, "Fortune could only have been kind to me, in order that I might be kind to others." True Eloquence, is good sense, delivered in a natural and unaffected way, without the artificial ornament of tropes and figures. Our common eloquence is usually a cheat upon the understanding; it deceives us with appearances, instead of things, and makes us think we see reason, whilst it is only tickling our sense. Essential honor must be in a friend, Phot such as every breath fans to and fro; But born within, is its own judge and end, [know. And dares not sin, though sure that none should Where friendship's spoke, honesty 's understood; For none can be a friend that is not good. is uniform and fixed, because she looks for approbation only from Him, who is the same yesterday-to-day-and forever. Honor is the most capricious in her rewards. She feeds us with air, and often pulls down our house, to build our monument. She is contracted in her views, inasmuch as her hopes are rooted in earth, bounded by time, and terminated by death. But virtue is enlarged and infinite in her hopes, inasmuch as they extend beyond present things, even to eternal; this is their proper sphere, and they will cease only in the reality of deathless enjoyment. In the storms, and in the tempests of life, honor is not to be depended on, because she herself partakes of the tumult; she also is buffeted by the wave, and borne along by the whirlwind. But virtue is above the storm, and has an anchor sure and steadfast, because it is cast into heaven. The noble Brutus worshiped honor, and in his zeal mistook her for virtue. In the day of trial he found her a shadow and a name. But no man can purchase his virtue too dear; for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it. Similitudes-are like songs in love; They much describe, tho' nothing prove. Varieties. 1. There is no person so lit 517. CONFIDENCE, COURAGE, BOASTING-is | have lions and tigers to rule over you' hope elated, security of success in obtaining its Know you not that cruelty-is the attribute object; and cOURAGE is the contempt of any unavoidable danger in the execution of what is re- of wild beasts; clemency-that of man? solved upon in both, the head and whole body are erected rather gracefully. the breast projectle, but the greatest may sometimes need his ted, the countenance clear and open, the accents strong, round, full-mouthed, and not too rapid; the voice firm and even. BOASTING,exaggerates these appearances by loudness, blustering and railing, what is appropriately called swaggering; the eye-brows drawn down, the face red and bloated, mouth pouts, arms placed akimbo, foot stamped on the ground, large strides in walking, voice hollow, thundering, swelling into bombast; head often menacingly, right fists clenched, and sometimes brandished at the per Bon threatened. Base men, that use them, to so base effect: heartily the favor is granted, and the benefac- GIVING A DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE. If I have too severely punished you, I tender to thy hand; all thy vexations assistance: hence, we should all exercise clemency, when there is an opportunity, to wards those in our power. This is illustra ted by the fable of the mouse and the lion. when the lion became entangled in the toil of the hunter, he was released by the mouse, which gnawed asunder the cords of the net in consideration of having been spared his own life, by the royal beast, on a former occasion. 2. It is a universal principle-that an essence cannot exist out of its form; nor be perceived out of its form; nor can the quality of a form be perceived, till the form itself is an object of thought: hence, if an essence does not present itself in form, so that its form can be seen in thought, it is totally impossible to know anything about, or be affected with, that essence. 3. The truths of religion, and the truths of science, are of different orders; though sometimes blended, yet never actually confounded: theology-is the sun, and science-the moon-to reflect its light and glory. My Mother. Alas, how little do we appreciate a mother's tenderness while living! How heedless, are we, in youth, of all her anxieties and kindness! But when she is dead and gone; when the cares and coldness of the world come withering to our hearts; Hast strangely stood the test. Here, afore heav'n, when we experience how hard it is to find I ratify this my rich gift: Ferdinand, Anecdote. Clemency. Alphonsus, king of Nuples and Sicily, so celebrated in history for his clemency, was once asked, why he was so favorable to all men; even to those most notoriously wicked? He replied, "Be cause good men are won by justice; the bad, by clemency." Some of his ministers complained to him, on another occasion, of this clemency; when he exclaimed "Would you true sympathy, how few love us for ourselves, The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Think not the good, The gentle deeds of mercy-thou hast done, Shall cry to heaven, and pull a blessing on thee. Where Fortune smiles; the wretched he forsakes Swift on his downy pinions, flies from grief. In Nature there's no blemish, but the mind; : |