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540. REPROVING -puts on a stern aspect; | roughens the voice, and is accompanied with gestures, not differing much from that of threatening, but not so lively; it is like reproach, (which see,) but without the sourness and ill-nature.

ILLUSTRATION. What right have you, to waste your time, which is the state's; your health, which makes time worthful, and the life of goodness in you, which makes living all your acts? Answer me-what right have you to wrong yourself, and all the world? How comes it, Cassio, you are thus forgot; That you unlace your reputation thus, And spend your rich opinion-for the name, Of a night brawler? Give me answer to it.

RESIGNATION.

Yet, yet endure, nor murmur, O my soul;
[less?
For, are not thy transgressions great and number-
Do they not cover thee-like rising floods?
And press thee-like a weight of waters down?
Does not the hand of righteousness-afflict thee?
And who shall plead against it? who shall say
To Power Almighty, thou hast done enough;
Or bid his dreadful fod of vengeance stay?
Wait then, with patience, till the circling hours
Shall bring the time-of thy appointed rest,
And lay thee down-in death.

Duties of Society. Every right produces a corresponding duty: hence, may be inferred the positive duty of society, to give every individual, born in its bosom, an adequate education. For if society has a right to the services of every one of its members, this right necessarily involves some duties; and what can that duty more directly be, than that society should give to all its children, such an education, as will fit them for the services it intends to exact from them in after life? And if parents are unable to give their children such an education, it is the duty of society to assist them; and if they are unwilling, society ought to take the place of parents, and perform the duty of the parents. No one can violate the laws of God, nor the government of the world, with impunity; and the more sacred the trust, the more terrible will be the effects of a disregard of them. Each substance of a grief-hath twenty shadows, Which show like grief itself, but are not so: For sorrow's eye, glazed with blinding tears, Divides one thing entire-to many objects; Like perspectives, which, rightly gazed upon, Show nothing but confusion; eyed awry, Distinguish form.

Too Common. Envy, hatred, malice, and uncharitableness. How melancholy and heart-rending-to reflect upon the vast number of professing christians of all orders, who snow, by their deeds, that they are under the influence of these infernal passions; altho' in their sabbath devotions, they may pray against them with their lips, and entreat their Maker to enable them to keep the law which says, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." Let a man of one branch of the church, leave it, even from the best of motives, and join another, which happens to differ from it in religious belief, and how soon the air is rent with the political cry, "Shoot the deserter." Nothing seems too bad for the disaffected to say about their marked T?

victim; whose departure froin them tacitly calls in question the infallibility of their doc trines, and thereby wounds their self-love, which makes them care more for their party, than for the progress of truth. What is the character, business, peace and happiness of the supposed offender, to them, when bent on his of the true christian! Thus is seen the rot destruction? Alas! how unlike the conduct tenness of" profession, without principle."

Dead Languages. That man must have a strange value for words, when he can think it worth while to hazard the innocence and virtue of his son for a little Greek and Latin; whilst he should be laying the solid foundations of knowledge in his mind, and furnishing it with just rules to direct his future progress in life.-Locke.

Anecdote. Dandies. As lady Montague was walking through a public garden with a party, she was very much annoyed by an impertinent coxcomb, who was continually making some foolish observation. On approaching one of the temples, over which there was a Latin inscription, she took advantage of it, to expose his ignorance, in the hope of putting him to silence. "Pray sir," said she, be kind enough to explain that inscription to us." "Madam," said he, with an affected air, "I really do not know what it means, for I see it is dog Latin." "How very extraordinary it is," said lady Mary, "that puppies should not understand their own language."

IMAGINATION.

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,
Are, of imagination, all compact:
One-sees more devils, than vast hell can hold ;
That-is the madman: the lover, all as frantic,
Sees Helen's beauty-in a brow of Egypt:
The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, [heaven
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth o
And, as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing,
A local habitation, and a name.
Such tricks hath strong imagination;
That, if it would but apprehend some joy,
It comprehends some bringer of that joy;
Or, in the night, imagining some fear,
How easy is a bush-supposed a bear?
An honest soul-is like a ship at sea,
That sleeps at anchor-upon the occasion's calm
But, when it rages, and the wind blows high,
She cuts her way-with skill and majesty.

Varieties. 1. What is the difference be tween acute and chronic disease? 2. It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected by it. 3. If we had it in our power to gratify every wish, we should soon feel a surfeit. 4. When anything below God-is the supreme object of our love, at some time or other, it will be an object of sorrow. 5. Truth—is its own witness, and fears not a free and impartial examination; it seeks to be seen in its own resplendent brightness. 6. By confessing our faults to others, we contribute very much towards putting them away, and confirming ourselves against them. 7. Which is worse-to worship the works of our own hands, or the creations of our own imagina tions?

541. SCORN, is negligent anger: it insinuates therefore, by a voluntary slackness, or disarming of the nerves, a known, or concluded essence of all power in the united object, even to make the de

fence seem necessary: and the unbraced muscles are assisted in this show of contemptuous disregard, by an affected smile upon the eye, because slack nerves, if at the same time the looks were also languid, would too much resemble sorrow, or even fear; whereas, the purpose is disdain and insult: and tho' in more provoking serious cases, where corn admits disturbance, it assumes some sense anger, it must still retain the slack unguarded languor of the nerves, lest it should seem to have conceived impressions of some estimable and important weightiness, where its design is utter disregard and negligence.

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Age, thou art shamed;
Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods;
When went there by an age, since the sun shone,
But it was famed with more than one man?

When could they say, till now, who talked of Rome,
That her wide walls-encompassed but one man!

Anecdote. To a man of exalted ming the forgiveness of injuries, is productive of more pleasure and satisfaction, than obtain. ing vengeance. The Roman emperor, Adri. an, who was skilled in all the accomplish ments of body and mind, one day seeing a person, who had injured him, in his former station, thus addressed him, "You are safe now; I am emperor."

Braying. There are braying men in the world as well as braying asses; for, what's loud and senseless talking, huffing, and swearing, any other then a more fashionable way of braying?

Varieties. 1. Idlers should leave the

industrious to their labor, and visit only those
who are as idle as themselves. 2. There are
some minds, which, like the buzzard's eye,
can pass heedlessly over the beauties of na
ture, and see nothing but the carcase, rotting
in the corner. 3. He, is well constituted, who
grieves not for what he has not, and rejoices
for that he has. 4. True ease in writing,
speaking and singing, comes from art, not
chance. 6. When once a man falls, all will
tread on him. 7. The action should always
keep time with the emphasis and the voice:
it should be the result of feeling, not of
thought.

His words were fire, both light and heat! At once
With zeal they warmed us and convinc'd with rea-
I had read and heard of eloquence before, [son.
How 't is despotic-takes the heart by storm,
Where'er the ramparts, prejudice, or use,
Environ it withal; how, 'fore its march,
Stony resolves have given way like flax;
How it can raise, or lay, the mighty surge
Of popular commotion, as the wind,
The wave that frets the sea-but, till to-day,
I never proved its power. When he began,
A thousand hearers pricked their ears to list.
With each a different heart; when he left of,
Each man could tell his neighbor's by his own.
Rage-is the shortest passion of our souls.

542. LANGUAGE OF FEELING. There is an original element in our natures, a connection between the senses, the mind and the heart, implanted by the Creator, for pure and noble purposes, which cannot be reasoned away. You cannot argue men out of their senses and feelings; and, after having wearied yourself and others, by talking about books and history, set your foot upon the spot, where some great and memorable exploit was achieved, especially, with those whom you claim kindred, and your heart swells within you. You do not now reason; you feel the inspiration of the place. Your cold philosophy vanishes, and you are ready to put off your shoes from your feet; for the place whereon you stand is holy A lan-Like narrow books, that rise with sudden show'. guage which letters cannot shape, which It swells in haste, and falls again as soon. sounds cannot convey, speaks, not to the Still, as it ebbs, the softer thoughts flow in, head, but to the heart; not to the understand- And the deceiver-love-supplies its place. ing, but to the affections.

The player's profession,-
Lies not in trick, or attitude, or start,
Nature's true knowledge is the only art,
The strong-felt passion bolts into his face;
The mind untouch'd, what is it but grimace!
To this one standard, make your just appeal,
Here lies the golden secret, learn to feel:
Or fool, or monarch, happy or distress'd,
No actor pleases that is not possessid.
A single look more marks the internal woe,
Than all the windings of the lengthening oh!
Up to the face the quick sensation flies,
And darts its meaning from the speaking eyes;
Love, transport, madness, anger, scorn, despair,
And all the passions, all the soul is there.

Thoughts! what are they?
They are my constant friends;

Who, when harsh fate its dull brow bends,
Uncloud me with a smiling ray,

And, in the depth of midnight, force a day.

VIRTUE THE BEST TREASURE.
Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul,
Is the best gift of Heav'n: a happiness-
That, even above the smiles and frowns of fate,
Exalts great nature's favorites: a wealth
That ne'er encumbers; nor to baser hands
Can be transferr'd. It is the only good-
Man justly boasts of, or can call his own
Riches-are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd.
But for one end, one much-neglected use,
Are riches worth our care; (for nature's wants
Are few, and without opulence supplied;)
This noble end is-to produce the soul: mj
To show the virtues in their fairest light;
And make humanity-the minister
Of bounteous Providence.

I stand-as one upon a rock, t
Environ'd-with a wilderness of sea;
Who marks the waxing tide-grow wave by wave,
Expecting ever, when some envious surge
Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him

543. SHAME-or a sense of appearing to a disadvantage, before one's fellow-creatures, turns away the face from the beholders, covers it with blushes, hangs the head, casts down the eyes, draws down and contracts the eye-brows; either strikes the person dumb, or, if he attempts to say anything, in his own defence, causes his tongue to falter, confounds his utterance, and puts him upon making a thousand gestures and grimaces, to keep himself in countenance: all which only heightens

his confusion and embarrassment.
Oh my dread Lord-

I should be guiltier-than my guiltiness,
To think I can live undiscernible,
When I perceive your grace, like power divine,
Hath looked upon my passes; then, good prince,
No longer session-hold upon my shame,
But let my trial-be my own confession;
Immediate sentence then, and sequent death,
Is all the grace I beg.

Hard Questions. In every step, which
reason takes in demonstrative knowledge,
must there be intuitive certainty? Does the
power of intuition, imply that of reasoning,
when combined with the faculty of memory?
In examining those processes of thought,
which conduct the mind, by a series of con-
sequences, from premises to a conclusion, is
there any intellectual act whatever, which
the joint operation of memory, and what is
called intuition, does not sufficiently ex-
plain?
What is the distinction between the
elements of reasoning, and the principles of
reasoning? If the elements of reasoning are
employed to connect the concatenations in
an argument; and if an argument could not
be made without the elements of reasoning;
does it follow, that the elements of reasoning
imply the principles of reasoning? If, in
every step which reason takes in demonstra-
tive knowledge, there must be intuitive cer-
tainty, does this necessarily imply anything
more, than that, without the intuitive power,
we could not know when one link in the
chain was completed?

Modesty in a man is never to Le allowed as a good quality, but a weakness, if it suppresses his virtue, and hides it from the world, when he has, at the same time, a mind to exert himself. A mod est person seldom fails to gain the good-will of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man, who does not appear to be pleased with himself.

Miscellaneous. 1. It is a striking feature in the present day, that men are more and more inclined to bring old sayings and doings to the test of questions, as these-what do they mean? and what for? and consequently, are beginning to awake from a long mental sleep, and to assert their right to judge and act for themselves. 2. Great hinderance to good is often found in the want of energy in the character, arising from an individual not having accustomed himself to try and do his best, on all occasions. 3. Whoever would become a person of intelligence and prudence, in any of the departments of life, must early accustom himself and herself to look for the meaning of his own and others' sayings; and consider well the end and object of his own, and others' doings. For often vice-provok'd to shame→ Borrows the color-of a virtuous deed : Thus, libertines-are chaste, and misers-good, A coward-valiant.

That holy Shame, which ne'er forgets

What clear renown--it used to wear;
Whose blush remains, when Virtue sets,
To show her sunshine-has been there.

A flush, [cheek,
(As shame, deep shame, had once burnt on her
Then linger'd there forever) look'd like health
Offering hope, vain hope, to the pale lip;
Like the rich crimson-of the evening sky,
Brightest when night is coming.

Wise men-ne'er sit and wail their loss,
But cheerly seek how to redress their harms,
What tho' the mast-be now blown over-board,
The cable broke, the holding anchor lost,
And half our sailors swallow'd in the flood?
Yet lives our pilot still: Is 't meet, that he
Should leave the helm, and, like a fearful lad,
With tearful eyes, add water to the sea,
And give more strength to that which hath too much;
Whiles, in his moan, the ship splits on the rock,
Which industry-and courage-might have sav'd?

544. SURPRISE AT UNEXPECTED EVENTS. Gone to be married; gone to swear a peace! False blood to false blood joined! Gone to be friends! Shall Lewis have Blanch? and Blanch these proIt is not so: thou hast mis-spoke, mis-heard? [vinces? Be well advised, tell o'er thy tale again: It cannot be! thou dost but say 'tis so; What dost thou mean by shaking of thy head? What means that hand-upon that breast of thine? Why holds thine eye-that lamentable rheum, Varieties. 1. It is wrong to affront anyLike a proud river-peering o'er his bounds? body; and he who does it, must expect to be Be there sad sighs-confirmers of thy words? paid in his own coin. 2. Many persons, in Then speak again; not all thy former tale, easy circumstances, often ruin themselves, by attempting to vie with the rich. 3. Do not But this one word-whether thy tale be true? the works of God, as well as his Word-teach Anecdote. To Cure Sore Eyes. "Good- lessons of wisdom? 4. Everything tends to morning, landlord," said a man the other produce its likeness; the idle make their asday, as he stepped into a tavern to get some-sociates idle; the libertine-corrupts the inthing to drink. Good-morning, sir," replied mine host; "how do you do?" "Oh, I don't know," said the man, raising his goggles, and wiping away the rheum; "I'm plagued most to death with these ere pesky sore eyes. I wish you'd tell me how to cure 'em." "Willingly," said the merry host. "Wear your goggles over your mouth, wash your eyes in brandy, and I'll warrant a cure.'

Vice-oft is hid in virtue's fair disguise,
And, in her honor'd form-escapes inquiring eyes.

nocent; the quarrelsome· -create broils;
gamesters-make gamesters, and thieves,~,
thieves. 5. Are thinking and motion-all
the actions of which we can conceive? think-
ing-being an act of the mind, as motion is
of matter? 6. Which invention is more im
portant, that of the mariner's compass, or the
art of printing? 7. When we truly love
God, we shall also love one another.

The real patriot-bears his private wrongs,
Rather than right them-at the public cost.

Laconic. There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he, who knows what is good, and embraces it, who knows what is bad, and avoids it, is learned and temperate. But they, who know very well what ought to be done, and yet do quite otherwise, are ignorant and stupid

545. SUSPICION: JEALOUSY. Fear of another's | No, my dear, you must not sit; for I intend endeavoring to prevent our attainment of the de- to make you stand, this evening, as long as sired good, raises our SUSPICION; and suspicion of you made lady B- remain in the same his having obtained, or likely to obtain it, raises, position. or constitutes JEALOUSY. Jealousy between the sexes-is a ferment of love, hatred, hope, fear, shame, anxiety grief, pity, suspicion, envy, pride, rage, cruelty, vengeance, sadness, and every other tormenting passion, which can agitate the human mind. Therefore, to express it well, one should know how to represent all these passions by turns, and often several of them together; it shows itself by restlessness, peevishness, thoughtfulness, anxiety, and absence of mind. Sometimes it bursts out into piteous complaints and weeping: then a gleam of hope, that all is yet well, lights up the counterance into a momentary smile: immediately the face, clouded with general gloom, shows the mind over-cast again with horrid suspicions, and frightful imaginations; thus the jealous-is a prey to the most tormenting feelings, and is alternately tantalized with hope, and plunged into despair.

Who finds the heifer dead, and bleeding fresh,
And sees fast by a butcher with an axe,
But will suspect, 'twas he that made the slaughter?
Who finds the partridge in the puttock's nest,
But may imagine how the bird was dead,
Although the kite soar with unbloodied beak?
546. HANDS, FEET AND ARMS. Observe
accurately, the different positions of the feet,
hands, arms, &c. of the oratorical and poet-
ical engravings, and that of the passions;
and study out the various causes, or subjects,
and states of thoughts and feelings, prompt-
ing them; and, in imitating them, there
will often be suggested to you the appropri-
ate feeling and thought. Each engraving
should be made a particular subject of study;
and there is more matter on a page of en-
gravings, than on any printed page; but, in
Speaking, never think about making gestures;
let them be the result of unrestrained feel-
ing, and they will be more likely to be right:
guard, sedulously against all affectation, and
do nothing you do not feel and think. If
these hints and suggestions are not of use to
you, more would be of but little service; and
to illustrate every one, and many more, you
will find an abundance of examples in the
work; which is designed for those who
think.

Would he were fatter; but I fear him not:
Yes, if my name were liable to fear,

I do not know the man, I should avoid

So soon as this spare Cassius. He reads much;
He is a great observer, and he looks
Quite through the deeds of men.

He loves no plays; he hears no music;
Seldom he smiles; and smiles in such a sort,
As if he mocked himself, and scorned his spirit,
That could be moved to smile at anything.
Such men as he, be never at heart's ease,
Whilst they behold a greater than themselves,
And therefore, are they very dangerous.

Anecdote. Queen Caroline, having observed that her daughter, the princess, had made one of the ladies about her, stand a long time, while the princess was talking to her, on some trifling subject, was resolved to give her a suitable reprimand. Therefore, when the princess came, in the evening, to read to her mother, as usual, and was drawing a chair to sit down, the queen said to her,

Varieties. 1. What is the difference be

tween possessing the good things of life, and enjoying them? 2. In our intercourse with others, we should ascertain what they wish to hear; not what we wish to say. 3. True politeness may be cherished in the hovel, as well as in the palace; and the most tattered clothing, cannot conceal its charms. 4. Is not true religion-eternally the same, whatever may be the conduct of its professors? 5. Humility-learns the lessons from itself; while it never scorns the instructions of others. 6. Beauty-gains nothing, and homeliness-loses much, by gaudy attire. 7. Music-tends to harmonize and melodize the affections and thoughts, as well as to animate, and lubricate the inventive faculties. truth, which manifests itself by virtue of its 8. Everything that originates in order, is inherent light. 9. The groves and the woods are the musical academies of the singing birds. 10. Time and space are confined to matter.

As Nature and Garrick were talking one day,

It chanced they had words, and fell out; Dame Reason would fain have prevented a fray, But could not, for both were so stout.

Says Garrick, I honor you, madam, 'tis true,
And with pride, to your laws, I submit ;

But Shakspeare paints stronger and better than you,

All critics of taste will admit.

How! Shakspeare paint better and stronger than 1,
(Cries Nature, quite touch'd to the soul;)
Not a word in his volumes I ever could see,
But what from my records he stole.
And thou, wicked thief,-nay, the story I'll tell,
Whenever I paint, or I draw,

My pencils you filch, and my colors you steal,
For which thou shalt suffer the law;

And when on the stage, in full lustre you shine,
To me all the praise shall be given:
The toil shall be yours, and the honor be mine,
So Nature and Garrick are even.

Foul jealousy, that turnest love divine

To joyless dread, and mak'st the loving heart With hateful thoughts to languish and to pine, And feed itself with self-consuming smart, Of all the passions in the mind, thou vilest ar O, let him far be banished away,

And in his stead let love forever dwon, Sweet love, that doth his golden wings embay In blessed nectar, and pure pleasure's well, Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell. The soul of man Createth its own destiny of power; And, as the trial,-is intense here, His being-hath a nobler strength in heaven. O marriage! marriage! what a curse-is thine, Where hands, alone, consent--and hearts -abhor

247. TEACHING, INSTRUCTING, EXPLAINING, Laconics. 1. It is very easy, when a child INCULCATING, OR GIVING ORDERS, requires a mild, asks a silly question, to show that it is so; and, if serene air, sometimes approaching to an authori- the question cannot be answered, it is better to tative gravity; the features and gestures altering according to the age, or dignity of the pupil, or au- say so at once; for a child has too much common dience, and importance of the subject discussed. perception to expect that his parent knows ev'ry To youth, it should be mild, open, serene, and con- thing; but to refuse to answer, without giving a descending. To equals and superiors, modest and reason, impresses the child, that his parent is undiffident; but, when the subject is of great dignity kind and unreasonable. 2. The very sight of a and importance, the air and manner of conveying the instruction, ought to be firm and emphatical; child ought to inspire a parent, or teacher, with the eye steady and open, the eyebrow a little the thought, "What can I say to be useful to him? drawn over it, but not so much as to look dogmat- or what can I say to please him?" 3. The habit ical; the voice strong, steady, clear; the articulauon distinct; the utterance slow, and the manner of talking familiarly and usefully to his children, approaching to confidence, rather peremptory. to each according to his capacity, is an invaluable quality in a parent, and its exercise will be decarnations?lightful to both. 4. Let it be a rule with us, in all cases, never to charge want of charity, except where we can, from a want of justice.

Pol. Wherefore, gentle maiden,
Do you neglect your gilly-flowers and
Per. I have heard it said,

There is an art, which, in their piedness, shares
With great creating nature.

Pol. Say there be;

Yet nature is made better by no mean,

But nature makes that mean; so, over that art,
Which you say adds to nature, is an art
Which nature makes; you see, sweet maid, we
A gentler scion to the wildest stock; [marry
And make conceive a bark of baser kind
By bud of nobler race. This is an art
Which does mend nature, change it rather; but
The art itself is nature.

548. LANGUAGE OF THE FEET. The feet advance or retreat, to express desire or aversion, love or hatred, courage or fear, dancing or leaping, is often the effect of joy and exltation; stamping of the feet expresses earnestness, anger or threatening. Stability cf position and facility of change, general ease and grace of action, depend on the right use of the feet; see the whole length engravings, a large part of which is to be imitated, not with any specifie recitations in view, but for the purpose of disciplining the limbs and muscles.

PITIABLE.

TERROR.

The bay-trees, in our country, are all wither'd,
And meteors-fright the fixed stars of heaven;
The pale-faced moon-looks bloody on the earth,
And lean-look'd prophets-whisper fearful change;
Rich men look sad, and ruffians dance and leap,
The one, in fear to lose what they enjoy,
The other, to enjoy-by rage and war.
Go to your bosom;

Knock there; and ask your heart what it doth know
That's like my brother's fault: if it confess
A natural guiltiness, such as his is,

Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue
Against my brother.

BRONSON.

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Anecdote. Sir Isaac Newton-possessed a remarkably mild and even temper. On a particular occasion, he was called out of his study, to an adjoining apartment, when his favorite little dog, named Diamond, threw down a lighted lamp among his papers, and the almost finished labors of many years, were consumed in a few moments. Sir Isaac soon returned, and beheld, with great mortification, his irreparable loss; but he only exclaimed, with his usual self-possession, "O Diamond, Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief thou hast done."

You undergo too strict a paradox,

Striving to make an ugly deed look fair:

Your words have took such pains, as if they labort
To bring manslaughter into form, set quarreling
Upon the head of valor; which, indeed,

Is valor misbegot, and came into the world
When sects and factions were newly born:
He's truly valiant, that can wisely suffer
The worst, that man can breathe; and make his wrongs
His outsides; wear them, like his raiment, carelessly;
And ne'er prefer his injuries to his heart,
To bring it into danger.

If wrongs be evils, and enforced, us kill,
What folly 'tis, to hazard life for ill?

Varieties. 1. Is toleration a duty for others, and not for ourselves? 2. One blessing of life, my dear friend, is-to give. 3. It is nc proof of freedom from error, that we are acute in distinguishing the errors of others; this shows that all reformers, are men of like passions with ourselves. 4. National industry is the principal thing, that can make a nation great; it is the vestal fire, which we must keep alive, and consider that all our prosperity is coupled with its existence. 5. If we are fit for heaven, are we not fit for earth? 6. It is better to live contentedly in our condition, than to affect to look bigger than we are, by a borrowed appearance. 7. Give your children education rather than fine clothes, or rich food. 8. Love-never reckons; the mother does rot run up a milk score against her babe.

Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty:
For, in my youth, I never did apply
Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood;
Nor did not, with unbashful forehead, woo
The means of weakness and debility;
Therefore, my age-is as a lusty winter,
Frosty, but kindly. I even og soveň. maja 2009)
Give me that manua
That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him
In my heart's core, ay, my heart of heart

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