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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.

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the question cannot be answered, it is better to
say so at once; for a child has too much cominoi.
perception to expect that his parent knows ev'ry
thing; but to refuse to answer, without giving a
reason, impresses the child, that his parent is un-
kind and unreasonable. 2. The very sight of a
child ought to inspire a parent, or teacher, with
the thought, "What can I say to be useful to him?
or what can I say to please him?" 3. The habit
of talking familiarly and usefully to his children,
to each according to his capacity, is an invaluable
quality in a parent, and its exercise will be de-
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.

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 ecrongs
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.

Give me that man
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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Anecdote. The benevolent and immortal John Howard, a celebrated English philan. thropist, having settled his accounts at the close of a particular year, and found a bal ance in his favor, proposed to his wife to employ it, in defraying the expenses of a journey to London; or for any other amusement she might prefer. "What a pretty cottage," she replied, "would this build for a poor fami

549. VENERATION. In religious veneration, the body always bends forward, as if ready to prostrate itself before the Lord of Hosts; arms are spread out, but modestly, as high as the breast, and the hands are open; the tone of voice is submissive, timid, trembling, weak, suppliant; the words are brought out with a visible anxiety, approaching to hesitation; they are few, and slowly pronounced; nothing of vain repetition, haranguing, flowers of rhetoric, or reflected figures of speech; all simplicity, humility, lowliness, such as become a worm of dust, when pre-y." The charitable hint met his approbation, suming to address the high and lofty One, who and the money was laid out accordingly. inhabiteth Eternity; yet dwelleth with the meek No more thus brooding o'er yon heap, and contrite spirit, that trembleth at His Word. With av rice painful vigils keep; In intercession for our fellow creatures, and in Still unenjoy'd the present store, thanksgiving, we naturally assume a small degree of cheerfulness, beyond what is clothed in Still endless sighs are breath'd for more confession and deprecation: all affected ornaOh! quit the shadow, catch the prize, ments in speech or gesture, in devotion, are Which not all India's treasure buys! very censurable. Example: To purchase heav'n, has gold the pow'r Can gold remove the mortal hour? In life, can love be bought with gold? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold? No-all that's worth a wish-a thought Fair virtue gives, unbrib'd, unbought. Cease, then, on trash thy hopes to bind ; Let nobler views engage thy mind.

Hail, Source of Being! Universal Soul

Of heaven and earth! Essential Presence, hail!
To Thee-I bend the knee; to Thee my thoughts
Continual climb; who, with a master hand,
Hast the great whole into perfection touched."

Almighty God,-'tis right,-'tis just,
That earthly forms should turn to dust;
But oh the sweet-transporting truth,
The soul-shall bloom-in endless youth.
550. NATURAL LANGUAGE OF THE
HANDS. The hand-has a great share in
expressing our thoughts and feelings: raising
the hands towards heaven, with the palms
united, expresses devotion and supplication;
wringing them, grief; throwing them towards
heaven, admiration; dejected hands, despair
and amazement; folding them, idleness;
holding the fingers intermingled, musing and
thoughtfulness; holding them forth together,
yielding and submission; lifting them and
the eyes to heaven, solemn appeal; waving
the hand from us, prohibition; extending the
right hand to any one, peace, pity, and safety;
scratching the head, care and perplexing
thought; laying the right hand on the heart,
affection and solemn affirmation; holding
up the thumb, approbation; placing the
right forefinger on the lips perpendicularly,
bidding silence,&c. &c. In these, and many
other ways, are manifested our sentiments
and passions by the action of the body: but
they are shown principally in the face, and
particularly in the turn of the eye, and the
eyebrows, and the infinitely various motions
of the lips.

551. WONDER-is inquisitive fear: and as it Ja inquisitive, it is steadfast, and demands firm muscles but as it is fear, it cannot be properly expressed without the mark of apprehension and alarm. Were this alarm too much disturbed, full of motion and anxiety, it would then be Fear instead of Wonder, and would carry no consistence, with braced muscles; it is therefore nerved, because inquisitive, with purpose of defence and so, this application of alarm, with resolution to examine steadfastly, must constitute a nervous, awful, fixed attentiveness, and give the picture of the passion naturally. The effect of wonder is, to stop, or hold the mind and body In the states and positions in which the idea or object strikes us.

Says the earth to the moon, "You're a pilf'ring jade,
What you steal from the sun, is beyond all be-
Fair Cynthia replies, "Hold your prate, [lief;"
The partaker is as bad as the thief."

Varieties. 1. When we are polite to others, entirely for our own sakes, we are de ceitful; for nothing selfish has truth and goodness in it. But there is such a thing as true politeness, always kind, never deceitful. 2. The outward forms of politeness, are but the expressions of such feelings, as should dwell in every human heart. 3. True politeness is the spontaneous movement of a good heart, and an observing mind. 4. Will the ruling propensities of the parent, be transmitted to the child, and affect, and give bias to his character? 5. Folish people are sometimes so ambitious of being thought wise, that they often run great hazards in attempting to show themselves such. 6. Guilt may attain temporal splendor, but can never confer real happi ness. 7. The principles, which your reason and judgment approve, avow boldly, and adhere to steadfastly; nor let any false notions of honor, or pitiful ambition of shining, ever tempt you to forsake them.

A TALE OF WONDER.

Now the laugh shakes the hall, and the ruddy
Who, who is so merry and gay? [wine flows;
Lemona is happy, for little she knows
Of the monster so grim, that lay hush'd in repose,
Expecting his evening prey.

While the music play'd sweet, and, with tripping

Bruno danc'd thro' the maze of the hall; [so light,
Lemona retir'd, and her maidens in white,
Led her up to her chamber, and bid her good night,
Then, went down again to the hall.

The monster of blood-now extended his claws,

And from under the bed did he creep; [paws; With blood all besmear'd, he now stretch'd out his With blood all besmear'd, he now stretch'd out To feed-on the angel-asleep. [his jaws,

He seiz'd on a vein, and gave such a bite,

And he gave, with his fangs, such a tug-
She shriek'd! Bruno ran up the stairs in a fright
The guests follow'd after, when bro't to the light,

"O have mercy!" they cried, "WHAT A BUG!"
You'll ne'er convince a fool, himself io so.

552. VEXATION, occasioned by some real or imaginary misfortune, agitates the whole frame; and, besides expressing itself with looks, tones, gestures and restlessness of perplexity, adds to these complaint, fretting, lamentation, and re

morse.

ON NEGLECTING ONE'S DUTY.

O what a rogue and peasant slave am I;
Is it not monstrous, that this player here,
But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,
Could force his soul so to his own counsel,
That, from her working, all his visage warmed;
Tears in his eyes, distraction in his aspect,

4 brcken voice, and his whole function suiting,
With forms to his conceit; and all for nothing;
For Hee-u-ba! What's Hec-u-ba to him, or he, to
That he shoud weep for her?
[Hecuba,
553. LANGUAGE OF THE HEAD. Every
part of the body contributes to express our
thoughts and affections; hence the necessity
of training the whole man. The head is some-
times erect, denoting courage, or firmness;
at others, down, or reclined, expressive of sor-
row, grief and shame; again, it is suddenly
drawn back, with an air of disdain, or shaken,
as in dissent; or brought forward in assent;
sometimes it shows, by a significant nod, a
particular object, or person; threatens by one
set of movements, approves by another, and
expresses suspicion by another. Private
practice must make all involuntary.

As yet-'tis midnight deep. The weary clouds,
Slow meeting, mingle into solid gloom.
Now, while the drowsy world lies lost in sleep,
Let me associate with the serious night,
And contemplation, her sedate compeer;
Let me shake off th' intrusive cares of day,
And lay the meddling senses all aside.
Where now, ye lying vanities of life!
Ye ever tempting, ever cheating train!
Where are you now? and what is your amount?
Vexation, disappointment, and remorse.
Sad, sick'ning thought! And yet, deluded man,
A scene of erude disjointed visions past,
And broken slumbers, rises still resolv'd,
With new flush'd hopes, to run the giddy round.

Moderation in Disputes. When we are in a condition to overthrow falsehood and error, we ought not to do it with vehemence, nor insultingly and with an air of contempt; but to lay open the truth, and with answers, full of mildness, to refus the falsehood.

Anecdote. An amiable youth, lamented deeply, the recent death of a most affectionate parent. His companion made an effort to console him, by the reflection, that he had always behaved towards the deceased with duty, tenderness and respect. So I thought," replied the son, "while my parent was liv. ing; but now I recollect, with pain and sorrow, many instances of disobedience, and neglect, for which, alas! it is too late to make atonement."

Happy the school-boy! did he prize his bliss,
Twere ill exchang'd-for all the dazzling gems,
That gaily sparkle in ambition's eye;
His are the joys of nature, his the smile,
The cherub smile of innocence and health,
Sorrow unknown, or, if a tear be shed,
He wipes it soon: for hark! the cheerful voice
Of comrades calls him to the top, or ball;
Away he hies, and clamors as he goes,
With glee, which causes him to tread on air.

Reason. Without reason, as on a tem pestuous sea, we are the sport of every wind and wave, and know not, till the event hath determined it, how the next billow will dispose of us; whether it will dash us against a rock, or drive us into a quiet harbor.

What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted'
Thrice is he arm'd, that hath his quarrel just;
And he, but naked, though lock'd up in steel,
Whose conscience—with injustice is corrupted.

Varieties. 1. The dullest creatures are sometimes as dangerous as the fairest. 2 He, who puts a man off from time to time, is never right at heart. 3. What can reason perform, unassisted by the imagination? While reason traces and compares effects, does not imagination suggest causes? 4. Whenever we are more inclined to persecute than persuade, we may be certain, that our zeal has more of

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554. LANGUAGE OF THE FACE. The face, self-lme in it, than charity; that we are seekbeing furnished with a great variety of musing victory, more than truth, and are begincles, does more in manifesting our thoughts ning to feel more for ourselves, than for others, and feelings, than the whole body besides; and the cause of righteousness. 5. Is it so far as silent language is concerned. The sible, without divine aid, to obey the comchange of color-shows anger by redness, mandments? 6. As soon think of sending fear by paleness, and shame-by blushes; a man into the field, without good tools, as a every feature contributes its portion. The What is more low and vile, than lying? and child to school, without proper books. mouth open, shows one state of mind; closed, when do we lie more notoriously, than in disanother, and gnashing the teeth-another. he forehead smooth, and eye-brows easily paraging, and finding fault with a thing, for arched, exhibit joy, or tranquillity; mirth no other reason, than because it is out of our opens the mouth towards the ears, crisps power to accomplish it? the nose, half shuts the eyes, and sometimes suffuses them with tears; the front, wrinkled into frowns, and the eye-brows overhanging the eyes, like clouds fraught with tempests, show a mind agitated with pity. There is a history-in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased: The which observed, a man may prophecy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life; which, in their seeds, And weak beginnings, lie intreasured.

Luxury-gives the mind a childish cast.

Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed.
The breath of night's destructive to the hue
Of every flower that blows. Go to the field,
And ask the humble daisy, why it sleeps
Soon as the sun departs. Why close the eyes
Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon
Her oriental vail puts off? Think why,
Nor let the sweetest blossom be exposed,
That nature boasts, to night's untimely damp.
There is no merit, when there is no trial;
And, till experience-stamps the mark of strength,
Cowards-may pass for heroes, faith, for falsehood

555. The eyes, considered only as tangi- Anecdote. Tusedle-dum and Tweedleble objects, are, by their very forms, the win-dee. About the year 1720, there were two dows of the soul-the fountains of life and musical parties in England; one in favor of light. Mere feeling would discover, that two Italians, Buo-non-ci-ni and At-til-io, and their size and globular shape are not unmean- the other admirers of Handel: and the coning. The eye-brow, whether gradually sunk- tention running high, Dean Swift, with his en, or boldy prominent, is equally worthy of usual acrimony in such cases, wrote the fol attention: as likewise are the temples, wheth-lowing epigram: er hollow, or smooth. That region of the face, which includes the eye-brows, eyes and nose, also includes the chief region of the will and understanding.

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time:
Some, that will evermore peep through their eyes,
And laugh, like parrots, at a bag-piper;
And other of such vinegar aspect,
That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile,
Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.

Some say, that signior Buononcini,
Compared to Handel's a mere ninny:
Others do swear, that to him-Handel
Is hardly fit to hold a candle.

Strange-that such high contests should be
"Twixt tweedle-dum-and tweedle-dee.

True Phrenology-treats of the manfestations of man's feelings and intellect; his heart and his head; his will and under standing; and their related objects, physica and moral; principles, giving a knowledge 556. The images of our secret agitations of one's original character; of his excellenare particularly painted in the eyes, which cies and talents, and how to make the most appertain more to the soul, than any other of them; of his defects, and how to remedy organ; which seem affected by, and to par- them; of reasoning and persuading-of ed ticipate in all its emotums; express sensa-ucation and self-government: a system of tions the most lively, passions the most tu- mental and moral philosophy, challenging multuous, feelings the most delightful, and investigation. sentiments the most delicate. The eye--exVarieties. 1. All are modest, when they feel plains them in all their force and purity, as they take birth, and transmits them by traits that they are estimated, at what they considso rapid, as to infuse into other minds the der their just value; and incline to presume, in fire, the activity, the very image, with which the proportion they feel they are slighted. 2. It themselves are inspired. It receives and re-signifies but little-to wish well, without doing flects the intelligence of thought and warmth of the understanding.

One world sufficed not Alexander's mind:
Coop'd up he seem'd, in earth and seas confin'd;
And struggling, stretch'd his restless limbs about
The narrow globe, to find a passage out:
Yet, enter'd in the brick-built town, he try'd
The tomb, and found the straight dimensions wide.
Death only, this mysterious truth unfolds,
The mighty soul-how small a body holds.

557. LANGUAGE OF THE EYES. The eye is the chief seat of the soul's expression; it shows the very spirit in a visible form. In every different state of mind, it appears differently: joy-brightens and opens it; grief, half closes, and drowns it in fears; hatred, and anger, flash from it, like lightning; love-darts from it in glances, like the orient beam; jealousy-and squinting envy, dart their contagious blasts through the eyes; and devotion-raises them, or throws them back or the mind, as if the soul were about to take its flight to heaven.

From women's eyes-this doctrine I derive :
They sparkle still-the right Promethean fire;
They are the books, the arts, the academies,
That show, contain, and nourish-all the world;
Else none at all-in aught-proves excellent.
Old age--is honorable; the spirit-seems
Ready for its flight-to brighter worlds,-

And that strange change, which men miscall decay,

Is renovated life. The feeble voice,
With which the soul attempts to speak its meaning,
Is like the sky-lark's note, heard faintest, when
Its wing soars highest; and whose hoary signs,
Those white and reverend locks, which move the
Of thoughtless ribalds, seem to me like snow, [scorn
Upon the Alpine summit,-only proving-
How near it is-to heaven.

well; as to do well, without willing it. 3. None
is so great, but that he may one day need the help,
or feel the unkindness-of the meanest of mortals.
4. The more business a man has, the more he is
able to accomplish: for he learns to economize his
time. 5. A ready recollection of our knowledge,
at the moment we have use for it, is a rare and
important acquisition. 6. The passions are plead-
ers, and their violence sometimes goes directly to
the heart. 7. As a vessel is known by the sound,
whether it is whole or not, so, men are known by
speeches and actions, whether they are wise of
foolish.

All the souls that were, were forfeit once,
And He, that might the 'vantage best have took,
Found out the remedy. How would you be,
If He, which is the top of judgment, should
But judge you as you are? O, think on that,
And mercy then, will breathe within your lips.
Like man new made.

If pow'rs divine

Behold our human actions, (as they do,
I doubt not then, but innocence shall make
False accusation-blush, and tyranny-
Tremble at patience.

That happy minglement of hearts,
Where, changed as chemic compounds are,
Ench-with its own existence parts,
To find a new one, happier far.
We-ignorant of ourselves,

Beg after our own harm, which the wise powners
Deny us-for our good; so find we profit,
By losing our prayers.

So very still that echo seems to listen;
We almost hear the music of the spheres,
And fancy that we catch the notes of angels.
High stations tumult, but not bliss create.

religion is-to shun all evils as sins. 2. Never be

557. THE MOUTH. Who does not know Laconics. 1. There is no great necessity for now much the upper lip betokens the sensa- us to be anxious about what good works we shall tions of taste, desire, appetite, and the endear-do, in order to salvation; because the business of ments of love? how much it is curled by pride or anger, drawn thin by cunning, smoothed by benevolence, and made placid by effeminaso sinfully inconsistent, as to tell a child, that such ? how love and desire, sighs and kisses, and such things are naughty, and then, because cling to it by indescribable traits. The under his self-will is unyielding, leave him to persist in lip is little more than its supporter, the easy doing it; better, far better would it be, to let the cushion on which the crown of majesty re-poor child do wrong, in ignorance. 3. Every one poses. The chaste and delicate mouth, is one should receive a scientific, civil, and religious ed of the first recommendations we meet with in ucation, and then he will be fitted for the life that common life. Words are the pictures of the mind; we often judge of the heart by the now is, and that which is to come. 4. Teach portal; it holds the flaggon of truth, of love, children what is good and true, and lead them to and enduring friendship. goodness, by precept and example. 5. Gratitude is the sure basis of an amiable mind.

If there's on earth a cure

For the sunk heart, 'tis this-day after day To be the blest companion of thy way!To hear thy angel eloquence-to see Those virtuous eyes forever turn'd on me; And, in their light, re-chasten'd silently, Like the stain'd web, that whitens in the sun, Grow pure-by being purely shone upon! 558. LANGUAGE OF THE ARMS AND HANDS. The arms are sometimes both thrown out; at others the right alone; they are lifted up as high as the face, to express wonder, or held out before the breast to show fear; when spread forth with open hands, they express desire and affection; or clasped in surprise on occasions of sudden grief and joy; the right nand clenched, and the arms brandishedthreaten; the arms set a-kimbo, (one hand on each hip,) makes one look big, or expresses contempt, or courage.

As a beam-o'er the face of the waters-may glow,
While the tide-runs in darkness and coolness below,
So, the cheek may be tinged-with a warm sunny smile,
Though the cold heart—to ruin-runs darkly the while.
One fatal remembrance, one sorrow, that throws
Its bleak shade-alike, o'er our joys, and our woes;
To which life-nothing darker, or brighter, can bring,
For which joy-has no balm, and affliction-no sting!
Oh! this thought, in the midst of enjoyment will stay,
Like a dead leafless branch-in the summer's bright ray;
The beams of the warm sun-play round it in vain,
It may mile-in his light-hut it blooms not again!

559. QUINCTILLIAN says, that with the hands, we solicit, refuse, promise, threaten, dismiss, invite, enireat, and express aversion, fear, doubting, denial, asking, affirmation, negation, joy, grief, confession and penitence. With the hands we describe, and point all circumstances of time, place and manner of what we relate; with them we also excite the passions of others and soothe them, approve or disapprove, permit, prohibit, admire and despise; thus, they serve us instead of many sorts of words; and, where the language of the tongue is unknown, or the person is deaf, the language of the hands is understood, and is common to all nations.

Between two worlds-life hovers like a star,

Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge: How little-do we know that which we are! How less-what we may be! The eternal surge Of time and tide-rolls on, and bears afar

Our bubbles; as the old-burst, new-emerge, Lash'd-from the foam of ages; while the graves Of empires-heave, but like some passing waves. Your very goodness, and your company, O'erpay all that I can do.

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Anecdote. Right of Discovery. A gentleman, praising the personal charms of a very homely woman, before Mr. Foot, the comedian, who whispered to him, "And why don't you lay claims to such an accomplished beauty?" "What right have I to her?" said the other. "Every right-by the law of nations, as the first discoverer."

Meanwhile, we'll sacrifice to liberty.

Remember, O my friends, the laws, the rights,
The generous plan of power delivered down,
From age to age, by your renowned forefathers,
(So dearly bought, the price of so much blood;)
O let it never perish in your hands,
But piously transmit it to your children.
Do thou, great liberty, inspire our souls,
And make our lives, in thy possession, happy,
Or our deaths glorious-in thy just defence.

Varieties. 1. Will the time ever arrive, when the air will be as full of balloons, as the ocean now is with ships? 2. Reading history and traveling, give a severe trial to our vir tues. 3. It is not right to feel contempt for any thing, to which God has given life and being. 4. Four things belong to a judge: to hear cautiously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to give judgment without partiality. 5. Regard talents and genius, as solemn mandates to go forth, and labor in your sphere of usefulness, and to keep alive the sacred fire among your felline men; and turn not these precious gifts, into servants of evil; neither offer them on the altar of vanity, nor sell them for a mess of potage, nor a piece ted States and England, commenced on the of money. 6. The lust war between the Uni18th of June, 1812, and continued two years, eight months and eighteen days; when did it end? 7. Let us manage our time as well as we can, there will yet some of it remain un employed.

fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, When wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes, and lords, may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied

The kindest, and the happiest pair,
Will find occasion-to forbear;
And every day, in which they live,
To pity, and, perhaps, forgive.
Full many a shaft—at random sent.
Finds mark-the archer never meant;
And many a word-at random spoken,
May soothe, or wound-a heart that's broken

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