The Setting Sun

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SETTING SUN; DEVIL AMONGST THE PLACEMEN. TO WHICH IS-ADDED, A NEW MUSICAL DRAMA; BEING A PARODY ON THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, AS LATELY ACTED, WITH UNIVERSAL ECLAT, AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, GLYSTER PLACE; HINTS FOR A MASQVEkADE JUBILEE, ON A GRAND SCALE. By CERVANTES HOGG, Esq. IN THREE VOLUMES. Like thieves, surpr.s'd whilst they divide ihe prize, Suit seeming doubtful where their safety lies. D'avenant. VOL. II. Konton: frtnted by J. D. Dewick, 46, Barbican, TOR T. HUOHBS, 35, LUDBATE-STREET; CHAPPEL, PALL MALL; GRAY AND SON, PICCADILLY; KIRBY AND CO. OXFORD-STREET; BLACKLOCK, ROYAL EXCHANGE; AND WILSON, ROYAL EXCHANGE. chapter{Section 4THE SETTING SUN. - And but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. Shakespear. ]ionsieur St. Pierre, in his Etudes de la Nature, tells us that, some years ago, happening to pass through 1'Aigle, a small town in Normandy, he strolled out about sun-set, to enjoy a little fresh air. He perceived, on a rising ground, a convent most delightfully- situated. A monk, who stood porter, invited him in to see the house. He conducted him through an immense court, in which the first thing that struck his eye was a man about forty years old, with half a hat on his head, who advanced directly upon him, saying, VOL. II. B Be so good as to stab me to the heart! be so good as to stab me to the heart!?The monk, who was St. Pierre's guide, said to him, Sir, don't be alarmed: he is a poor captain, zeho lost his reason, on account of an tin-military preference that passed upon him in his regiment.?Happily, the British officers have less sensibility, or stronger nerves, or all the receptacles for lunatics in the united kingdom, both public and private, would n...