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| | Virtue, bberer frail, as fair, below, | | 

| Fi 5. Her tender nature ſuffers in the crowd, | ; 

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Immaculate, the manners of the morn. 


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Her monuments ſhall laſt, when n fail. | 
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Precepts of en, 5 — Page 1 


Serious Admonitionnnx = on 
The Lion and the Cub, 4 ba. ST. 
An Eaſtern Apologite >... © NE CE 1 


Patriotiſin, and the Th 1555 our Native 
Country — — 6 


Anecdotes of Patriitiſm - + 8 


Ambition — = - 7 


Temperance = = = 
Fraternal Affection 4 
Envy and Detra#tion - n - 
Letter to the Parental Monitor 
Thoughts on Calumny = < = = 
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PRECEPTS OF MORALITY, 
From vice, ſenſe, fancy, no man can be bleſt; 
Bliſs is too great to lodge within an hour: 5 
When an immortal being aims at bliſs, | 
Duration is efſential to the name. | 
Oh! for a joy from reaſon!  ' 1 00G 
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MY SON, 


F and the two following papers / 
are particularly addreſſed to you 


and your young companions. Liſten 
therefore with attention to the ſerious 
admonitions of a parent, and permit 
the precepts of parental love and ten- 
der anxiety to fink deep into your 
hearts. 


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PARENTAL MONITOR, 


on the carly ſeaſon of life, we natu- 
rally hope much and fear little: a thou- 
ſand flattering proſpects dance before 
the gay, unthinking imagination of 
youth. The voice of experience is too 
often heard with reluctance and dif. - 
ouſt; becauſe it removes the deluſion, | 
by telling them that danger lurks in 
the moſt promiſing appearances, and 
that too often the gratification of their 
| wiſhes would prove the means of deſ- 
troying their happineſs ; and whilſt the 
anxious ſolicitude of a parent's care 
points out to them the danger of folly, 
and the miſeries of vice, they turn their 
eyes, with careleſs inattention, from the 
unpleaſant portrait, and reſting their 
own ſecurity on the boſom of decep- 
tion, vainly flatter themſelves that ſuch 
diſagreeable conſequences would not 
attend them, if prudence ſhould ſome- 
times ſtep aſide. Unhappy obſtinacy, 
that will not learn wiſdom, till it has 
been 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 3 


been taught to ſulter rt its own weak 
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A lob! of novelty is ! in- 
grafted in our nature. It may be called 
the gadding of the mind, which ſome- 
times continues from the beginning to 
the end of life, and often requires the 
- utmoſt reſolution to keep i it under pro- 
per reſtrictions: yet a certain degree of 
this diſpoſition is highly neceſſary. We 
begin, in childhood, with an ardent 
| longing after new playthings: in our 
riper years, we are equally impatient to 
poſſeſs more ſubſtantial toys, which we 
throw by with indifference, to go in 
purſuit of others. But this buſy pro- 
penſity ought to be kept under ſtrict 
_ diſcipline, or it will become a ſtriking 
foible in the character; for what was 
pleaſant and laudable in youth, would 
be ridiculous or frivolous in maturer 
age. 'And it often makes the thinking 
pu of mankind bluſh to ſee a giddineſs 

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4 PARENTAL MONITOR,. 


of deſires, when their thoughts ought to 
have been more ſeriouſly arranged and 
employed. That love of novelty, which 


in early youth helped to enrich the 


fancy, will, at a more advanced period 


of our lives, only ſerve to. miſlead the 
judgment. 8 5 
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the danger of temptation, than the other, 
No ſooner do you leave the houſe of 


your parents, to be placed in any great 
ſeminary of learning, or to be inſtructed. 
in any profeſſion or buſineſs, than you 
begin to put on the man; to aſſume his 
conſequence, and. ape. his manners, be- 
fore you have learnt. his experience. £ 


From the ſchool. you are often thrown 
into the great world, and begin to. act 


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without knows. any. "chin of that | 


world in which you are to perform your 
character. This! is the moment of dan- 
ger; this the important period in which 
you 


PARENT AL MONITOR, 3 | 
you ſhould walk with the moſt cautious 
and guarded circumſpection, and, like 
a child which has juſt left off the lead- 
ing-ſtring, proceed ſlowly forwards, leſt 
you ſhould get out of that ſafe path; in 
- which the fond and watchful care of at- 
tentive friends had hitherto conducted 
you in ſecurity and peace. | 
Various temptations will aſfall you 
* all quarters. Pleaſure will tempt 
you into her ſnares in a thoufand be- 
guiling forms: but, be aſſured, they 
tempt but to betray; and, if you are 
once entangled in the toils of pleaſure, 
you will repent your want of prudence 
in miſery and anguiſh. | 

Shun the harlot and her wiles ; 1 
not upon the charms of her form; ad- 
mire not the ſymmetry of her ſhape: 
dare not to contemplate with delight 
the features of degraded beauty: though 
lilies and roſes bloſſom on the cheek of 
thoſe helpleſs beings, who, like the wild 

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| beaſts of the foreſt, roam by night in 


ſearch of prey, and care not how many 
they deſtroy. Enter not, therefore, the 


baneful dens of proſtitution: rather 80 


into thoſe of wolves and tygers. 

When the wine ſparkles in the glaſs, 
and the voice of convivial mirth and 
nolſy cheerfulneſs call upon you to fol- 
low the dangerous orgies of intempe- 


rance, refuſe with reſolution. the tempt- 


ing beverage; remember the poiſon it 


contains, and that you muſt ſuffer for 
making too free with the beguiling li- 


quor, by a temporary loſs of reaſon.: 
Drunkenneſs is the moſt degrading 
of all bad habits, and a vice that is the 


more inexcufable, becauſe an introduc- 


tion to almoſt every other. What can 


be ſo diſguſting a fight, as that of a ra- 
tional creature in a ſtate; of inebriety, 
unable to help or defend himſelf? All 
his paſſions up in arms againſt him 


Bin dethroned from her ſeat—ex- 
poſed 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 7 


poſed to a thouſand dangers, without 
any power to eſcape them, and humbled 
far below a level with the brute crea- 
tian! ey 8 
Never accuſtom yourſelves to fre- 
quent taverns, but upon urgent occa- 
ſions of bufineſs or neceſſity. Many of 
them are the receptacles of every vice; 
and their moſt welcome gueſts, thoſe 
unhappy mortals, who ruin themſelves 
and families by their own intemperate 
defires; who, often, whilſt they are re- 
galing themſelves at the ſhrine of Bac- 
chus, leave an amiable wife wretched at 
home; and can ſee, with unfeeling in- 
difference, a family of helpleſs and in- 
nocent children, expoſed to all the hor- 
rors of want and miſery. Sad picture 
of human depravity, too often repre- 
ſented in real life! | 
What can be ſaid in excuſe for that 
wayward being, who forſakes his real 
friends, flies their peaceful, hoſpitable _ 
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habitations, and ſhuns even his neareſt 


relatives, to waſte his precious hours in 
the noiſe and riot of a tavern? His mind 
unſettled, his affairs deranged, his du- 


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one can never make an indulgent or 
cheerful huſband, good father, true 
friend, or agreeable companion; and 
by aſſociating chiefly with men, or the 
worſt of women, muſt ever appear dull, 
aukward, and embarraſſed, whenever he 


mixes with a company of both ſexes. 


A bad man can have but little reliſh for 
the ſociety of the virtuous of either 
ſex. | | 

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nonymous terms; and the want of a pro- 
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ligion, is frequently the want of every 
other virtue. Sap that ſecure and ſolid 


foundation, the fabric will eaſily give 
way, and every good reſolution fly at the 


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. PARENTAL "MON ITOR, 9 ö 
once people are ſo hardened and de- 


praved, as to believe they are to give 
no account of their vices, few argu- 
ments can be found ſufficiently perſua- 
ſive to prevent the ane, of 


them. 5 

The law will 3 capital offences, 
ſuch as murder, theft, &c. &c. but 
there are many other crimes that eſ- 


cape with impunity, the cruelty and 


injuſtice of which only want to be ex- 
poſed, to make the indigent wretch, 
who robs us of our purſe, at the ha- 
zard, and often at the expence, of his 


life, appear not only innocent, but more 
an object of nen than 1 victim = 


of juſtice. 0 

Unhappy, and truly to 7 En 
are all thoſe connected with the Deiſt, 
Drunkard, and Debauchee! Even the 
virtues of thoſe whom nature ſhould 
teach them to love, vice will teach 


them to hate, and eee to in- 


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ſult, and What ſhoutd ſecure their feli- 


city, prove, on the e. a n 
of envy and diſcord. | 
The following lines, mid to . Writ- 


ten by a libertine;: deſerve, to be hes 


with the utmoſt attention. rl 63 


e I lik'd it not: 955 rage, ; "09s noiſe, 1 
An airy ſcene of tranſitory j joys. 4 - 
In vain 1 truſted, that the flowing bowl 

Would baniſh forrow, and enlarge the foul. 

- To the late revel, and protracted feaſt, _ 
Wild dreams ſucceeded, and diſorder'd reſt. 
And as at dawn of morn fair reaſon „„ 

Broke thro' the fumes and phantoms of the night, | 
What had been ſaid, Faſk'd my ſoul, what done; 3 
Ho flow'd our mirth, and whence the ſource begun) ä 

Perhaps the jeſt that charm'd the ſprightly crowd. 

And made the jovial table laugh ſo loud, 

To ſome falſe notion ow'd its poor pretence, 

To an ambiguous word's peryerted ſenfe. 

To a wild ſonnet, or a wanton air, 5 
Offence and torture to the ſober ear. 
Perhaps, alas! the pleaſing ſtream was TER 

From this man's error, from another's fault. 

From topics which good-nature would forget, 
| And prudence mention with the laſt regret, | 

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| PARENTAL MONITOR. tr 


And yet unnumber'd ills, that lie unſeen, 
In the pernicious draught, the word. obſcene, | 
Or harſh, which once-elate, muſt eyer firs. | 3 
Irrevocable; the far prompt bs 
seed of ſevere diſtruſt, and fierce debate, Or, 
What we —_ _ and __ we onght to hate, | 


Add to the blood Weed — the courts. 
Of health ſuppreſs'd, by wine's continued force, 


Unhappy man, whom ſorrow thus, and rage ! 
80o different ill alternately engage! 1 
Who drinks, alas! but to forget; nor ſees 
That melancholy ſloth, ſevere diſeaſe, 
Mem'ry confus'd, and interrupted thought, 
Death's harbingers, lie latent in the draught; 
And in the flowers that wreath the ſparkling bowl, 
Fell adders hiſs, and pois'nous ſerpents roll, 


I cannot conclude what has been faid 


W upon this ſubject with words more to 


our purpoſe than thoſe of Solomon: 
„Who hath woe? who hath ſorrow? 
« who hath contentions? who hath 
e babbling? who hath wounds without 
« cauſe? who hath redneſs. of eyes? 
“They that tarry long at the wine; 

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« they that go to ſeek mixt wine. Look 

not thou upon the wine when it is 

« red, when it giveth his colour in the 
« cup, when it moveth itſelf arighr. 

« At the, laſt it biteth like a ſerpent, 

« and ſtingeth like an adder.“ 


skRlous 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 13 


SERIOUS ADMONITIONS. 
Come, then, is happineſs thy aim? 

Let mental joys be all thy game. 

Repeat the ſearch, and mend your pace, 

The capture ſhall reward the chace, ; 


Let every minute, as it ſprings, 
Convey freſh knowledge on its wings: 
Let every minute, as it flies, 
Record thee good as well as wiſe. 85 
4 | Dz . CorTox. 


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praiſe, and ſometimes excite univerſal 
admiration: and yet, in his more pri- 


vate and domeſtic character, ſhall be 


found acting ſo different a part, that ir 
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to think, the ſame perſon could be ca- 


pable of practiſing ſuch inconſiſtencies,” 


and that in defence of ſome prejudice, 
perhaps indefenſible, or to arne lame i: 


darling paſſion. 


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emoluments of fortune, can repay you 


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vile, than that of a liar. 

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old, and common ſaying, but a very 
true one, that “ honeſty is the beſt po- 


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any rational being to avoid the commit. 


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follows: but, alas! we find it far other. 
wiſe; and, till we feel the direful conſe< 


quence, we are unwilling to believe the 
ſecret admonitions of conſcience, or the 
cautions of thoſe who are more en 


5 ſpect and prudent than ourſelves. 


IT know of no vice more fatal 5 


ruinous in its conſequences, than gam- 
ing; and yet, how many will venture 


their whole property on the ſhaking of 


a dye, or the turning up of a card, and 


five generations; and, in one hour, ſquan- 
der a fortune, which, perhaps, their 


prudent parents anxiouſly toiled their 


whole lives to obtain, and become the 


dupes of a ſer of ſharpers, who, by. hav= 


ing nothing to loſe, can have little to 


fear. It is ſcarcely poſſible to think of 
this deſtroying vice with any degree of 
temper.—How ſhameful to throw away 


the . whole fruits of a laborious and 
anxious 


PARENTAL MONITOR — If 


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anxious life, with ſuch unthinking pro- 
digality ro have the legacy of paren- 
tal care beſtowed on ſharpers, and the 
produce of a life of induſtry ſcattered 
amongſt the refuſe of mankind, by de- 
pravity and folly The truth of this 
addreſs may be read in the ruin of 
friends and families, whoſe ſad hiſto- 
ries furniſh many dreadful anecdotes of 


its fatal conſequences, and ought to be 


preſerved as a warning to their poſte- 
rity. eee 
There is not, in the whole catalogue 
of human frailties, a paſſion which ſo 
thoroughly enſlaves the heart, and dead- 
ens it to every feeling of the man, the 
parent, or the citizen, as this faſhion-= 
able inſanity. There is not a vice inci- 
dent to poliſhed life, that can be leſs 
defended. It has not one plauſible ex- 


cuſe, that can be pleaded in its behalf 


by men of honour, Many of the vices 
of the moſt diſſolute characters, de- 


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grading and bad as they are, have na- 
ture inclining on their fide; which, 
though not a juſtification, they make 
their excuſe They will call rioting and 
drunkenneſs the effects of a cordial and 
generous diſpoſition, led aſtray by the 
infirmity of a gay and ſocial ſpirit— 

They will, at times, blame themſelves 
for ſwearing, and declare, they are a- 
ſhamed of having that unlucky habit; 
and in like manner form a number of 
ſpecious pretences for other bad pro- 
penſities—whilſt gaming has not a de- 
cent advocate to appear in its cauſe. 

Tis a ſordid, ungenerous, deſtructive, 
diſhoneſt paſſion, to take from others 
what we do not want, or to deprive 
ourſelves. of what we know not how to 
ſpare. Tis purſued with care, anxiety, 
and inquietude; never enjoyed; and the 
victim of our own ſucceſs beheld with 
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55 Can 


| PARENTAL MONITOR. 19 


Can gaming, then; be called a recre- 
ation? Look on the countenances of 
thoſe, ſeated around the baneful table. 
Every ugly paſſion may be read in their 
agitated features, which would be in- 
capable of exhibiting more horror if 
they were dragged before a Spaniſh in- 
quiſition. £ Such are its joys, in the 
immediate practice: whilſt its perni- 
cious effects are often felt for many 
ſucceeding generations; and the infant 
unborn will have reaſon to curſe the 


unthinking being who entailed--penury 
his innocent deſcend» 


_— want upon 

It often arms the ruffian for the 
ide exploit, and terminates with 
murder and ſuicide. 


Avoid gaming, as you would ahet af. 


ſaſſin it frequently ſends abroad to in- 


feſt our ſtreets 3 and be not led by the 
contagion of example to involve your- 
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ful gameſter i is at beſt a wretch, whoſe 
honour will everbe doubted, and whoſe. 
feelings, in the moment of triumph, 
- muſt be ſad and comfortleſs. © ' © 
Shun low company with as much 
f precaution as you would the tempeſt's 
rage, or the poiſon of the adder. Tf you 
aſſociate with bad people you will not» 
long continue in the practice of vir- 
tue: your mind will naturally become 
corrupt by bad example, your conduct 
ſuſpected, and your acquaintance dif- 
liked and avoided by the worthy and 
good. Many fooliſh | young men are 
fond of mixing with the: vulgar, in or- 
der to be thought king of the com- 
pany; and the praiſes of the worthleſs 
render them inſenſible to the contempt 
of the virtuous. We are apt to judge 
of people's diſpoſitions by the company 
in which we often find them. If, there- 
fore, you form an intimacy with the 
abandoned, tis natural to conclude 
N VVV 


PARE NT AL 1MONITOR. 21 


your own. inclination coin rides with 


theirs. 
Read the avi fable of Mr, 


Gay's, and learn from the example of - 


the lion's cub, that bad company de- 
upon a level with themſelves. 2 
THE LION AND THE CUB. . 


HOW fold are men * rule and place, 
Who court it from the mean and baſe ! 
Theſe cannot bear an equal nigh ; "Eo 

But from ſuperior merit fly. 

They love the cellar's vulgar joke, 

And loſe their hours in ale and ſmoke. 1 ' 

There o'er ſome petty club prefide : fl 

So poor and paltry i is their pride ! Ws 
Nay, &en with fools whole nights will fit, 

In hopes to be ſupreme i in wit, 

If theſe can read, to theſe I write, 


To ſet ny: worth i in | trueſt light. EE 
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A 1e of fordid mind, 
Avoided all the lion kind; 
Fond of applauſe, he ſought the feaſts 
Of vulgar and ignoble beaſts; 
With Aﬀes all his time he "TO 
Their club's s perpetual preſident, 

He caught their manners, looks and airs: 
An aſs in every thing but ears! 
If e'er his highneſs meant a joke, 
They grinn'd applauſe before he ſpoke; 


But at each word what ſhouts of praiſe! 
"4 Good gode! "our _— * brays! 


Elate with ashes . 
He ſeeks his royal ſire's retreat: 
Forward, and fond to ſhe his parts, 
His Highneſs brays; the Lion ſtarts. 


Puppy, that curs'd vociferation 
Betrays thy life and converſation : 
Coxcombs, an ever noiſy race, : 
Are trumpets of their own diſgrace, 


Why. 


| PARENTAL MONITOR. 23 


Why ſo ſevere? the cub Spy 


Our ſenate * 1 held: me * | . 
How weak' is pride | returns * Wy 3 
All fools are vain, when fools. admire! y 

But know, what ſtupid Aſſes prize, . 
Lions and noble beaſts deſpiſe. * 


Inſtead of running into the laby- 
rinths of vice, be ſteady in the prac- 
tice of their oppoſite virtues, viz. _ 
Religion will ſecure you that innate 
peace, without which all the pleaſures 
of life will be rendered tafteleſs. 
Temperance will inſure health. Seek 
not for it, then, where it is not to be 
found. Diſcard all luxurious and idle 
indulgences. Uſe exerciſe. Obſerve, 
all nature is active around you. And 
would you, that ſhould be the moſt. 
uſeful, be the moſt uſeleſs? and becauſe 
endued with ſuperior reaſon, prove in- 
ferior in the habits and purpoſe of it? 


24 PARENTAL MONITOR. 


Be ſober. To be otherwiſe, would be 


to bring a, reflection on that Providence 
| who formed you for the nobleſt pur- 


poſes: and loſe not, for the pleaſures 


of intemperance, the ineſtimable bleſ- 2 
| ſing of a good conſtitution. 


Be induſtrious: and your life ſhall. 


be ſpent with cheerfulneſs. Time 


ſhall fly unmarked by care and diſcon- 


tent. The labours of the day will en- 
ſure a ſweet and ſound repoſe for the 


enſuing night. Thou wilt then rejoice 
in thy youth, and thy heart ſhall be 


cheerful | in old age... 
Be charitable: and the bleſſings of | 


the poor ſhall attend you. Their pray- 


ers ſhall be heard in your behalf, be- 
fore the throne of heaven. The mer- 


ciful man ſhall ſurely obtain mercy. 
Be ſincere: and you will have no- 


thing to fear from the tongue of ſlan- 


der. If you do not deceive, you are 


"in leſs danger | of being deceived. If 


vou 


PARENTAL MONI ron. 2 5 


you- do no wrong, you will not ſhrink 


from the piercing eye of truth. 

In few words: Be religious, tempe- 
rate, ſober, honeſt, juſt. Be induſ- 
trious, charitable, fincere and mereiful. 


| You will then deſerve happineſs whilſt 


on earth, and cannot fail of ſecuring 
to yourſelves unfading bliſs 1 in the _ 
Wee 0. 5 DESTD! 


An Eaftern ee 


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by his courtiers, ſeemed to have no pal- - 
ſion but for pleaſure, no happineſs but 
in diſſipation. — Thus, at a feſtival, one 


- day, in exulting accents, did he * 
himſelf. | 


I have enjoyed the moment which 


eis paſt, T enjoy that which is preſent, 


and 1 already begin to enjoy that 


* which is to come. Bleſt with con- 
© rentment and tranquility, neither the 
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F hopes of proſperity, Nor r the fears of 

* adverſity, in the leaſt concern me.” 
. . A: beggar, who fat under the window 
af the palace, and overheard the ſpeech 
[on of his ſovereign, cried aloud to him, 
© If thou haſt no anxiety about thyſelf, 
© haſt thou none about ſuch as me?? 

The king, ſtruck with theſe words, 
advanced to the window; and, after 
having for ſome time beheld in filence 
the miſerable object before him, he 
gave orders that a ſum of money, to a 
conſiderable amount, would be 9 
ſented to him. 

At the concluſion of che faſtival, 15 
began to reflect upon his paſt life; 
and, aſhamed to find that it had been 
an uniform ſeries of oppoſition to the 
duties of his ſtation, he determined to 
take, for the future, the reins of govern- 
ment into his own hands, inſtead of en- 
truſting them, as he had hitherto done, 
with favourites. 252 


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| PARENTAL MONITOR, 27 


| He had not been long engaged in 
the adminiſtration of his affairs, when 
he received repeated complaints of the 
licentjous, the diſorderly life of the beg- 
gar he had enriched ; and, at length, he 
obſerved him before the gates of the 
palace, a ſupplicant for alms, with 
hardly a rag to cover him. 2 

The king pointed him out to one "of 
the ſages of the court. Behold,” ſaid 
he, © the effects of charity; behold the 
wretch I ſo lately loaded with wealth. 
« My bounty has corrupted him, and 
© has proved a freſh ſource to him of 
vice and of miſery.” | 

It is te.” replied the fage; © 4 for | 
: they” gaveſt to Poverty what thou 

* oughteſt not to have given but to 

| Induſtry.” 


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28 Parentat! MONITOR.!- 


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PATRIOTISM, > Dio THE Love 
"OF OUR NATIVE COUNTRY.” 


wy 5 CO). 130; | 
5; Weatch, titles, thy eee = 
Freedom away—reftect diſgrace and ſhame ; RI: p 
Whilſt he with whom it dwells in cot obſcure, =, 
_ ue at thoſe ill which Pane hee 4 endure, i 
5 wh web cn. 

N V ever Ea the Wee col 
our native country, and a firm at- 
tachment to dur king and his laws, as. 
a natural and generous virtue: and 
though the meddling and buly politi- ; 
cian, in the middling walks of life, 
often makes a ridiculous and laughable 
character, for: wits and comic authors 
to expoſe and bring upon the Rage, the 
man, whoſe principles are ſteady, who 
is thankful for the bleſſings he enjoys, 
and never loudly clamorous at the in- 
conveniences which the emergency of 
N 1 the 


PARENTAL MONITOR 29 


the tumes may burthen- him withal; will; 
on the contrary; ever be.confidered in 
2 menen and as a Hs __ 
| 10 every age there will be Gidbüstde- 
tions, complainings, and abuſe. Mini- 
ters, taxes, and; injuries of various de- 
nominations, will be talked of. The 
leſs you meddle with ſtate affairs the 
better. The beſt politician in humble 
lite is the man who manages his o.] n 
affairs with prudence, yet at the fame 
time feels a firm-and loyal attachment 
wo his king, in ſpite of the leaders of 
oppoſition, or the favoutites of admit. - 
niſtration, and, if called upon, von 
endeavour to defend his rights. 
How often have the e n. 
tives of other countries been expoſed 
to all the horrors and carnage of def- 
tructive war! whilſt the inhabitants of 
our own have lived fecure and unmo- 
un by every one but themſelves, in 
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the nüdſt of pltnty, and in 2 land 67 
freedom. Invaſions have been talked 
of, and deſtruction propheſied, by pro- 


phets as falſe as the one which Henry | 
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Our enemies, it is true, have enen 


on the borders of our coaſts; but they 
left them again without making any 
attempt to diſturb or incommode us; 
being too well acquainted with the ſpi- 
rit of the true-born Engliſhmen to run 
the hazard of landing upon their ren 
with any hoſtile intentiag. 


Though our fleets and armies Ari 
the laſt war were not crowned with 


that ſignal ſucceſs they formerly expe- 
rienced, we ought not to judge from 
events, but circumſtances. Let us only 


look back to the æra of the war pre- 
yious to the laſt, when we had power- 
RY e 3 


PARENTAL MONITOR. — 31 


| ful allies, and we ſhall find chat both 
its beginning and end wore pretty nearly 


the ſame unfavourable aſ pect. 


The noble, the enterprizing Chatham 
1 numbered with the dead. But when _ 
the phoenix dies, another riſes from its 
aſhes. We ſtill have patriots that ex- 
ert every talent they poſſeſs for the 


good of their country; whoſe characters 
deſerve to be immortalized. 


0 Born in Old England, attached from 
principle, as well as intereſt, to the 


laus and cuſtoms of my native country, 


a well- wiſher to the commonwealth, and 
a loyal heart towards my king, I feel 
an honeſt indignation ariſe whenever I 


hear any diſaffected men boding, with 
their raven's croak, the deſtruction and 
downfal of its conſtitution. Much 


more muſt be done than has or ever 


will be attempted, ere the ſolid founda 


tion on which we ſtand can be over- 
thrown. We fight, in the glorious 
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cauſe of liberty and juſtice, n an 
army of flaves—flaves not only in po- 
litical matters, but in the more im- 
portant buſineſs of the mind bigots 
to the religion they never had the li- 
berty of chooſing, or the fpirit to dif. 
approve, their {words are ever ready to 
pierce the boſom, however guiltleſs, 
that does not acknowledge the tenets 
of the church of Rome; ſuffering them 
ſelves to be guided by a ſet of men 


who lead them, blinded by fear and ſu- 


perſtition, through a life of ſlavery and 
miſery, too eiten to a death of for- - 
Dt: -: | 
How much more godlike, how n 
more delightful to a humane and ge- 
nerous foul, is the religion we profeſs. 
In England racks and tortures are un- 
known—no Inquiſition, to conceal cru- 
elty, and protect injuſtice. The poor- 
eft wretch may ſerve his God in the 
manner he likes the beſt. We think 
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PARENTAL MONITOR! 33 


miſery, becauſe they profeſs a religion 
different to ourſelves ; but belieye, that 
the honeſt, unoffending conduct of an- 


other will meet its certain reward from 
the Great Ruler of the univerſe, let his 


mode of worſhip be what it wilt; and 


have not a doubt but that the effuſions 


of piety and innocence will be as well 
accepted by our General Paxent-from 
the followers of the church of Rome as 
thoſe of the church. of England. -- - - 
Let us then, with impartial eyes, be- 


hold, and, ſet. a proper value on the 
numberleſs bleſſings we poſſeſs, nor ſuf- 


ſer faction and diſcontent to render us 
incapable of enjoying them. Let us, 


inſtead of quarrelling in the ſenate. or 
the cottage, unite with hearts and hands 
in one opinion. Let us ever remain 
uncorrupted, by bribery or fraud, to 
ſupport each other, and defend our 
"0 and country. Let us he true to 


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0 ourſelves at home, and we tall have 
but little to fear from our enemies 
abroad. But whilſt traitors are ſuffered 
to diſaffect the minds of the people, 
and the parliament meet only to quar- 
rel and find fault with the meaſures 
adopted by others, becauſe they do not 
happen to ſucceed, no wonder our ene- 
mies have dared to be ſeen in our 
channel, and that we began to tremble 
at the numerous forces of France and 
5 . which were united againſt us. 
A houſe divided againſt itſelf can- 
not ſtand.—Is not a wy og in "Ne 
fame- predicament? ©» 
The following little imdecots of the 
great Duke of Buckingham will con- 
vince you that he was well ee 
with human nature. = 
When that diſtinguiſhed noble 
was in high court favour, a patriotic 
country member of parliament loudly 


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2 Joes griev 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 35 


_ grievances the nation ſuſtained by the 
conduct of adminiſtration. The duke, 
after giving him a very patient hearing, 
anſwered My dear friend, this is but 
too true; but I have thought of an 

« expedient that will ſet all things right, 
and that very ſoon.'— His country 
friend - enquired what it was. You 
* muſt know,” ſays the duke, © there is 
© a place, worth five hundred pounds a 
© year, fallen this morning, which I in- 
tend putting you in immediate poſ- 
* ſeſſion of,'—The gentleman thanked 
his grace, went away fatisfied, and 
thought the nation the happieſt under 
heaven during that adminiſtration. 
The following will enable you to diſ- 
tinguiſh the true patriot from the num 
ber of falſe pretenders, and give you a 
proper idea of the dignity and virtue 
of that rare, but truly noble character. 


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s Not what 17 Is, but what IT HAS BEEN, 
and perhaps NEvER WILL BE AGAIN. _ hp: 


This powerful and ſublime paſſion,” 


N by depriving man in ſome meaſure of 


his natural feelings, prompts him to 


love his country independently of him- 
felf. It was owing to it that Decius 


facrificed his life, Fabius his honour, 


| Camillus his reſentment, Brutus and 
Manlius their children. | 


Pœdaretus, of Lacedemon, on pre- 
fenting himſelf, in order to be admitted 


a member of the Council of Three 


Hundred (the Lacedemonian houſe of 
commons, we will uppoſe) was refuſed 
a feat.—Did he, in conſequence thereof, 
labour night and- day to excite diſcord 
among his fellow citizens, and to ob- 


ſtruct the eſſential operations of go- 


vernment ?—No: he went away rejoic- | 


ing that Sparta was found to contain 


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PARENT AL. Men 170. 


three hundred nen of . worth 
than himſelf. 


A Spartan lady had Goon * in RY 


army, and was in hourly cxpeRation 
of news from the field of battle. A 
meſſenger returns from the camp; and 
with trembling agitation ſhe applies to 


him for information. Your five ſons,” 


ſaid he, 5 are 'ſlain.'— Baſe flave! did 
I aſk _ that? — Yet we have gains 


ed victory. — Thanks to the 


© gods | CT | the mother. And 


ſhe inſtantly flew to the temple, in or- 


der to offer up her thanks. 41515 
During a period of the Roman hiſtory; 
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to the city of Rome, and was on the 


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noble ardour, repairs, in the diſguiſe 


of an Etruvian, into the enemy's camp; 


advances even to the royal tent; and 
miſtaking him far the king, ſtabs, his 


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ſecretary to the heart. On being ſeized, 
and aſked his name, I am a Roman, 
replied he ſternly, and my name is 


© Mutius. Thou beholdeſt in me one 
© enemy who wanted to kill another ; 
© and I ſhall not have leſs courage to 
« ſuffer death than I had to give it.— 

In the mean time, as if deſirous to pu- 
niſh his right hand for having diſap- 


| pointed him of his prey, he put it upon 


a red hot coal, which had been juſt 
kindled for a ſacrifice; and he beheld 
it gradually conſume away, without be- 


traying the ſmalleſt ſenſe of pain. The 
king, ſtruck with this prodigy of reſo- 
lution, ordered him ta be removed 


from the altar, and to be reſtored to his 
liberty. — Since,” ſaid Mutius to him, 
thou knoweſt the value of virtue, what 


© thou ſhouldſt not have torn from me 
© by thy threats, I will freely grant to 


c thy generoſity. Know, then, that there 
are three hundred of us, young Ro- 
| mans, 


PARENTAL MONITOR.” 39 


mans, who have ſworn before the 


* gods, that we will murder thee in-the 


© midſt of thy guards, or periſh,” one 


and all of us, in the attempt. Porſe- 


na, equally ſtruck with admiration and 


terror at his ſpeech, immediately raiſed 
the ſiege. [OE | 

Among the priſoners whom Mithri- 
dates took in one of the many battles 
he fought with the Romans, an. officer, 
named Pomponius, was one day brought 
before him, dangerouſly wounded. The 
king aſked him, if, ſhould he fave his 
life, he might reckon him among the 


number of his friends?—* Yes,” replied 
the priſoner, * if you make peace with 


the Romans: if not, it. would be a 
crime in me to heſitate upon the ſub- 
je ct. Ja | 
In the hiſtory of China, we bn * A 


Chineſe, who, juſtly : irritated at the 


many acts of oppreſſion committed by 


the RN waited upon the emperor, 
| and, 


42 PARENTAL uonlros. 


and, aſter enumerating his e 
I come, ſaid h 


reward.“ 


| the above words ſunk deep into his 
heart; and making an immediate en- 
quiry into the grievances complained 


of, he not only effectually fuppreſied 


them, but put to death the culprits 


who had occaſioned ſo much Fe to 


his ſubjects. 


The fame hiſtory. furniſhes 8 


ſtriking inſtance of patriotiſm, and that 


in a en boſom. An emperor of 
_ $35 an 


to preſent myſelf a 
victim to that death which fix hun- 
dred of my fellow citizens have al- 
© ready experienced ſor a ſimilar re- 
* monſtrance.. At the fame time 1 
give thee notice to prepare for a ſeries 
of freſh executions; for in China there 
are ftill eighteen thouſand truſty pa- 
« triots, who, for the fame cauſe, will 
© ſucceſſively apply to thee for the ſame 
The emperor, ſavage as he 
was, could not refiſt fo much reſolution; 


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PARENTAL MONITOR; 


| China, purſued hy the victorious arms 


of one of his ſubjects, endeavoured to 


avail himſelf of the blind reſpect which; 
in that country, a ſon. entertains for the 


commands of his mother, in order to 

oblige that ſubject to diſarm. R 
purpoſe he diſpatches an officer to his 
mother; and he, with a poniard in his 
hand, tells her, that there is but one 


alternative before her, death or obedi- 


ace.— Would it pleaſe your maſter,” 
replied ſhe to. him; with a ſmile of bits 


terneſs, to hear that 1 am ignorant 


* of the tacit, though ſacred compact. 


= © which unites every ſubject to his ſo- 


WT © vereign, and by which the former are 
“bound to obey, and the latter to rule 
| © with juſtice? By himſelf hath this 


compact been originally violated. Baſe 
© informer of the orders of a tyrant, 


learn from a woman, what, in ſuch a 
y ſituation, one owes to one's country.] 


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poniard from the adden ſtabs herſelf 

with it, and ſays, Slave, if yet there is 
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my ſon this bloody poniard; tell him 
to revenge his country, to puniſh the 


© tyrant; no longer has he aught to 


© dread for me, to excite in him a ſcru- 
© ple, or to reſtrain him from the pom 
of virtue. 9 

In the eleventh century, | Godiva, 
wife of the duke of Mercia, (a branch 
of the Saxon heptarchy) manifeſted her 
love for her country, by a ſingular ex- 
ploit. For beauty and virtue this prin- 


ceſs ſtands the foremoſt of her age. 


Her huſband having impoſed a very op- 
| preſſive tax upon the inhabitants of Co- 


ventry, ſhe ſtrongly urged him to ſup- 
preſs it; but the duke, a man of un- 
- accountable caprice, refuſed her requeſt, 
unleſs ſhe would traverſe the whole 
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his brutal whim; and having iſſued or- 


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confined to their houſes, and not look 
at her, upon pain of death, ſne mounted 
on horfeback, rode through all the ſtreets 
of Coventry, without any other covering 
than what a copious head of hair af- 
forded her. One man, inſtigated by cu- 
rioſity, peeped out of a window; and 
his impudence was immediately pu- 
niſhed with death. In memory of this 
event, the remains of a ſtatue, in the at- 


titude of a perſon gazing, are ſtill to be 
ſeen upon that "ry * of * ancient 


He ny of Coventry. 


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« As L am neither ſoldier, nor ſeaman,” 
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* but, why do you aſk?“ - Becauſe,” 
replies the other, clinching his fiſts, 
would box them one after another; 
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MBITION, the deſire of accu- 
mulating riches, or acquiring fame, 
often leads to great and noble actions; 
but more frequently miſleads the mind 
of which it has taken poſſeſſion: it 
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him inſenſible, or indifferent, to the 
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occaſions: it will ſend its ſordid and 
aſpiring votaries to the burning climes 
of Africa; but when they are arrived, it 


will whiſper that the unhappy natives 


muſt be facrificed to that Ambition 
which brought them there; and thou- 
ſands of innocent and harmleſs people 


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power: it has enlivened the gloom of: a 
| prifon, after Tentencing- its victim 


and a dangerous enemy to its oppo- 
nents: it encourages the poet, whilſt 
ſtarving in his garret, and cheers him 


48 PARENTAL MONT POR, 


where geld and diamonds were 50 in 
the bowels of the earth. 


Ambition has brought 2 to ide 
taffold, and depopulated | nations: it 
has bribed the philoſopher- to forſake 
his integrity, and made the orator dumb. 
A golden cup is ſaid to have been fatal 


to Demoſthenes; yet it has conſoled the 
hardy vetera eran for the loſs of his limbs, 


and raiſed the obſcure to honours and 


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its dreary confines, and tempted youth, 
innocence, and beauty, to unite itſelf 


wich old age, uglineſs, and guilt: in fact, 
*tis a kind of enigma, that cannot be 
clearly expounded; a paſſion that, under 
proper reſtrictions, may bewſeful ; when 


unbounded, a frenzy to the poſſeſſor, 


with hope, whilſt his pocket and ſto- 
mach 


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' PARENTAL MONITOR 49 


mach are empty: tis therefore a friend 


and an enemy; a bleſſing and a an a 
virtue and a vice. 

So complex and ndefinable' a paſſion 
ought to be admitted to our boſoms 
with care, and guarded againſt with 


caution, before it is permitted to become 


an inmate there. Ambition to excel in 
virtue, to acquire knowledge, and to do 
good, muſt ever be laudable, and ſeldom 
fails to be crowned with fucceſs; to be 


great in every excellence that ſerves to 
improve, enlarge, and ennoble the mind, 
deſirable; but when it degenerates tothe 


mere aggrandiſement of name, or the 
acquiring wealth by unlawful or diſho- 
neſt means; when it can trample om all 
laws, divine and human, deſtroying the 
lives and properties of our fellow-crea- 


tures, who are already enſlaved by its 5 


cruel fetters—'tis then, indeed, a mon- 


ſter, armed at all points, and on de- 
teſtable. 


. Wealth 


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40 e Al MONITOR, 


Wealth procu red by rapine or in- 
juſtice; fame purchaſed by cruelty; 
_ dignity bought by diſhonourable prac. 
tices, or a defalcation of principles, are 
vague and unſubſtantial enjoy ments: they 
will neither buy off repentance, nor bribe 
remorſe to be ſilent: the means by 
which they gained their point, prevent 
the effect they promiſed themſelves from 
the acquirement; and they loſe the bleſ- 
ſing, in the recollection * the method 
by which it was obtained. 

The ambitious man, who has dk 
to ſacrifice his integrity to this his ruling 
paſſion, may be aſſured, that the virtue 
he has ſo fooliſhly given up, will haunt 
him with unceaſing regret, and that he 
will find even a bed of down, though 
decorated with the labours of the ſilk- 
worm, uneaſy, as the ſtraw was to thoſe 
poor victims his ambition ſent to lan- 
guiſh in a dungeon, or ſtarve in the 
black-hole at Calcutta, 


Th' Ale 


PARENTAL MONITOR — 6 


Thi Alaichty, from his throne, on cath furveys 
Nought greater than an honeſt, humble heart; 
An humble heart his refidence! pronounc's 
His ſecond ſeat 3 and rival to the ſkies, 
The private path, the ſeoret acts of men 
If noble, far the nobleſt of our lives.“ 3 
: 8 Vovxe. 


To confine our wiſhes, and ſet bounds 
to our defires, is the province of true, 
unaſpiring wiſdom; to give way to 
W them, or let them become our rulers, 
is to inveſt them with authority to lead 
W us from that ſecure and peaceful path, 
W which alone can guide us to happineſs. 
By ſo doing, we become the voluntary 
ſlaves of our own follies and ambitious 
deſires, and are in a much worſe and 
more perilous ſituation than the blind 
beggar, whoſe only guide, whoſe only 
friend, is his poor but faithful dog: he 
will ſtop at the firſt appearance of dan, 
ger, and prevent his helpleſs maſter 
from running into miſchief. Our paſ- 
D 2 * 


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52 PARENTAL MONITOR. 


ſions, our ambitious deſires, are far 
more dangerous guides : they will hold 
out a tempting bait, and we eagerly run 
into the ſnare: in vain does prudence ib 
admoniſh, or conſcience, by its filent 
reproaches, endeavour to reſtrain us, 
when once we have given the reins 
of juſtice and virtue out of our hands, 
and placed them in thoſe of our ene- 
mies: we are driven furiouſly along, 
without either diſcretion, fear, or Judg- 
ment. The precipice appears in view; 
but to ſtop would be cowardly : we g0 5 
on rapidly, regardleſs of conſequences, z 
till we are left in the gloomy regions of 
deſpair, and unavailing PEER, "I 


oh! ſweetneſs of FINS > ſeraphic . 

| That, wanting nothing, nothing can deſtroy : 

Where dwells this peace, this freedom of the mind? 

Where, but in ſhades, remote from human-kind : | | 
In flow! ry vales, where nymphs and ſhepherds meet, 

. ſeldom comes within ms palace-gate. | 


Lox LaxsDows. 


« Heat 


PARENTAL MONITOR 53 


Hear the words of Prudence, give 
© heed unto her counſels, and ſtore them 
jn thine heart; her maxims are untver- 
ſal, and all the virtues lean upon her ; 

© ſhe is the guide and the miſtreſs of 
© human life. 

From the experience of others do 
thou learn wiſdom; and from their 
« failings correct thine own faults. 

© The fool is not always unfortunate, 

nor the wiſe man always ſucceſsful; 
yet, never had a fool a thorough en- 
joy ment, never was a wiſe man wholly 


a eee 


8 or HUMAN LIFE. 


Ah! wild - to thy Iures we owe 
All the great ills that mortals bear below ! | 
Mourn'd by the hind, when to the ſpoil he yields 
His year's ſupport, and vainly ripen'd fields : 


Mourn'd by the maid, torn from her lover's ſide, 


when left a widow, tho? not yet a bride: - == 
Buy mothers mourn'd, when floods of tears they . „ 1 1 z 
And ſcatter uſeleſs roſes on the dead, * il 


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T E M E R AN C k. 


Wou'd you extend your narrow ſpan, 
And make the moſt of life you can; | 
| Wou'd you, when med'cines cannot ſave, 
Deſcend with eaſe into the grave; 2 
Calmly retire, like evening light, 
And cheerful bid the world good night? J 
Let Temperance conſtantly preſide, 
Our beſt yan, friend, and guide! 


INES | Ito Corron, 


AILI genial Trmezrance! Parent 
of virtue! fiſter of diſcretion! 
friend to the young ! conſolation to the 
aged ! vigour and length of years are 
in thy train: diſeaſe ſeldom dares to 
appear in thy preſence—and repentance 


is a ſtranger to thy habitation. 


My children, follow the wiſe rules 
of Temperance; and ſtrictly adhere to 
her friendly precepts: they will guard 

9 vou 


PARENTAL MONITOR 55 


you from a thouſand ills which lurk 
unſeen. If the luxuries of life are not 
neceſſary to your happineſs, why ſhould 
you with to taſte them? And if the in- 
dulgence of your appetites ſerves to 
deſtroy your real comforts, why ſhould 
you hazard a certain good for a mo- 
mentary enjoyment ? 
Nature, extenſive in its defires, wants 
© a rational reſtraint.” Decency and de- 
corum muſt be obſerved. Temperance 
muſt hold the reins of our inclinations, 
or they would ſoon go beyond the 
bounds which reaſon and prudence 
require. The Grecian, and indeed all 
the ancient philoſophers, knowing the 
good which would ariſe from the ſtrict 
_ obſervance of Temperance, juſtly ranked 
it amongſt the higheſt of Chriſtian 
virtues; and it has been and ever will 
be found of the utmoſt benefit to man- 
kind, both as to mental and corporeal 
advantages. : | 


D 4 : It 


56 PARENTAL MONITOR, | 


b It will be an eaſy matter to produce 
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enemy to paſſion, a ſecurity Ps ll 
exceſſive vices and immoderate deſi > 
a benign calleague, whoſe ſoft Wan 
ſure and ſteady fidelity cannot | fil to 
render our. minds a ſource of com la. 
ceney to themſelves: in fact it 8 
prizes every quality that can ſerve 5 
make our lives uſeful and happy. — 
Obſerve the unfortunate. being hs 
18 under the degrading influence of it 
oppoſite vice: you will ſee him ex oſed 
to the rude aſſaults of a e e, 
tending and jarring paſſions, and toſſed | 
about from one ſcene of extrava ance 
and folly to another, till the — of 
human nature is all that remains; and 
too often that is ſo bloated and ink 
gured by the diſeaſes brought upon it by 
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intemperance, that it remains a miſer- 


able picture of human depravity. 
TeMPERANCE, though it will not go 

beyond the bounds of moderation, will 

not diſcourage us in any of our prudent 


endeavours to excel in what is right; 


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5 gerneſs of deſire, it checks the folly of t 


too ſanguine expectation. 

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much purer ſource than the indulgen- 


cies of paſſion, or the gratifications of 
any ambitious views or deluſive hopes. 


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thoughts of having acted right, and of 
adding dignity to human nature, they 


have not to look abroad for pleaſure : 
Ds they 


58 PARENTAL MONTTOR, 


they can find it in its urmoſt purity. in 
the ſweet ſerenity of a mind. at peace 
uith itſelf, and therefore are reſigned and 
ſatisfied with the fluctuating changes 
that may attack them from abroad; and 
by keeping this truſty centinel always 
on guard, are armed and ſecured againſt 
that tremenduos hoſt of foes which per- 
petually threaten and hover round the 
ungarded victims of intemperance 
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me to aſſert, that my own ſex are more 
' obſerving of this invaluable virtue, than 
thoſe who are called the lords of 
the creation; who, whilſt they proudly 
vaunt of being made the rulers over all 
creatures, are too often untaught in 
the uſeful and happy art of ruling 
themſelves. Modefty muſt ever be 
the friend of temperance : therefore, 
whilſt the female boſom preſerves the 
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59 
It may be here obferved, that man 
is more expoſed to temptation. than 
| woman + I grant it may be ſo; but if 
they boaſt ſuperior ſtrength, reaſon, 
and knowledge, why not give a proof 
of being poſſeſſed of all theſe advan- 
tages, by their ſuperior reſolution to 
perſevere in the practice of thoſe vir- 
tues, of which temperance is the beſt 
and ſureſt guard? The perſon moſt 
immoderate in his deſires, is the moſt 
expoſed to danger. The extremes of 
any one vice or folly are dangerous and 
eannot be excuſed. Dreſs in the ex- 
treme is ill becoming and ridiculous: 
pleaſure in the extreme is often fatal, 
or brings upon its unthinking votaries 
the ſevereſt puniſhments. Temper- 
ance therefore, is a virtue, as pleaſant 
as it is rational: tis aided by reaſon, 
applauded by truth, and acts in con- 
formity to every precept of religion and 
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deſire, checks the career of vice, and 


muſt be nearly allied to contentment: 
it is in itſelf a treaſure more valuable 
than all the treaſures of the eaſtern 
world, and founded on a baſis, which, 


if we reſolutely determine ſhall not be 


ſhaken, will prove a rock of defence : 


from a thouſand perils: Tis a pleaſure | 


we may enjoy in a world of uncertainty 
with perfect ſecurity.” © He who robs 
« us of our gold takes traſn But he | 
who would deprive. us of temperance 


and a good character, would rob us of 


a treaſure whoſe value is ineſtimable. 


It is the want of temperance in our en- 


joyments that renders them diſguſting 
and palling to the ſenſes. 2 
Temperance includes in itſelf every 


ingredient that would ſerve to-render. 
this life pleaſing and comfortable, and. 


is in a manner preparing us for the 
more pure, perfect, and permanent en- 
joy ments of the next. Tis ſo true and 

faithful 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 61 
faithful a-preceptor, ſo friendly a mo- 
nitor, ſo unerring a guide, ſo general, 
and extenſive are its benefits, that I 
entreat you, my children, if you value 


11. | 

 Mildneſs is a reſtraint upon anger, 
fear upon guilt, but temperance is a 
reſtraint upon all the paſſions : there is 
not one of them to which it may not 
be recommended as an univerſal medi- 


um; it unites ſociety, and preſerves 


decency and decorum in the world; 
'tis not the wayward child of fancy, 
but the deſcendant of virtue and peace. 


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FRATERNAL AFFECTION. 


Fathers alone a father's heart can know, 
What ſecret j joys of ſtill enjoyment flow,. , 
When brothers love; ; but if their hate ſucceeds, 


ene wage the war, but *tis the father bleeds. 
YouNCs.' 


I KNOW not a more captivating and' 
intereſting ſcene, repreſented in hu.. 
man life, than a large family of children. 
united in the ſoft and gentle bonds of 
FRATERNAL ArxptcTION. How plea. 
fant and ſoothing the reflection, to have 
a ſet of tender and ſincere friends in. 
our neareſt and deareſt relatives! 
' Whilſt, on the contrary, to ſee brothers: 
and ſiſters perpetually at variance, 
or cold and indifferent to the wants 
and wiſhes of each other, is a proof 
that their hearts and diſpoſitions. 
95 | muſt 
S 


PARENTAL Mon Iro 63 
muſt be ſtrangely callous or inſenſible 
to the fineſt feelings of the mind. 
How is it poſſible, that ſuch children 


can love the parent who gave them 


being, when they ſhew no affection, no 
tenderneſs to the brother or ſiſter born 


of the ſame mother, reared by the ſame 
careful hand, cheriſhed at the fame | 
maternal boſom, and watched with the 


ſame eye that beamed with love and 
ſweetneſs on themſelves !—Difcord and 
diſputes in families are the moſt un- 
pleaſant, the moſt difficult to recon- 
cile: and whilſt brothers and fiſters 


wage war againſt each other, they rack? 
with anguiſh the parental boſoms, 


which love and good will would * 
with peace and contentment. 


If we cannot put up with the filings 


of thoſe to whom by nature we are ſo 


nearly allied, how can we expect that 
our own failings and frailties will meet. 
with any indulgence from others? If 

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we expoſe the faults of a brother or 
ſiſter, can we ſuppoſe, that an indif- 


ferent perſon, upon whom we have no 
claim, will conceal or palliate ours? 


On a ſteady union being obſerved in 
families much good depends, not only 


in reſpect to happineſs, but in regard 
to our well-doing in the world. If we 


cannot rely on our brother or our ſiſter 
to ſupport us in our difficulties, in 


whom can we truſt?—If we cannot 


live in peace with ſuch near and dear 
relations, our ſincerity muſt be ſuſpec- 
ted whenever we make e of 
regard to others. ö 
The happineſs or miſery of our lives 


in a great meaſure reſult from the at- 


tachments of the heart. Obſerve then, 
to be ever ſteadily attached to thoſe to 
whom you are tenderly allied by the 
ties of nature. Though your ſiſter be 
more admired than yourſelf, for the 
elegance of her form or the charms of 

8 her 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 65 


her mind; inſtead of its creating envy 
or diſcontent in your boſom, let it ex- 
cite emulation: and be not ſo mean 
and wicked as to diflike your brother 


or ſiſter, for thoſe virtues and good 


qualities for which they are beloved by 


others. Friendſhip, in its higheſt, 
and moſt exalted purity, ſhould be en- 


couraged and kept up between you. 
From the claims of nature you have a 
claim to integrity, affection and ſin- 


cerity. If your brother | ſets off with | 
you in the purſuit of knowledge, and 


makes a more rapid progreſs than'your- 
ſelf, let not his leaving you at a diſ- 


tance Keep him at a diſtance from your 
heart. Let it rather ſerve to make you 


eager to follow his example, and if you 


cannot equal him in your acquirements 


be not deficient in loving him for ex- 
celling even yourſelf in what he un- 
dertakes.— If you cannot form a friend- 


— with your brothers and ſiſters, 


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your hearts muſt be incapable of ever 
knowing that moſt un and noble 
of all attachments. 
Let me entreat you, my beloked 
children, to love and endeavour to 
ſupport each other through life. Ne- 
ver betray ſo ſacred and delightful an 
union by expoſing each others foibles 
or frailties.— There is a gentle chain 
which binds all nature; but its links 
are more ſtrong and binding in regard 
to parents and children So ſtrong they 
ought to be as never to be broken aſun- 
der by misfortunes, diſſimilarity of 
SIO; or different purſuits. | 
Remember too, That the piety of 

a child is ſweeter than the incenſe of 
«© Perſia offered to the ſun; yea, more 

delicious than odours wafted from a 
field of Arabian os by the weſtern | 
© oales. 
Forget not thy helpleſs infancy ; nor 


P the frowardneſs of thy youth; and 
ind ulge 


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c indulge the infirmities of thy aged pa- 
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decline of life. 


So ſhall their hoary heads go down 
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love.“ 
Oeconomy of Human Life. 


Tf any of you ſhould be ſo unfortunate 
as to deviate from the right path, and 
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and error, endeavour by your example 
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the feaſt with all the _— cranſport 


of affection. 


If thy brother i: is in e allt 
5 bins if thy ſiſter is in trouble, for- | 


get her not. | 5 


So ſhall the fortunes of thy father 
s contribute to the ſupport of his whole 


race; and his care be continued to 
©youall in your love to each other.“ 


Orcovour or HuMAN Lies, 


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PARENTAL MONITOR 69 


The paſſions are a numerous crowd, 
Imperious, poſitive, and loud : 
Curb theſe licentious ſons of ſtrife, 
Hence chiefly rife the ſtorms of life : 
- = they grow mutinous, and rave, 
They are thy maſters, thou their ſlave. | 
gat ids Dns. Cor rox. 


F all the baſe and corroding paſ- 

ſions which infeſt the human mind, 
Envy and DETRACTION, as being the 
moſt malignant and deteſtable, have 

the firſt claim to cenſure. Revenge 
brings with it a dreadful train of hor- 
rors, and no injuries can be a juſt ex- 
cuſe for its obtaining admiſſion to the 
mind of a Chriftian. The boſom, in- 
veloped and polluted by the ſnaky po- 
ers of either of the above-mentioned 
Ec ghiſſions, 


70 PARENTAL MONITOR, 


paſſions, can feel no pleaſure, [EM he 
Joy, but what ariſes from the miſeries, 


diſtreſſes, and misfortunes of their fel- 


low-creatures. To think others happy, 
to hear them admired, or ſee them ca- 
reſſed, is a mortification not to be en- 
'tis a wound to their callous 
hearts, no medicine can heal; and, by 
giving them entrance to their minds, 


dured; 


they entail a painful diſeaſe upon them- 


ſelves, which time cannot cure: it will 
throw a gloom over their ſpirits, even 
in the lap of pleaſure, or amidſt the 
and rob 
_ proſperity of its charms. Wretched, 
juſtly wretched, muſt be that weak 


ſplendours of a court, 


mind, which admits Envy, or revenge, 
for its ruling principles! All the benign 
influence of our bleſſed Saviour's exam- 


ple is loſt upon ſuch unfortunate be- 
and every generous propenſity 


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Self. defence is the firſt law of nature. 
As carefully as we would guard our lives 


from the ſword of the midnight aſſaſſin, 
ſhould we arm our minds againſt the en- 
trance of every malignant inclination. 
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and ſpread their baneful poifon around, 


every enjoyment will be rendered taſte- 


leſs, every gentle and generous paſſion 
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happineſs and profperity of all your fel- 
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daughters of miſery. You will find ſuch 
a temper of mind one continued ſcene 


of rational delight, and a never: failing 
fource of pleaſure: the good wiſhes and 
prayers of your fellow- creatures will a- 


bundantly repay you, and the conſcious 


5 peace, the ſweet complacency which will 


attend you, in the hour of ſecret medita- 
tion, will prove an ample reward. How - 
delightful will be the thought, when 


you addreſs your Maker, that the pray- 


ers of thoſe you have endeavoured to re- 
lieve or conſole, had already reached the 


throne of Grace in your behalf, and that 


your own prayers are heard, amidſt the 
grateful incenſe of others petitions, Tor | 


| bleſſings on your t 


Do good to all: endeavour to love 


your enemies: forgive an injury, and, by 


ſo doing, you will find it unable to 
wound you: let the art of knowing 


; yourſelf, be your firſt ſtudy: tis, per- 
| haps, the hardeſt leſſon to learn; but, 


be 


FARENDAL "MONITOR; 73 


be aſſured, tis the moſt neceſſary: root 


out of your own hearts every noxious 
weed of, vice, in whatever form it may 
appear, and the ſoil will produce ſuch 


flowers, as will make the path of life 


pleaſant to yourſelves, and -uſeful to 


others. Of this be ſatisfied; for tis the 


language of truth, founded on the expe= 
rience of age that it is much eaſier; 
and wiſer, to practice every virtue, than 


its oppoſite vice; that virtue will in- 
creaſe your happineſs, whilſt here; but 
that vice will not fail to prevent your 


obtaining it, both here and hereafter. 


9 Female ſcandal,” ſays a very pleaſing 


writer, * is the -bane of ſociety: it is 
© therefore a queſtion, whether there be 
more actual barbariſm and ferocity in 
de male aſſemblies of the Turks and 
W *© Ruſſians, than among the mixed com- 
© panies of France and the Britiſh 
Iſlands. Of all the outrages againſt 
, ſociety and human intercourſe, whe- 


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a Tuouon 1 am not you, 1 wiſh 
very much for the advice of a friend; 


© and as from the nature of your preſent | 


0 employment I am led to conclade, that 


«you are inclined to be the friend” 'of 
© every one who requeſts yout advice, * 


* will make no apologies for addreffing 
you: yet mine is ſuch a ridiculous ſpe- 


© cies of complaint, as 1 know hot how to 


« deſcribe; a fituation ſo extremely odd 


and uncommon, that 1 am at a loſs to 
* gueſs whether yon will not be more 


* ready to laugh at, than to pity me; 
* but, perhaps, as you are an author, you 


© may have experienced fimilar mortifi- 


* cations, and therefore will have com- 
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76 PARENTAL / MONITOR, 


I am a married woman: my face | 

0 and perſon have no pretenſions to 

beauty or elegance; but happening 

© unfortunately to have a propenſity for 

« ſcribbling, from the time I had been 

© taught to hold a pen, I have been 

looked upon with Envy by my own 

« ſex, and by many of the other have 

been thought to have ſte pt ſtrangely 

"Il out. of my place; yet my muſe is per- 

$ « fectly harmleſs, wy, a in- 
* * offenſive. | 

he: ſo accuſtomed myſelf. to the 

« >. of the pen, that I muſt either 

« write, or ſquander away, many hours, 

which ought not to be ſpent i in idle- 

5 « neſs and ſloth. In truth, my books 

F and my pen are abſolutely neceſſary, to 

« make old Time held by r me in the eſti- 

© mation to which he is juſtly « entitled. 


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variety, notwithſtanding: age has laid 


© his hand upon me and marked me for 
his victim, I live over again, in my en- 


livened imagination, the delightful age 
© of nineteen, and during the whole of 


that ſweet ſeaſon I indulge the humour 
* of romance, and am ſometimes led to 


imagine a druid in every hollow oak, 
and in every caſtle an enchanted lady. 


In a fine ſummer morning, I ſome- 
times attempt to ſcribble paſtorals : but 
*all the year round am much given to 
* rite elegies, for which I have been ri- 


diculed, praiſed and cenſured. 


In autumn, I experience the moſt 
grateful tranſports for the bountiful. 
profuſion with which I ſee mankind 


ſupplied: and then I write on religious 


© ſubjects, and endeavourto do juſtice to 


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© the contracted garden of the pooreſt 
*peaſant ; whoſe vegetable harveſt often 
* affords the little inhabitants of a cot 
"rage a perfume and treat ſuperior to 
any found at the table of affluence. _ 
When the ſnow covers the earth, I 
* look at its dazzling whiteneſs with de- 
* light, and even venture to fuppoſe that 
it was meant to inſtil leſſons of inſtruc. 
* tion; that its whiteneſs may juſtly be 
compared to. the beauty of innacence; 
*-and the eaſy impreſſion which 1s made 
upon it imports how ſoon that inno- 
© cence may be deſtroyed ; whilſt the 
© ſhortneſs of its ſtay may be Ro 
©to-the life of man. 55 5 
When the air is ſharp and 5 1. am 
rather apt to ſay things more ſnarp : 
© than at other ſeaſons, and fometimes, 
in a ſong, meant to ſhoot folly as it 
e oo ricicule the vices es of the age, par- 
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PARENTAL MON 17 on. 


PARENTAL Mont ron. 79 


« ticularly if I have been . anyof 
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But this is not all: ee 
© publiſh a novel or two, and from that 
period the greateſt part of my diſtreſſes 
© began. No ſooner had I commenced 
author, than every eye was fixed upon 
me to diſcover faults, every tongue 
employed in pulling me to pieces. 
If I relieve an object of diſtreſs, 
4 however ſmall the donation, it is given 
with a view to make people ſuppoſe I 
am wonderfully charitable. In the 
fitting up a new houſe, neatneſs was 
pride, and fimple fancy oftentation. If 
I wear a cap with a bit of ribband 
puffed upon it, my head is dreſſed out 
like a May garland ; or if I happen, 
from want of inclination, or am com. 
_ © pelled by indiſpoſition, to appear in 
_ *difhabille, people are vaſtly ſorry to ſee 
the authoreſs turned ſlattern, and won 
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* my huſband's heart; for, Vain as 1 may 


© be of the beauties of the mind, it were 


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© upon them. If a few friends drink 


tea with me, my mould candles are 
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to all mankind, an 
have recourſe to the like nem oy 
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© an object of Envy: but, without being 
the rival of my own ſex, by exciting 
the admiration of the other, tis ſurely 
© very hard, TI may not be allowed to 
c poſſeſs a little common-ſenſe; which 
in this polite age, is thought of * 
inconſiderable value. 

What am I to do, my good e 5 
ef I ſtay at home, I write, and neglect 
my family affairs; and if I go abroad; 
J am loſing my money at the card- 
table, when J ought to be making or 
* mending my childrens clothes; whalſt 
every endeavour to amuſe and entertain 
my friends is mere vanity, only meant 


to ſhew my own wit and cleverneſs. 
Many of the genteel people in the 


town and neighbourhood, durſt not 
think of viſiting a wit: ſome! nl in- 
deed, are daring enough to 


being ſociable with me; and, hen in- 
W © tcrrogated reſpecting their opinion 


l declare, 17 8 woman is very well; bur 
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* that, for. their parts, they cannot dif 
cover any particular cleverneſs or * 
< neſs in her converſation. 
Now, my good madam, as. I nin 
neither viſit nor ftay at home, dreſs 
with decent ſmartneſs, nor appear in 
diſhabille; as I muſt neither amuſe 

« myfelf with writing, reading, or walk. 
ing, I fhould be glad to know in what 
manner lam to employ my time, ar what 
© method I am to purſue, in order to 
prevent a miſconſtruction being put 
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agreeable and diſtreſſing, though not ſo 

very ſingular as ſhe imagines. Few are 
| fond of allowing ſuperior merit to an- 
other, let it be ſhewn in whatever way 
in will. The manner in which ſhe has 


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been treated, has at once convinced me 
that ſhe deferves applauſe, 2 of 
cenſure. 


The eiividws: Aller 18 ſeldom ſenſſble 


that he is paying a compliment to the 
perſon he pretends to deſpiſe, by con- 
firming, to the more penetrating part 
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thing to admire, or there would not be 
ſuch vaſt pains taken todepreciate. In- 


deed, it is a compliment few would wiſh 
to receive; yet, ſtrange as it may appear, 


tis enough to create vanity, and fow 
the ſeeds of OG in the boſom of un- 
aſſuming merit. 31 
The Parental Monitor adviſes Mes. f 
Read well to peruſe the following thoughts 


vernor Hutchinſon, which will convince 


der, that ſhe ſhares the ſame fate 
with the very beſt characters. And 


likewiſe requeſts her to purſue the 


| = ſame employments which ſhe finds fo 


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84 PARENTAL MON IT R. 


conducive to her own happineſs, and 
which ſhe appears deſirous of making 
ſubſervient to the uſe and happineſs of 
others: to be above the mean ſcandal 
and little malice, which can never deeply 
wound, when undeſerved:—and to re- 
member, that a prophet: hagh no ho- 
nour in his own count. 


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THOUGHTS ox cruu¹;v. 


"5b 8 may be defined a” calſe 
| <j injurious detraction from the character 
of any perſon, either in ſpeech or 
« writing. The moſt abandoned and 
* fordid minds have the leaſt-abhorrence 
of Calumny. He: who is but mode- 
* rately wicked, durſt not venture upon 
©1t; he who has but a ſpark of ingenuity 
in his temper, diſdains it. One aſked 
ea Spartan, Whether his ſword was 
* ſharp? he anſwered, « Sharper _ 
| * Calumny.” 


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PARENTAL MONITOR! B85 


e caluniniator is a general miſan- 
t thropiſt; he ſpares no age, order, nor 
«ſex... He is a general calamity, and 
wants power, not will, to be the Phae- 
ton of the world. He wiſhes the de- 
£ ſtruction of the human race, but the 
© beſt and moſt uſeful men are his prin- 
* cipal objects; for he that aims at the 
© overthrow of a building, will bend 15 
* ſtrength: againſt the pillars. 
United meaſures for the Düblie = 


give the Calumniator nothing but tor- 


ment, and he will ſtick at nothing to 
break the connection he cannot bear 
to ſee individuals happy; and if he 


© knows two of kindred ſouls; he is 
© reſtleſs, until, by ſecret arts and infi- 


nuations, he breaks the ſacred bands, 
and ſeparates Lælius from Scipio, Py- 
* lades from Oreſtea. 1 od”? 
© Calumny is one of thoſe eyils, whialhe 
for reaſons infinitely wile, | God has 


permitted in every age of the world; 
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PARENTAL MONITOR. 


led to fo great a degree. I wiſh 


prevai 


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· wounded by Calumny.—Shall we, then, 


* Rome; and Calumny depoſed Lord 
Somers, the greateſt, the beſt chancel- 


lor, that had ever been in England. 
I could fill a volume with a liſt of 


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I could excite an  abhorrence of the 
crime, and remorſe in the criminals. ' 


lf Calumny be fo pernicious to 


© nature ſo deteſtable, why. is it not 


« every where ranked in the firſt claſs, 


© and an adequate puniſhment provided 
« by all legiſlatures? It has been ſeen 
© in different lights by different ſtates, 
*and in different ages. Among the 


W «© Athenians, the Calumniator was only 


ſubject to a pecuniary mulct. 
The mae . him on the 
« forchead.. 
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Eu rope, Calumny is a capital offence. 


A delicate ſenſe of honour had . 


made duelling as frequent as libelling 
and Calumny; and the only way to 


prevent the former, was eftectually to 


* ſuppreſs the latter. 
© In ſome other governments and 


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© be tolerated. Is it becauſe that it 
© prevails. like a torrent, and it would 
break through all banks made to ſtop 
© it? or, Are the people leſs ſenſible of 
its ſtings; or have they more virtue to 
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© liberty may be the true cauſe. by. 
In fuch'a government, how ſhall 
Calumny be avoided? Where ſhall 
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© injured ſeek redreſs? If Calumny may 
* ſometimes loſe its force by being neg- 
© lected, the Calumniator generally diſ- 
covers his malicious wicked intention! 
© by inuendoes and words which need 
© an interpreter : avoid, therefore, ap- 
© plying the Calumny to yourſelf, al- 
though you are ſure it was Ee 
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PRIDE; 


PARENTAL! MONITOR, 89 


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Mlioſt covet to be prais'd, below d, and greae, * 
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will lead many of its ſhort-ſighted and 
undiſcerning ſlaves, and yet, nothing 


under the Fun more clear Iy proves: the 


imperfection and vanity of human folly, 

Of what are we proud? Of a fragile 
body? a fair complexion ? a regular ſet 
of features, or an elegant ſhape? Recol. 
lect, how ſoon that body muſt return to 
its original duſt; how ſoon that form 
muſt be bent down by age, the faireſt 
complexion, the moſt perfect ſet of fea- 
tures fallowed by affliction, or disfigured 
by the deſtroying hand of tim. 

Are you puffed up with RIDE on ae. 
count of your riches? or does your arro- 
gance and ſelf-conceit originate from 
an idea of poſſeſſing ſuperior abilities, 
or excelling in any particular art or 
ſcience? Remember that riches make 


themſelves wings and fly away, and that 
for every advantage you poſſeſs more 
than others, you ought to be grateful, 
BY and thankful for the diſtin- 

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PAREN TAL MONITOR: ” gr: 


guiſhed mercies of a bountiful and in- 
ſmiles on your table, and every luxury 
awaits your call, look not with contempt 
on your fellow mortals : be not blind to 


Becauſe you are bleſt with indulgences be- 
yond what are beſtowed on ſurrounding 
thouſands, are you to deſpiſe thoſe who 
are not ſo fortunate? Is it poſſible, that 
what ſhould make you grateful, on the 
contrary, ſhould: render you vain? - Af- 
toniſhing ingratitude and depravity of 
heart! Inſtead of ſhewing to the world 
you deſerve the favours, you poſſeſs, you 
are, by ſuperciliouſneſs and pride, taking 
pains to convince your fellow mortals, 
you are undeſerving the bleſſings 

vidence, and by your want of gratitude 
to heaven, and tenderneſs to them, 
make the unfortunate more diffatisfied 
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Aae vou, by 0 5 edle = 
raiſed : yourſelf to affluence and conſe- | 
quence, forget not how little you once 
were, nor be aſhamed of your origin: | 
neither look with coldneſs and contempt, 
in the giddy and dangerous moments of 
proſperity, on the favourite companions 
of your youth. The ſame hand which 
raiſed you from obſcurity, could as eaſily 
have exalted another. Reflect ſeriouſly, 
and often, on your beginning, and let 
your humility prove that you deſerve 
the continuance of profperity, by know- 
ing how to uſe it properly. If any one 
forgets their own original littleneſs, they 
are ſure to meet with a number with 
will not fail to remind them of it; in 
order to humble that Pride and haughti 
neſs which ever deferves reproof. 
Are you proud of an ancient family; | 
and does the dignity of your rank, or 
the pompous and flattering found of an 
illuſtrious title, almoſt tempt you to for- 

Pe get 


PARENTAL MONITOR. . ” 93 


get that you are one of the ſons or 
daughters of Adam? Fye on fuch-muſh- 
room Pride! We are all numerous 
branches of the ſame family, divided 
by name, but nearly allied by nature 
and Chriſtianity. We are all deſcend. 


ants from the ſame parents; have all the 
ſame infirmities, the ſame , wants, the 


ſame hopes and deſires; . and, if it is not 
our own fault, have all an equal claim 


to the favour and protection of our 


= Maker, and are alike entitled to the 
W mercies of that bleſſed Redeemer, who 
died for all, and was no reſpecter of per- 
ſons. We muſt reſt on the ſame bed of 


earth, and at the laſt day, when we re- 


ceive our awful ſummons from the grave, 
muſt all ariſe to give up our account. 
Then the poor wretch we have injured, 
or treated with contempt, may prove 
our ſuperior :' then his ' wrongs will be 
heard, and his injuries redreſt, with the 


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94 PARENTAL MONITOR, 


the greateſt. potentate on earth. Pride ö 
and injuſtice will be puniſned as they 
deſerve. The wealth of worlds would 


not bribe our judge. Kings, like other 


men, muſt give up their account and 


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ble attendant, will find their ſuperiority 
depending on the teſt of their en 


_ the juſtice of their actions. | 
Reflect, therefore, in every chun 
of your lives, on theſe important truths: 


let them ſubdue your pride, and humble 


your vain expectations. Remember, that 
at the very moment you are proud of 


your, imagined excellence, you may be 


ſummoned to that world, where your 
conſequence will depend on the manner 
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| PARENAL MONITOR. 93 


of the world as and Helpleſ 10 
1 you were as into Mating r e 
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ſtate, and the numerous infirmities of 
your nature. If ever you are tempted 
or provoked to treat a fellow creature 
W with rigour or injuſtice, tremble, leſt 
7 you one day ſhould: want their aſſiſtance. 
Nothing is certain in this uncertain 
= world. Whenever you fit down to 
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will to your Great Maſter; and that 
the wealth you prize ſo highly will 
neither arreſt the arm of juſtice, bribe 
death to give up his prey, nor procure 
vou ſo good a reception in the next 
W world as will be given to the pooreſt 
mendicant on earth, if he carries with 


W him teſtimonials of ſuperior virtue. 


Let not therefore riches, beauty, ta- 
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moſt ambition of every mortal. 


PARENTAT: MONITOR, 


you in one more certain and permanent. 


Let humility, charity, and good-will to 
All, entitle you to the continued favours 
and mercies of your Creator, when you 

are called from the grave to appear be- 
fore his awful tribunal; and when you 
ſee your Bleſſed Redeemer ſeated on 
the right hand of his Father, let not 


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' PARENTAL MONITOR 97 


THE OWL AND THE WREN«s 


ONE balelame morn, upon a flow'ring bull, 
Hard by his mate recording ſat a thruſh ; 


The riſing ſun inſpir'd his cheering lay, 
As yet the only muſic of the ſpray, 
Save where at hand a little humble wren 


Preſum'd to blend his treble now and then. 
'Twas not to emulate the.throſtle's lay, 
And hail like him, the golden beams of day. 
An ow], ſage tenant of an hollow oak, g 
Beheld, and thus with indignation ſpoke : 
Vile trifler, ceaſe, my reſolution hear: 

By the ſtill ſhades of night, which I revere, | 
By the thatch'd barn, and by the tenants there; 
On whoſe delicious limbs I often fare; 

If whilſt yon warbler, who delights mine ear, 
Puts forth his merry ſong, you interfere, 


Il bear thee trembling to my callow brood, | 


And for their ſtomachs make thee dainty for 


His pow'r full well the little ſyren knew. 
Vow'd to 3 and to the thicket flew. _. 


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98 PARENTAL MONITOR. 


Great Jove, who no partial favour thiwe' ; 
Who ' mongſt his creatures no diſtinction knows, 
Who when the circling ſpheres began to roll 
Look'd on delighted, and confirm'd the whole; 
Straight from his bright empyrean hill ſurvey'd 
The dull preſumptuous tyrant of. the ſhade, 
And ſaw obſequious innocence diſmay'd: 
' His thunders roll, thick clouds dilate the ſkies, 
From his ſtrong arm the levell'd fulmen flies, 
And by tbe bolt the bird of Athens dies, 


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The humble wren, ſuch was the will of Jove, 
Sang unmoleſted thro? the leafy grove. 


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PARENTAL MONITOR. 


I Parts ſuperior what advantage lies? 
Tell (for You can); what is it to be wiſe? 
Tis but to know how little can be known, 
To ſee all other's faults, and feel our own; 
Condemn'd ia buſineſs, or in arts to drudge : 
Without a ſecond, or without a judge: | 
Truths. would you teach, or ſave a finking land? 
All fear, none aid you, and few underſtand. 
Painful pre-eminence ! yourſelf to view 


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or his extraordinary GxNnIvus, and to 
join very readily in the commendations 
of any favourite or popular writer. 
But, alas! whilſt they praiſe, and are 
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pen, they think little about the author; 


and ſo long as they are entertained with 
the effuſions of his wit and invention, 
people in general are perfectly indif- 


ferent whether he is ſtarving in a garret, 


or languiſhing on a bed of ſtraw, in the 


| gloomy confines of a dungeon. I know 


no being upon earth more to be pitied, 


than a man of ſenſe, genius, and educa- 


tion, reduced to the hard neceſſity of 


living merely by his wits. His humour 
and pleaſantry may often obtain him ad- 
mittance to the table of the great; but 


when there, he muſt keep up the mirth 
of the company, tell a good ſtory, in- 


troduce a brilliant anecdote, ſay a thou- 
ſand ſmart things, join in the laugh— 


when, perhaps, his heart is rent with 
anguiſh, and the elegant repaſt his hu- 
morous talents have procured him, is 


rendered taſteleſs by the reflection, that 


an amiable wife, or a family of helpleſs 
children, have been ſtarving at home, 
with- 


PARENTAL MONITOR 101 


without his genius being able to procure 
them a ſingle comfort, or neceſſary ac- 


commodation. To write for bread, muſt 

be the hardeſt, the moſt precarious, and 
| laborious way of earning a livelihood. 
If, therefore, you have genius, depend 
not ſolely upon it for your ſupport: if 
you have wit, rely not upon it for ſub- 
ſiſtence; reſerve them for the amuſe- 
ment of your leiſure hours. But you 
muſt fix upon ſomething more ſubſtan- 


tial and ſecure, for making your pro- 


greſs in the world. Wit is a dangerous 
weapon in unſkilful hands —it creates 
many enemies. If you ſay a good thing 
at the expence of a friend, you may de- 


pend on his becoming a foe. Never, 
therefore, venture to be witty at any 


one's coſt. True wit may ſhew its bril- 
liancy, without having any perſonal ob- 
ject in view, or ſending any to their pil- 
low with hearts aching at our ſatirical 
talents. Folly and vice will afford ſuf- 


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Seien ſubjects for wit to play upon, 


without having recourſe to real charac. 
ters, or perſonal imperfections. 
If you have Genius, employ it for the 
benefit of others; but (as I before ob- 
ſerved) depend not on it as your ſole or 
dernier reſort. Nothing is ſo vague and 
uncertain as Fame. Its loudeſt trum- 


and it is moſt probable, the laurels 
which ſhould have bound your temples, 


will be left to wither o'er your grave; 
or, why were the bright Geniuſes of 
different nations (a liſt of whom you 


will find at the concluſion of this paper) 


permitted to die in poverty and obſcu- 
rity, to the everlaſting reproach of thoſe 


who pretended to lament, after death, 


the very beings whom they neglected in 


life, and ſuffered to periſh in miſery 
and want lf you have Genius, diſ- 


courage it not; neither expect too much 
Hom it. If you * on a precarious 


uncer — 


PA RENTAL MONITOR, 103 


uncertainty, you may repent, in vain, 
the loſs of a thouſand real enjoyments, 
which induſtry and labour might have 
procured you amongſt the UNNUTICOS 


multitude. 


What's Fame? that fancy'd life in others breath! 
| A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. 


Juſt what you hear you have, and what's unknown. 
The ſame (my lord) if Tully's or your on. | 
All that we feel of it begins and ends 


In the ſame circle of our foes or friends. 


To all beſide as much and empty made, 
An Eugene living, as a Cæſar dead: 
Alike, or when, or where, they ſhone or ſhine, 
Or on the Rubicon, or on the Rhine. | 
A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod; 
An honeſt man s the nobleſt work of God. 
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The poets of the weſt, were as re- 


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Homer is the firſt poet and beggat 
of note, among the ancients. He was 
blind, and ſung his own ballads about 


the ſtreets. 


Plautus, the comic poet, was PR 
off. He had two trades : he was a poet 
for his diverſion, and helped to turn a 


mill, in order to gain a livehhood.— 


Terence was a flave—and Boethias died 
a. 

Among the Italians, Paulo Burghieſe, 
almoſt as good a poet as Taſſo, knew 
fourteendifferent trades; and yet died be- 


_ cauſe he could get employment in none. 


Taſſo himſelf, who had the moſt ami- 


able character of all the poets, has often 


been obliged to borrow a crown of 
a friend, in order to pay for a month's 


| ſubſiſtence. 


Bentivoglio chiefly demands our pity. 


His comedies will laſt with the Italian 


language. He diſſipated a noble fortune 


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in acts of charity and benevolence ; but, 


falling into miſery in his old age, was re- 
fuſed admittance into an hoſpital him- 
ſelf had erected. | 


| In Spain, the great Cervantes i 18 fad 
| to have died of hunger. 


In France, Vaugelas, one of the po- 


liteſt writers, and honeſteſt men of the 


age, was ſurnamed the Owl, from his 
being obliged to keep within all day; 
and, when he died, he deſired that his 
body might be ſold to the ſurgeons to 


the beſt advantage, in order to hs to 


pay his debts. 
Caſſander, one of the greateſt eue 


of the age, could not, with all his merit, 
procure himſelf a bare ſubſiſtence. By 


degrees, he was driven to hate all man- 
kind; and, at laſt, to impute his cala- 


mities to Providence. When the prieſt 
aſked him to rely on the juſtice of HA 


ven, and depend for mercy on Him that 
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made him If God, replies he, has 
© ſhewn me no juſtice here, what reaſon 
have I to expect any from him here- 
© after ?— Let me entreat you, con- 
tinued the confeſſor, to be recon- 
_ © ciled to God, your Father, and your 
Maker. No:“ replied the unhap- 
py, exaſperated wretch; you know 
the manner in which he left me to 
© live—and, (pointing to the ſtraw, 
on which he was ſtretched) you ſec 
the manner in which he leaves me 
to die!! 

In England, the ſufferings of the 
poets have been ſtill greater than in 
any other country. Milton, Spenſer, 

Otway, Butler, Dryden, and ſeveral 
others, are, and will ever be, men- 
tioned as a national reproach. Some 
of them lived in a ſtate of preca- 
rious indigence, and others literally 
died of hunger. And laſtly, poor 
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1 0LITENES 8. 


| Study with care Politeneſs, that muſt teach 
: The modiſh forms of geſture and of ſpeech ; 
In vain formality, with matron mien, 
# And pertneſs ape her with familiar grin. 
They againft nature for applauſes ſtrain, 
Diſtort themſelves, and give all others pain: 
She moves with eaſy, tho' with meaſur'd pace, 
And ſhews no part of ſtudy but the grace. 


8 TENESS ſignifies, if I am not 
- * miſtaken in my ideas of it, that con- 
formable and elegant poliſh of the man- 
ners, and graceful eaſineſs of addreſs; 
whereby people of a genteel and liberal 
education diſtinguiſh themſelves from 
the vulgar: tis improved, and often ac- 
quired, by mixing with perſons of ſu- 
perior rank: in fact, tis a kind of ge- 
nerous philanthropy, refined by a deſire 
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PARENTAL MONITOR. 10, 


to r and rendered doubly charming, 


by the eaſe and good humour with 


which it is accompanied: it ought to be 


inſeparably united with the other graces 
of an accompliſhed mind. Real Polite- 
neſs is guided by complacency, care- 
fully avoids giving pain to any one: it 

ſingles out the moſt humble and unno- 
ticed of the company, in order to make 


them ſatisfied with themſelves, and in- 


ſenſible io the mortifying inattention of 
the reſt of the party; employs every nice 
and gentle endeavour to extract the 
thorn of diſcontent from their wounded 


boſoms, and omits no opportunity to 


make them equal ſharers in the amuſe- 
ment and pleaſantry going forwards, 
when it can be done without appearing 


ſingular. It never takes a ſavage plea- 


ſure in the modeſt embarraſſment of any 
one, however inferior in ſituation, ſenſe, 
or the endowments of mind or perſon; 


| neither does it, ( though complaiſant and 


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 courtevus) overload every one indiſcri- 
minately with compliments or flattery. 
The peculiar excellence of real politeneſs 


is being unaffected, natural, unſtudied, 


ſincere, accompanied with eaſe, Pro- i 
priety, and real good humour. 


In this ſenſe, and according to this de. | 
ſcription of POLITENEss, it deſerves your 
attention, and every oneſhoald endeavour 


to acquire a ſufficient degree of it to ren- 


der them agreeable, attentive, and pleaſ- 


ing to ſociety. Unfeeling wit, ridicu- 
lous buffoonery, the malicious mimick, 
or malevolent cenſurer, may for a mo= 


ment excite our laughter; but when we 
recollect the wound they may give a 


worthy heart, we turn from them with 


diſguſt. —Politeneſs will then, in the 
moſt ſoothing accents of gentleneſs, 


aided by every humane attention, en- 


deavour to heal the wound which has 


been given, and reſtore the innocent 


ſufferer to ſerenity and compoſure : 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 111 


others happy and ſatisfied with them- 
ſelves, it can give no pain, and therefore 


is an accompliſhment nearly allied to a 


virtue, which every one ſhould ſtudy to 


acquire. 

Numbers of 8 3 have 
ſuffered innumerable mortifications, by 
the want of it in thoſe with whom they 
aſſociate: Politeneſs muſt ever be pleaſ- 
ing, even to thoſe who are deficient in 


the practice of it themſelves : for no 


ſooner does the miſtaken notion take 
the lead in the mind of any one (how- 
ever diſtinguiſhed their ſituation) that 


they may ſay or do what they pleaſe, 
(without conſidering whether what they 
ſay or do will make others uncomfort- 
able and uneaſy) than they become a 


public nuſance to ſociety, and few will 
be deſirous of meeting ſuch 2 
companions. | 


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i therefore, you wiſh to be fatisfied 
with yourſelves, or have any defire to : 
pleaſe others, you muſt not fail to re- 


| collect, that every perſon has their own 


peculiar taſte and humour, which has a 


right to be gratified as much as your 


own, and has an equal claim upon you 


for indulgence, as any requeſt of yours 


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CONVERSATION. 


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canſt thou be filent ? No; , for wit is thine; ; 
And wit talks moſt, when leaſt ſhe has to . 
; And reaſon interrupts not her career. 

She'll ſay that miſts above the mountains riſe ; 

And, with a thouſand pleaſantries, amuſe; _ 
| She'll ſparkle, puzzle, flutter, raiſe a duſt, 

And fly conviction, in the duſt ſhe rais'd. 

Wit, how delicious to man's dainty taſte ! 

'Tis precious, as the vehicle of ſenſe ; | 
But, as its ſubſtitute, a dire diſeaſe. 
Pernicious talent ! flatter'd by the world, LES 
By the blind world, which thinks the talent rare. 
Wiſdom is ay bernie wit abounds. 


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and therefore I would wiſh all my 
young readers to acquire an eaſy, and 
pleaſing manner of converſing on every 
ſubject proper for their ſex and age; 
but never to attempt thoſe in which 
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114 PARENTAL MONITOR. 


their want of knowledge would expoſe 4 
them to ridicule. 
A good memory is OW 
requiſite to make an agreeable and in- 
telligent companion. Diffidence is ſome. 
times an impediment to young people's 
ſhewing their abilities in converſation ; 
but that will wear off, after aſſociating 
a little time with the polite world. 
Yet, however brilliant your powers of 
converſing, they muſt be kept under 
the niceſt reſtrictions. If ſo fortunate 
as to have a good underſtanding, united 
with the happy art of ſhewing it to ad- 
vantage, you muſt never attempt to 
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tion to yourſelves; but be content very 
often to wait till called upon to give 
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ſed: and then, be ſure to give it with 
modeſt diffidence, which will not ap- 
pear to enforce upon your hearers a 
certainty of being right in your opi- 
nions. 


PARENTAL MONITOR, 115 


nions. If you find you have been 
wrong in your ſentiments, or that you 


have miſtaken the ſubject, be not cap- 
tious, or diſpleaſed with thoſe who en- 
deavour to ſet you right; but let your | 

mind be open to conviction, and be 

ever ready to acknowledge any error 


you have committed. Such an inge- 


nuous proceeding, ſo far from being 
conſidered as a proof of your wanting 


judgment, will aſſuredly prove the con- 
trary, and you will find every one ready 


to find excuſes for you, and to prevent 


your making any future miſtakes. 
| The babler is a perpetual nuſance 


to ſociety. It commonly happens that 


ſhallow ſtreams make the loudeſt noiſe; 


ſo thoſe whotalk the moſt, very often talk 
the greateſt nonſenſe. People who are 


fond of hearing themſelves, have but 


few opportunities of improving from 


the converſation of others; and' though 


ny; weary their hearers, they will not 
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be prevailed upon to believe it poſſible. 
To talk much and well, requires a 
ſound judgment, retentive memory, and 
good underſtanding, with a vaſt com- 
mand of temper: for be aſſured, if 
you talk much, you will meet with 
many ſevere attacks for the innovation 


116 PARENTAL MONITOR. 


you are making on the n nn 


and pleaſuę of others. 


Another ridiculous folly which tha 


love of talking makes many people fall 
into, is telling marvellous and impro- 
bable ſtories; which, by being often re- 


peated, grows tireſome, and frequently 


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brings a reproach on the perſon's vera- 


city. Some, indeed, have the happy art 
of telling a ſtory well, and by the in- 
troduction of a good anecdote, or witty 
bon mot, will ſet the table in a roar. | 
But where one ſucceeds in this way 
many will fail, and find their endea- 


vours to amuſe repaid with a yawn or a 
dead filence. This is often owing to a 


ſlowneſs 


| flownels and formality in their man- 

ner, or by the improper introduction 
of a number of uſeleſs and unneceſſary 
words : never attempt being witty by 
deſign, leſt you meet with as ſevere a 
retort, as that given by Dean Swift to 
a young gentleman; who, on hearing 
that bright genius, by his wit and 
pleaſantry, enliven and produce the 
moſt violent burſts of laughter from 
his companions, ſtarted up on a ſud- 
den, and, addreſſing the Dean You 
muſt know, Sir, ſaid he, J have a 

great mind to ſet up for a wit my- 
* ſelf,” — Have you ſo, young man? 
replied Swift; © then let me adviſe you 
to ſet down again. | 


Let me caution you againſt laugh- 


ing too much in company. Nothing 
ſerves to render any one more diſagree- 
able, than a perpetual giggling, with. 


out any viſible or ludicrous cauſe. It 


often excites the fears and apprehen- 


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fions of thoſe that are prefent, that 
they are the objects of your ill-timed 


may have given riſe. I have ſeen many 
worthy and fenfible people hurt in this 
way, by the unthinking levity of youth, 


who came out for amuſement, and 


were ſent home by folly, with the thorn 
of diſcontent rankling in their boſoms. 
A young gentleman, much addicted 


to laughing, happened to get into Swift's 
company ; and, having heard much of 


the Dean's pleaſantries, was upon the 


titter at every thing he faid. © Where 
is the jeſt?” ſaid one that was preſent. 


— There!" ſaid Swift, JEM 1 at the 


laughing gentleman. 


The following anecdote of the poet 
Racine, will ſerve more fully to con- 
vince you of the neceſſity not to at- 


tempt engroffing too much of the Con- 
verſation to yourſelves; ; let your abili- 


ties 


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PARENTAL MONITOR. r19 


ties be ever ſo ſhining, or your powers 
of entertaining equal to your deſire of 
1 yu. ebe 

licitous o gain j en than ap- 
plauſe, we are aid of diſpleaſing in 


Converſation, when we appear more at- 


tentive to ourſelves than to the com- 
pany around us. 

The famous Racine, with a view of 
diſguſting his ſon from the too eager 
purſuit of poetry, which he carried to 
a frantic exceſs, and apprehenſive that 
he might attribute to his tragedies the 
careſſes which ſeveral of the nobility 
laviſhed upon him, uſed often to ſay, 


© etry which procures me all theſe kind- 


neſſes. The verſes of Corneille are 


an hundred times ſuperior to mine, 


and yet no body regards him: they 


© only love him in the mouth of his 


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the recital of my works, 1 ſeldom 


mention them, and am contented if 1 
can entertain my viſitors with topics 


that are amuſing and agreeable. My 
talent is not to make them ſenſible 


8 that Jam a man of wit, but that they 
have wit themſelves. Thus, when you 


*ſeea nobleman paſs whole hours with 


me, you would be aſtoniſhed, if you 
: © were preſent, .to obſerve him fre- 
© quently leave me, without my hav- 


ing ſpoken four words; but, by de- 
« orees, I put him in the humour of 
* prattling, and he goes away, ſtill more 


« ſatisfied with himſelf than with me.” 


From this little - anecdote, of this 


: truly great and penetrating .man, the 


intelligent reader may learn, what all 


would wiſh to attain, the grand art 
of pleaſing. in Converſation; which- al- 
moſt wholly conſiſts in hearing much, 
ſpeaking little, and never attempting 
to e witty at any one expence. 


CRUELTY. 


PARENTAL MONITOR, tar 


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CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 


were treaſon *gainſt the King of kings, 
Should daring man preſume to fay, - 
The ſmalleſt mongſt this world of things, | 
An uſcleſs ſpeck of matter lay, 


The humbleſt inſect of the Juſt, | 
Thro? the ſame great creative power, 
Exiſts as we; and tis unjuſt 
To take a moment from its hour, ; 
os MoZ2EEN, . 
"RUELTY to the animal world is a 
heavy reproach on human nature; 
tis not only repugnant to every precept 
of religion and benevolence, but to every 
dictate and e of reaſon and hu- 
manity. 3 | 
That a great part of the Animal crea- 
tion were ſent for our peculiar. uſe, we 
cannot doubt; and we condemn them to 
Vor. II. 8 | deg." , . | N ; 


122 "PARENTAL MONITOR. 


die, without a ſingle apprehenſion of 
being guilty of a crime in ſo doing: 
but mercy, that divine attribute of hea- 
ven, ſhould teach us to deprive them of 
life with as little pain and miſery as 
poſſible, and never to deſtroy any crea- 
ture that is incapable of hurting, or mo- 
leſting us. © The poor beetle that we 
« tread upon,” ſays the immortal Shake- 
ſpeare, © in corporal ſufferance finds a 
« pang as great as when a giant dies.. 

To ſuffer young people, unreproved, 
to indulge the cruel humour, the bar- 
barous propenſity of deſtroying harraleſs 
and inoffenſive creatures, would be to 
burthen and give the world more 
Nero's and Caligula's. The firſt appear- 
ance of ſuch a mercileſs diſpoſition, 
ſuch an unpardonable wantonneſs of 
cruelty, ſhould be inſtantly ſuppreſſed, 
or ſeverely puniſhed. To hear the me- 
lancholy moaning, to obſerve the unat- 


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prived > 


PARENP AL MO „rox 


prived of its young by the hand of 
barbarity, would, in my opinion, foften 
the moſt obdurate- heart, and make a 


laſting MILEY the moſt en; 


mind. But, alas! we 


contrary effect; and, F< a habit of 
practiſing cruelty, we become infenfible 


to all ſorrows but our own. Even the 
mournful lamentations of the winged 
choriſters of the grove are heard with in- 


difference and compoſure. I never re- 
fle& on this ſubject without feeling a 


compaſſionate indignation —__ ſuch 
lawleſs deſtroyers. 


The being who can plan the deſtruc- 
tion of a little creature from whom they 
never received an affront, or fuſtained an 


injury, muſt be inſenſible to all the finer 
feelings of the ſoul; and the ungentle 
mind which can delight in diſtreſs, the 
hand which can be employed to torture, 
the eye which, unmoiſtened with a tear 
of pity, can behold a dog, a bird, a 

G2 lamb, 


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lamb, or even a worm writhing i in 480. 
nies of their inflicting, may one day be- 
come ſo hardened as to ſee the ſorrows 
of a parent, a brother, or a friend, with 
the ſame inſenſibility and W indif. 
ference. 8 
Never, therefore, but in 1 ſelf. id 
attempt deſtroying any part of Nature's 
family, every one of which has its parti- 
cular uſe, and was formed for ſome wiſe 
and neceſſary purpoſe. 
Whatever dumb creatures you may 
keep for your ſervice, or amuſement, 
be ſure you exert your utmoſt endea- 
vours to make their lives comfortable 
and happy, by rendering their confine- 
ment, or labour, as little painful and irk- 
ſome as poſſible. Let them have every 
indulgence and convenience you can 
procure them, by way of atonement for 
the loſs of thoſe pleaſures you hin- 
der their enjoying according to their 


Nature, and carefully guard chem from 
feeling | 


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Study nature: let her be your guide; 
but read her carefully. Let not curio- 


ſity alone be your motive for enquiring 
into her wonderful productions. To be 


acquainted with the mere externals, and 


know no one part ot her intimately, is 


like a young man's going the grand 


tour, and travelling poſt through every 
country he has to paſs, merely to boaſt 
of having been abroad to ſee the world. 

Obſerve the cementing powers of all 


nature: the near relation which one 
part of it bears to another throughout 
the whole is wonderfully ſtriking : it is 
a moſt intereſting and entertaining hiſ- 
tory to peruſe, and cannot be contem- 


plated too often, or with too much at- 
tention: it will increaſe your admira- 
tion, and ſtrengthen your dependence 
on that Almighty Being- who formed 


the chain, and united the links which 


G3 bind 


PAREN TAL MONITOR, 125 


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bind us to each other by a million of 
generous and connexive ties, which, 
ſtretching itſelf from the ſmalleſt atom 
through infinite ſpace and variety, im- 
pels and directs the whole fyſtern, from 
the inſect to man, and aſcends from the 
flower, the weed and the worm, to rule 
the great planets, and confine n to 
their orbs. 
Jo acquire a reliſh for the 3 
of nature, animate or inanimate, will 
ferve to heighten every innocent enjoy- 
ment and recreation in life. Not a gar- 
den, ſhrubbery, field, or common: hedge, 
but will afford materials to create ſur- 
priſe and admiration; and in every one 
of their diverſified beauties you wall, 
with gratitude and aſtoniſhment, be able 
to trace the wiſdom and benevolence of 
that all powerful hand which has beſtow- 
ed ſuch various bleſſings on rational 
beings, and at the ſame time provided 
N convenient and comfortable accom- 
ma dation 


PARENTAL. MONITOR. 2 


modation for every living thing that 
crawls upon the earth—a ſure proof that 
the Almighty architect of all nature 
thought none that he had formed 
unworthy his n and n | 
cars. 

A thouſand. pleadiir reflections and 
agreeable furpriſes accompany thoſe 
whoſe thoughts and attention are em- 
ployed in obſerving the wonders of na- 
ture: for be aſſured, the pleaſures of 
the mind are the only ſolid and rational 
to be found on earth—a truth which 
even that voluptuous epicure in pleaſure, 
Lord Cheſterfield, could not deny. 

Among all the ſocial affections, uni- 
verſal benevolence is the moſt generous. 
and enlarged, the moſt lovely, venerable 
and captivating: it embraces the whole 
human race: tis not to be confined with- 
inthe narrow limits of one family, or even 
one kingdom, but includes all without diſ- 

64 tinction. 


128 PARENTAL MONITOR; 


tinction. The complacency and comfort 
we feel, whenever we do a good action, 
muſt convince us, that in a conſtant and 
regular practice of benevolence, a per- 
petual ſource of pleaſure will be found, 
a ſatisfaction inexpreſſibly delightful; 
becauſe we are then acting in confor- 
mity to the united dictates of reaſon, re- 
ligion and nature, and following the 
bright example of our bleſſed Redeemer. 
Mr. Pope has finely expreſſed himſelf 
on this ſubject, in the en beauti- 


ful lines : 1 
Self- love vt ſeryes 5 virtuous mind to wake, 


As the ſmall pebble ſtirs the peaceful lake; 

The center mov'd, a circle ſtrait ſucceeds, 
Another till, and ſtill another ſpreads; _ | 
Friend, parent, neighbour, firſt it will embrace, 
His country next, and next all human race; ; 
Wide, and more wide, th' o'erflowings of the mind | 
Take ev'ry creature in of ey'ry kind; 
Earth ſmiles around, with boundleſs bounty bleſt | 
And Deny” n beholds its image in his breaſt, 
| | CHRISTMAS 


PARENTAL MONITOR 129 


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CHRIST MAS-D Ax. 


AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO THEM, FEAR. 
vor: ron BEHOLD, I BRING vou 
oOo TIDINGS OF GREAT JoY, WHICH 
SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE. 


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FOR UNTO YOU 18 BORN THIS DAY, IN THE: 
CITY or DAVID, A SAVIOUR, WHICH 18 
| CHRIST THE LORD. | 4h 

Sr. LUKE, 


T HOUGH I have no particular 


objection to many of our new- 


| cuſtoms and faſhionable habits, I own, 


1 feel a real regret at ſeeing ſo little: 


attention paid to many of the old ones. 
The negle& of obſerving, with every 


mark of hoſpitable piety, cHRISTMAS= 


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A day of ſo much importance to mor- 


tals, ought to be obſerved with the 
ſtricteſt attention, and inſpire our ſouls 
with the moſt lively gratitude.— Tis 


mortal's higheſt feſtival! On that ſacred 


day, love, good-will, and benevolence, 
ſhould alone find room in our ſouls.— 
A Saviour was born to die for all : it is, 


therefore, the duty of all to rejoice, and 


unite to keep this day in all the ſublime 
beauty of holineſs. At this holy, inte- 
reſting, and important ſeaſon, why will 
not the rich, affluent, and great, with- 
draw from ſcenes of diſſipation, and, as 
in former times, make a little jubilee 
mm their poor DESTINY and de- 


pendants ? 
1 cannot | hel p regretting, ths this 


ancient and laudable cuſtom of pay- 


ing due reſpect to the ſacred ſea- 


ſon of Chriſtmas, which formerly uſed 


to be univerſally obſerved, ſhould be 


nearly exploded, both in town and 
country. The hoſpitality, which in 


3 * 1 


PARENTAL "MONTTOR. 137 


the days of our anceſtors was kept up 
on this occaſion, reflected the higheſt 


honour on the rich; whilſt it diffuſed, 
in conformity to the temper of that 


bleſſed Saviour, whoſe birth it ſerved to 
_ commemorate, its comfortable influ- 


ence in the cottage of the poor and 
needy. Surely, a cuſtom ſo generous 
and beneficial, deſerves the attention of 


the riſing generation to revive, and 


bring once more into faſhion, 
But, at the ſame time, they ſhould en- 


deavour carefully to ſuppreſs all licen- 
tiouſneſs and intemperance, which the 


lower order of people might otherwiſe 
think themſelves authoriſed to practiſe. 
Vice is at all times diſgraceful and im- 
proper; but ſurely more peculiarly ſo at 
this ſacred and ſoul-enlivening period; 
which, though a ſeaſon of univerſal joy 
and gladneſs, deſerves every demonſtra- 


tion of praiſe and gratitude, confined 


within the bounds of temperance, nay 


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PARENTAL. MONITOR. 


your ſongs be ſongs of praiſe, and your 
Joy the grateful effuſions of hearts bend. 
ing before the ſhrine of Omnipotent 
Mercy. Forget not your Redeemer, in 
the noiſy clamour of intemperate mirth; 

and loſe not the remembrance of his 
ſufferings, in the mazy windings of the 
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Leet not either rank, fortune, or the 
gay. allurements of ' pleaſure, prevent 
your ſometimes entering thoſe ſcenes 
of miſery, which only to ſee can be 
believed; and when you retire from 
them, forget them not. Recollect, how 


very ſmall the portion taken from your 
purſe, will relieve extreme difſtrefs; 


and though, my children, you ſhould 


not be bleſt with affluence, though ? 


you have but a very moderate ſhare | 


of fortune's favours, deny not your- 
ſelves the moſt exalted gratification 


the mind can enjoy, that of giving 
your mite to comfort the afflicted, 


and relieve the diſtreſſed. Give the 
poor and needy, as far as you can, 


the power of rejoicing with you. 


Ah! little think the gay, licentious proud, 


| Whom pleaſure, power, and affluence ſurround; 


They, 


PARENTAL MONITOR» 135 


They, who; their thoughtleſs hours in giddy mirth, 
And wanton, often cruel, riot waſte; 

Ah! little think they, while they dance along, 
How many feel, this vety moment, death, 
And all the fad variety of pain. : 

How many fink in the devouring flood, 


Or more devouring flame, How many bleed, 
By ſhameful variance betwixt man and man. 

How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms z 
Shut from the common air, and common uſe 
Of their own limbs. How many drink the cup 
Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread 
Of miſery. Sore pierc'd by wintry winds, 
How many ſhrink into the ſordid wt b 


Of cheerleſs poverty. 
THOMSON, 


Did we give ourſelves time to re- 
flect more frequently on ſcenes like 
theſe, 


Vice in his high career would ſtand appall'd, 
And heedleſs rambling impulſe learn to think; 
The conſcious heart of Charity would warm, 
And 


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Where'er thou claſp'ſt thy merc'leſs, cruel paw, 

Down go the ties of friendſhip, reaſon, law: 
Relation and religion yield to pelf, 
And all things center in th. a mifer's ſelf. 

15 be poor, 

udſt kingly ſtore. 
F Mozzxx. 


Starving in plenty, leſt he 
le draws a beggar's breatli 


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minion of this ſordid humour, when 


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our riches, is the moſt inſatiable and 
unſatisfied of all unaccountable deſires, 
Tt is natural to ſuppoſe, that we ſhould 
be actuated to covet wealth, in order to 
procure ourſelves the comforts, conveni- 
encies, and indulgences of life; but 
with the ſordid it is far otherwiſe: he 
will toil early and late, and eat the 
bread of care; he is eager to obtain 
wealth, not to do good, not to diſpenſe 
and diſtribute it, in order to make his 
family and friends happy, but to con- 
ceal it from every eye but his own—to 
tell it over and then return it to the 
iron cheſt, which, like his own heart, 
is cloſed to all but one. The genial 
and intereſting ties of nature loſe their 
ſubduing influence on minds like theſe. 
Parents, children, friends, the cries of 
poverty, the lamentations of miſery, 
plead in vain, if gold is the boon re- 
queſted: and what is ſtill more myſte- 
rious and difficult to expound in this 
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PARENTAL MONITOR 239 


enigmatical humour, is, that in the 


midſt of unbounded plenty, the miſer 
will often be content to experience the 
miſeries of penury, and the humiliating 
appearance of neceſſitous indigence; 
and he finds a perpetual ſource for re- 
pining and diſcontent, from being ob- 


liged to datisfy the craving and neceſſary 
wants of his own frail nature: but to 


the wants of others he is totally inſenſible 


and indifferent. His heart is inacceſ- 
ſible to every gentle feeling, which, in 
generous minds, ſo nobly diſtinguiſhes 


human nature from that of the brute; 


but the avaricious have no other enjoy= 


ment than in the mere accumulating 


wealth, which is rendered uſeleſs to 


themſelves, by their own ſordid hu- 
mour, and obnoxious to others; by ſeeing 


fortune beſtowed on beings ſo unworthy 
the envied indulgence for which ſo many 
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140 PARENTAL MONITOR, 


yet can never obtain. 
It is ſaid, that Sir George Caulfield, 


who was ſome time Chief Juſtice of the 
Court of King's Bench in Ireland, and 
who, it was reported, left his whole for- 


tune, which was immenſe, to his Majeſty, 
to enable him to carry on the American 


war, was one of the greateſt miſers ever 
Europe produced, Swift's famous Da- 
mer not excepted. He ſcarcely allow- 


ed himſelf the common neceſſaries of 


life: a breaſt of mutton, at a penny a 


pound, he eſteemed a treat, and made 
many complaints, when called upon to 


pay for it. He had a borough that re- 
turned two members, which he always 


ſold to the beſt bidder. In making the 
bargain, he likewiſe engaged to return 


the members without expence, for which 
he charged in hĩs eſtimate thirty pounds. 


On the day of election, next after his 
preſent Majeſty's acceſſion, he attended, 
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PARENTAL: MONTTOR 141 


and having gone through the formali- 


ties of returning the members, the din- 


ner he ordered was two eggs, butter, 
and a loaf: his drink was a pot of ale, 
and the whole reckoning amounted to 


fivepence halfpenny. The bill being 


delivered, while Caulfield was peruſing 
the ſum total, the landlord informed 
him of a miſtake, which was the omiſ- 
ſion of the ſervants beer. This aug- 
mented the reckoning to ſevenpence 
halfpenny. He refuſed to pay the ad- 
dition; but after ſome altercation threw 


down fixpence halfpenny, and defired 
the aſtoniſhed landlord to ſeek rhe other 
penny from the extravagant raſcals who 


contracted the debt. 
Such characters as the above are 


deteſtable, and we will hope, for the ho- 


nour of human nature, are rarely to be 
met with. Yet, it has been many times 
obſerved, and, I believe, with ſome 


truth, that the moſt ſordid and avarl- 


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PARDN TAL MONITOR... 142 


cious will at times feel a ſudden and 


irreſiſtible impulſe of doing a generous 


action, either in a moment of ſelf con- 
demnation, or feeling, perhaps, a de- 


grading conſciouſneſs of their own 


meanneſs: they are urged by this mo- 


mentary fit of penitence to get rid, in 


ſome degree, of the ignominy of being 
ſtigmatized for oppreſſing the humble, 


and laying ſuch heavy burdens on thoſe 
ſo unfortunate as to be dependant on 
their bounty; they will even condeſcend 
to promiſe, with an appearance of can- 
dour and generoſity, friendſhip and a 
deſire to ſerve you; and, in order to 
confirm their ſincerity, will enter, with 


apparent readineſs, into an agreement 


which may appear ſo advantageous, as 
ſhall make the dejected and deſponding 
heart exult with the exhilerating tranſ- 
ports of grateful joy. But place not 
your reliance on minds like theſe, with 
the Tweet hopes of ſecurity: the next 


hour 


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PARENTAL MONITOR 143 


and far different defigns, and the ſmall 
pittance which: the niggard bounty 


that the right hand gave, the mean 
cunning of the left will moſt aſſurediy 
take from you, under the ſpecious ap- 


pearance of ſome juſt claim; and if you 
dare to utter a complaint, or venture an 


| expoſtulation, you are peremptorily de. 
fired to carve your own fortune in fu- 


ture, without expecting farther aſſiſt. 
ance. One of the greareſt bleſſings of 
independence is the being freed, from 
the flaviſh and galling fetters of the ſor- 
did and. oppreſſive, whoſe cold and 


| ſtony hearts are inacceſſible to every 
feeling but that of ſelf, who can never 
know what it is to poſſeſs a true friend, 


becauſe their greateſt pleaſure and ut- 


moſt ambition is to reign the ſtern ty- 


rant of dependent flaves, and' whoſe 


| only pleaſure, from holding any inter- 


courſe with their fellow creatures, ariſes 
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from the pride of being able to ſay to 


one man, go, and he gocth, to another 


ciety a crime, and every generous ſenti- 
ment as an enemy, who would rob them 
of their beloved treaſure, and thoſe who 


dare to practiſe them as vain prodigals, 
who ſquander the greateſt good in life, 
In fact, tis the avaricious only who de- 


prive themſelves of all the real enjoy- 


| ments which fortune will afford its poſ- 
ſeſſors, whilſt they have ſenſe to be be- | 
nevolent and liberal, without profuſion 


or extravagance, and have a ſufficient 


ſtock of prudence to preſerve their 


property, without degenerating into 
meanneſs or oppreſſion. 


Has God, thou fool ! work'd ſolely for thy goo 
Thy joy, thy paſtime, thy attire, thy food ? 


Who for thy table feeds the wanton "fawn, 
For him as kindly ſpreads the flow'ry lawn: 


1 


come, and he cometh; who conſider 
friendſhip as nonſenſe, the love of ſo. 


— 


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P ARENTAL MONI TOR. 1 45 


15 it for thee the lark aſcends and ſings? 

Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. 

Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? 

Loves of his n and raptures ſwell the note. 
The bounding ſteed you pompouſly heſtride, 
Shares with his lord the pleafure and the pride. 
Is thine alone the feed that ſtrews the plain? 
The birds of heaven ſhall vindicate their grain, 
Thine the full harveſt of the golden year ? 

Part pays, and juſtly, the deſerving ſteer : 

The hog, that ploughs not, nor obeys thy call, 
Lives on dd ee ee een, | 
Pore. 


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n | - | « | Chis *& | 
SUPEES EE EOM 
Vainly we ſeek for true perfection her, 
It's only lodgment far beyond the clouds; o 
E pious, charitable, wiſe, fincere, | 


Error's black miſt mens cleareſt reaſon ſhrouds, | 
| Mozzzx. Bo 


IUPERSTITION is the terror 4 

' weak, undiſcerning and uneducated 
minds, and often produces numberleſs 
diſtreſſes, and many anxious thoughts 
to the ignorant and timid, whilſt it is a 
fair ſubject for ridicule to the more 
wiſe and experienced. The death watch 
has kept many a one from partaking 
the balmy and refreſhing ſweets of re- 
poſe, by impreſſing a thouſand gloomy 
apprehenſions upon the mind of the 
terrified liſtener, that the moſt diſtreſ- 
ſing events would certainly happen to 
themſelves or families, from the por- 
tentous warning of this inviſible tick, 
tick; 


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PARENTAL MONITOR, 147 


tick; whilſt the death, of which it 
was the unimportant, but unwel- 
come harbinger, was, according to 


the moſt rational way of accounting 


for it, only that of a poor harmleſs 


fly; whoſe faint efforts and fruitleſs 


ſtruggles to defend its life, (againſt its 


known enemy, the ſpider) - occaſioned 
an immortal Sg to tremble * their! 
own. B 5 
It has 0 been men at a 
perſon who has been able ro encounter 


many of the ſevereſt trials with the 
utmoſt fortitude and reſolution, would 


not have ventured to paſs through a 


church-yard at the awful midnight 
hour, even to have obtained an imme- / 
diate releaſe from a number of real 
diſtreſſes. This humiliating and trou- 
bleſome weakneſs - often takes its riſe 
from the ſuperſtitious folly of thoſe- 
who have had the management of our 
infant years. The ftories which are 
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ther time, good ſenſe, or the united 


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told by rhe ignorant nurſe, to _ 
and entertain their little charge, has 
often left an impreſſion of fear and 
Superſtition on the mind, which nei. 


exertions of parental tenderneſs, o or au- 
thority, could ever el 


by thoſe who are intruſted with the 
care of youth, and every — 
lately combated by thoſe of mature 


years. ed 
| Ghoſts are, even in this england 


age, the bugbear and terror of thou- 
ſands, particularly amongſt the lower 


ranks of people. No ſooner has. night 
overſpread the heavens with her fable 


mantle, than this unaccountable dread, 


* 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 149 


returns with its accuſtomed force; and, 
if they are under the neceſſity of tra- 
velling through any unfrequented path, 


after the ſun has withdrawn his rays, 


though the bright beams of the moon 


illumine their paths, they ſee an ima- 
ginary ghoſt in every tree, gate, or ſttle; 


and when they retire to their apart- 
ments by themſelves, are in a continual 
dread, leſt their curtains ſhould be un- 


drawn by the hand of ſome viſible or 
invifible ſpectre; and the leaſt noiſe, 
however eaſy to be accounted for by 


thoſe happily devoid of fear, is, 


by the timorous and ſuperſtitious, 
ſuppoſed a warning from the grave, 
_ defigned either for themſelves or friends. 
—Thus the hours; which ſhould: be 


paſſed in undiſturbed repoſe, in or- 
der to re-animate their frail nature with 


freſh vigour, to encounter the cares 


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by theſe. weak, yet diſtreſing appre. 
Henſions, the moſt wrewhed) of: thei 
| lives. 3 


There are a 8 of ankle mor- 


| bene which attend the ſuperſti. 
tious, and which, though leſs terrific, 
are accompanied with anxiety. How 
provoking, yet how abſurd and laugh. 


able, that the pleaſures of a walk in 
the fineſt ſummer. evening, ſhould be 


_ Interrupted by the unmeaning and ſim- 

ple croaking of a raven, that chanced 
to wing its flight over our heads 
A dinner ſpoiled by ſpilling a little 
ſalt A night's reſt deſtroyed by the 


{ſc reeching of an. owl, or becauſe a coal 


flew from the fire in the fancied ſhape 
.of a coffin, or a winding-ſheet hung 
5 pendant with tremendous foldings from 
the candle!—whilſt, perhaps, the very 
perſons, thus eaſily. and frivolouſſy a- 
larmed by the inventions of the 
norant and ſuperſtitious, can read an 


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5 PARENTAL MONITOR. . 151 


account in the public papers of an 
_ earthquake having depopulated a whole 
_ city, with leſs regret and terror than 


they can hear the ſimple and natural 


howling of an houſe- dog beneath their 
window. And many a fair bride has 
been gloomy in her bridal finery, and 
fad amidſt the gratulations of rejoicing 


friends, becauſe the ſun has not ſnone 


upon her . wedding-day; from which 


circumſtance future miſery has been 


predicted, by that e il 


SUPERSTITION. 


What a mortifying 4 amn 
picture is the above of human folly! 


The real miſeries of life are abundantly 
ſufficient to put our fortitude to the 
teſt, without having recourſe to evils 
which can only exiſt in a deceived 
and deluded imagination. Be well aſ- 
_ ſured, thay no one will ever riſe from 
their yore; to diſturb the peace of 
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thoſe they have left behind them, and 
that, if we had nothing more to fear 
from ourſelves, our paſſions, or our fel. 
low mortals, than we have from any ſu- 
| pernatural appearance, we might reſt in 
any place, or in almoſt any part of the 
globe, in perfect ſecurity. If omens 
were permitted to warn us of our dif. 
| ſolution, or any impending evil, they 
would (it is preſumed) be attended 
with more awful and alarming. cir- 
cumſtances, than _ of the . 
mentioned. | 
Deſpiſe, then, TONY contemiti nad 
diſbelieve all theſe abſurd and futile 
inventions: and let not a dream, which, 
from the airy, and unconfined excur- 
fions of the never-dying foul, may 
have tortured your fleeping fancy, 
diſtreſs your waking imagination, or, 
for one invaluable moment, leſſen 
your firm hav corona on that all- 
power- 


\ 


| powerful Being, who preſides with 


has formed. 225 
' Ye, Who tte: Vleſt with 8 


mſullied purity, what can you 


a 
have to fear from the peaceable and 
cold inhabitants of the grave? Even 
could they be permitted to re-viſit 
their native earth, their viſit could 
not be hoſtile or prejudicial to you. 
Happily for thoſe who are gone be- 
fore, and for us. that are left behind, 


and have the great debt of nature 


ſtill to pay, they find too ſecure and 
ſound repoſe, to diſturb the peace of 


their former loved companions. Liſ- 


ten not, therefore, to the paltry con- 
trivances of ſuperſtitious ignorance, 
even in the moſt trifling matters, 


thereby adding fictitious cares and 


inquietudes to the real troubles of a 
: ſhort and buſy life. Sufficient are 
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conpver To SERVAN TS. 


| There i is an old N man, . 
Who after me hath many- a weary ſtep 
Limp'd in pure love; till he be firſt ſuffic'd, 
Oppreſs'd with two weak evils, age and * 


vin not touch @ bit. 8 
SHAKESPEARE, 


* 


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from the affluent to the deſerv- 


in g part of their fellow - creatures, 


though undiſtinguiſhed by the acciden- 
tal advantages of birth, rank or for- 
tune: to alleviate their ſorrows, com- 


paſſionate their diſtreſſes, and lighten 


their burden of woe, a duty incumbent 


upon thoſe who enjoy any of the above 


attractive and envied indulgences. 
The Almighty, for wiſe and good 
purpoſes, has thought fit to place his 


children in very different ſituations; 


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but at the time he has done ſo, he 


has likewiſe, by that inviſible chain 
with which he has fo uniformly, and 
nicely connected all nature, made the 


one abſolutely neceſſary to the happi- 
neſs and convenience of the other. 


The great could not enjoy their riches, 


without the aſſiſtance of the poor; nei- 


ther could the poor receive the reward 
of their labour, had there been no in- 


equality of ſtation. To conſider thoſe 


as diſregarded by Providence, od * 
worthy our attention, who are placed 
in a ſtate of ſervitude and enn 


would be the height of cruelty; 


not only unjuſt to our os ts 
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favour they are undoubtedly honoured 


equally, or perhaps in a "PIO ee 


to ourſelves. _ 
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157 


their ſervants with unkindneſs and ſe- 
verity. Though indebted to their maſ- 


equivalent for the wages they receive. 


often unequal 'to their deſert,—people 
| ſometimes not having it in their power 
to repay their honeſt endeavours to 
hs them with the liberality they de- 
ſerve. But tis in every one's power to 
treat them with civility and kindneſs; 
and to recollect that they have not only 


rous mind, to make a ſtate of depends 


to the WW and induſtrious! How 
. much 


utmoſt indulgence. I never knew any 
good and truly amiable, who treated 


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the ſame form, but the fame defires, 
wants and wiſhes as themſelves; are 
liable to the ſame ſorrows and infirmi- 
ties, without the means of indulging 
the one or alleviating the other. How - 
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158 PARENTAL MONITOR, 


much more delightful to be obeyed 
with the willing heart of affection, than 


driven to do ſo by the ſervile influence 
of fear! How pleaſant to be received, 


after any temporary abſence from our 


nance of a worthy domeſtic, an eye 


lifted up with an humble, but grateful 
delight, and a number of little atten. 


tions, which ſpeak in expreſſive ſilence, 
the ſincerity of their attachment, and 


which add a number of additional com- 
forts to our own home! 

Though it would be highly improper 
for young people to aſſociate with their 


ſervants, and to converſe with them in 


the ſame unreſerved manner as they 


would with an equal or a ſuperior: tho! 


it would bring them down on a level 


with their dependants, and would ſhew 


a want of judgment and knowledge of 


the world, to make them the confidants : 
of their ſecrets, which would give them 


an 


FN . 


ART AI Monrron 169 


an au chority and freedom they other= 
: wiſe would. never dare to aſſume, it is 
Y equally reprehenſible to treat them with 
contempt, to ſpeak to them upon every 
occaſion in the accents of auſterity and 
harſhneſs; to ſuſpect their honeſty with- 
out juſt cauſe, or appear cold and in- 
ſenſible to their endeavours to pleaſe. 
Authority may be preſerved without 
unkindneſs, and a proper diſtinction 
kept up without either pride, reſerve, 
or coldneſs. When we conſider that the 
good character of a ſervant is their only 
inheritance, it would be cruel and un- 
juſt to deprive them of that valuable 
portion through caprice or prejudice. 
That there are a number of bad people 
in all ſituations is a truth, however un- 
pleaſant, not to be denied: but it would 
be very hard for all to be ſuſpected 
becauſe ſome will err. In my opinion 


it is far better to be often deceived, 


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_ theirs whom a reverſe of fortune has 
reduced them to ſerve, and whoſe flats 


gard, and have a juſt claim upon our 
benevolence to make them feel as Hetle 
inconvenience as poſſible from a ſtate 
of dependence, to which, ſo uncertain 

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160 PARBNPAIL MONITOR. 


than'to live under tlie perplexing 3 in I 
fluence of continual diſtruſt. 


Many of the ſervants in genteel * 


their humilia ting fituations by the im. 
prudence of their parents, or by many 
other unavoidable misfortunes, whoſe 

ducatiori may have been as liberal as 


tering proſpects onee promiſed them 
better days and far more exalted views; 


who once knew what it was to have 
every indulgence at their own com- 


mand, without any reaſon to appreh en 


being deprived of them. Surely, ſuch _ 


blameleſs ſufferers, whilſt they ſubmit to 


their change of fortune with cheerful hu- 


mility, are entitled to our tendereſt re. 


PARENTAL MONITOR: 161 


is every thing on earth, it may one 


day be our turn to ſubmit. 
The meaneſt, the moſt deſpiſed of 
human beings, may, if treated with 


cruelty and injuſtice, prove a dangerous 


enemy; or, on the contrary, riſe ſo far 
ſuperior to his preſent ſtation, as to 


be a valuable and uſeful friend: there- 


fore, from motives of policy, as to 
worldly matters, as well as from all 
thoſe of a __ captivating and ge- 
nerous nature, it is far better to be- 


have with an Takin ſteadineſs of 


humanity" to thoſe you have it in 
your power to make happy or miſe- 
rable, than to extort an unwilling 
compliance to any unreaſonable com- 
mands, with unfee . g and rigid ſe- 
e 

I have often heard it obſerved; that, 


to know a perſon's real character, 
you muſk ſee them in their own fa- 
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perly to their ſervants, or to ſee them 
compelled | to ſubmit to their pride, 
caprice, or ill humour, muſt give the 
careful obſerver a mean opinion of 
their diſpoſition. It calls in queſtion, 
not only their want of knowledge, as 
to the duties of their ſtation, but a 
want of good temper, which is a jewel 
of ſuch value as ſhould ever be pre- 3 
ſerved with care.—'Tis ſo becoming 
an ornament as never ſhould for one 
hour be laid afide: it will make the 
plaineſt form agreeable; prove a pre- 
vailing advocate in procuring friends, 
and has been known to diſarm the 
moſt reſolute and determined enemy 
of their reſentment. A perſon bleſt 
with an uniform ſweetneſs of temper, 
will ever be admired, reſpected, and 
beloved: it never can be ſeen in a 
more intereſting point of view, or its 
ſincerity and ſweetneſs be more fullß 
proved, than IT its benign exertions to 


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render dependants happy, and ſatisfied 


with their humble ſtation. To be per- 


petually out of humour for every frivo- 


lous trifle, and to make others wretched 
for our capricious diſappointments, 
ſerves to ſhew a weakneſs of under- 
ſtanding, and a total want of that con- 
ſiderate humanity, which would fcorn 


to leſſen its own regrets at the expence 

of a fellow creature, though that fellows 
creature be a ſervant. The very name, 
if properly conſidered, ſhould make 


every one deſirous of proving them- 
ſelves kind maſters, or indulgent miſ- 
tres 

Sir william Auburn 8 B lived 
in a moſt luxurious and faſhionable 
ſtile, till perpetual diſſipation had ſo 
far reduced their fortune as to oblige 
them to retire into the country, in or- 


der to ſave expences. They had only 


one ſon and a daughter, who, from 
being accuſtomed to gaiety and ex- 


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travagance, accompanied their parents 
with unwillingneſs and diſcontent. Miſs 
Auburn was naturally of a ſweet and 
placid diſpoſition, and very ſoon be- 
came perfectly conformable to their ne- 
ceflary change of life: but her brother 
Edmund found it impoſſible to recon- 
eile himſelf, or humble his proud fpi- 
rit to the degrading and mortifying 
alteration, notwithſtanding | his father 
and mother had endeavoured to cons 
vince him of the neceſſity to retrench, 
and expreſſed their ſorrow for having, 
by their obſtinate imprudence, made 
the change not only 2 but un- 
avoidable. _ . 
The houſe ſteward was the only one 
in the family who had dared to ac- 
quaint Sir William of the deranged 
ſtate of his finances; and, in the all. 
perſuaſive language of truth and friend- 
ly warmth, pointed out the danger of 
e er deferring the plan of re- 
tiring. 


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tiring. ' He was a good and venerable 
old man, who had held the fame place 
under Sir William's father, and ever 
maintained a character free from re- 
proach. Edmund, by ſome means or 
other, diſcovered that Godfrey had put 
theſe prudential notions into his fa- 
ther's head; and therefore took every 
opportunity to ridicule, teaze, and more 
tify this worthy and faithful ſervant, 
who at length grew. ſo weary of his 
ſituation, that he determined to leave 
years before, a pretty eſtate, deſcended 
to him at the death of a diſtant re- 
lation, and had ſaved a conſiderable 
| ſum during the time he had lived in 
Sir William's family, excluſive of a 
very handſome legacy left him by a 
former maſter. When, he informed Sir 
William and his lady of his intention to 
quit their ſervice, they were much hurt 


; 166 H "PARENTAL AY 


to SO that he would give up his 
deſign; and begged to know if he had 
met with any thing particularly diſa- 
greeable that had determined him to 
leave them. Miſs Auburn, who really 
loved the good man, burſt into tears, 
and enquired how he could be ſo un- 
kind as to think of leaving her fa- 
ther; adding, that ſne hoped ſhe had 
never given him any offence, or any | 
cauſe of complaint. For ſhame, Ca- 
© roline!' exclaimed her brother, do 
© not degrade yourſelf by aſking ſuch 
© humiliating queſtions of, a ſervant! 
What buſineſs have - ſuch people to 
© be offended? If the old fellow thinks 
bhe can do better, let him go: I am 
* perſuaded we ſhall do as well -vith- 
bout him: his old-faſhioned honeſty, 
and buſy impertinence, have cauſed 
_ © ſufficient revolutions. in this family. 
© If he ſtays any longer, he may make 
* ſtill farther innovations; and bye and 


PARENTAL MONITOR.| 


bye you and I muſt ſubmit to * 
« under his' tuition, as my father has 
© already been too much for our hap- 

© pineſs.'—Sir William defired his fon 
to be ſilent; and honeſt Godfrey thus 
addreſſed his maſter :;— | 

The cauſe of my leaving you, Sin 
is now ſufficiently explained, and that 
the perſon who occaſioned me to 
form the reſolution, or it otherwiſe | 
never ſhould have been explained by 
by me. I am too old to be inſulted, 
and too honeſt to deceive a maſter, 
for whom I ſhall ever retain the ſin- 
cereſt reſpect. My heart is diſtreſſed 
at leaving this houſe; but go I muſt; 
] cannot join with others to betray nim 
© into miſery, neither can I ſubmit to 
© connive at the vices of his ſon. My 
ever dear Miſs Auburn, I love you as 
my child. I admire your virtues, and 
© own your ſweetneſs :—if ever you 


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in his power to convince you, that 


the humbleſt of your ame my | 
© be a fincere friend,” 

In a ſhort time Godfrey left Fs Wil. 
liam's ſervice, to the great regret of. | 


all the family, except Edmund, who 


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PARENTAE MONITOR. 


met with his proper reward, by being 
obliged to go out to one of our Weſt. 
India ſettlements with an enſign's com- 
miſſion. Lady Auburn retired with 
her daughter into the country, to live 
upon an annuity of about fiſty pounds 
| a year, which was generouſly ſettled 
upon her by the creditors during her 
life. The ſweetneſs of Miſs Auburn's 
temper did not forſake her in this 
change of fituation; and though ſhe 
foreſaw, that at her mother's deceaſe 
ſhe muſt be left deſtitute of ſupport, 
ſhe looked forwards with hope; and 
with compoſed reſignation and pious 
- fortitude, ſubmitted to this humiliating 
_ reverſe of fortune; by doing which; ſhe. 
taught her mother to bear her afflic- 
tions with leſs regret. 
Not long after they were ſettled in 
a neat but humble cottage, within a 
few miles of the place in which they 
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dour, they were were told that a gentleman 


deſired to peak with them, who had 
been ſhewn into their little parlour 
by a girl (the only ſervant they kept). 
When Lady Auburn and her daughter 
entered the room, they were ſtruck with 
pleaſing aſtoniſhment at ſeeing God- 
frey. The venerable old man aroſe 
reſpectfully on their entrance—burſt 
into tears Gracious | God !' he ex- 


claimed, © Why have I lived to this 


© day, to ſee the grand-daughter of my 
ever dear and reſpected maſter, re- 


«© duced to a ſituation ſo beneath her 
rank, ſo unworthy her worth and 
© ſweetneſs ?—And you, my good lady, 


it wrings my heart to ſee you in 


«ſuch a houſe as this! Lady Auburn 


was affected, and welcomed the wor- 
thy creature, with tears of joy, to her 
humble habitation. Miſs Auburn took 


him by the hand My good friend,” 


ſaid ſhe, with her accuſtomed compo- 


ue, 


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PARENTAL MONITOR, 17 


ſure, - grieve not for us: we are not 
«ſo wretched as you may ſuppoſe. 
We have ſtill ſufficient to proeure us 
call the neceſfaries of life, and many 

| © of its comforts. We have reconciled ' 
« ourſelves entirely, my dear Godfrey, 
to the loſs of its luxuries—it had 
been better for us, had we never 
been truſted with them. Several la- 
| © dies in the neighbourhood have been 
very kind in ſending me work. I 
am now painting a ſet of trimmings 
' for a friend, againſt the next birtk- 
night, for which I ſhall be hand- 
ſomely paid; we ſhall be quite rich!” 
©You ſhall ſtay with us ſome days, 
and be witneſs to our happineſs.'— 
I will live with you, he cried, if 
© you will give me leave: (I can af 
brd to pay for my board,) and ar- 
' tend you as uſual. I have not a 
relation in the world. I am rich 
(all } have | ſhall be one day yours; 

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172 PARENTAL MONITOR; 


it will be no contemptible fortune, 
© I always foreſaw what would happen, 
* and have kept myſelf in readineſs to 
< fly to you in the hours of adverſity, 
© Excuſe me, Miſs Auburn, you were 
© ever the darling of my heart. Many 
_ © hours delight have you afforded your 

faithful Godfrey, in your prattling 
infancy; and your encreaſing virtues, 
as you grew up, created in my bo- 
ſom a kind of parental fondneſs, 
© which, at times, I have found it diffi- 
cult to ſuppreſs and conceal, as it 
© was my place to do. Your ſweet- 
©*'\neſs of temper, my dear young la- 
© dy, your kind attentions to me in 
« ſickneſs or diſtreſs, won my heart, 
and determined me, long ago, to 
© make you my heir. I have brought 
an hundred pounds for any . preſent 
© emergencies. | My income, in future, 
© ſhall be at your diſpoſal : you muſt, 
© however, ſtill conſider me only as 

FWF „pour 


-PARENTAL MONITOR 173 
your ſteward.” Miſs Auburn threw 
herſelf into his arms.—© My guardian 
© friend! my ſecond parent! talk not 
of being our ſervant: you are our 
c equal; and, in generofity and good- 
. *nefs, far our ſuperior, Never, never 
will we be ſo cruel as to rob you 
© of the fruits of your honeſt induſtry.” 
— 1 ſhall die, if I may not be per- 
© mitted to attend you, my dear young 
lady, cried Godfrey: I muſt never 
« leave you more, unleſs' you mean to 
* deſtroy me—I will be your ſervant 
« whilſt J live. Our friend, you 
© mean,” ſaid Lady Auburn; as ſuch, 
* you ſhall live with me and Caroline. 
*She ſhall attend you in your de- 
« clining years: tis but a juſt return 
for your kindneſs to her in infancy, 
and your friendſhip to her almoſt 
© unprote&ted and deſerted youth. 
What, then, is become of Mr. Ri- 

© vers, 'madam?” ſaid honeſt Godirey ; 


174 PARENTAL MONITOR. 


(his cheek ringed with an em 
bluſh, and his eye again gliſtening with 
a tear) — Surely he has not forſaken 
* you, my dear young lady: —if he has, 
I hope you have forgotten him.“ Mik 
Auburn left the room. Lady Auburn, 
addreſſing her humble friend, informed 
him, that, from the time the deranged 
ſtate of Sir William's affairs became 
publicly known, there had been a vi- 
ſible coldneſs in the parents of Mr. 
Rivers; and, from the time of his 
death, the young gentleman's viſits 
had been prohibited, on pain of being 
diſinherited. The prohibition had been 
obeyed, but the lover remained con- 
ſtant, and ſincerely lamented being ob- 
liged to give up his hopes; but was 
determined, if Miſs Auburn continued 
diſengaged, to prove the ſincerity of 
his affection, by a ſecond offer of 
his hand.—* Then ſhe ſhall be happy! 


* lince her lover is deſerving. or ber; 


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PARENTAL MONITOR. 175 
© ſhe ſhall be happy! ſaid Godfrey: 
*'tis in my power to put her in 
© poſſeſſion of a fortune, equal to that 
my maſter defigned to give her, and 


git ſhall be done immediately but 


ſhe muſt let me be her ſervant—'tis 
"all the reward I wiſh.—Thank God, 


J ſhall yet live to ſee her happy! 


It was with the greateſt difficulty 


Lady Auburn and her daughter could 


prevail upon this worthy man to live 
with them upon terms of equality; 
to ſit down at table with them, or 
to be treated as a friend, inſtead of 
an humble dependant. At length, they 
gained their purpoſe; but he never 
could conquer his diffident reſpect, to 
be preſent whenever any of the gen- 


teel families in the neighbourhood vi- 
ſited them. They ſoon removed into 


a better and more commodious houſe; 
two ſervants were added to the one who 
lived with them when Godfrey arrived 

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at the village. Miſs Auburn ſoon had 
an opportunity of informing her lover 
of the fudden and unexpected change 
in her affairs. As the want of fortune 
was the only objection his parents 
made to his marrying the daughter of 
their former friend, that obſtacle re- 
moved, their conſent was ſoon obtain- 
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young lady, of being many years a 
witneſs to her felicity, and of ſeeing 
her eldeſt daughter as lovely and good- 
humoured as his beloved Miſs Auburn. 
He was not only reſpected and revered 
for his virtues, whilſt living, but la- 
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| ſummoned to receive the juſt reward. 
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PARENTAL MONITOR 177 


UNCERTAINTY. . 


What ſaid the vain, unthinking boy? 

Methought Hilario talk'd of joy! - 

Tell if thou can'ft, whence joys ariſe, 

Or what thoſe mighty joys you prize, 

You'll find {and truft ſuperior years) : 

The vale of life a vale of tears. | 
Could wiſdom teach where joys abound, | - 
Or riches purchaſe them when found, 

Wou' d ſcepter'd Solomon complain, 

That all was fleeting, falſe, and vain? 

Da. enn 's V181one. 


Uncertainty of all worldly enjoy- 
ments, and erroneouſly conſider that 
Uncertainty as a misfortune which is in 
. itſelf a real bleſſing, and one of the 


_ greateſt mercies Providence could have 


beſtowed on mortals! Did we know 
how ſome of our beſt ſchemes and 
favourite plans were to terminate, we 
ſhould fit down indolent and inactive, 


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and tle no pains to improve our 
knowledge, or encreaſe our fortune; the 
arm of induſtry would often be rendered 
nerveleſs, and a thouſand inventions 
and diſcoveries een owe” uy Wanne 
in total obfivioůn. 

Were we acquainted wich che hour 
in which we were to die, we ſhould fix 
our thoughts ſo much on that gloomy 
period, that we might be ſaid to die 
every hour of our lives, and ſhould make 
no proviſion | for poſterity, 

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Fhich, could [ previouſly have told what | 
it 


179 
it would have produced; would have 
thrown a gloom over many preceding 
months. Death has robbed me of a 
relation; a friend has proved falſe; a 
parent has been ſtruggling with diſeaſe; 
the world has been unkind; ingratitude 
has diſtreſſed me; and a thouſand other 
unexpected changes have ſucceeded 
each other, that have made a total al- 
teration in my ſentiments and feelings. 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 


The life of us, mortals, in this our 
varying pilgrimage, may very juſtly be 


compared to a book: the weeks we may 
conſider as chapters, and the days as 
pages ; which, when we firſt begin to 


read, we go on, peruſing with a mix- _ 


ture of hope, pleafure, and pain; but 
ſhould often be tempted to throw it 
aſide, did we know how the _ would 

conclude. | 
What numberleſs viellicht in the 
ſhort period of a few fleeting years! 
We often ſee thoſe whom we thought 
„„ for- 


180 PARENTA L MONITOR. 


fortunate and happy, hurled in an inſtant 
from the top of fortune's wheel into the 
dreaded cell of poverty and miſery, and 
there left to pine away the reſidue of 
their days unnoticed, unpitied, unre- 
garded. Others ſhall as rapidly emerge 
from the ſhades of obſcurity, and be as 
ſuddenly brought forwards to figure and 
exult in the gay ſun-ſhine of proſperity. 
The meteor ſhall be obſerved - with 
wonder, and if it does not as ſuddenly 
evaporate as it was produced to our 
view, have a ſufficient number of ſyco- 
phants and flatterers to deſcribe its mays" 
nitude, and praiſe its brillancy. 

It is with ſurpriſe I have often ob- 
ſerved the lucky train of events which 
follow many; whatever they undertake 
ſhall proſper : others, with apparently 
ſuperior merit, more ſhining abilities, 
better diſpoſitions, and a clearer know- 
| ledge of the world, ſhall have to combat 

Auen, and contend with a con- 
ſtant 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 5 181 


ſtant ſeries of diſappointments : : every 
ſcheme, however well planned, ſhall fail 
of ſucceſs, every project be overthrown, 


' whilſt to the eye of the keeneſt obſerva- 
tion no clue can be found, no cauſe diſ- 


covered for this W pe en of 


good or ill fortune. | 
Whatever then may be our portion of 


joy or ſorrow in this world, let us never 


dare to breathe a wiſh to remove the 


friendly veil which Providence has kind- 


ly thrown over every future event. Did 
we know the ſorrows which fate had 
ordained us to encounter, we ſhould be 


ſo terrified at the proſpect, that we 


ſhould become unequal to the conteſt: 
or did we know the good which was to 


happen, we ſhould be in equal danger 


from a contrary effect. Let us, there- 
fore, reſt ſatisfied with our ſituation, 


without forming the dangerous with of 


prying into futurity. Were the veil 


removed, which the Almighty has, in 
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merey, ads uſe of to conceal his dif. 
penſations, it would fatally convince us 
of our error, and the granting our requeſt 
would prove a ſevere puniſhment. He 
ho created man beſt knows how to 
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9 him. 
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ſpirits, eagerly call to be informed why 
it ſnould be ordained that ſo many 
thouſands of brave men ſhould fall a 
facrifice to the pride and ambition of 
contending kings, and as often to the 
bad deſigns, ſecret contrivances and 
intrigues of their aſpiring miniſters | 
Heaven knows, and 'tis fit that Heaven 
n ſhould be acquainted with the 


wonderful 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 183 


wonderful and incomprehenſible myſ- 
tery: for tis Heaven's Lord that alone 
can have ſupported ſo many noble and 
ſuffering martyrs through ſuch various 
ſcenes of horror, m which nne 
retires affrightt. 
| Within the laſt four years. we De 
known almoſt the whole world engaged 
in the ſad tragedy of war. How the 
piece would conclude, happily none 
could tell; and although every act was 
replete with miſery, many of its ſcenes 
exhibited ſuch proofs of public ſpirit, 
virtue, and heroic fortitude as will ever 
reflect immortal honour on Britiſh va- 
Jour, and ſtrike terror to the ſouls of 
our united enemies. How, often was 
private happineſs ſacrificed to the pub- 
lic good! the moſt tender ties ſevered 
and torn aſunder, to give place to the 
love of glory and the good. of our 
country. 


May: the diſtrſſes of the u 
multitude, 


184 PARENTAL. MONITOR, | 


_ multitude, whilſt they draw the tear of 
pity from the eye of ſenſibility, teach 
us refignation, and firm reliance on the 
will of that ſupreme and auguſt Being 
who cannot err, and whoſe wiſe diſpen- 
ſations, though they may appear with 
the rugged aſpect of ſtern ſeverity, 
are undoubtedly permitted for the bene- 
fit of ſociety in general: and though 
we are not able to comprehend the 
cauſe of many things, which as mortal 
our nature] is prone to lament, we may 
reſt aſſured they will one day be nn 
to our ſatisfaction. 
Let us, therefore, for the peeling? en- 
deavour to remain ſatisfied that, how» 
ever myſterious the ways of Providence 
appear to us, ſhort-ſighted mortals, we 
ſhall at the final clofing of our account 
diſcover, that the whole ſyſtem was 
planned by unerring wiſdom, and every 
event the ordination of undeviating 
* ee JHA 
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PARENTAT, MONITOR, 185 


| May the following paper, and ak. 
epiſtle, convince you of the folly of 1 
being ſatisfied with your ſituation, or 
cheriſhing a wiſh to have it altered. 


| The art of being miſerable is a ſtudy 
more univerſal than may at firſt be ima- 
gined. You can ſcarce mix with any 
company, without meeting with a re- 
gular profeſſor. It is not confined: to 
either ſex; it is equally adopted by the 
ladies, as well as the gentlemen. A 
proficient in this art, views every object 
and every circumſtance that occurs in 
life, on the moſt diſagreeable and unfa- 
vourable fide, and fixes it as an invaria- 
ble rule, never to be pleaſed. The wea- 

ther is an inexhauſtible ſource of ſeaſon- 

able vexation. If it rains, there is no 
poſſibility of bearing it; this is ſuch” 

weather as Engliſhmen hang them. 
ſelves in: if froſty, all the fruit will be 
deſtroyed, and we ſhall have no vege- 
tables 


186 PARENTAL MONITOR. 


tables to eat: if it is warm, it is in. 
ſupportable; it is worſe than living un- 
der the line. The meaſures of govern. | 
ment afford another ample ſcope for 
being eternally diſpleaſed; for, as the 
miniſter cannot do any thing that can 
_ poſſibly be right, it neceſſarily follows, 
that all he does muſt be wrong. We 
are ruined by the gold act; diſtreſſed by 
the window tax; very little benefited by 
the duties being taken off tea and ſpi- 
tits; the axe is laid at the root of liberty 
by every new bill. Here is a glorious 
field for being happily out of temper 
all the ſeſſion at leaſt. An approaching 
general election regenerates all the ani- 
mad verſions that can poſſibly be deviſed 
againſt bribery and corruption; the ve- 
nality of parliaments, the ſale of bo- 
roughs, and miniſterial influence; and, 
if a man cannot work himſelf up to a 
fine glow of vexation upon theſe ſub- 
| * he is no proficient in the art of 
being 


PARENTAL: MONITOR 187 


being miſerable. But a regular profeſ- 
ſor does not confine himſelf to theſe 
great topics of diſguſt; he enters into 
all the minutie of uneaſineſs. When 
alone, he upbraids Providence for pla- 
cing him in a ſtate ſo much inferior to 
his merit; raves at the caprices of that 
blind jade, Fortune; ſuſpects every 

man's probity, and conſtantly imagines 
lome ſcheme is laid for his deſtruction: 
in the world he gives credit to no intel- 
ligence, till it is in the Gazette, as the 
frequently ſuggeſts, it is violently: ex- 
aggerated or ſoftened, as the caſe may 
require, to ſerve ſome party or political 
purpoſe. ' In company, no ſtory, how- 
ever pleaſant, can aggravate a muſcle: 
ſinging is fit for women and children, 
and he has no ear for muſic. His din- 
ner is always ſpoiled; the wine is con- 
ſtantly adulterated, the punch bad, and 
the beer ſour or * Even a fine 

woman. 


N. 


18 3 PARENTAL MONI rox. 


of woman cannot pleaſe him, as her W 
is inſupportable. Ke 


The ſame traits, with ſome allowance | 


for the difference of ſex, may be traced 


A the fonale woidd; If the is nor | 


deep in politics, ſhe is far more deep in 
ſcandal; and there is not a woman, 


whom ſhe conſiders as a rival in beauty 


or attractions, but is to be ſuſpected of 
a faux pas, or ſome vice that is a diſ- 
grace to the ſex. Her millener is blind, 
as ſhe never makes a cap to ſuit her; 
and her mantua-maker is out of her 
ſenſes, for making her gowns ſo much 


out of faſhion: her maids are aukward 


| fluts, and lazy huſſeys. The public 
places are crowded with nothing but 


low-life wretches ; and the men are all 


(if ſhe is an old maid) villains, ſeducers, 


deceivers, gamblers—(if married) un- 
teeling, inconſtant, drunkards,  UPKINGS : 
and inſenfible wretches 
Having 


PARENTAL: MONITOR. 189 


Having thus taken a diſguſt to every 
being, animate or inanimate, and every 


ſituation and circumſtance that can Poſ- 
ſibly occur, we may venture to pro- 
nounce him, or her as an adept in the 


art of being: completely miſerable. 1 


1 familiar epiſtle to a murmuring bend, 
who was often complaining, © that his 
condition in life was oute, than any 

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Change for a better with ſome friendly brother; 

Il be your doctor, Sir, your kind adviſer, 

Change with ſome man that's mightier, e viſee. 


© How! ab my tation — a leaf ng 6 3 
. But— tell me where a better may be found? 
Alas how know you but my envy'd neighbour 
« Beneath as grievous diſcontents may labour 
As I who murmur?'— | 


Tis no doubtful caſe, 
Moſt men's complainings prove it to your face. 


Lo! Creeſus ſtruts, in treaſures rich and great, 
Yes=but his ſon is—ſquand” ring his eſtate, 


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Opus“ full bags his eyes wich pleaſure: fills | 
But Gripus dreams of thieves and robbers ill. 
_Cornubio" s heart is gen*rous, wiſe, and good; 


But hows his wife ? No better than ſhe ſhou'd, e 
How bleſt the bachelor) how free from _ of pay 
True-but he's inly pining for a wife, ne 
Flatus, with titles how ſupremely bleſt, 
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Some with. Forchiliren; others wiſh they'd none; | 
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Some hoard-their thouſandy, and yet want a. penny. 
Some on a coach and four their paſſions fir; El 
Nothing is greater . Ves, a coach and fix. b, Sc HET 
Horella's dreſt as modiſh as you will, 

And ſhe were bleſt, but —Flavia's finer ſtill. : 
Thus, keen vexations-riſc- in various ways, | 
And, more or leſs, embitter all our days, 
It nought valle, whate'er we call our own, 
While peeviſh paſſions rule in Reaſon's throne, 
Wealth, honour, pow'r, dominion, all is vain, 
While ſelfiſh, envious, fretful humours reign, 
Where then for ſuccaur ſhall poor mortals flee 3 


| What brings gontentment home to you and me? 


Phile- | 


PARENTAL MONITOR.” 191 


Philoſophy, with all her boaſted train 
Of fine concluſions, promiſes in vain. | 
Wit, genius, judgment, fine diſtinguiſh'd parts, 
Theſe fill our heads, but not content our hearts, 
One ſource of bliſs, and one alone, we flad, 
Can cheer the ſoul, and eaſe the murm'ring mind. 
Religion, bleſt Religion !. thou alone | 

That treaſure art, that grand catholicon ! 


By thy convincing, thy conſoling light, 1 
We take our. ſtation, and believe tis right : 4 
The fr jendly, ſocial, gentle, pious breaſt, 
Sits on the rock of everlaſting reſt, 1 ; 
Thus wiſdom points your way, _ bids you Rill 


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"Nor man is happy, til ws thinks on oth 
i There breathes not a more happy than himſelf. 
| Y 0 uv e, 


_ Temper misfortunes ever with content, 3 
So rightly uſe the life that heaven hath. lent : 
_ What, tho? no gilded fret-work mark your door, | 
Short is the time that levels rich and poor: | 
Let none repine, whatever woes enthral, 


He who made all things, ſoon * alter all. 
Mo z EN, 


I N whatever fituation of life, my 

children and young friends, kind 

Providence ſhould place you, learn 
_ therewith to be content. Content is 
happineſs: 'tis an inexhauſtible trea- 
ſure of invaluable ſweets; it will ſoften 
the rude hand of affliction, encourage 
vou to conquer difficulties, ſmooth the 
rugged 


PARENTAL MONITOR 193 
rugged paths of life, and invigorate 
your ſouls to encounter the ſtorms of 
adverſity, in whatever ſhape they may 
aflail you. Look not amongſt thoſe: 
you think happier or more fortunate 


| than yourſelves, but turn your eyes on 


thoſe who have fewer advantages and 
indulgences: you muſt then be both 
weak and ungrateful, not to reſt ſatis- 
| fied with your lot, and the portion of 
good things you enjoy. Few can find 
their ſituation ſo unpleaſant, as not ro 
diſcover others that are worle, and 
more diſtreſſing; neither is it a matter 
of ſuch very great importance what 
accommodations we meet, whilſt we 
are but the paſſengers of a few fleet- 
ing years, half of which are ſpent 1 in 
childhood and old ag. 5 
If we are poor, we may reſt aſſured 
that we have fewer cares, and are leſs 
expoſed to temptations than the rich. 
If we are rich, we ſhould often recol- 
Vor. II. !! 


194 PARENTAL MONITOR. 


lect, that we are only ſtewards of that 
wealth which Providence has put into 
our hands for ſome wiſe and good pur- 
poſes, and of which we muſt give an 
account. If we have uſed our truſt as 
we ought, like the juſt ſteward, we ſhall 
be rewarded; if unworthily, happy had 
it been for us, had we been Poor as our 
firſt parents, when they were driven 
from Paradiſe. It is eaſier for a camel 
_ ©to paſs through the eye of a needle, 
than for a rich man to enter the king- 
dom of heaven. A convincing proof, 
that riches are dangerous poſſeſſions to 
thoſe, who, forgetful of the intention 
for which they were deſigned, profuſely 

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IS CLOS ERSLERYS 


PARENTAL MONITOR, 196 


ble peaſant, whoſe: whole ſupport de- 
pends on the labour of his hands; the 
cheerful reſignation of the poor beggar, 
early in life convinced me of this im- 
portant truth, and rendered me more 
indifferent to thoſe captivating advan- 
tages of fortune, which ſo many pine in 
ſecret to poſſeſs. From what experi- 
ence I have had in life, and from hat 
J have ſeen of the world, I have always 
conſidered the middle claſs of people, 
as, by far, the happieſt: their deſires are 


confined to their ſituation, or ſeldom 


extend ſo far beyond it, as to give them 


an hour of ſerious regret. Though not 
permitted to live in ſlothful eaſe, and 


debilitating inactivity, many of them 


are exempt from actual labour; and the 


little fortune their induſtry has acquired, 
produces a thouſand real enjoyments, 
which thoſe born to affluence too oſten 
never know the real value of poſfeſſing. 
Their ambition does not ſtep an inch 


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| beyond their ſituation : they know but 


little of pride. The plain food, which 
ſmoaks on their plentiful, though not 

luxurious tables, is a means of ſecuring 

to thoſe which ſit around them the 
bleſſings of health, whilſt the neatneſs 
and ſimplicity of their accommodation 
ſerve to encreaſe their appetite. They 
are not only humble and contented, but 
ſecured from ſome of the greateſt mon- 
ſters which prey on the peace of mor- 

tals—pride, ambition, and luxury. 

Yet has fortune its real enjoyments, 
when not improperly applied; and many 
of the pleaſures and conveniencies it 
can procure, are not only pleaſing but 
deſirable, and very few but fametimes 


wiſh to enjoy the comforts and advan- 


tages of independence, which if not 
born to inherit from our family or con- 
nections, we have an undoubted right to 
uſe every fair and laudable method to 


obtain, from the profeſſion. or buſineſs 


in 


PAREN TAL MONITOR 197 
| P | 


in which we are engaged. To make 
a decent proviſion for a family is the 
duty of every parent, more particularly 
thoſe whoſe children have from their 
birth been accuſtomed to enjoy the 
bleſſings of plenty, and have not been 
put in a way of life to make a proper 
proviſion for themſelves. To gratify 

our own paſſions or extravagant hu- 
mours at their expence, by leaving them 
unprovided or dependent on a merci- 
leſs world, 1s a ſpecies of injuſtice and 
cruelty that muſt ever be juſtly cenſured, 
and in my opinion' is ſuperior to that 
practiſed by the ferocious ſavages 2 
their unfortunate captives. 

Induſtry has a thouſand delights un, 
known to the indolent and idle. Ind6- 
lence has as many cares unknown to the 
induſtrious. Sweet are the reflections 

of thoſe who have employed their buſy 
day of life to advantage. If ſucceſs has 
crowned their endeavours, and procured 
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them an eaſy chair for their old age, they 


enjoy it with thankfulneſs: if on the 
- contrary misfortunes have defeated their 


purpoſe, and diſappointed ſchemes, 
cautiouſly planned and honeſtly exe- 
cuted, they can look back on their paſt 
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complaints 


PARENTAL MONITOR 199 


complaints againſt Providence, and the 
world, when, alas! only themſelves have 
been to blame. 

Man was made to perform an active 


part in the great drama of life, to en- 


counter difficulties and diſcouragements, 
and to be reſolute in his endeavours to 
conquer them. Life is too ſhort, and 
too valuable, to be ſpent in idle inactivi- 
ty, or in wayward repinings againſt the 
diſpenſations of Providence. Emulation 
ſhould excite our utmoſt endeavours to 
excel in whatever we undertake, Pru- 
dence direct our actions, Religion inſpire 
our ſouls with fortitude and reſignation, 
whilſt Patience, ſhould guide the reins 
«to run the race which is ſet before us.” 


Then, though we are diſappointed of 


uninterrupted ſucceſs, we cannot fail of 
ſelf-approbation ; and having once ob- 


tained contentment, reſt ſatisfied with 


either riches or poverty. 
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THE 'CONTENTED COTTAGER. 


ADRASTUS, a man of deep erudi- 
tion, profound reading, and a philoſo- 
pPhical turn of mind, choſe principally to 
reſide in the country, chiefly for the 
uninterrupted pleaſures of contempla- 
tion. He was a man not only of learn- 
ing and property, but of philanthropy, 

and equally celebrated in his neigh- 

bourhood for wiſdom and generoſity. 
It happened that one of his tenants, 
although he rented the ſmalleſt farm, 
and had a very large family depending 
on its cultivation, was by far the moſt 
"cheerful, and well diſpoſed. His cot- 
tage, though ſmall, was dreſſed by the 

hand of neatneſs, and frugality, with 

ſimplicity, were ever the guardians that 
attended upon his happy family. All 

ſituations and all ſeaſons, from the be- 
ginning of ſpring to the end of winter, 
were 


PARENTAL MONITOR 201 


were rendered delightful by the happy 
bias of his conſtitution, which enabled 


him to turn all events to his advantage. 


In ſorrow he was : humiliated, and in 
_ proſperity he was grateful. He had 
lived as tenant of that very farm when 


the father of Adraſtus firſt took poſ- 


ſeſſion of the eſtate, of which it was 
a part; nor had he ever made a failure 
in the payment of his rent, nor ever 


had a quarrel in the pariſh. His toil 


was ſweetened and alleviated by the 
pleaſing thoughts of providing for his 
offspring; and this conſtant employ- 
ment not only inſpired him with health, 
but did not allow him leiſure to indulge 


the whimſical wants of imagination, at 


the ſame time, that it protected him 
from all improper, impertinent, or 
vicious paſſions. He had in his time 
put many eſtranged hands together; 
reconciled many pettiſh, peeviſh dif- 
ferences ; ſettled many family breaches ; 

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ſuggeſted, while he was ; Ghent. 
many a little ſcheme for the benefit of 


the poor; and never felt one emotion of 


envy, at. Tg: the Poſſeſſions of the 
rich. 


Theſe anafliuming; though ſolid vir- 
tues, gained him ſuch a reputation in the 


county wherein he reſided, that he ob- 


tained, as it were proverbially, the ap- 

pellation of the © Contented Cottage. 

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46 year.” 


An account of TERRY was e 


to Adraſtus, who went to pay him a 


viſit, in order to ſee how true report 
had characteriſed him; for, though A- 


draſtus lived and did much good in the 


country, yet his abſtracted, philoſophi- 


cal, and ſedentary ſituation, made him, 


perſonally, but little acquainted with 


even his own tenants, who were gene- 


rally turned over to the ſteward, for 
FOTO, the 


PARENTAL MONITOR, 203 


the converſation and buſineſs of quar- 


3 


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A man of the contented cottager's 


diſpoſition, however, was too important 


an object not to excite the curioſity of 


a philoſopher; and, accordingly, he ſet 


apart one afternoon, or rather evening, 
on purpoſe for this entertainment. A- 
draſtus arrived at the farmer's about 


half an hour after ſun-ſet; when * twi- 


light grey had in her ſober livery all 
things clad.* The farmer, whoſe name 
was Matthew Mendland, was fitting at 
the door of his little cottage, ſmoking 
his pipe, and ſurrounded by his chil- 
dren; his wife was leaning over the fire, 
preparing a decent and wholſome ſup- 


per. The farmer knew his landlord 


perſonally, and roſe, as to his ſuperior, 
offering him the beſt ſeat 1 in his homely 

_ cottage. 
Here your honour finds me, ſaid the 
farmer, in a ſmall, but happy place. 
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204 PARENTAL MONITOR. 


© ] have been upon your ground theſe 
many days; and, if you think good to 
© renew my leaſe, which expires at Mi- 
* chaelmas, I ſhall moſt likely end my 
© life in your ſervice. If your honour 
likes me, I like you. Your dues are 
© always ready to the hour; and I have 
no more reaſon to complain of my 
© landlord, than he has of his tenant: 
and ſo—. Adraſtus interrupted him, 
by deſiring to ſee the leaſe, and to have 
a pen and ink, for the purpoſe of re- 
newing it upon the ſpot. As to pen 
and ink, Sir, replied the farmer, I 
have no uſe for them; and ſo, I never 
© keep any by me: I can't read or write, 
and fo ſuch things are of no ſervice— 
but, if your honour wants to write, 1 
can ſend to the ſhop for paper and 
ink, and I can eaſily fend one of my 
© boys to the green to pick up a quill; 5 
vor, if your honour is in a hurry, Tom 
© ſhall borrow a feather from the old 
© gander, 


PARENTAL” MONITOR, 205 


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« ſent, farmer, ſaid: Adraſtus; © I'll fign = 
ait another time. But don't you really | 
know any thing about books? I actually 
thought you was a ſcholar; that you 
© had employed all your ſpare time in 
* ſtudy ; that you gathered your notions 
of ceconomy, induſtry, and paternal 
* propriety, from hiſtoric examples, or 
* traditionary annals.” * No, really, Sir, 
not I, ſaid the farmer; I am a very 
© illiterate man. My father could not 
© afford to give me an education, and I 
© have had neither time nor opportunity 
© ſince. Nature and the uſe of my eyes, 
© have been my only inſtructors; and if 
© I have been able to live reputably to 
the age of threeſcore, and even to 
rear up my children ſoberly, cleanly, 
© and virtuouſly, I owe it merely to them. 
Indeed, to fay the truth, my buſineſs as 
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_« inſtru dive objects. My yard is ſtocked 
with improvement. At the end of 


that ſmall ſlip of a garden, I have a 
© bit of a bee-hive, filled with little in- 


© duſtrious animals, who tell me, what a 
© ſhame it would be to lead the life of a 
© drone: my maxim upon this is, Sir, 


that he who don't make ſome honey, 

* ought to eat none; and ſo this made 

me indefatigable to earn my meal be- 

© fore I ſat down to it. Nay, in this 
part of my duty I am farther inſtructed 

© by the little creatures who inhabit the 

* mole-hill. Is it poſſible for a man to ſee 


* the poor things hard at work for the day 
* of neceſſity, and not take the hint, and 
lay up a modicum for his own family? 


] have reſted upon my ſpade, Sir, on 
* purpoſe to look at their labours, and 
then I have gone to work again, leſt they 
* ſhould have the ſenſe to chide me, for 


* minding other people's buſineſs more 


* than wh own. I — an old 
your 


' PARENTAL MONITOR. 207 


« your honour Here, Honeſty, Honeſty, 


«© where are you, Honeſty !—He, Sir, 


« that aged animal, has kept my clothes 
© by day, and my cottage by night, till 
© he has not got a tooth in his head; 
© and he does for me, what I would do 
© for one Thomas Truſty, whom T have 


loved ſince I was young & no higher than 


my hand: he once did me a piece of 
© ſervice when it was moſt wanted, and 
© while I have breath I ſhall never for- 
get it. He, Sir, who has no grati- 


: tude, has 'NO nature in him 3 and an 


© unnatural man is better dead than 


alive, becauſe when a perſon does no 


good to his neighbour, he has no bu- 
* ſineſs here. We are all born to do 
* ſomething, and he who does a kind- 
* neſs deſerves to be well remembered 
for it. With regard to my duty as a 


* huſband, I learn that from the very 
© pigeons that coo and court around my 
* dove-houſe. To this dear old dame 1 

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have been lawfully married forty years, 
© and I cannot think what our great 
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ain my conſtancy, as I am ſure I could 
not receive from inconſtancy; and the 
© ſmiles of a good woman are a rich re- 
ward. With regard to the love I bear 
*10 theſe little ones, I am taught the 
duty which, as a father, I owe to them, 
buy every living thing around me; the 
4 « wren that builds her neſt under my 
i © hovel, the fowls which peck about my 
yard, or ſwim upon my pond, the 
creatures which run about my paſtures, 
© teach me to be affectionate to their 
« perſons, and anxious for the preſer- 
vation of my own offspring; and in this 
manner I have learned my leſſon of 
«* wiſdom and worſhip, truth and ten- 
_ © derneſs, from the beaſts of my * 
and the birds of the air. 
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of his beſt harveſt-home beer. Adraſtus 
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ners, and at the ſoundneſs of his ſenſe, 
as well as at the propriety of his re- 
marks. Farmer, faid he, you have 
« diſtreſſed me, as well as delighted me. 
© came prepared to offer you aſſiſtance, 
and you have left me nothing to be- 
© ſtow. I have nothing that you have 
not, but a greater proportion of mo- 
* ney, and you are ſo truly contented as 
you are, that any additions would, 
perhaps, diſconcert the axconomy of 
"your plan. You are a happy farmer, 
and a natural philoſopher, without the 
© uſe of large ſyſtematic folios, or the 
* toils of a ſedentary life. Give me, 
© however, the leaſe, that I may put it 
in my pocket: I will tear the leaſe 
© anc} 10 | 
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210 PA RE NTAL MONITOR. 


7 of renewing it! has then my freedom 
or my happineſs offended you?? 


© Yes, Mr. Mendland,' replied Adraf- 
tus, © I will tear the leaſe, becauſe you 
The little 
* ſpot of ground you have ſo long en- 
: riched by your care, ſhall henceforth | 


© bea patrimonyto your inheritance; vou 
© are the proprietor of it from this day. 
Call on me to-morrow morning, and 


© the writings of ſurrender ſhall be made 
out for you; for the time to come 1 
- muſt be conſidered, not as your land- 


lord, but your friend. Let me often 
© ſee you at my table, and in my garden. 


© In ſhort, as frequently as the buſineſs 
© of your family will permit, let me get 


that wiſdom and underſtanding which 


© ſurpaſſeth mere mechanical ſcience, 
© in the ſociety of the contented cot- 
,” "The farmer would have dropt 


him, 3 


PARENTAL "MONITOR, 211 
him, ſaying, * Riſe, Mr. Mendland, the 
© obligation is on my ſide: I have been 
© obliged. In exchange for a few acres, 
© for which I have no occaſion, you have 


© have given me a ſet of maxims and 


* ſentiments that are as the purified 
* thrice refined gold of Ophir, and ſhall 
© never depart from me.” From this 
moment Adraſtus and the farmer were 


intimate companions. Oh, ye landlords 
and tenants, Go ye, and do like- 


vwiſe!' 


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SERIOUS IMPRESSIONS. 


*Tis thought my viſions are too grave : | 
A proof I'm no deſigning knave, | 
Perhaps if intereſt held che ſcales, 
I had deviſed far different tales: 
: Had join'd the laughing, low buffoon, 
And ſcribbled ſatire and lampoon. 


Come tend the cloſing ſcenes farvey, 


| 1 the laſt act which crowns the play. 
"Dn Corrton's V1s10ns. 


3 


1 WAS ever of opinion, that whate- 


ver contributes to make a ſerious 


impreſſion upon the human mind, and 
awakens it to a proper ſenſe of the in- 
| ſtability of all worldly enjoyments, and 


the far more important concerns of 
immortality, ought to be attended to. 
However trifling and unentertaining 
the following letter may appear to ſome 


of my readers, I not only venture to 
preſent it to —_ but earneſtly recom- 


mend 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 213 


mend it to their moſt ſerious confider- 
ation. 


To the PaRENTAL MoxfTOR. 


MADAM, 


© BEING ſome weeks ago on a viſit 


to a relation, who lives in a pleaſant 


| © market-town, about a hundred miles 


north of the metropolis, 1 one day 
went with him to church, to hear a 


© charity ſermon, which was annually 


« preached there, in conſequence of a 


will made by a Mr. Wright, who left 


© a conſiderable donation to the town. 


© The congregation were aſſembled, 


and, as is too often the careleſs and 
indecent cuſtom, many of them were 


complimenting each other with curt- 
ſying, news, invitations, &c. &c. and 
*till the clergyman began, ſome were 
laughing, or playing with their lap- 


dogs, others doſing, or endeavouring 
| © to 


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214 PARENTAL MONTTOR. 


« to drive away their drowſy fit with a 
* pinch of ſnuff. 
For my own part, Madam, I ac- 
knowledge I was not much better 
employed. I took out my opera-glaſs, 
and amuſed myſelf icant looking round 
the church, ſecretly condemning the 
painter for giving 10 reſpectable a 
character as Moſes. ſo. unbecoming a. 
« dreſs, and Aaron ſuch an unreaſonable 
length of beard: I proceeded:to make 
my obſervations. on the congregation, 
* ſtared confidently with my London airs 
and impudence at a pretty young girl, 
(who was kneeling humbly in the next 
« ſeat) in order to ſee how a bluſh 
* would become her, and to ſhew I was 
© a man of the ton, by knowing how to- | 
put modeſty out of countenance. | 
But how was my pride, my folly 
and levity, with that of many other 
* triflers like myſelf, humbled and cor- 
* rected, and « our attention employed in 
© a more 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 21% 


© a more ſerious and important manner, 
« by the ſudden entrance of a funeral, 
© equally unexpected to others as to my- 
« felf? It was well conducted, and at- 
© tended with unuſual ſolemnity ; the 
© organ played a ſolemn dirge, and its 
av ful and mournful ſounds made a ſtill 
deeper impreſſion. 
Good God ! how vas the ſcene in a 
moment changed! every one ſeemed 
_ © to ſhrink into themſelves, whilſt con- 
© templating the melancholy ſcene be- 
fore them. Trifling and folly could 
be ſeen no more: the clergyman with 
a ſolemn and audible voice began the 
* ſervice; proper pſalms and leſſons 
© were read ſuitable to the occaſion. 
The ſermon not only did juſtice to 
© the virtues and good qualities of the 
© deceaſed, but ſo beautifully deſcrib- 
'ed the benign influence of bene- 
volence as found way! to every feel- 


ing heart, and plainly denoted the 
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c aa piety and goodneſs of the 


« preacher; the tenor of whoſe life; as I 
vas informed by many of his pa- 


_ © riſhioners, correſponded with the pre- 


© cepts he ſo earneſtly endeavoured to 


© inculcate. E 
© The coffin ſtood upon the 1 til 
« the ſervice of the church was ended, 


0 a ſilent admoniſher to all around, and 


moſt ſolemnly enforced the ſacred 


© truths we heard. Almoſt every eye 
© was drowned in tears, and when the 
funeral rites were ended, we all mourn- 
fully departed to our reſpective habi- 


« tations, in a very different humour 
« from that in which we had left them. 
I enquired who the perſon was whoſe 
«© remains had conveyed ſo ſerious a leſ- 
« ſon of inſtruction, before they were 
«encloſed in the dreary manſions of the 
© tomb. 
I was informed they were the re- 


mains of a venerable and good old 


man, 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 217 
© man, whoſe blameleſs life had been one 
continued ſcene of afflicted virtue, and 
« ſuffering piety, and who had been, at 
© his own particular requeſt, placed 
*amongſt his ſurviving friends that 
© ſhould on that day be aſſembled in the 
church, in order to impreſs one ſeri- 
© ous leſſon before he was carried to his 
parent earth: and having proved a 
friend and example in life, he was a 


monitor even in death. 


That the ſcene might have greater 
influence, and none prevented being 
© preſent, very few were apprized when 
the funeral was to be ſolemnized, till it 
entered the church. 
„Well, indeed, did it anſwer the 
pious deſign for which it was intended. 
Many who never would have mortified 
© themſelves to hear the burial ſervice 
© read, were in a manner cheated into 
hearing one of the moſt beautiful and 
* ſolemn compoſitions that the piety and 
Vor, II. LEO genius 


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* ſcene, and would recommend funerals 
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© pariſh in the ſame manner. 
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armed againſt the power of example. 


c OxTAxDO.“ 


As the following viſion wil be no im- 
proper companion to the above letter, I 
thought it a good opportunity to infert 
it in this place; it unites inſtruction 
with fiction, and morality | with genius 


| and invention: hey: 


1 1 0 
was the other evening reflecting 


e upon the various incidents by which 
Pro- 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 219 


1 Providence brings t to a period the life 
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© have been growing to the venerable. 
© neſs which they then boaſted, more 
© than two hundred years: from theſe, 
at equal diſtances, were to be ſeen 
© huge clumps of yew, cluſtering toge- 
ther, interweaving their boughs, and 
hanging their melancholy and heavy 
© heads over the dark and rank graſs; 
which they overſhadowed to a pro- 
digious extent. I was, while ſurvey- 


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* overtaken by a young perſon apparelled 


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* above us. He touched my ſhoulder 
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% Mortal,” ſaid he, © how haſt thou 
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« health on thy cheek, into theſe re- 
6 gions ? Here none are ſuffered to en- 
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« complexion. But I ſee curioſity in 
thy eye, and it ſhall, in pity to thy 
« youth, be gratified.”- * Saying this, I 
© took hold of the ſkirt of his raiment, 
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© lighted only by ſingle tapers, and ſome 
were wholly dark. I trembled from 
© head to foot. © Fear not,” ſaid my 
guide, © this is the Grove of Fate, 
« and thoſe houſes you ſee before you 
« belong to the ſervants of the Grand 
« Monarch, commonly called the King 
« of Terrors, whoſe palace you wall 
« preſently be a ſpectator of.” I would 
© have retreated. He took me gently by 
the hand, and reſumed his diſcourſe. 
On the left hand of you is the ditch 
« of diſeaſes. In this firſt habitation, 
« dark and dreary as Erebus, through 
« which you ſee yon taper glimmering, 
« reſides the demon of war. Hark, how 
© the hammers clink, with which he is 
9 preparing chains for one country, 
and victory for another. In yon ſhop 
«are bags of evil ſuggeſtion, by which 
© he ſets oppoſite kings at variance. In 
« the next hut, where you obſerve the 
« fire, lives the fury whom you call 

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222 PARENTAL MONITOR, 

* upon earth Fever. His inſtruments 
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« burn to duſt whatever they come 
« near: it is his ambition to carry off 
« his victim in twenty-four hours; and 
« when he is ordered by the Grand 
« Monarch to taint the blood, he will 
« frequently begin with the ſon and end 
« with the father. But oppoſite to him 
« is a demon ten times more potent 
and pernicious than Fever: behold he 
« 1s juſt peeping through the grating 
« of his den; for that being is hateful 
« even amongſt the Society of Diſtem- 
cc pers. His name. is Leproſy, and in 
the ſame cave with him reſides his 
« ſiſter, a moſt horrible ſpectre, who 
« plunders health, poiſons beauty, con- 
« ſumes the fleſh. She is known in the 
« world by the deteſtable name of Proſ- 
« titution. At a ſmall diſtance, but 

apart from others, for even here he is 


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« power who ſweeps away towns at a 
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« called Peſtilence. In that hut, hid 
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« ſits a ſullen power, who ſeldom ſpeaks 
to any in the village of death, altho” 
«he hath a pretty extenſive empire, 
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« in that diviſion of the globe which is 
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« His name is Intemperance, he is of- 
«ren. accompanied by Madneſs, of 
« whom all the diſeaſes are afraid. 

« Fake eſpecial notice of that perſo- 


nage whom you ſee ſtaggering into 


« the ninth hut on the right hand ſide, 

« leading to the palace of Death, He 
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« raves, , prays, dances, and defies carth 


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e treaſon againſt the monarch, all in a 
« breath: — his name is Diſſipation. 
Take care, let him not ſee you, his 
© very look is infectious, and as he 


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PARENTAL MONITOR 225 


« armed againſt you with a double 
« temptation. In a word, he ruins 
more young people than all the reſt 
« of the diſeaſes put together.” 

The guide now conducted me into 
*a foreſt, near the entrance of which a 
dark but magnificent building, ſhaded 
by immenſe trees of aconite, yews, 
© cypreſs, hemlock, and other bitter 
© vegetables, made their appearance. 
At the door, ſitting in ſober mourn- 
ing, hemmed and bound with an em 
© broidery, which repreſented darts, 
* poignards, fire, &c. &c. was a tre- 
mendous perſon, whom I knew to be 
© the King of Terrors. A ſort of breaſt- 
plate depended from his neck, on 
© which were emboſſed figures of all the 
« diſeaſes I had ſeen, and an hundred 
others that I had not time to notice. 
A dark quill, as if plucked from the 
© ſooty wing of the Raven of Fate, if 
* ſuch a bird there be, was in his hand, 

3 5 « and © 


226 PARENTAL MONITOR,” 


© and ſeveral forms, amongſt which 
© ſeemed to be Conſumption, Apoplexy, 
* and Gout, were waiting for their mit- 
© timuſſes of deſtruction. Preſently 1 
© ſaw an old, limping, long-bearded 
© creature crawl about the palace, with 
a long liſt of names fated to fall that 
day, a ſcythe, and an hour glaſs, 
J was ſo much alarmed, and ſo much 
© terrified by thefe dreadful images, and 
© ſtill more from the idea of being within 
© view of death himſelf, not knowing 
but my own name might be marked 
«© down in the liſt of deſtruction for the 
next hour, that I had only time to 
© underſtand from my guide that he 
vas named Natural Decay, who was 
* the ſon of Temperance, and did not 
look beyond middle age, before I 
© awoke, and to the very bottom of my 
© heart was glad to find that It was 
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PARENTAL MONITOR. 227 


THE TWO CLOUDS. 
A FAB BL k. 


Tos ſceptie cats each Chriſtian flow r, 

And places it in Reaſon's bow'r; pz 
Then cries that Nature's ſtrength explores 
Heav'n's deepeſt laws, and richeſt ſtores ; 
That Revelation's but deceit, |. _ 
Vain, uſeleſs, and an empty cheat. 


A cloud in Arie beams ara) l, 
Each ſiſter cloud with ſcorn ſurvey'd. 
Hence fly,“ the painted vapour eries, 
Fe tribe whom gods and men deſpiſe, 
Nor longer kindred dare to claim 
With one who ſpurns your wretched name: 
To whom ev'n Sol himſelf muſt yield, 
Proud as he rolls his dazzling ſhield, . 
© What tho? he dart his ſcorching rays ? 
© Tis but an undiſtinguiſh'd blaze. 

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Or polianthus* mingled hue. | 
© While the proud monarch of the ſkies 
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Each tint adorns my ſpangled bow, 
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ENurapt in thought, replete with Stygian gloom, 
Near Arno's flow'ry banks I penſive . 

By fancy led, I ſought Camilla's tomb; 3 

Nor fear d the clouds ripe burſting o'er my head, 


Unmov'd I uw the boiſtrous ſtorm diſeend,; 
Heard the loud tempeſt howl, the whirlwind roar, 
I ſaw the foreſt i in confuſion bend, 

And black deſtruction wide o'erwhelm the ſhore, 


Mate Melancholy, mother of Deſpair, | 
Drew from my breaſt the warm impaſſon'd ſich, 
Remembrance aggravated every care, 
And the big drop ſtood qui v' ring in my eye. 


And art thou gone? I ſaid. Sweet maid, adieu; 
Thou lovely bloſſom of fo fair a ſpring, 


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For thee when Eve, her dewy fingers cold, 
Robes the ſtill world in ſtole of ſullen night ; 


; When filence waves her banners-o'er the fold, 


And the pale ſtars withold their feeble light. 


For thee beneath the modli'ring 95 I fray, 


And dare the perils pendant o'er my head; 
Where death directs his dart I urge my way, 5 
Unmov'd by danger, unappall'd by dread. 


From where huge rocks 0 'crhang the boif”rous deep 
In ſad ſuſpenſe I caſt my weary eyes; 
r r grief, with whom I ſorrowing vigils keep, 
Smites the full urns, and bids their waters riſe. 


Thus, thus, fair ſaint, my joyleſs hours I ſpend, 
'Thoſe hours, ah ! once devote to love and thee! 


Would bounteous heaven to earth thy equal lend, 


My heart's firft wiſh I once again ſhould ſee. 


But ah! not heav'n's bright manſions can beſtow 
A maid like thee for virtue fam'd and worth : 

But one bright ſun thro' yon expanſe can Gar >: 
But one Camilla can illumine earth. 


If yet attentive to a mortal's pray r, 
Thy pure ſhade pitying views the ſons of clay, 


Look down! look down! and witneſs my deſpair, 


And ſhew, ah! [ ew me the celeſtial ah 


PARENTAL MONITOR 231 


By thee inſpir'd, my roving mind no more 

| O'erearth's vaſtorb ſhall wing her wayward flight, 
No worldly thought ſhall wreck me on the ſhore 

Where folly reigns the queen of ſable night. 

Why then mould heaven thus ſnatch thee from our 


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Why, why permit o very ſhort a ſtay ? 


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Oft let me range the gloomy iſles alone, 

(Sad luxury, to vulgar minds unknown) 

Along the walls, where ſpeaking marbles ſhow _ 
What worthies form the hallow'd mold below; 
Proud names, who once the reigns of empire held, 

In arms who triumph'd, or in arts excell'd; 

Chiefs grac'd with ſcars, and prodigal of blood, 
Stern patriots, who for ſacred wiſdom ſtood; | 
Juſt men, by whom impartial laws were giv'n, 

And e who taught, and led the way to heav'n. 

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M children, and young friends, — 


having addreſſed you on many 
important ſubjects, ſuch as were moſt 
eſſential to fortify your minds againſt 


the dangers and allurements of vice, 
and the frivolous abſurdities !of folly, 
in her moſt deluſive ſhapes and flatter- 
ing diſguiſes—having endeavoured to 


convince you of the ſuperior excel- 
lence, 


PARENTAL MONITOR 233 


lence, advantages and comforts to be 
obtained by keeping up an unremitting 
intercourſe with religion and virtue; 
and of the abſolute neceſſity of being 
ſteady in the practice of your various 
duties, in order to ſecure yourſelves a 
portion of temporal happineſs, and an 
unceaſing reward in the manſions of 
the bleſſed, I mean, for the - preſent, 
to take my leave of you at the conclu- 
ſion of this paper, which I entreat you 
will peruſe with the moſt ſerious atten- 
tion; and though it may prove leſs in- 
tereſting and entertaining. than many 
of the foregoing, it may, and I truſt 
will, ſerve ſometimes to remind you 'of 
an event, which, as it muſt one day 
take place, ought to be frequently re- 
collected in the days of youth and health, 
leſt you find yourſelves unequal to the 
conteſt, when the awful moment of 
trial arrives, and all the beguiling delu- 
ſions of life have loſt their influence. 
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234 PARENTAL MONITOR. 


0 The laſt enemy that ſhall be de- 
« ſtroyed is death: for he hath put all 
ce things under his feet.” —To his power 
we are all ſentenced to ſubmit; yet 
there is a ſomething within us that 
ſhrinks from his cold and iron hand, 
accompanied with a ſolemn dread of 

that alarming period which is to termi. 
nate our mortal pilgrimage. Strange 

that it ſhould be ſo! whilſt ſo many 
mouldering graves are daily to be ſeen 
in every church-yard through which we 


- paſs, and the humble memento's placed 


at their head tell us ſuch various hiſ- 
tories of thoſe they ſerve to commemo- 
rate, and by their different accounts of 
the ages of thoſe who are ſleeping be- 


neath the little hillock, which is all that 


now remains of their earthly poſſeſſions, 
and which afford a ſtriking, though 
ſilent leſſon of wiſdom to all who will 
ſtop to peruſe them, by convincing us, 
no 3 of our lives can boaſt a mo- 

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PARENTAL MONITOR 235 


ment's ſecurity ; and that the uncertain 


tenure on which we are permitted to 


hold them, is an unanſwerable argument 


for our being familiar with Death, and 

_ conſtantly prepared for his reception. 
Set apart a few moments of every re- 

turning day for contemplation on this 


awful ſubject. Let not its ſeriouſneſs 


affrighten you, nor its ſolemnity prevent 
your giving it entrance to your minds. 


Since we were born to die, why ſhould 


we endeavor, or wiſh, to forget the moſt 
important buſineſs of our lives, or fool- 
iſhly dare to hazard putting off our pre- 
paration for death, a neglect which can 
admit of no juſtifiable excuſe, which 
will give the ſtern tyrant a thouſand ad- 


Gitionab horrors,” if Wenn 
awares, with all our imperfections un- 


corrected, our account unſettled, and 
our errors unrepented ? Neither deter, 


till your faculties are impaired, and 
your vigour decreaſed, your endea- 


yours to familiarize yourſelves with 


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236 PARENTAL MONITOR, 


that dreaded adverſary to whit 
you muſt ſubmit, and with whom it 
requires the ſoundeſt judgment, the 
ſtrongeſt reſolution, to be at all times 
moonciled.:-:f HE Ae, 5 

Tis undoubtedly an erroneous opi- 
nion, that only the wicked are intimi- 
dated, or feel any ſerious alarms at the 
approach of death. Many good people 
are unable to encounter thar king of 

terrors with the fortitude which might 

be expected from the rectitude and guilt- 
leſs tenor of their lives. The trying 

conflicts of a late celebrated and emi- 
nent writer, in his laſt moments, have 
fully proved the truth of this aſſertion: 
yet thoſe who ſmarted from the auſterity 
of his humour, and even his enemies 
will allow, that he was religious, tem- 
perate, charitable, juſt; and that the 
idea of having given pain to any one 
occaſioned him many uncomfortable 
moments; the ſhaft with which he had 
| wounded 


PARENTAL MONITOR. 237 


wounded others often recoiling upon 


_ himſelf. But why need I call in any 
recent teſtimony to confirm this pain- 


ful truth, when the ſacred writings af- 
ford us ſuch undoubted authority, that 
to fear death has been the lot of man 
from the beginning of the world ? Even 
our bleſſed Saviour himſelf was not en- 


tirely exempt from this fear, when he 


called upon his Father in the following 
emphatical words: — © O my Father, 


« if it be poſſible, let this cup paſs from 


me: nevertheleſs, not as I will, but 
« as thou wilt.“ 
Perhaps it would be impencticnls 
for any arguments, however rational 
and perſuaſive, entirely to ſubdue this 


fear of dying, even in the moſt virtu- 
ous and exemplary characters: the re- 


lative and tender ties of nature, the 
various and intereſting duties annexed 
to them, the charms of affluence, the 
bleſſings and pleaſures which are pro- 


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238 PARENTAL MONITOR. 


fuſely ſtrewn in the flowery path of 
many of our fellow-creatures, are the 
faſcinating chains which bind them to 
earth, the eaſy fetters to which they 
yield themſelves voluntary captives, and 
which even tempt them to wiſh the 
tremendous name of Eternity had ne- 
ver been pronounced, or that a leſs 
alarming guide than Death had been 
appointed to introduce them to its aw- 
ful and unknown confines. Alas! theſe 
diſtreſſing fears, theſe alarming doubts, 
more fully prove the inconſiſtency and 
frailty of our nature, and are convinc- 
ing teſtimonies how little we know our 
real intereſt. 1 8 

What is this Death that we ſo much 
dread? A mere imaginary tyrant.— 
We may ſurely call ſleep his brother; 
yet we reſign ourſelves to ſleep with ſe- 
renity and compoſure, and, fond as 
we are of life, often ſacrifice a larger 
Portion of it than is needful for our re- 

 freſhment,, 


PARENTAL MONT TOR 239 
freſhment, in this temporary kind of 


dying. 
Death i Is or woven with our nature. 


We often bring with us into the world 


the ſeeds of that diſeaſe which is to 
carry us out of it again. We may juſtly 
be ſaid to live by Death. The epicure 
is indebted to it, in a great meaſure, 
for the rarities and profuſion which de- 
corates his table, and pampers his taſte; 
and often, in the. very moments we 
moſt fear to die, we hazard the life we 
are anxious to preſerve, either in the 
purſuit of pleaſure, the indulgence of 
our appetites, or the gratification of 
our unruly paſſions. Yet, ſo ſtrange 
and inconſiſtent is the diſpoſition of us, 
puſillanimous, difcontented, wayward 
mortals, that when called upon to meet 
our dreaded adverſary, by a ſummons 
from our Maker, we tremble at the 
fiat, and anxiouſly wiſh it deferred to a 

more diſtant period. 
When 


240 PARENTAL MONITOR. 


When we ſeriouſly fit down to recol- 
lect our beginning, and for what pur- 
poſe we were formed, why ſhould we 
be ſo unwilling to reſt on the boſom 
of our parent earth? When we take an 
impartial view of that world by which 
eur hearts are enſlaved, but in which 
we have ſo many dangers and ſtorms 
to encounter, and find ſo many of our 
deſigns, hopes and wiſhes diſappointed, 
in which even our very pleaſures are ſo 
dangerous, ſurely it will lead us to con- 
fider the grave as the harbour of peace, 

and Death as the friendly pilot who 
alone can ſteer our ſhattered bark into 
its ſafe and ſecure port. Beyond the 
| gloomy confines of the grave, what a 
delightful proſpect opens to our view! 
No pain, no ſorrow, no loſs of friends, 
no dread of poverty, and its numerous 
ills, no more to fear from our own er- 
ring nature! But an eternity of bliſs, 
in the ſociety of our God, our Re- 
deemer, 


deemer, and a hoſt of angels, with 
millions of our fellow creatures, be- 
come immortal, and rejoicing in each 


other's happineſs; whoſe pure and 
ſpotleſs. ſouls, having paſſed through 


the valley of Death, are ſecurely landed 
on that happy ſhore of everlaſting reſt, 


at which all have it in A own power 


to arrive. te . a 

What is there in aſe rden and 
trying, world ſufficiently enſnaring te 
hold, captive the ſoaring wiſhes of a 
being formed for immortality, placed 


within it for a eee trial has 


their virtue? 
« Man that is 1 of a woman a 
ee but a ſhort time to live, and is full 


« of miſery. He cometh up, and is 


© cut down like a flower; he fleettvas 
te jt were a ſhadow, and never continue 
eth in one ſtay.” 


* Behold, thou haſt made my TRE as 


« it were a ſpan long.: and mine age is 
Yor. II. 17177»; 


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« even as nothing in reſpect of thee; 
10 and verily, my man . is alto- 


«-gether vanity.” Dir Irrioenau Stüc 


For man walhieth i in a vain ſhadow, ) 


53 and diſquieteth himſelf in vain: he 
© heapeth up riches, and cannot tell 
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Could our days; to pleaſe and ratify 


our lingering wiſhes and unſatisfied de- 
fires, be lengthened to an hundred, or 


an hundred and fifty years, how ſad, 


cheerleſs and diſtreſſing ſhould we find 


* 


their concluſion! Our friends and ac- 


quaintance gone, a new race ſtarted up, 


eager to puſh us off the ſtage, our ten- 
der affections entombed with our de- 


| parted friends, the order of nature re- 
verſed, and even our children ſum- 
moned before us! Alas! the life thus 
granted to our prayers would, in its 
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PARENTAL MONITOR 243 
We ſhould be, too late, convinced, by: 


the numerous and increafing infirmities 


which every added year would produce, 
that the enemy we dreaded to encoun- 
ter would have proved our beſt and 
trueſt friend. 

Can he, therefore, juſtly be called. a 
tyrant, who ſummons us from pain, 
ſorrow and diſappointment, with all the 
ten thouſand agonizing trials to which, 
as mortal, we muſt be expoſed, in or- 
der to conduct us to thoſe pure regions, 
where the ſad catalogue of human mi- 
ſeries are all unknown; where we ſhall 
be reunited to thoſe we love, and from 
whom we can be ſeparated no more. 
| Let your lives be blameleſs, and 
Death will inſenſibly be diſrobed of his 
oreateſt terrors. Be always prepared 
for his approach; and when you are 
ſatisfied he cannot ſurprize you una- 
wares, you will ceaſe to regret that you 


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muſt ſhade with others the trial 1. 
| lot bet for all mankind. ki 


; Reaſon 1 with life : 
If I do loſe thee, I do loſe a ike; 
That none but fools would reck; a breath thou * 
Servile to all the ſkiey influences 
| That do this habitation, where thou Ys 
. Hourly afflit ; merely thou art death's fool ; 
| For him thou labour'ſt by thy light to 2 IT . 
| And yet runn'ſt toward him nul, 
Saärxzteaas. 


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