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Article ANECDOTE OF KAMHI, EMPEROR OF CHINA. ← Page 2 of 2 Article WHIMSICAL ANECDOTE. Page 1 of 2 →
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Anecdote Of Kamhi, Emperor Of China.
him . The liquor they chose was Canary , and in the space of a couple of hours the emperor was quite intoxicated , and fell fast asleep . When the Mandarin , who was perfectly sober , saw this , he retired from the apartment , and sending for some of the chiefs of the eunuchs , he addressed them in the following manner : " My friends , whatever a " monarch does is no light matter . Our master seems but too well
" pleased with the juice of the grape ; he commended it at every " glass , and expressed himself in raptures when he had well nigh got " his dose . Consider , my friends , that if he is already capricious , " and somewhat addicted to cruelty , how . insupportable he will grow " if once he becomes a drunkard . Take my advice , therefore ; load " me instantly with chains , and put me into a dungeon ; when the " emperor wakes and enquires for me , tell him it was done by his " order , and leave the rest to me . " The eunuchs approved of the scheme , and instantly put it in execution .
As soon as the emperor came to himself , and perceived he was alone , he enquired for the mandarin ; and being told that he was in a dungeon loaded with irons , and that they had sent for an executioner to put him to death by his majesty ' s orders , he was amazed and began to reflect within himself what it was that had thus provoked him . Not being able to recollect any thing , he gave orders that the Mandarin should be sent forwho came into his presence with irons on
, his hands and legs , and with a dejected countenance , throwing himself at the emperor ' s feet , requested that he might at least know his offence ; upon this his irons were taken off and the eunuchs withdrawn ; the emperor told him plainly , he could not remember how this affair had happened , but this he knew , that his head ached prodigiously , and that he was determined for the future never to drink above three
glasses a day of a liquor prejudicial alike to the mind and to the body : which resolution he faithfully kept , and may , therefore , boast of having once been happily deceived . M ,
Whimsical Anecdote.
WHIMSICAL ANECDOTE .
In compliance zaiih the request of a Correspondent , from whom we have received , and still hope to derive more important articles , we insert ihe following
IN a town in the West of England , and at an inn where several people were sitting round the fire in a large kitchen , through which there was a passage to other apartments in the house , among the company there was a travelling woman and a taylor . In this inn there was a Lodge of Free arid Accepted Masons held , and , it being Lodge night , several of the members passed through in their way to the Lodge ; this introduced observations on the principles of Ma-.
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Anecdote Of Kamhi, Emperor Of China.
him . The liquor they chose was Canary , and in the space of a couple of hours the emperor was quite intoxicated , and fell fast asleep . When the Mandarin , who was perfectly sober , saw this , he retired from the apartment , and sending for some of the chiefs of the eunuchs , he addressed them in the following manner : " My friends , whatever a " monarch does is no light matter . Our master seems but too well
" pleased with the juice of the grape ; he commended it at every " glass , and expressed himself in raptures when he had well nigh got " his dose . Consider , my friends , that if he is already capricious , " and somewhat addicted to cruelty , how . insupportable he will grow " if once he becomes a drunkard . Take my advice , therefore ; load " me instantly with chains , and put me into a dungeon ; when the " emperor wakes and enquires for me , tell him it was done by his " order , and leave the rest to me . " The eunuchs approved of the scheme , and instantly put it in execution .
As soon as the emperor came to himself , and perceived he was alone , he enquired for the mandarin ; and being told that he was in a dungeon loaded with irons , and that they had sent for an executioner to put him to death by his majesty ' s orders , he was amazed and began to reflect within himself what it was that had thus provoked him . Not being able to recollect any thing , he gave orders that the Mandarin should be sent forwho came into his presence with irons on
, his hands and legs , and with a dejected countenance , throwing himself at the emperor ' s feet , requested that he might at least know his offence ; upon this his irons were taken off and the eunuchs withdrawn ; the emperor told him plainly , he could not remember how this affair had happened , but this he knew , that his head ached prodigiously , and that he was determined for the future never to drink above three
glasses a day of a liquor prejudicial alike to the mind and to the body : which resolution he faithfully kept , and may , therefore , boast of having once been happily deceived . M ,
Whimsical Anecdote.
WHIMSICAL ANECDOTE .
In compliance zaiih the request of a Correspondent , from whom we have received , and still hope to derive more important articles , we insert ihe following
IN a town in the West of England , and at an inn where several people were sitting round the fire in a large kitchen , through which there was a passage to other apartments in the house , among the company there was a travelling woman and a taylor . In this inn there was a Lodge of Free arid Accepted Masons held , and , it being Lodge night , several of the members passed through in their way to the Lodge ; this introduced observations on the principles of Ma-.