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The Convert.
was witness of his constancy , his fearful agonies , ins penitence and his triumphant faith . " Sure , " he cried , when the last struggle of nature left his rival a corpse at his feet , "if suffering can atone , thou art not lost . " With slow steps and a brow laden with thought , he sought the presence of the infuriated king . Ebert and the indignant Britons had destroyed all traces of
civilizag tion introduced by Urah , and were proceeding , when the Arch-Druid arrived , to fire the yet unfinished temple . " Pause , " he exclaimed , " let not thy wrath uproot the good this man hath done—the ill alas remains !" " This from thee , " said the astonished king , " hath the slave cast his spells o ' er thee ?" "No , " replied the Druid , "but reason hath convinced me—his
crimes were human , but his faith was from heaven . " "Die , convert , " exclaimed the monarch ; at the same moment passing his sword through tho body of the Arch-Druid , "join thy master . " The frantic people heaped the funeral pile within the unfinished temple , and together both building and proselyte were consumed . Thus did one fatal act of human weakness root from the soil of the East-Angles , the seeds of truth .
Female Prejudices And Antipathies.
FEMALE PREJUDICES AND ANTIPATHIES .
" I like a good hater . "—JOHNSON . "NEVER mind the child ' s crying—give him another di p ! " said a lady on the beach at Brighton to the immerser of innocence ; "these antipathies should be over-ruled and cannot be checked too soon . " This lady when young had imbibed some early prejudices , and like the child bathing , had a sort of hydrophobical aversion to the briny elementshe disliked shipsand all that sail therein ; and seasand all
, , , that sail thereon ; sailors she called sea-otters—amphibious monsters of the deep !—and merely for the association extended her dislike to all of the name of John ; her dissentions were these : —John Dory , the name of a fish ; John Bull—a vulgar name for Englishmen ; John Anderson my Joe , a grey headed old Scotchman ; Souter Johnny a Scotch cobbler ; besides , a school companion had married an extraordinary ordinary man of the name of John , after ivhich she could
never endure the name . N . B . ; she ivould never have one of the name . She abhorred it as much as she did Sea Captains and FREEMASONS ; and thus Miss Katherine White nursed her silly prejudices . Being on a visit to some friends in the country , a Mr . Challerfcon an-ived from London . During his stay his attentions were particularly directed to Miss White . He was a handsome , intelligent young man ; mild in his disposition , and gentlemanl y in manners . An interchange
of sentiments and opinions soon induced them to look with favourable eyes on each other . But what could he be ? she thought to herself , not _ likeing to betray her admiration by any inquisitive questions . He is mild enough for a Clergyman ; but he neither preaches , quotes , forbids cards or objects to wine . He is too honest-looking for au Attorney , and not precise or profound enough for an M . D ., or a Barrister ; not foppish enough , or with vanity and flattery to commit him vol ,. IV . p
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The Convert.
was witness of his constancy , his fearful agonies , ins penitence and his triumphant faith . " Sure , " he cried , when the last struggle of nature left his rival a corpse at his feet , "if suffering can atone , thou art not lost . " With slow steps and a brow laden with thought , he sought the presence of the infuriated king . Ebert and the indignant Britons had destroyed all traces of
civilizag tion introduced by Urah , and were proceeding , when the Arch-Druid arrived , to fire the yet unfinished temple . " Pause , " he exclaimed , " let not thy wrath uproot the good this man hath done—the ill alas remains !" " This from thee , " said the astonished king , " hath the slave cast his spells o ' er thee ?" "No , " replied the Druid , "but reason hath convinced me—his
crimes were human , but his faith was from heaven . " "Die , convert , " exclaimed the monarch ; at the same moment passing his sword through tho body of the Arch-Druid , "join thy master . " The frantic people heaped the funeral pile within the unfinished temple , and together both building and proselyte were consumed . Thus did one fatal act of human weakness root from the soil of the East-Angles , the seeds of truth .
Female Prejudices And Antipathies.
FEMALE PREJUDICES AND ANTIPATHIES .
" I like a good hater . "—JOHNSON . "NEVER mind the child ' s crying—give him another di p ! " said a lady on the beach at Brighton to the immerser of innocence ; "these antipathies should be over-ruled and cannot be checked too soon . " This lady when young had imbibed some early prejudices , and like the child bathing , had a sort of hydrophobical aversion to the briny elementshe disliked shipsand all that sail therein ; and seasand all
, , , that sail thereon ; sailors she called sea-otters—amphibious monsters of the deep !—and merely for the association extended her dislike to all of the name of John ; her dissentions were these : —John Dory , the name of a fish ; John Bull—a vulgar name for Englishmen ; John Anderson my Joe , a grey headed old Scotchman ; Souter Johnny a Scotch cobbler ; besides , a school companion had married an extraordinary ordinary man of the name of John , after ivhich she could
never endure the name . N . B . ; she ivould never have one of the name . She abhorred it as much as she did Sea Captains and FREEMASONS ; and thus Miss Katherine White nursed her silly prejudices . Being on a visit to some friends in the country , a Mr . Challerfcon an-ived from London . During his stay his attentions were particularly directed to Miss White . He was a handsome , intelligent young man ; mild in his disposition , and gentlemanl y in manners . An interchange
of sentiments and opinions soon induced them to look with favourable eyes on each other . But what could he be ? she thought to herself , not _ likeing to betray her admiration by any inquisitive questions . He is mild enough for a Clergyman ; but he neither preaches , quotes , forbids cards or objects to wine . He is too honest-looking for au Attorney , and not precise or profound enough for an M . D ., or a Barrister ; not foppish enough , or with vanity and flattery to commit him vol ,. IV . p