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    ceased to vibrate through those walls $ —no more the << boding trembler , " culprit-like was arraigned before the stern and inflexible aspect of his offended master . The unsparing hand

    of time had swept from this sublunary surface the venerable sage ; and dire contagion with remorseless virulence had also levelled his son and intended successor , in the prime of life and vkrour of manhood !

    Nothing could satisfy us but we would walk over the grave of these departed worthies . We felt an indescribable emotion as we surveyed the narrow compass by which they were bounded ; our pride ( of which doubtless we have our share ) felt deeply

    wounded as we contemplated the mouldering heap ! And is it for this ( thought we ) mankind bestir themselves , and bustle and toil ? Is it for this the proud tyrant wields the sceptre of despotism , and oppression forges her fetters ? Is it for this that

    ambition strides from empire to empire , subjugating all to her iron rule , wading through blood , and inflicting misery on myriads and myriads of beings ? Here the conqueror and tyrant , however proud or victorious , find an ene > - my over whom they cannot triumph , and one who limits their extent of

    territory to a space insignificant indeed , over which their meanest vassal can bestride ! How short a period has elapsed since Europe was menaced by the famous continental adventurer , whose victories seemed more than

    human 3 before whom empires bowed , and at whose name kingdoms trembled—see him now ! a remnant of mortality enclosed within a narrow confine , rotting on a foreign and

    inhospitable rock , far distant from the seat of his former splendour , ^—a rock , the very existence of which , when in the zenith of his power , was scarcely known to him .

    We returned from this humiliating " spectacle with strong impressions of the vanity of all sublunary things ; and our pride which caused us to walk Avith unusual ereetness through the village , as we went , was now so

    lowered and crest-fallen , that we had again arrived at the late residence of our lamented tutor , before we ventured to hold up our heads . A venerable lookiug female was > leaning over the pales , surveying us as we passed 5

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    and we thought we recognized her features , although time had made some deep fissures and furrows in her countenance—we were not deceived , and felt unusual pleasure in being also

    recognized . She pressed us to take a survey of the old residence . We did so ; but vvho can describe our sensations ? They were a mixture of pleasure and pain , a kind of complicated feeling " , better imagined than described : not a nook or hole but our

    curiosity led us to peep at . Ah ! here stood and still stands the delicious cherry and the vine , the fruit of which we have often longed for , but dared not touch 1 There the bushy evergreen that has often sheltered us from the meridian heat y and there the majestic oak , upon the branches of which we have climbed to our

    infinite satisfaction . We found , on inquiry , that an old school-fellow was residing in the neighbourhood , and had established a school . This intelligence gave us great pleasure , and we were grievously disappointed on finding him from home ;

    we resolved , however , that if chance ever directed us there again , to enjoy an hour or two iu his company . —A few weeks back we again had occasion to pass through the same village , and were preparing to send for our early friend to take a social glass with us at the inn . The hostess , of whom we

    inquired , ( and who seemed a kindhearted person , ) informed us with a sigh , that our juvenile friend was 110 more ! He had died ( she said ) of consumption , six weeks before , and was deeply lamented . A tear trickled down our cheeks at the recital—and hastily

    paying for our entertainment , dejected and disappointed , we mounted our vehicle and drove off , sighing , as we passed , " Vanity of vanities , all is vanity . ' E . D .

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    Remarks on a Particular Providence : suggested I > y Mrs . Cappe r s Memoirs * Birmingham y Sir , May 9 , 1823 . CONSIDERING you as responsible to the public for the moral tendency only of the papers you qdiuit into your Miscellany , and by no means for the sentiments or opinions of your

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    286 Remarks an a Particular Providence ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1823, page 286, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1784/page/30/