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    character . I was not long in discovering that I was now among an honest and a worthy race of people , who afforded a striking contrast to those in whose country I had been travelling for the last two months . I will venture to affirm , that in Italy one half ot those with whom I had any pecuniary transactions endeavoured to cheat me ; and at last it became quite as habitual with me to tell a man that he was demanding too much , as it was to ask him what there was to pay . But during the few days that 1 have been in

    Switzerland the case has been different . I have found the fixed charges , though higher than those of Italy , yet reasonable for the country , and every body satisfied with the gratuity I have given them ; and as for the government , the change for the better is as complete as it is in private character . I was not asked for my passport all the way from the last custom-house in

    the Sardinian States to Geneva ; and the officer who required it on entering the last-named place , addressed me with as much kindness as if he had been the best friend that I had in the world . The officer , too , of the Douane took my simple affirmation that I had nothing contraband in my luggage ; and neither one nor the other of them petitioned for a single sou for himselfall which , to a man just arrived from Italy , was infinitely delightful . During the course of rny journey through that most interesting country , there have been times , I will confess , when I have been so thoroughly disgusted with the want of domestic comfort , with the villany and the indolence of the

    men , and the superstition of the women , that I have vowed that I would never set foot in it again . But the Dome of St . Peter ' s , the Ruins of Pompeii , and the Galleries of Florence , are to be seen only in Italy ; and if I were assured that the state of things was somewhat improved , ( and improved it must and will be , ) or if I were rich enough to make the journey in my own carriage , and with a travelling servant to spare me the trouble of the details , I am not sure that my resolution would long hold good . ( To be concluded in the next Number . )

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    That face ! oh ! it is eloquent with love , And bright with purity and holiness ; And yet it wears the trace of past distress , A shade of sad thoughts time may not remove . The conflict has been there—yes , dearest dreams Have been resign ed at duty ' s sacred call : ' Tis past , that gentle heart has yielded all ; Yet hope and peace now shed their hallow'd beams Around the sufferer ' s brow ; for the lost trust Of earthly joy th' eternal glories shine , Lighting that pale cheek with a heavenly grace . Now conquer ed are the trials of the dust , And past the bitter tears ; yet dream ' s divine Mingle with sorrow in that calm sweet face . J . E . R .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1829, page 177, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2570/page/25/