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Omar and Fatima, or, the apothecary of Tullock John, life of, 93

Ispahan, 5, 59, 136, 177, 291

Paswan Oglou, life of, 41

Peace, on, 290

ex-

Pemberton, Mr. Thomas, life of, 40
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
description of paintings now
hibiting there, 263
Perseverance, on, 313

Philadelphia Museum, late donations
and additions to, 206
Picture of a wife, 242
Pin, the, 35

Piedmontese sharper, the, 307
Pompey's pillar and Cleopatra's needle,
description of, 307

Poet, the, his rank in the scale of be-
ing, 28

Poetry and genius, essay on, 243

Pope Sixtus V and the shoemaker, an
Italian anecdote, 81

Population of the principal towns in
France, 194

Preble, commodore, life of, 92
Price of stocks, 56, 112, 168, 224, 280
Printing-offices, number of, in different
cities, 160
Puff, a, 37
Pun, a, 172

Potatoe plant, introduction of, 320
Racine, character of, 10

Rank of nations, 209

Raven, natural history of, 250
Reflector, the, 14, 203, 238
Regnard, character of, 13

Remarks on the love of reading in Rus-
sia, 286

Rhode Island bridge, description of,

123

Russian commerce in books, 286
Russian peasants, manners and customs
of, 77

Salutations, directions respecting, 246
Scratching the head, the art of, 23
Self-knowledge, importance of, 117
Sheep, account of the profit and loss
upon a flock of, 124

Showers of blood accounted for, 147
Singular character, a, 260

Statistical view of Great Britain, 208
Strawberry, the, an excellent dentifrice,
47

Suicide, historical remarks on, 17
Suicides, average nember of in different
cities in Europe, 19, 20

Swalwell, the iron works of, 283
Taylor, the water poet, 172

The two Savinias, or the twins, 198
Theodore, king of Corsica, 173
Time, the praise of, 27

Tracey, Uriah, some account of, 40
Tripoli, present state of, 192

Vesuvius, excursion to, 301
Vicissitudes of life, on the, 85

Villa Viciosa, origin of the name, 252
University commencement in Philadel-
phia, 42

Waller, character of as a man and a
poet, 38

Washington, anecdotes of, 21
Wax chandlers, feast of, 173
Weekly register of mortality, for Phila-
delphia, New York, and Baltimore,
54, 108, 165, 220, 277, 334
Weights and measures, on, 15
Will of an old bachelor, extract from,

200

Winter, thoughts on the approach of,
188

POETRY.

Eolian harp, beautiful description of, 242
Apparitions, thoughts on, 48
Avon, lines addressed to a branch of, 103
City shower, description of a, 34
Columbia's eagle, 50

Dying daughter to her mother, the, 159
Elegy on a dog, 249
Envy, pictures of, 37

Epitaph on a monument in St. Saviour's
church, 173

Extempore verses, on the author's being
cured of a fit of the head-ache by
dancing with Miss

Friendship, 157
Grave, the, 101
Health, address to, 47
Herbert and Lucy, 269
Holy man, the, 102
Ivy-seat, the, 50

158

Lines addressed to a fountain, 104
Mr. who affirm-

ed Pope to have been correct in assert.
ing that woman is at heart a rake, 117
Modern love, 241

Old bachelor's petition, the, 214
On seeing a June flower blooming in
November, 328

Prayer to the virgin, by queen Mary,129
Ring, the, 214
Scold, the, 158
Simplicity, to, 160
Song, 157

Sonnet to Patience, 291
Stanzas, 104

The widow, 330

Taylor, the water poet's mock-com-
mendatory verses on "Coriat's Cru-
dities," 171

his petition to king James, 172
To a young lady, on her birth day, 173
Translation of a celebrated fragment
by Simonides, 212

Young widow's petition, the, 273.

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BEWARE of the delusions of the heart, said the discreet, but still beautiful step-mother of the lovely and enthusiastic Leonora B. In all things there is a medium to be observed; but more especially in the passion generally termed love, the reality of which is ever amiable. But there exists a false species, mostly of luxuriant growth, which should always be guarded against as the sex's greatest enemy. It is acknowledged by all, that coquetry and affectation render us ridiculous, but love, without reason for its basis, is capable of causing an infinity of anguish to the susceptible heart; it then becomes a fatal destroyer of the mind, a degrader of the nobler faculties; it weakens the love of virtue, and by degrees lays all things but itself into a lethargic slumber.

The moth, when hovering round the alluring flame, is too striking a resemblance of those incautious females, who, in the simplicity of their hearts, trifle on the precipice of destruction which too often awaits them. Or, if so fortunate as not to be precipitated into guilt, they have the extreme infelicity of seeing every

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former prospect of happiness fade from before their eyes, as the sun removes his golden rays from the sombre shade of night. When once a deep impression is made on the heart, it too generally remains a slave to its object for ever, even though no suitable return should be made; some, it is true, require a correspondent affection to keep their own alive; but others, those whose attachments are of a more generous or persevering nature, continue enslaved, though no enlivening ray of hope should dawn on them; apparently resembling the gillyflower of winter, which hesitates not to bloom through that inclement season, unmindful as it were of the cruel buffetings of the north. But how disconsolate, my dear Leonora, must be the situation of such a heart, and how evidently does it show the indispensible necessity of keeping a wary eye on so unruly a part, which, if once allowed to get predominancy, generally dismisses its most faithful advisers from office.

Nothing tends so much, except real religion, to the guidance of the heart, and consequently to the troe

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few minutes ago supposed, but of wormwood deeply tinctured with gall. Such often admire Virtue, pronounce her all beautiful as the morning, yet want steadiness to follow her footsteps; hold Vice, whatever the garb she may chuse to assume, as detestable, yet suffer their unwary hearts to be caught in her

elevation of the sex, as an enlightened education. You have had no pains spared in yours; every mean has been pursued, not merely to make you a fashionable, which at best means but little, but rather an accomplished and useful, female cha'racter. While yet a child, your little hands were taught to do menial offices for the children of penury and wretchedness; you were taught Shall I, Leonora, give you the to prepare clothing and food for the lost, and once beautiful Laura as an tattered and weary; lessons on hu- example. Once was she the daughmanity and humility, those delight-ter of sensibility, but now her heart ful sister virtues, were constantly given you, and daily practised in your view.

You had an early ear for music: that, and the more elegant kind of needle-work, will not only prove preventives against idleness, that destroyer of the mind, but will keep you from looking for amusement in a crowd, where it is seldom found by the good and rational; while drawing and painting enlarge the mind and improve the heart, for in tracing and admiring the beauties of nature, you will learn to love, as the poet expresses it, nature's God. These are pleasures, my beloved Leonora, that demand no usury; may the pursuits of your heart be ever as innocent.

Women who have the happiness of possessing cultivated minds, are seldom of the number of those who go astray; the light disseminated round them unfolds the separat ing walls of the different virtues, and blends them sweetly all in one; no longer a delicate organization, resembling sensibility or lively passions are to be considered as evils, united now as promoters of the general good. Love, with this class, assumes the most elegant form, not farther from libertinism, than from that chimerical idea of the brain, formed, as it were, only for the heart's torment, often ignorant of its own wishes, and possessing nothing but folly for its basis. Enthusiasm is seldom attached to well-regulated minds; its poor deluded visionaries generally find love composed, not of every thing delightful, as you a

snare.

is dead to feeling, the cold earth has become her pillow, her form rests in the grave. In childhood, Laura was the delight of her idolizing parents, who promised themselves great felicity from the many amiable traits they saw dawning in her infant mind. Even then had the big tear of sensibility coursed down her cheek, and the sigh of sympa thy swelled her susceptible heart. At an age when the character is supposed to be formed, she supported a part in a sable drama that required Herculean powers to sustain, and support it she did in such a manner as to receive the loudest and united plaudits of the surrounding audience. Never as yet had she caused a sigh in the bosom of a friend, from disobedience, or follies natural to youth; but, alas, in an ill timed hour her evil genius had the ascendancy, she became an object for the finger of scorn to point to; indecency was affixed to her character, nor could she lean on innocence as a support against the world's contumely. Where Self-approbation had been wont to display its standard with all the boldness of conscious innocence, Self-accusation appeared as with the bold front of an enemy which would not be repulsed, and in its train introduced Despair, whose sooty habiliments despoiled the tenement, unmantled Hope, and turned her out a fugitive to return no more: all of which was the effect of a mind, from nature and education highly enthusiastic. Her heart, her affectionate heart, had drawn to its centre the

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