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Wisdom And Folly. A Vision.
ally sounding , which they employed for a small quantity of matter ; the preachers of FOLLY , and indeed all her orators , excelling in 'verbosity . Next to sonorous language , harmonious delivery is what FOOLS regard most highly in their preachers . One of the Blacks described an expedient , hit on by himself and many ' of his brethren , of killing two dogs with one stone , by preaching ' politics ; and so making the lace
same p serve for a pulpit and a coffee-house box . _ ' You will , said my Guide , < see many , at least several , gentlemen in the same uniform , in the regions of Wisdom ; but these estimate merit by conduct , and not belief ; and their discourses are distinguished for sense , and not for sound . They mind the beads and hearts of their hearers more than their EARS Let howeverfor the
. us , , present , keep to those before us . ' A person in a broad-brimmed hat his whole fi gure stiff and formal , entertained FOLLY with a discourse against formality . < That person , ' said my Guide , < belongs to a very laughable , but very harmless set of Fools . ' Another proved that the
supreme good consisted in plunging head foremost into a tub of water . Another , named Cantwell , declared , that the chief merit of man consisted in building chapels , and making him the cashier Many Fools believed him , and contributed . There was not , indeed to be found a more dexterous pickpocket than Cantwell : at one ' time he would makeup a plausible story of families undergoino- rrreai misery , although they were not in existencewould collect round
; a sum of money , and apply it to his own use : at another , he would raise contributions for people really in want ; give them a little , and keep the greater part to himself . A third device was to employ persons to pretend to be distressed , recommend them to his votariesand go snacks in their earnings . As he was peculiarly impressive to FEMALE FOOLS his meetings were good lacesfor assignations
, p . He assisted FOOLS at the making of their WILLS . When on their death-beds he often persuaded them that they were going to be damned , and that the only way of escaping was to leave monev to pious and charitable uses , to be disposed of b y him . Many Fools believed him tie pocketed the cash , and left them to settle accounts with the devil at tiieir mutual leisure .
' A person called Maister Drawl , speaking through the nose delivered a long harangue about the Covenant ; and attracted numbers of the lower ranks of Fools . He , too , did his best to fleece his auditors , but they were not so well supplied as Mr . Cantwell ' s . Maister Drawl , it seems , made it a practice to get together numbers of Fools in fields and woods , a practice , which , besides other advantages tended to increase the
population of her Majesty's territories . After his discourse , Maister Drawl gave a specimen of his musical talents : so masterly and variegated was his execution , that in one stave he exhibited a most happy imitation of ihe braying of an ass , the bleating of a ram , and the drone of a bagpipe . ' ' Z . O BE COWTIKUta . l
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Wisdom And Folly. A Vision.
ally sounding , which they employed for a small quantity of matter ; the preachers of FOLLY , and indeed all her orators , excelling in 'verbosity . Next to sonorous language , harmonious delivery is what FOOLS regard most highly in their preachers . One of the Blacks described an expedient , hit on by himself and many ' of his brethren , of killing two dogs with one stone , by preaching ' politics ; and so making the lace
same p serve for a pulpit and a coffee-house box . _ ' You will , said my Guide , < see many , at least several , gentlemen in the same uniform , in the regions of Wisdom ; but these estimate merit by conduct , and not belief ; and their discourses are distinguished for sense , and not for sound . They mind the beads and hearts of their hearers more than their EARS Let howeverfor the
. us , , present , keep to those before us . ' A person in a broad-brimmed hat his whole fi gure stiff and formal , entertained FOLLY with a discourse against formality . < That person , ' said my Guide , < belongs to a very laughable , but very harmless set of Fools . ' Another proved that the
supreme good consisted in plunging head foremost into a tub of water . Another , named Cantwell , declared , that the chief merit of man consisted in building chapels , and making him the cashier Many Fools believed him , and contributed . There was not , indeed to be found a more dexterous pickpocket than Cantwell : at one ' time he would makeup a plausible story of families undergoino- rrreai misery , although they were not in existencewould collect round
; a sum of money , and apply it to his own use : at another , he would raise contributions for people really in want ; give them a little , and keep the greater part to himself . A third device was to employ persons to pretend to be distressed , recommend them to his votariesand go snacks in their earnings . As he was peculiarly impressive to FEMALE FOOLS his meetings were good lacesfor assignations
, p . He assisted FOOLS at the making of their WILLS . When on their death-beds he often persuaded them that they were going to be damned , and that the only way of escaping was to leave monev to pious and charitable uses , to be disposed of b y him . Many Fools believed him tie pocketed the cash , and left them to settle accounts with the devil at tiieir mutual leisure .
' A person called Maister Drawl , speaking through the nose delivered a long harangue about the Covenant ; and attracted numbers of the lower ranks of Fools . He , too , did his best to fleece his auditors , but they were not so well supplied as Mr . Cantwell ' s . Maister Drawl , it seems , made it a practice to get together numbers of Fools in fields and woods , a practice , which , besides other advantages tended to increase the
population of her Majesty's territories . After his discourse , Maister Drawl gave a specimen of his musical talents : so masterly and variegated was his execution , that in one stave he exhibited a most happy imitation of ihe braying of an ass , the bleating of a ram , and the drone of a bagpipe . ' ' Z . O BE COWTIKUta . l