pity, that she does not attend to her own operations, or take leisure to examine the principles upon which she acts.—Sterne.

XCV.

RINKING.-Drunkenness is a social festive vice. The drinker collects his circle; the circle naturally spreads:

of those who are drawn within it, many become the corruptors and centres of sets and circles of their own; every one countenancing, and, perhaps, emulating the rest, till a whole neighbourhood be infected from the contagion of a single example.-Paley.

XCVI.

HE MIND.-The mind, like a bow, is sometimes unbent, to preserve its elasticity; and because the

bow is useless in a state of remission, we make the same conclusions of the human mind; whereas, the mind is an active principle, and naturally impatient of ease; it may lose indeed its vigour, by being employed too intensely on particular subjects, but recovers itself again, rather by varying its applications, than by continuing inactive.—The World.

XCVII.

OVERNMENT OF TEMPER.-Every human creature is sensible of the propensities to some infirmity of

temper, which it should be his care to correct and

subdue, particularly in the early period of life; else, when arrived at a state of maturity, he may relapse into those faults which were originally in his nature, and which will require to be diligently watched and kept under, through the whole

character. Most people are reproached with loving him with the greatest partiality and boldness; and are greatly delighted, it is said, to hear him praised, yet very few seek to come to the knowledge of him, or cultivate his acquaintance; nay, the greatest part, by all possible means, avoid encountering him. It is surprising to see, say they, the pains that are continually taken, and the contrivances used to get rid of this continued phantom: some flatter him; some bully him; some endeavour to impose upon him; some carry him to the gaming table, others to the bottle, and the like; but he never fails to detect their frauds, and to resent them with severity; like the reckoning, he appears after the banquet is over, and not unfrequently reproaches one with profusion, and another with satiety. Nay, so galling are his reprehensions, and so troublesome his intrusions, that there have not been wanting instances, even in high life, of some, who not being able to help him otherwise off, have called unto their relief, the halter, the dagger, or the pistol; and fairly removed themselves into another world, to get rid of him.-The World.