The Quebec mercury, 5 janvier 1807, lundi 5 janvier 1807
[" THE QUEBEC MERCURY. VOL.III.] \u2022\ti mmmm+mmm P Mr.ThomasCary idi^oropth* Qurbec Mercury* Sir, Your prompt Btt^nttor.to my l»»t pn-bNca'ion.again induces mç_to troobl* you with the prêtent*\tbrg to requcfti itjay appear in ybnwP^I number.A fondneM for readfn^fi R ver^r happy ac^uitition to any mind; for it filL 1 p that time which it untmploved by bi.tinca( or atnu safe retreat from fhc tempests which spend their force above.And if wc have affrfUt n for any one, that afFtltton, like genius, can build its struétorcs on the ba>elesa fabric of a vision ; and the estimation which things hold in a lover\u2019s fancy, tan be tiled by no calculations of reason.I< it somewhat singular that a m^p r f my time of lift, \" host regitm of passi m has been for thc-»c twetiiy veara past, nothing else than that of avarice, should be Midittn w» h \u2022o delightful sen»Btions ; bin su h lor-tunatcly 1» now the case, and in tlnsr happy moments, when employed in h contemplation of nature, wc uiter h .exclamai ion» of ^doiiiatioti and wood t, the son! become» const ion o! hei tn -tive dignity ; we seem to be b«.ugni mater to he Deity ; wc feel ihif.Ctn t ol hi» sacred presence ; the low-minded Cate» ot earth Vanish ; Wc view all friture beau ing with benignity and \"j btauty , anti we repose *wiih tilti~~ fidiin r on him who has thus cm cdhis cicauoo.In il|^\u20acountiy, the f ail Ir 1 \u2014 id wy;, \u2022¦Pifh MONDAY, JAHllARY gl idoj.[No.1.mind borrows virtue from die scene When we tread the lofiy mountain, when the ample lake spreads its broad expanse of waters 10 our viet^, when we listen 10 the fall of the torrent, the awed and ationhhrd mind icr raised a-bove ihc tçynptations of g«iilt ; and when we wander atnid the softer scenes of nature, ff&charms of thc/landscape, the song of tfte birds, the mildness ot the breeze, and the murmurs of the s/rtam, soothe the pas-ions into peace, excite the moat gentle emotions, aq^jl have power to cure all sadness but dcs« paie.Can man forbear to smile with, nature f Can the stormy passions in Ms bosom roll, while every gale is peace, and every grove is mdudy i It is then-that the pure ani delicate sensations of hr whom we love rush upon us, which is opposed by no duty, and embittered by no obstacle, sh«d over the mind a «wtet enchinimeiit, that renders every' ' otyeâ agreeable, and every mumciffde-lightful : it is like that first fresh and vivid green which the early spring a-wakens , that lovely and tender verdure vihiwh is not formed amid the glow of summer, and is as transitory as it if charming Bui alas ! and again ala» ! 1 amcxtremcly sorry to perceive that the young people ot the present age have in general ihewisdou to i.eprc»» 1 hose romantic feiiings which us.d to triumph over ambition and avarice and h-ve adopted the maturcr life.Ma -ruge is now fbin.tcd on the ?ole bails t oDvenunce, and love is an artich .011111» nly ointncd in the treaty B t wheu >h.rc i> w-nt ot love, no happi-.» can po s-blv exi t in my humbL opinion ; and above all other vice 1.Iciest that of avaricet it i» a pa-sion a dcspica-oh a^ it i hateful.It chutes the mos t i .idicus means tor the attainment of \u2022a*et and (miles.But hrrvrn'forbid (aa tome own), .* That dreamt every contrary prove, That a tmile indicated! a frown.And a kiM a deception m love.V I climb the high hilltof my home.That peep o'er the distant campaigns In hope todittinguiih thy dome, Ala» I it ia climbing m vain.4t
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