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M. Monges, one of the most celebrated men of the present day, and who has risen from obscurity to be one of the principal members of the Institute, has inserted a "Memoir on the Harangues ascribed to Orators by ancient Authors, and on the Means supposed to have been recurred to by the Actors, for the purpose of being heard by the more distant Spectators." The author here treats with contempt the supposed intervention of mechanical aids to assist the human voice. He maintains, by a reference to facts, that it was capable of itself to fill the theatres of the | ancients; and he quotes authorities to prove, that it was customary to assemble the people there whenever an oration was to be delivered.

plify this subject. He has also present ed a sketch of the Life of the late M de Wailly.

Emerald Notice.

THE BOSTON ATHENÆUM.

Dedicisse fidelitèr artes
Emollit mores.

AN establishment has long been wanted in this town, that should be a cabinet for what was curious, and a depository for what was rare. This is now supplied by THE BOSTON A THESEUM, in a style, which bids fair to exceed the expectations of enthusiasm. The "Memoir" published explains the ab ject and plan, of which not the highest recommendation is the fact, that $40,000 have been subscribed to prosper the institution. This reflects equal honour on the enterprize of its projec tors and the munificence of its patrons. The acorn, out of which grew this oak, was THE ANTHOLOGY READING

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In "Demetrius the Imposter," we have the first attempt, we believe, that has ever been made to present a translation from a Russian tragedy. It Rooм:" and though thus small be the was originally written by Alexander radical principle, the plant is of such Soumarokoff, the father of the Russian rapid growth, that under the shadow of theatre, and has been skilfully translat-its branches the people of the State will ed by a Russian gentleman. soon find otium cum dignitate, elegance and ease.

Mr. Manners' "Edgar, or Caledonian Feuds," a tragedy, had its foundation in Mrs. Radcliffe's novel of "The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne," the story turning on the feuds of two families in the north of Scotland, in the feudal times. It has merit, and certainly may be ranked above the generality of modern dramas.

Among the "Oddities and Outlines, by E. M. we found but few that pleased

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One of the best, and which will answer either character, we quote:

mend this institution to public notice It is with pleasure and pride we comand favour. So illustrious are its advocates, we can advance nothing new. When such men sound the clarion, who can swell the note of praise? still we feel impelled to this effort from sense of duty. The same moment that made "man a living soul,” bound him to the improvement of his rational nature. Talents and the obligations to cultivate them, were inhaled at the same divine inspiration. There is to literature A NATURAL ALLEGIANCE, that can nev

er be dissolved and is paramount all other obligations. We feel its binding force and are happy at all times to ac knowledge it, by invariably and ardently encouraging and supporting, as far as we are able, every enterprize that may

"Behind the Thuilleries is the superb Place de la Revolution; or, as it is now called, Place de la Concorde; in the centre of which Louis the XVIth suffered death. On this spot once stood a statue of Louis XV.; lately in its room, a statue of Liberty; and when I saw it, in lieu of both was seated an old wo-tend to give extension to science, eleman, who sold apples and chesnuts."

M. Ducis, a bard of some note in Paris, has presented the Institute with a charming little poem, entitled, "Solitude and Love."

The Abbé Sicard the celebrated preceptor of the deaf and dumb, has proposed a new theory of conjunctions, by means of which he endeavours to sim

gance to literature, and refinement ta taste. Satisfied that such is the exclesive tendency of this institution, we say to it, in the words of TULLY, "Perge quo cæpisti!" It tends to add liberality to mind and accomplishment to person; to make scholars gentlemen and gen. tlemen scholars. Exornet ætatis nos træ gloriam !"

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HOR. ODE VIII. LIR. 2.

“ Ulla si juris tibi perjerati "Pena, Barine, &c. &c."

B.

s, would the Gods, with vengeance due,

hy vainly-plighted faith pursue, ain I might thy oaths believe,

1, once more trusted, thou deceive.

Could Falsehood rob thee of one grace,
Or oaths plant wrinkles in thy face;
Could Heav'n thy forfeit pledges seek,
Or bleach thy hair, or scar thy cheek.
But, no! derided Gods forbear
To scar thy cheek, or bleach thy hair;
And thou, by some peculiar doom,
More fair, as more forsworn, become!
Proceed, too beauteous to be true,
Thy vows still break, and still renew!
n peerless charms while thus you shine,
This bright prerogative is thine.
Let pedants, with their saws uncouth,
And vulgar charms, delight, in truth,
Tis to thy brighter beauty due,

debt to be untrue.

THE EVENING WALK.

Written by the late Thomas Dermody, in the twelfth Year of his Age.

Now breathes along the vale a keener breeze,

Now smokes the chimney bosom'd in the trees,

The frugal rush-light thro' the lattice gleams, [streams; And twilight chequers on the dusky While, lonely, o'er the furrow'd plain I

roam,

[home, And seek, behind yon hill, my little Where dimpled love upbraids my lingering stay,

And childhood fears my devious foot astray

How solitary sweet thy beauties, Eve, When noise and sport the darkling Thy tender, temperate glow of soften'd landscape leave; [day, Thy gleams that melt in blushing tints

away,

Meek hand-maid of the Sun, thy charms

I woo,

And 'mid thy glooms the soul of Wisdom view--

Whose shadowy hand directs to Musing's cell,

Where Peace retir'd, and hermit Silence dwell,

fled!

Lulling to rest Reflexion's aching head, From worldly revels, worldly torments [tant song, The bleating fold, the shepherd's disLoud carol'd round his hearth to rustic throng; [fade, And call a gentler echo from the shade; The lover's flute in mellower cadence While shelter'd safely from the dewy sky, [people lic, Rock'd in their leafy beds, the plumy Now mad Debauch thro' tow'ring cities goes, [pose, Startling the labour'd artist's short reAnd Pride's bright torches, flashing thro' the air, [square;

that lie

Like meteors sparkle in the stately Nor heeds full Pride the pallid groupes [ous eye, Discarded, and shrinking from the curiTho' at the dawn grim Death himself

may come,

And hurry from the palace to the tomb. Precarious pomp! how in l

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From the French of Bertrand. RIVAL of the bright Aurora, Whom gay Zephyr seeks to wed; Empress of the realms of Flora,

Haste, your ruby honours spread! Ah, no! still yet defer your blooming, Still yet defer your balmy breath: The moment that, the air perfuming, .. You blow, you hasten but your death. Like you, LAURA is a flower,

Which must the same law obey; Like you, she flourishes an hour, The next, like you, must fade away From your thorny stalk descending,

Haste, your colours bright prepare ; You well deserve, your perfume lending, O ROSE! a happier lot to bear. Blow, on LAURA's breast reclining, Your envied throne and grave in turn; I, jealous at your lot, repining,

Admire, and with vain fires burn.

You'll see with sighs compassion move her

From the bed on which you lie, If, in pity to her lover,

LAURA ever heaves a sigh!

Love sball shew, the maid attending,

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FLEETING movement; tardy measure:
How uncertain is thy pace,
Flying in the hours of Pleasure,
Bounded by no earthly space!
Dragging on, with leaden motion,

When with Sorrow's weight opprest, Or when sailing o'er the Ocean,

Calms annoy each anxious breast.
Such my First is; but my Second
Tis a fine Performance reckon'd,
I can not so easy tell ;

Or a Patch that's put on well.
Now my Whole makes its appearance
Warning us of Life's decay,
Yet, in spite of interference,

Days, and Hours, will fleet away.

Boston, Mass. Published

BY BELCHER & ARMSTRONG. No. 70, State-Street. -

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ORIGINAL PAPERS.

FOR THE EMERALD.

THE WANDERER,

No. 81.

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LOTTERIES.

In continuation.

takes the luxuries of wealth, not by personal merit, but ancestorial pos session. There are exceptions from all rules, and we find them from this; but in a limited observation in our own city we can point out the instances where independence with all its charms, with all the delights which a fond imagination is apt to behold in it, has really been

...They keep the word of promise to destructive to those who possessed

the ear,

But break it to the sense........

Ir was stated in our last number that lotteries must be viewed in the light of a compulsory tax on the community, and as an injury to the public morals.

It was stated that the sudden accumulation of great wealth was apt to intoxicate the mind and take from it those powers of gratification which it would otherwise receive. However each may deny the applicability of this position to himself, however willing he may be to contend with all the perplexities of wealth and the splendid difficulties of a magnified fortune, yet let it be asked of him, what does experience teach us? We are all ready enough to run into such pleasant danger, but how many are there victorious in the contest? Who makes the best member of society? He who gradually rises by industry to opulence, and watches the slow accumulation of his fortune increased only by toil and economy, or the man who founds his claims to opulence on hereditary right, and par

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it, and the zeal and affection of the father in accumulating a fortune has irretrievably ruined the child of his affections for whom it was accumulated.

If the acquisition of wealth without personal labour, although for a long time anticipated, comies so much like a torrent as to break down the natural barriers of the passions, and to set the judgment and reason afloat on the stream, how irresistible must be its force when it arrives unexpectedly; when the chances of fortune on which no man could calculate rolls the tide of wealth into the humble abodes of mediocrity and labour, and by an artificial elevation revolutionizes all former arrangements and accustomed forms. It is no wonder that human strength yields to its power, no wonder that the sudden force conquers the mind: it might have operated like a salutary medicine if proper proportions had been used; but coming in so large a quantity its influence was poison and destruction is accomplished. This is not the exaggeration of enthusiasm, we

can trace its operation, we know its pursued his destined course re effects, we have witnessed its mel-spectable for his industry, is se ancholy instances.

Wealth has such powerful charms that it is generally thought to be equally amiable in whatever form it appears, but it is found to be really advantageous only when accompanied by a knowledge of its use; and this knowledge is like all others, to be acquired by time and experience. It is equally impossible for a man, all his life time accustomed to poverty, on a sudden to square his mind to the requisitions of fortune, as it would be for a clown to assume the manners of a courtier.

duced from his employments by a prize, and left in the end to find his fortune worse than a blank.

A lottery is a scheme of deception, and no better than legalized pickpocketing. In order that some may gain, it is necessary that more should lose, and the deception is apparent in the confidence of every adventurer when it is certain that two thirds must be entirely disappointed. Hence with a kind of false pretence, not a whit more hon. est than that which is severely punished by the criminal law (save only the legislative sanction attached to it,) two thirds of twenty-five thou sand adventurers are deceived in their hopes and punished for their credulity, and those to whose advantage it accrues may laugh with tri

It is not expected that this argument will convince individuals engaged in making money. But it is worthy the attention of those who have the power to sanction or prevent a lottery. Unfortunately the injury produc-umph at the folly which is caught

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by their ridiculous rhodomantade and nonsensical advertisements.

But the greatest complaint against a lottery is its injury to public morals. It induces men to become gamesters; it encourages a propensity for gambling, (a propensity too inherent in depraved minds to require extraneous assistance ;) it leads men to stake the future against the present, and to trust rather to the contingency of fortune than to industry or labour.

It is easier to encourage this propensity than restrain it after it has commenced. It would be well if it ended with the lottery; but he who has acquired a small sum by

chance finds how much easier it is to receive it in that way than by the drudgery of an accustomed occupa tion. He trusts to the good luck which befriended him, and hopes to be equally successful at some other game.

He is too proud to descend, and too inconsiderable to remain, and thus probably some indus- Men who see their neighbours, trious artisan, who would have who had heretofore been on a level

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