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37?3‘ friendly interview to the - prefent mordent—who; liacl fpread
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before1 them Whatever th ey had to giv e , or .^fïSRtïtaFy
produced ; and-'when', added tothis’, the KihgVaS ^ ‘utfëfj&I-
vocaf proof of the fSgh opinion fee? erlïer^aihfed' óf thê”Ë»s>: -
l :0 ) wil^goihg’ to cohfigri. hièfoWn' ‘föfr to. their ■ care—is
there' a reader who", recalling all thefë’ clfcUm'ftahèesftan
wonder they afïëcftlÖ filé feniïbilify of Aèba T hullë ?—Or
father, is there- a féïtdër- who’ will not hè pêady with my-
felf to alk-, Under what fun“ Was ever tëmilèj^tl'the. fteel
th'at could cut fucfr a pa'ftagé^o thé lifeiirt as this juft reproach
of the King's ?—-Every individual felt its force, arid
• its truth ;— èfery individual alfó left how ® ms mind
had injured the virtues of 'this excellent dfafi^^q¥^ wSs
the wound oflhiS reproach rendered léfs atureoy fhe 'ctm^
fcioulhefs“ each man Ha'di of having beep fo lately indiu®l|
by Iris’unjuft fearsj to "join in lucb dlftruÊfïvé counfel agaruft
him and his family. - !
. j j y t th e eye o f philoiophy w illy p p h d ly fv ie vw d h d dif-
c riminate between the two parties!; the people o f PfflL'W,-.
tutored in th e fchoOl o f Nature, acted from he r impcilfe
aibne, th e y were -open and uhdifguifed 5 unconfcipus o f
deceit themfeiyes, th e y neither feared nor looked for it in
others.— Our countrymen— b om arid b ro u gh t tap in a c ivilized
nation^ w h ere . A r t aflumes éVëry form and colouring
f o f life,; and is éven perfedtioned into a- -fciêr-cë,. Were fa -
fkioned b y education to fufpiciori and dlftruft, ana awake
o to
to all their bufy fuggeftions.— Such is the fatal knowledge
the; 'World, > trashes mankind? - fencing foo-often the human
heag$a^pi-ft the;i-hj©|s,pf»jpfown happjnefs, by weakening
confident? the moftwalu^ble Ipa^d #f f e d o t y ! . jj
T h e K in g ’s Rebuke Wa% too,, powerful! for our people to
rbftft f th e y lhftaiftly'defired the Captain to allure h im , th a t
b fo u ld :%e faithfufty fulfilled,
and, td cOAvftibe Mm th e y could h a v e no fofpicions, th e
•arms lhould bb immediately given' to h im ; th e y accord-
jh ^ ly fedtthT bo ard fo r th e q u an tity dF a rm f th e y could w ith
fcbriVeniency fpare, ddd ■ on the boat’ s return prefented • him
w ith ^ v e 'muftjuets,'’fiv e cukaffes, wear a barrel o f gu n p ow -
d e r fw h h g u fi- flin t s and baft in proportion. Captain-Wi tsON
W o made h im a prefent o f his ow n w ith
w h ich h e feemed to b e particularly pteafed, h a v in g often
feen its effect on th e fowls and other birds at Pfii.£W>
A n d now th e gentle fo ifit o f th e K in g appeared to forg et
e v e ry trace o f w h a t had hap p ened;— bu t the feene enabled
all w h o Wire prelent to tranfmit to pofterity a moft captivatin
g p i& u fe o f th e forc ib le , y et miM tr iumph -of virtue !