4411914 If the show of any thing | be good I am sure the re- | ality

ter

for | why does any man

ble, or seem to be | that which he is not,

is | bet

dis- | sem

but

to sup-|

as to have

for a man to | seem to be | any thing, | is to

reality,
be- sides, it is often as | troublesome
port the pre-tence of a good quality,
| | |
it; and if a | man | have it not, it is
1
he will be dis- covered to | want it ; ||
all his labor to seem to have it, is lost.

what he would | seem to be:

most likely |

and | then, | 791

There is something | un- | natural in painting, | which a skilful | eye will | easily dis- | cern from native beauty and com- plexion. 111191 Therefore if | any man | think it con

seem | good, | let him | be so in- | deed:

venient to

and |

then his goodness will ap- pear to every one's satisfaction. 111 Par- ticularly,

as

to the affairs of | this | world, in- | tegrity | hath | many advantages | over | all the arti- ficial | modes | of dissimulation and de- ceit. 1914

It is much the plainer | and | easier, || much the safer, and | more se- | cure | way of dealing in the world; it has less of | trouble and

difficulty,

of en- | tanglement

and per- | plexity, |

of danger and | hazard | in it. |17|11|

The arts of de- | ceit and | cunning ally grow weaker, and less serviceable those that practise them; where- as tegrity gains | strength by | use;

more and longer | any man | practiseth it,

con- tinu

to |

in- |

and the

the

greater | service | it | does him; || by con- | firming his | repu- | tation, and en- | couraging |

those with whom he | hath to do, pose the greatest | confidence | in him:

to re- |

which

is an un-speakable ad- | vantage in business, and the affairs of | life. 11/11

But | insin- | cerity is very | troublesome to | manage. A hypocrite

hath so | many things to attend to, as make his life a very per- | plexed and | intricate | thing. [ 1911911A | liar | hath | need of a | good | memory, lest he | contra- dictat | one time | ។ what he said at an- | other:

| but truth |

|

and | needs | nothing to

is always con- sistent, | help it out it is always | near at | hand, | 7 and sits upon our lips; where- as a |

lie

is troublesome, and | needs a great | maI

ny more
In a | word, | whatso- | ever con-
to be in | falsehood

to make it | good.

| | |

| but the | incon- |

venience of it

is per- | petual;

because |

it brings a man | under an | ever- | lasting | jeal

ousy and suspicion;

so that he is not be- |

lieved when he speaks the

truth;

nor

trusted when perhaps,

he means honest

ly. |19|17| When a man hath | once | forfeit

In- | deed, if a | man were | only to | deal in the world for a day, || and should | never to con- verse | more | with man- |

have occasion

kind, it were then |no| great | matter

(as |

far as respects the af- | fairs of | this | world,) | if

have the advantage of | repu- | tation | whilst he is

in it, | let him | make | use of | truth | and sin- | cerity in all his words and actions;

for nothing but this will hold out

end.

but truth

17/1 to the |

| All | other | arts

may | fail; | 1

and in- tegrity will

carry a man to the last. [1

through, and | bear him | out

91791

HYDER ALI.

Extract from a speech of Mr. Burke.

When at length | Hyder | Ali | found, | had to do with men who | either would

con- vention,

no signature

that Ire {

sign | no

or whom | no | treaty,

and

could | bind;

and who were the

determined enemies of | human | intercourse |

Car- natic, an ever- | lasting | monument of

vengeance,

tion,

those,

and to | put per- | petual |

as a | barrier, | be- | tween | him,

against | whom,

holds the moral | elements

deso- | la

and

the | faith

which

of the | world

to- |

and

ani- |

gether, was no pró- | tection. |111111 He be- came at | length | so | confident of his force and so | collected in his | might | that he made no secret what- | ever, ❘ of his dreadful | resolution. ||| Having | terminated | his disputes with every enemy, every | rival, | who | buried their | mutual mosities, in their | common | interest, the creditors of the | Nabob of | Arcot; drew from every | quarter, what- | ever a savage ferocity could | add to his | new | rudiments | in the art of de- | struction; and com- pounding all the materials of | fury, |17| havoc, | and | deso- | lation, into | one | black | cloud; | he hung for a while | on the de- | clivities | of the | mountains.1|79|

teor,

a- | gainst

he

Whilst the authors of | all | these | evils, were | idly and stupidly | gazing on this | menacing | mewhich | blackened | all the ho- | rizon, it | and poured | down the whole of upon the plains of the Car- [

suddenly | burst,

its con- tents,

natic. wo;

Then en- | sued a | scene of

the like of which | no eye had | seen, 1 I

nor heart con- | ceived,

horrors

and which | no | tongue | 1 can adequately | tell. 717 All the of | war, be- | fore | known or | heard of, were | mercy, to that | new | havoc. |77|7|7A | storm of uni-versal | fire | blasted | every | field, |◄ con- sumed every house, and de- | stroyed | every temple. 77/17/17 The miserable in| habitants, flying from their | flaming | villages, | in part, were | slaughtered, || others, without re- | gard to | sex, to | age, 1 to rank, or | sacredness of | function | thers torn from children, ¦▼▼| husbands, wives,

| fafrom |

en- | veloped in a whirlwind of | ca

valry, and amidst the and the trampling

vers,

goading | spears of dri|

of pur- | suing | horses, | were swept into cap- | tivity, | in an un- | known | and hostile | land. Those who were | able to e- | vade this tempest, || fled to the | But escaping from fire, | sword, | and | exile, they | fell into the | jaws of famine. 1991

walled cities.

For eighteen months with- | out inter- | mission, this de- struction | raged from the gates of Madras to the gates of | Tan- | jore, | and so com- pletely did | these masters Hyder | Ali, | and his

in their art,

more fe- | ro

of their | im

that | when the | British | armies | tra

cious son,

ab- | solve themselves

pious | vow,