The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-11-07

Yes---you defpife the man to books confined,
WHO from his Rudy rails at al! mankind.
Psee SAT. E4is.
"a speeulatii. involving all in general and indilcrim
mike eenlure, will rarely be priced for utility
tainrlsns. Fer who will hug the Cockatrice wher
apprized Of rs venom; where iha be found tina,
generation individual; with Whole the appella-
tons of knave and villain will aecord Hence the max
inns of La Rochef though often fraught with
truths irrefragable; though often dede of a
pervading fsgaoiry from practical commerce with
mankind; loie much of their weight from that dIo-
eia temper, by which in general they ehara6te-
rizsd. But to arraign what reaiou and experience
have declared in ho9lity with the perfection and hap
pineis of the lpeces, is iurely evidence of man-
thropy,or cynical captiouine,
The luxurious author Of the Prince of Abyllisia
has remarked that vice houd be prelented I'M
der de!uiive garniture, which may leflen
our horror 4, its native deformity and the Attic
efuons of lie Sage it has been jualy objected, tina,
they exhibit in fuch intimate alliance, the etmable
and pernicous qualities of human nature, leave
rs propending towards facile federation Of the one
and diitident depreciation OF the other.
Cautions luch as theie, houd not preiide in the
elofets of erati only; living TALL rarti-
culsrly within thsir ieope. Neceilty feduGive plea
iures, diverlity of caues may forbid an attention
to books; but extremelt lcvtyi arrehed by exiting
aaive ohjsas, addrelfed Immediately TO the fenfes
lis then in real life only fuch cautions operate
material benefit whila it is truth notorious Ia
inevitable, that in cloiet ATTRACTIONS alone they are
found. For where by mot liberal donation, fortune
would fcem to have deGgned the perfection of her
inon, the patronage of excellence in Others pro-
Fer determination is eAiy made; empty parade fails
not to uiurp defpotio domination, and the buzzng
ephemera of fahion, of folly and of vice conpofe the
relpeeiabl iabe0s of her empire.
: The pretent obfervatons have grown from peru
ial of MIR. Ovens Faihonable World difpay ed -
and his deicrption of that by which it is peopled
can heie creatures propole themfelves what have
they in view in the mode of lc they prolecute ?-Is
1t fame Can they cheat themfelves into an opini-
on, tina, nch eroumfcrbed, evaneicent, and dgrace-
full notorety looe jet, pertinacous and ircor-
rigibie adherence to frivolous nanity the hard-
hood ofopen lhamelefs exeefs can below, is fame p
Is it peafure Do they Ultimate life by the quantum
of enjoymentit affords1 To be convinced that they
wander from their object, let them enquire of that
bard who, iays DIR. Murphey,
|" to our fancy brings,
I" The gayef, happieR attitudes of things"
x he will declareto them the delights which lcencc la
viihes on her votaries he will tell them,
That the beams of truth
&c More welcome touch the understanding eve
I" Than all the blaudiihment of found the ear,
T. ban all of talte the tongue"
dkn.fdt, Plca. Z.g.
But think they perhaps, tina, habitual application
TO tsrary enqair, is the irot which fades the roeae
bloom OF fs and win rob them in duration of more
than equivalent in exquitenels. Here too invef-
tisation vii! prove them the dupes of inconfderate
error, hoodrd la the opaque mantle incidence and
appetite; will beyond controversy ehablilh that the
higher, temperate, and ialiing enjoyment of know
ledge