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Sales at Auction.
Win beSOED, by the subscribers on Tues
day the 18th day of April next, on the
premises,
THE. HOUSES and LOT.

at present occupied BY Thomas Under
wood, esq. consisting Of an excellent brick
dwelling house, smokc-house, carriage
house and stable, all lately built and in COM
plcte repair; the lot we'll enclosed. One
half the purchase money payable next
Christmas, and the balance PAYABLE the
Christmas following, for bonds with APP
proved security, with deed OF trus; on the
property to secure the punctual payment
of the money.
At the same time and place will he sold
four or five excellent HOUSE SER
WANTS, together with several new Fen
THEIR BEDS, and a great variety of
Household and Kitchen FURNITURE, for
bonds with approved security, payable
next Christmas.
PROsSER Sc MONCURE, Auc'rs
Feb. 25, 1907. ids
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Wanted a Situation,

Il ITHER in a Counting House, or be-
~ hind Counter-A young Man zyho
has been bred to The Mercantile business,
and come well recommended, a line address
sed TO II. 4. and teft at Ca6eiis6nrg most
office, will be regularly attended TO.
March 10, 1907. I'm
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Land @ Negroes for Sale.

pvvirtue of deed OF trust executed to me by
oThomas Randolph, to secure the payment OF
ardebt due Isaac II. Coles. will sell, to the
highest bidder, for ready money. on Thurs.
day the 16.h day of April next. at Chinquepin
Church. in Amelia one hundred and fifty acres
OF LAND. lying On Appomattox river. in the
county of Amelia, being part OF the land on
which the said Thomas Randolph u-w resides.
and known by the name CT MoRvEHs Also
NINE NEGROES, viz. Ned, Jesse. Kitty. A
lexauder, cambridge Spencer, Sukey, Richard
and Caroline or so much of the said property
as will be sufficient to discharge the debt menti-
Sned in the deed.
], COLES Jr.
March 2. 1907. IDS
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PUBLISHED BIZ SUBscRIPTIoN,
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GniUersal Dictionary Of .drts e Sciences.
In TWENTY VOLUMES oUARro.
CONDITIONS.
THE work will be printed in large quar-
to, with new types, cast for the pur-
pose, on superfne wove paper, each vo-
lume will contain from eight hundred to a
thousand pages. A half volume, in boards,
will be published regularly every two
months, PRICE 4 THREE DOLLARS,
PdYIBLE ON DELIVERY
Between six and seven hundred plates,
engraved in superior style of elegance,
will be comprised in the course Of the pub
Gcation, by far greater number than is
20 be found in any other Scientific Diction-
airy.
80 To Subscribers. The FIVE first
half volumes are ready for delivery at the
bookstore Of Samuel Peasants, jun.
Richmond, March 10.
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Land for Sale.


RY virtue IF deed of trust executed to
- me by William Tear, to secure the
payment of debt due James Murphy and
company, will SELL, 10 the highest bid
der, for ready money, at Amherst court
house, on Saturday the 7sth day of March
next, tract of LAND, lying in Amherst
county, OH the branches OF Naked creek,
within one mile of the courthouse aforesaid,
containing $50 acres, being the tract on
which the said William Fear now resides,
and known by the name ofthe Tan-Yard-
being only interested as trustee, for the
benefit of others, will only warrant the
title OF the said tract OF land, as to myself
and those claiming under me.
JOHN HIGGINBOTHAM, Trustee.
Warminster, 18th Feb. 1907. 4w
". IN consequence Of an error in the
above advertisement, the word T'eas being
taken for Tear" the sale of the above
tract of land is postponed until Saturday
the eleventh day of April next, at which
time it will certainly take place.
John Hggin6ofham.
March 9, 1907. ids
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We haze lately receiUed,
FOR SALE

FOR SALE,
II hhds. sugar Is boxes cotton & WOO
80 bbls. do. cards do.
3Ooo'bs- green coffee atoms castings assort-
~ nhds Antigua rum ed, viz. pots, ovens,
. do Windward Island slsillets, spiders, and
10 irons. teakettes asd
IA hhds. N z. rum Wagon boxes
Ia bbls. do do $50 sacks salt
~ nhds. moIasses 100 bbls cut behring's
Q casks Malaga wine so do whole do
20 tierces & bis. whisky Is do shad
sPiPss apple 'Tandy 20 lbs Spanish indigo
70 bbls do do IS lbs nu'mcgs
IL crates Liverpool 100 pr mems Sne sb...
VNte assorted so do coarse do
~ do stone 90 500 los GIauber salts
NE haze also on hand,
Iron Loaf sng.,
German. CrawIey and Tanner 3: i.inssed Of,
Blistered Steel Nova Scotia grind
Race & ground ginger stones
Pepper Ground plaster in bbls
Alspiee Good manufactured to-
IF & powder bacoo by the keg. for
Shot assorted sizes re,ailin
French brandy Tar
Eiee Wedding hoes
H ~ Nests woodward
wrougn! and utnailS' Bed cords, leading lines
Snuff | Necklace
LASS ware viz. l-2 pt ! Stone jugs, butter pots,
tumo'ers and eeoan- chamber pots, wash
tiers, assorted sizes basons. bake pans
Hats cb,rns Sc r.,
We daily expea TO receive, a quantity of sherrv
Wine, Window Glass, Coperass and Alum. ali
OF which articles, we will sell at small advarce
Tor cash. approved paper or country produce.
ShaPard & Lucke.
Richmond. May 8. 1906.
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equity

a m~ EQUITY,
1SR TEse IMPORTED last fall, by
* xsS[sHsS 4. Brown & Rives, will stand
the ensuing season at my stable, in Amherst.
Ave miles from New-Glasgow, at TWEEN
ty-five dollars the season, dischareeabje nv
twenty, if paid by the first day of October
neXt--Ihe season to commence the first of
March and end first August.-Marcs NAV
be covered by the leap at twelve dollars,
paid at the time of service or forty dol
lars to ensure them in foal, payable first
day otJanuary next--one dollar to the groom
in every case.-Good and extensive pastu-
rage, gratis, but no liability for accidents
or escapes.
GoUTYIs beautiful bay, ten years old,
IN high health and vigor, FIVE feet three in
ches high, full of bone and muscle, fine
points and elegant form. He was after ma
ny months research selected by Mr.. Wea-
ther6y (author OF the racing calendar and
general stud-book) as one Of the best horses
that could be procured in Great Britain.
In letter from him he says there never
was higher bred horse shipped from
Great Britain or any other country.
equity was got by Sir Peter Teazle FUN
questiOnably the best stallion now in Eng
land) his dam the famous Yellow Mare bv
Tandem grandam, Perdita by Herod
great grand dam, Fair Forester by Sloe
great great grand dam by Forriter; great
great great grand dam by Partner CToft's
bay. Barb; Makeless Brimmer; Son of
Dodsworth Burton Barb Mare.
equity run but three times, owing TO
an injury he received in the fore leg
LIST, in 1899, for the Darby stakes, for
thpee year olds, won by Archduke.
"a, IN 1900, sweepstakes, for all ages,
with Is guineas added out of the racing
iunc--won by Gouty, beating Fugleman,
Vivaldi, &c. sc.
3D. NEWMARKET July meeting, 6 so, by
subscription, won 10y Sorcerer.
RoBRRT RTVKRs
February 1Oh, 1907. sw
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TO Rem
A Neat House.
March 2. 1907.

IN the Falling Garden, sufficiently large
to accommodate a moderate sized fami-
~, either by itself or with the following pro-
ftable property, to wit AN ice-house
20 feet by 18 and about 10 deep, we'll filled
and pounded down with good clean ice
abath-house, which if well attended to will
yield handsome profit; and also may be
accommodated with small or large part
of a garden.
The above property will be rented either
tor the season, say six months, or for a
longer time, and possession given immedi-
ately.
Good security will be required for the
rent. Enquire of
JAMES LoVNEs, on the Premises.
Sd mo. 18th, 1907. IF
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To the Public

The Subscriber has removed TO an hons.
near the upper end Of the Town ON tbo
Street leading from the Capitol square. re
continues to practise law in all the SUR
rior Courts holden in the City of RicbnopJ.
and also in the District Court of Brpne'
wick. His Clients may rely on his ptmo.s
asslduity and attention to the business en-.
trusted to his care. u
VIM. MUNFORD.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-03-31

For Hire-A MAN,
Who rs nell acquainted with the manage
nent Of race horses. For further fnfor-
nation attttfy TO 1zrs. Sarah Gum, Rich.
mond Hill, or TO
FEB 81, 1907. A.
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WAA TED.

WAN TED,
AN APPRENTICE tor the Book Binding
business. A youth of respectable counec-
sions, who can come well recommended
none other need apply. WI.
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TAX SS Will stand the ensuing sea-
II sSH%SA. son at our stable in Abe.
marie county, 10 miles above charlottesville, to
cover mares at twenty FIVE dollars the season.
FIVE of which will be RENTED is paid by the I sc
of August next; fourteen dollars the can, and
forty dollars ensure a ma to be in foai. with
one dollar for each mare to the groom, which
with the leap money must be paid when the mare
is covered Mares Pu, to Knewsley last season
which did not prove with foal. will be ensured
this year for twenty dollars paid as above -
Notes ofhand will be required in every instance
where the money is not sent with the mares or
PAID before they are taken away. Excsllent
and extensive pasturage well enclosed gratis be-
sides several grass lots, which will be Kept for
mares with colts, and mares sent before foalng.
Servants will be boarded 9s. per week, and
grain furnished mares "a directed at the lowest
marker price, tor which the money must be paid
before the mares are taken away. The most
Poined attention in every particu ar shall be paid
to mares sent to our care, but cannot be liable
Tor any accidents or escapes which may happen.
kNOWSLEY's pedigree and performances
have been SO frequently published, Thar we de en-
II unnecessary now TO iaserr it. The perform.
ances of his colts the turf last spring and fall
has so well established his superior worth, that
rothing more remains ts be said by US only to
observe thar nine of his colts have been started
on the turf, seven of which proved successful IL,
winning eleven sweepstakes and matches; the
other two always run second best Eve out of
the seven winning colts distanced che field.
WILLIAM WOODS.
GEO. M. WOODS.
Albenarie, Feb goth, 1907. oaf7t
T. >. The season will commence the 1st Of
March and expire the LIST of August.
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= CITI ELELZXN

TIE electors qualified by law to vote for
common-councilmen and aldermen of
the CITY OF Richmond, arc hereby notified
to assemble on the first Wednesday in A.
pril next, and cause to be chosen eight a.
and proper persons from each ward. IN
serve as commemorative and aldermen
for one year.-The election for Jefferson
Ward will be held at the Courthouse for
Madison Ward at the EagIe-Tavern. and
for Monroe Ward at Mr.. Thomas Whites
new Brick House ne the old academv--
The poll will be opened in each Ward pre-.
cisely at 10 O'Clock.
JOHN F. PRICE, Sergeant.
10th March, 1907.
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HALTEs, QUARTERs AND EIcR4Rs,
ARE NOW SELLING AT
WAIIE's

MATES, CURRIERS' AND EIGHTIES,
ARE NOW SELLING AT
WAIIE's
TRULY FORTUNATE LOTTERY OFFICE,
No. O. and No. SIS, Maiden Lane, .Neso
York.
BY enclosing bank notes, of any dcscrip-
ton, (post paid) to CT. and r. WAITE,
tickets and shares will be punctnally re-
turned by post, to any amount. and the ear
hest advice sent to adventurers of their
success.
During the drawing, WaIrE's weekly
printed prize list will be sent to thepr;nter
OF this paper, and to the post master at
Richmond; and at the conclusion of the
drawing, will also be sent. the managers
printed PRISE list, for the satisfaction of
distant Adventures.
AT the above Offices, have been sold in
the late lotteries, prizes amounting to sum,
exceeding 100000 dollars.
Present price of tickets, Seven Dollars,
but will advance as the drawing approaches.
Prize tickets in the late New York lotteries
taken in payment.
New York, March 10, 1907. SIM
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Motlce.


A LII persons are forewarned from USING
or taking Sand from the Sand-Bar.
called Coutts's, without the previous con-
sent OF the subscribers, who are alone au-
thorlsed to sell or appropriate the same
For the convenience Of those who incline 10
purchase, we have authorised Mrs. Coutts
to act. Any sale or contract which she
may make will be ratified by us.
Samuel M Craw,
Pleasant YouHghusband, { IrHstees
Richmond. goth Feb. 1907.
WHEREAS some time past, / Durcba-
sed piece ofland in Goochland conn
" of one William Lowell, for which save
him two bonds, one for eighteen poSnds,
payable the 18th day Of December. one
Thousand eight hundred and eight. H. -
ther bond for ~ pounds, PAYABLE the os,b
Of December, one thousand eight hundred
ana twelve, and as the said Lowell ha. o,or,s
away without making me a right to the 2 laid
Iano agreeable to bargain, ! do forewarn ali
person OF persons in trading for the above
mentioned bonds, as do not intend 10 nav
tnem unless get right agreeable TO bar.
9Th November, 1906. sc
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FOR SALE.
Ny treCt of Land,

IN Powhatau county, containing between
Aine hundred and thousand acres, and
lying within two miles of the courthouse,
and on both sides of Fine creek. Th;stract
ofland would be sold entire, otherwise laid
OF in lots to suit purchasers. Any persons
inclinable to purchase, it is expected will
first view the premises-any further de-
scription is deemed unnecessary. For
terms apply to the subscriber, living on the
premises.
SAM. BAsKERvILLE.
Powhatan, Jan. 4th, 1907. IF
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FOR SALE,
4 OaIudbR tract ofLond,

n the lower end Of Buckingham, lying on
= Butaloe creek. adjoining tho lands of Mr..
James Wilson and Mr.. COPELAND, containing
upwards of one thousand acres, being in a
populous and wealthy neighborhood and
within three miles Of Ca-Ira.
A sufficient quantity is opened to work ten
hands to advantage-the greater part being
yet to- clear, Astounding in excellent timber,
and aitording from four to FIVE hundred l.
ores of prime tobacco land.
Mr.; Moses Scott living on the premises
VIII shew the land to any one inclined 20
purchase. For terms apply to the subscri.
Der. SUSANNA WILCOX.
Shsal've, isth March, Isty. 2m
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MATTRESSES.

WE have removed 70 the house former
w ly occupied by Mcssrs. DowhLD
AfAeKENzIB S Co. nearly opposite the
Bank. JAMES & JOHN DUNLOP.
Petersburg, Sd March, 1907. CIV
COMMITTED to the jail of Hanover
~ county, negro woman as runaway,
who says her name is TEMPY, and that
she is the property of Thomas Cawthorn
Of Spotsylvania. The owner is requested
to pay charges and take away said slave.
THE JAILOR.
Hanover ssvrtheuss, Mar. 10, 1897. If
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WILL BE SOLD,
At Public Auction,
On the seventh day of April next, sundry
Valuable LOTS.

With aud without improvements, living
on the Main-7treet, passing through A
dams's Valley, and short distance from
the Market-House- of
A 4 lot, on which is erected neat tive
story brick house, completely fitted for a
grocery, and the accommodation oSa fami-
y fronting on the main street about
feet, and running back about geo feet to A.
dams's canaI--Four unim proved lots, IS
feet each, front, adjoining each other, from
ting oh the same main street, and running
back about $50 feet to Adams's Canal
These latter lots are separated from the lot
on which stands the brick tenement, only by
Mr.. Samuel Bells lot
Togive further description of the above
valuable property, is deemed unnecessary.
It's advantageous situation, arising from its
coltiguity 60 the market-its situation i'm
mediatcly on populous road, even now, &
promises soon to be the greatest inlet to
the heart of the city, with the increasing
value of landed property in, the neighbour
hood, promise that few similar opportuni-
ties will offer hereafter for making such
valuable purchases.
The terms are, a credit of 6, IL and 10
months, the purchasers giving bond and
security, together with deeds of trust on
the property to secure the faithful perfor-
nance of their contracts-which bonds and
othersecurities must be made to the salts
faction of messrs. Prosser & Moncure, who
will conduct the sale.
THOMAS PULLING.
Richmond, 1874 Feb. 1907. ids
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NEW YORK
STATE LOTTERT,

Authorised by an act of the Legislature,
and payment of prizes guaranteed by them,
POSITIVELY commences drawing in the ci-
~ of New York, on the second Tuesday in
June next.
TRE cAPITAL PRIZES ARs
l of $4,000 DOLLARS.
2 of 10000 Dollars.
9 of 5000 Doll RS.
2 of 1900 DOLLARS.
+ of 1000 DoLLARs.
And several of 500, 200, 100, sc. &c.
Less than 1-2 blanks to a prize. The
FIRST drawn ticket every FIFTH day viii
be entitled to capital prize; and the sn-
coND drawn ticket EVERY DAY, will be
entitled TO 200 dollars.
Z | G X T. T S,
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Pursuant to the foregoing advertisement,
the subscribers will proceed to sell the above
mentioned property on the day aforesaid,
precisely at 1 o'clock in the forenoon of
that day, on the premises, asreeably to the
terms therein specified
PROSSER sr MONCURE, ". II.
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BLANK BONDS
Fer sde at this OGse,
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-03-31

LOST OR DIISLdID,
Three certificates of Funded Debt
of the United States, viz.
No. Alb, Deferred Assurance debt, dated
50th June, 1892, for 3 4O1 81
No. Cog, ditto, same date, 169 II
Moses, Public debt, 3Oth June, 1871, 500 90
In all, 8 1917 OF
In favor ofFrancis Charlton of York Town,
Virginia, and issued by John Hopkins, Com
missioner of Loans. This public notice is
given, that new certificates may issue to
replace those that have been lost.
JAMES BROWN, .dt!'u.
for Mary Charlton, Er'E. of
Francis Charlton, dec.
Richmond, 18th March, 1907. 6w
Upper lppounatooA Loin ,.uny.
A n ELECTION of TRUSTEES will
\ be held at Painyille, on Tuesday the
18th Of April. The shareholder. are re-
ques'ed to be punctual in attending, either
In person, or by proxy.
JOS. Eggleston.
Edmund Harrison.
=, EdsD'd. Mumf ord.
Marcn 9tn, 1897. ave-
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him who is sick and in darkness. and
who, by removing curtain, lets in the
light gradually, until his eyes, thus acv
customed to 1t, become capable of bear
ing the sPlendour of the sun in this
manner Misano was willing to impart and
withhold, as deXterously as he was able.
the rrvealed Light which he had become
acquainted with by means Of the sacred
volume. Having now made short
pause, like one who ponders on what he
is going to utter, he addressed his guests
in this style: If you will have patience
to listen to me, will unfold to YOU
those things which convinced me (when
stubbornly rooted in a different senti.
menD that it is possible to find on earth
this treasure Of solid joy, which God
has hidden within it, for the consolation
Of his children. But l desire YOU to-
bear in mind, that this treasure comes
only from God, and that we can obtain
it only by drawing nigh to him.
ERRATUM....In the ninth line of SIS.
published in the preceding number Of
the Repository, tor" virtue" read merit.
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60. consider him happy, replied
Misano, who is Contented and satisfied
with every thing and it is now four
years* since l began to live in this man
ner.--Nothing that happens to me gives
me pain; am in want of nothing which
l desire. The world, chance, and hell
have nothing to do with m. for | am
removcd-(speaking, my friends, in the
phrase of the vulsar)-I am removed
beyond the jurisdiction of the fates.--
In word, from the summit of this
mountain | have view of the two fatal
sisters, [ mean Fortune and Misf1rtme,
who employ themselves in burlesquing
and mOCking mankind. The former
prepares the way for the latter; and both,
into which mOrtals fall. F0rtune allures
them by an attractive, Mif0rtme alarms
them by terrifying power, in order that
they may fall into the snare. At pre-
sent, | see at distance their cunning
,yiles, and laugh at them and hence it
IS that pain and pleasure, censure and
praise, riches and poverty, all, are alike
~ AAiN7 iAOl'S0 Mo NtA(lo3 llOlilllAS dltI HIS
me.
20. The count was in the greateat con-
fusion that could be imagined. lie nei-
ther ventured to admit, nor was he able
to contemn, what he had Just heard. 1t
was to him like the language OF Japan, t
which he could not und.rstand.-Mi-
sano's form and aspect were so persua-
sive, that he burst not condemn him as
4 dcceiver or fool; but not being able
TO comprehend philosophy of that
kind, he frankly replied: Insensible,
my friend, must thy soul be, or thy
heart callous and therefore this singu-
lar philosophy can suit myself only but
IS for as, sister, we must give up the
hope Of Initiating him.
so. Believe NE, says Misano, my tenn
permanent has been cminendy sanguine,
and the feelings Of my h,art extremely
tender;-so much 50, that the first fiery
assaults Of AAoersitYwounded and bruis-
cd me sorciy, and made me- suffer IN an
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Theft four years ill up tie peri ID be- we.n
ne um Of Isis meeting wth ID. holy fciip"
lures, IN i1ca, aud the day in which he IS now
fpeak'"g-w IS three month after he frft
rock up biz abode Oh the bank of the El-A,r
in he year I1o6. See B iii @I4. aad b. viii.
5 IS.
+ Japan is group Of many i1an3s in the
ealtern part of Aia (, is difingu fhed a an
empire, and originates IN China The Japanef-
language contains nearly n 900 ch7ra-ters, and
ehe words DO not exceed 500, bu dizzy have
diff -ent 6gnihcation', according a. they aye
prom, ua-ed OK written,
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guish so keen, intense, and lnsupporta-
bic, that l almost died; or, at least, was
reduced almost to madness and despera-
tion.--But this Divine philosophy reani-
mated me, being, as it were, salutary
balsam, which cured my old wounds,
and strengthened me with fortitude to
despise such as might in future re-
celve. This superior light-(w l
doubt not viii be communicated to YOU
ii you are willing to receive it)--this is
it which has placed me in the condition
wherein you find me.
81. never believed, said the count, and
pardon, my friend, this sincerity; l ne
yer shall be able to persuade myself,
that perfect felicity may be enjoyed in
this world. l am aware that l offend
thee but the voice OF right Reason is
now crying to me, not to prostitute her
to shameless Error, Notwithstanding the
latter may present herself, dressed in the
most speclous adornments, and support
ed too by thy great authority. l cannot
believe the like, neither ought my rea-
son to render tribute to any other than
God.
50. Thou art far from offending me,
replied the old man, when so faithfully
thou reverencest right Reason. also
respect and veneratc it; and it is be-
cause to it and God alone, l render no.
mage, like myself, that have assentcd
to the maXims | am declaring to thee
Here Misano paused little while, like
one who is meditating how to explain
Onc'sscH. He well knew that it was not
the light OF natural Reason alone which
had brought him to an acquaintance
with that in which his eternal felicity
consisted, and from which his felicity 10
this life could BE- derived. 1t was by The
mysterious discovery of the holy scrip
lures, as We shall here after relate, * that
his natural reason had been enlightened;
and it was the doctrine Of the Gospel,
which had wrought the marvellous
change in his understanding and hearth
But nc was not willing 70 dazzle his
guests, by suffering the full blaze Of this
superior light to dart into their eyes at
! once. Like one who opcs a window To