Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-02-09
From the Connecticut Coaraat.
THE BRIEF REMARKEp

Of the whole list of those Brief p
markers, whose remark. are yO,tby orI
notice, Solomon is entitled to stand ~
the head. His proverbs contain more
of original sketching, more sound practi
cal sense, more full de, eIopement al
the foibles and faults of our nature q
more clear and accurate description All
men and things, and a better BODY Of
lmaxims even regarding worldly affairs
than can be found in any other book. an.
Icient or modern; SO that this little tract
Iindependentlyof its claims todivine inspi.
ration, and of the abundance Of its mo.
raj and religious instruction, is well
worth the being deeply studied and even
learned by heart, for the lights and eau.
tons and stimulatiOns it furnishes US
with in respect to our secular concerns
Had these proverbs come down to US
from the pen of an ancient Grecian or
Roman or Chinese philosopher, or had
the original manuscripts been dug out Of
the ruins of Hercuaneum, the literat
every where would have perused item
with admiration.
What is worthy of particular remark
with regard to them is, that though they
were penned more than three THOUSAND
years past and in an inland country Of
isia, yet they pourtray, in many instaU.
ces. men and things, just as if the orr
ginais of the portraitures had been taken
in the very age and from the very country
in which we live.
When We see a yeung man, who is
well endowed with the gifts of nature!
yield himself up, soul and body, to tue
enticemcnts of pleasure, and sink far be-
low worthlessness we find his exact
counterpart in the little manual OF which
] am treating and we End there. also,
her exact counterpart, whatsoever We
see a a0oman of loose morals aid PrCE''
gate manners.
When We see persons careless and ir'.
provident, negectful of tlN Business Of
their calling, borrowing and never pay,
ing, running needlessly into deOt, anu
paying little or no regard to their pro-
nise--we here fad them pencilIed IlnO
for limb.
When we see a man strike hpads ruth
a stranger, become sarcty Tor a heavy
debt in behalf of one he knows not, OF 10
whose integrity and circumstances IL
has no just ground of confidence; w
here find him PORTRAYED.
When we see tatters and tale-oea'
ers buzzing off private anecdotes and a.
mily secrets till they have set a vnaIs
in fame /, we can eaSIJ
find their picture in the book. :,
If we hear buyer and seller fS' IN
making their bargains the former sS 'a
ting the Article far below its real Valu,,
and the other as far above tive 1'}
find their picture also in the book - -
noaght, it is aOught, says the baysr ~, G''
,ohea he goeth has lcay, then he S0as, ,gaj.
five pass by farm that IS wrf''n 18th
" cultivated, that is overer'"th, W." "nd
tborns and nettles, or with bramC @t.' a".
bushes 1rsI Is and into which ever misch'ey"nn'
animal has free insre thro' tie c 'I ,b..
IF the broken fences We may na' tIs
solomon has admirably bit on oC'n "
arm and the occupant, ..,oi..
If we see 4 man reelirg in the s'F ssss
md babbling anl quarreling as , ,sn ,ss,s
his eyes bIoodshottep. his coulI'' a;.aqc
swollen and livid, and bis whote | !. sd
oathsome we may turn to the D'o .i,. %.n
here find the picture Of this man, " nencit |
9TH -" the aceuracy of truth by the peH''
IF the same artist. mar
. On the other hand, when we see a ' t,".
&. diligent in his Susiness"tepps'Ha;,a him.. bf
yaI, honest, punctual; and sec sec Messing ni
3.hese WORTHY means. and ny INC nc, est estate
# God. pass gradually from low ,,, f
)" ~ n,sntao,isre.s Of worldly comforts s1,bls
INV there likewise find his issP in,its-
ikepess. exhibited tcs prace'''
ion. spe Wc'
nan who feareth the Lord: W." ~, u aosr
'er mouth with wisdom, dna ;" vhoH
OF, onguc IL tie lsw Of kindness