among children, where they are not afraid of telling what they think. Turpicula saw nothing but obsequiousness, and heard nothing but commendations. None are so little acquainted with the heart, as not to know that a woman's first wish is to be handsome, and that consequently the readiest method of obtaining her kindness is to praise her beauty. Turpicula had a distorted shape and a dark complexion; yet, when the impudence of adulation had ventured to tell her of the commanding dignity of her motion, and the soft enchantment of her smile, she was easily convinced, that she was the delight or torment of every eye, and that all who gazed upon her felt the fire of envy or love. She therefore neglected the culture of an understanding which might have supplied the defects of her form, and applied all her care to the decoration of her person; for she considered that more could judge of beauty than of wit, and was, like the rest of human beings, in haste to be admired. The desire of conquest naturally led her to the lists in which beauty signalizes her power. She glittered at court fluttered in the park, and talked aloud in the front-box; but after a thousand experiments of her charms, was at last convinced that she had been flattered, and that her glass was honester than her maid. N° 190. SATURDAY, JANUARY, 11, 1752. Ploravere suis, non respondere favorem Quæsitum meritis. Henry and Alfred HOR. Clos'd their long glories with a sigh, to find POPE. AMONG the emirs and visiers, the sons of valour and of wisdom, that stand at the corners of the Indian throne, to assist the councils or conduct the wars of the posterity of Timur, the first place was long held by Morad the son of Hanuth. Morad, having signalized himself in many battles and sieges, was rewarded with the government of a province, from which the fame of his wisdom and moderation was wafted to the pinnacles of Agra, by the prayers of those whom his administration made happy. The emperor called him into his presence, and gave into his hand the keys of riches and the sabre of command. The voice of Morad was heard from the cliffs of Taurus to the Indian ocean, every tongue faultered in his and every eye was cast down before him. presence, Morad lived many years in prosperity; every day increased his wealth and extended his influence The sages repeated his maxims, the captains of thousands waited his commands. Competition withdrew into the cavern of envy, and discontent trembled at her own murmurs. But human greatness is short and transitory, as the odour of incense in the fire. The sun grew weary of gilding the palaces of Morad, the clouds of sorrow gathered round his head, and the tempest of hatred roared about his dwelling. Morad saw ruin hastily approaching. The first that forsook him were his poets; their example was followed by all those whom he had rewarded! for contributing to his pleasures, and only a few, whose virtue had entitled them to favour, were now to be seen in his hall or chambers. He felt his danger, and prostrated himself at the foot of the throne. His accusers were confident and loud, his friends stood contented with frigid neutrality, and the voice of truth was overborne by clamour. He was divested of his power, deprived of his acquisitions, and condemned to pass the rest of his life on his hereditary estate. Morad had been so long accustomed to crowds and business, supplicants and flattery, that he knew not how to fill up his hours in solitude; he saw with regret the sun rise to force on his eye a new day for which he had no use; and envied the savage that wanders in the desert, beeause he has no time vacant from the calls of nature, but is always chasing his prey, or sleeping in his den. His discontent in time vitiated his constitution, and a slow disease seized upon him. He refused physick, neglected exercise, and lay down on his couch peevish and restless, rather afraid to die than N° 190. desirous to live. His domesticks, for a time, redoubled their assiduities; but finding that no officiousness could sooth, nor exactness satisfy, they soon gave way to negligence and sloth, and he that once commanded nations, often languished in his chamber without an attendant. In this melancholy state, he commanded messengers to recal his eldest son Abouzaid from the army. Abouzaid was alarmed at the account of his father's sickness, and hasted by long journeys to his place of residence. Morad was yet living, and felt his strength return at the embraces of his son; then commanding him to sit down at his bed side, "Abouzaid," says he, "thy father has no more "to hope or fear from the inhabitants of the earth, "the cold hand of the angel of death is now upon "him, and the voracious grave is howling for his "prey. Hear therefore the precepts of ancient "experience, let not my last instructions issue forth * in vain. Thou hast seen me happy and calami*tous, thou hast beheld my exaltation and my fall. "My power is in the hands of my enemies, my "treasures have rewarded my accusers; but my inheritance the clemency of the emperor has "spared, and my wisdom his anger could not take away. Cast thine eyes round thee; whatever "thou beholdest will in a few hours be thine; "apply thine ear to my dictates, and these posses sions will promote thy happiness. Aspire not "to publick honours, enter not the palaces of "kings; thy wealth will set thee above insult, let thy moderation keep thee below envy. Con"tent thyself with private dignity, diffuse thy "riches among thy friends, let every day extend "thy beneficence, and suffer not thy heart to be at rest till thou art loved by all to whom thou "art known. In the height of my power, I said "to defamation, Who will hear thee? and to ar"tifice, What canst thou perform? But my son, "despise not thou the malice of the weakest, re"member that venom supplies the want of strength " and that the lion may perish by the puncture "of an asp." Morad expired in a few hours. Abouzaid, after the months of mourning, determined to regu late his conduct by his father's precepts, and cultivate the love of mankind by every art of kindness and endearment. He wisely considered, that domestick happiness was first to be secured, and that none have so much power of doing good or hurt as those who are present in the hour of negligence, hear the bursts of thoughtless merriment, and observe the starts of unguarded passsion. He therefore augmented the pay of all his attendants, and requited every exertion of uncommon diligence by supernumerary gratuities. While he congratulated himself upon the fidelity and affec-. tion of his family, he was in the night alarmed with robbers, who, being pursued and taken, declared that they had been admitted by one of his servants; the servant immediately confessed that he unbarred the door, because another yet more worthy of confidence was entrusted with the keys. Abouzaid was thus convinced that a dependant could not easily be made a friend; and that while many were soliciting for the first rank of favour, all those would he alienated whom he disappointed. He therefore resolved to associate with a few equal |