...without a pilot, and without a leading star !" ART. DCCXX11I. N°. XXIV. On the Pleasures of Reading. " While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home." COWPKR. THE contempt of many of the innocent trifles of life, which the generality of the world betray,...

...cqueez'd And bor'd with elbow-points through both his sides, Outscolds the ranting actor on the stage. O Winter! ruler of th' inverted year, Thy scatter'd hair with sleet like ashes fill'd, Thy breath congeal'd upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fring'd with a beard whiten'd with other snows...

...repast for me. He travels, and I too. I tread his deck, Ascend his topmast, through his peering eyes Discover countries, with a kindred heart Suffer his...inverted year, Thy scatter'd hair with sleet like ashes fill'd, Thy breath congeal'd upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fring'd with a beard made white with other snows...

...repast fur me. He travels, and I too. I tread his deck. Ascend his topmast, throngh his peering eyes Discover countries, with a kindred heart Suffer his...of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at Dome. Oh Winter, ruler of th' inverted year, Thy scattered hair with sleet-like ashes filled, Thy hreath...

...repast for me. He travels, and I too. I tread his deck, Ascend his topmast, through his peering eyes Discover countries, with a kindred heart Suffer his...escapes ; While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Rnns the great circuit, and is still at home. Oh Winter, ruler of th' inverted year, Thy scattered...

...occupation for a vacant half hour or so, and no unpleasing vehicle for the spirit's shorter excursions ; " while fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home." And I, too, may as well return more immediately to the subject before me. The yard with which I have...

...• •' . ' To peep at such a world : to see the stir Of tbe great Babel und not feel the crowd. — While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit and is still at borne. COWPEH. Here I behold the contented and happy husbandman strolling to market in his gayest dress,...

...repast for me. He travels, and I too. I tread his deck, Ascend his topmast, through his peering eyes Discover countries, with a kindred heart Suffer his woes, and share in hie escapes ; While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home....

...repast for me. He travels, and 1 too. I tread his deck, Ascend his topmast, through his peering eyes Discover countries, with a kindred heart Suffer his...inverted year, Thy scatter'd hair with sleet like ashes fill'd, Thy breath congeal 'd upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fring'd with a beard made white with other...

...of seeing through others' eyes, and of going through all the hardships of travel supposititiously, While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit and is still at home. In the present case, the Western Circuit of Miss Sinclair will suffice, along part of the Scotch coast,...