. The young lady's library of useful and entertaining knowledge : intended as a holiday or birth-day present. the earth still proceeds, and the onlydifference is, that it then escapes immediately from the earth to theatmosphere, instead of, as before, passiiijj: tlirous^h the water Thegas, therefore, remains the same, and is as inflammable as before. ICONICS. Avarice is a passion as despicable as it is hateful. Itchooses the most insidious means for the attainment of itsends; it dares not pursue its means with the bold impetuo-sity of the soaring eagle, but skims the ground in narrowcircles, l
. The young lady's library of useful and entertaining knowledge : intended as a holiday or birth-day present. the earth still proceeds, and the onlydifference is, that it then escapes immediately from the earth to theatmosphere, instead of, as before, passiiijj: tlirous^h the water Thegas, therefore, remains the same, and is as inflammable as before. ICONICS. Avarice is a passion as despicable as it is hateful. Itchooses the most insidious means for the attainment of itsends; it dares not pursue its means with the bold impetuo-sity of the soaring eagle, but skims the ground in narrowcircles, like the swallow. The human heart rises against oppression, and is soothedby gentleness, as the wave of the ocean rises in proportion ^to the violence of the winds, and sinks with the breeze intomildness and serenity. In cases of doubtful morality, it is usual to say—Is thereany harm in doing this ? The best method of answeringthis question by the genuine dictates of the conscience, is toask yourself another, viz.—Is there any harm in letting italone ?—or,—Is it good and proper to be done ? G 2 6G. MARCH Was anciently the first month of the Roman year,according to the calendar of Romulus, and was dtxiicatedby him to Mars, the god of War. The Romans thenreckoned only ten months to the year, to which A^umn, theirsecond kinc:, afterwards added two others, which he namedJanuary and February. These two months he placedin the calendar Ix/ore March, which till then had been thefirst; thus this month became the third in the year, and soit has ever since remained. Minerva was also the patronessof March. Our Saxon ancestors called March Ijrnct-monat. Lmrlor Lent signifies Spring; hence this was the the original word being afterwards corrupted into length MARCH. 67 month, different authors supposed that it was so namedbecause the days began to lengthen and exceed the nightsin March. When the Saxons received Christianity amongthem, they also observed the ancient Chr
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