4411914 If the show of any thing | be good I am sure the re- | ality ter for | why does any man ble, or seem to be | that which he is not, is | bet dis- | sem but to sup-| as to have for a man to | seem to be | any thing, | is to reality, what he would | seem to be: most likely | and | then, | 791 There is something | un- | natural in painting, | which a skilful | eye will | easily dis- | cern from native beauty and com- plexion. 111191 Therefore if | any man | think it con seem | good, | let him | be so in- | deed: venient to and | then his goodness will ap- pear to every one's satisfaction. 111 Par- ticularly, as to the affairs of | this | world, in- | tegrity | hath | many advantages | over | all the arti- ficial | modes | of dissimulation and de- ceit. 1914 It is much the plainer | and | easier, || much the safer, and | more se- | cure | way of dealing in the world; it has less of | trouble and difficulty, of en- | tanglement and per- | plexity, | of danger and | hazard | in it. |17|11| The arts of de- | ceit and | cunning ally grow weaker, and less serviceable those that practise them; where- as tegrity gains | strength by | use; more and longer | any man | practiseth it, con- tinu to | in- | and the the greater | service | it | does him; || by con- | firming his | repu- | tation, and en- | couraging | those with whom he | hath to do, pose the greatest | confidence | in him: to re- | which is an un-speakable ad- | vantage in business, and the affairs of | life. 11/11 But | insin- | cerity is very | troublesome to | manage. A hypocrite hath so | many things to attend to, as make his life a very per- | plexed and | intricate | thing. [ 1911911A | liar | hath | need of a | good | memory, lest he | contra- dictat | one time | ។ what he said at an- | other: | but truth | | and | needs | nothing to is always con- sistent, | help it out it is always | near at | hand, | 7 and sits upon our lips; where- as a | lie is troublesome, and | needs a great | maI ny more to make it | good. | | | | but the | incon- | venience of it is per- | petual; because | it brings a man | under an | ever- | lasting | jeal ousy and suspicion; so that he is not be- | lieved when he speaks the truth; nor trusted when perhaps, he means honest ly. |19|17| When a man hath | once | forfeit In- | deed, if a | man were | only to | deal in the world for a day, || and should | never to con- verse | more | with man- | have occasion kind, it were then |no| great | matter (as | far as respects the af- | fairs of | this | world,) | if have the advantage of | repu- | tation | whilst he is in it, | let him | make | use of | truth | and sin- | cerity in all his words and actions; for nothing but this will hold out end. but truth 17/1 to the | | All | other | arts may | fail; | 1 and in- tegrity will carry a man to the last. [1 through, and | bear him | out 91791 HYDER ALI. Extract from a speech of Mr. Burke. When at length | Hyder | Ali | found, | had to do with men who | either would con- vention, no signature that Ire { sign | no or whom | no | treaty, and could | bind; and who were the determined enemies of | human | intercourse | Car- natic, an ever- | lasting | monument of vengeance, tion, those, and to | put per- | petual | as a | barrier, | be- | tween | him, against | whom, holds the moral | elements deso- | la and the | faith which of the | world to- | and ani- | gether, was no pró- | tection. |111111 He be- came at | length | so | confident of his force and so | collected in his | might | that he made no secret what- | ever, ❘ of his dreadful | resolution. ||| Having | terminated | his disputes with every enemy, every | rival, | who | buried their | mutual mosities, in their | common | interest, the creditors of the | Nabob of | Arcot; drew from every | quarter, what- | ever a savage ferocity could | add to his | new | rudiments | in the art of de- | struction; and com- pounding all the materials of | fury, |17| havoc, | and | deso- | lation, into | one | black | cloud; | he hung for a while | on the de- | clivities | of the | mountains.1|79| teor, a- | gainst he Whilst the authors of | all | these | evils, were | idly and stupidly | gazing on this | menacing | mewhich | blackened | all the ho- | rizon, it | and poured | down the whole of upon the plains of the Car- [ suddenly | burst, its con- tents, natic. wo; Then en- | sued a | scene of the like of which | no eye had | seen, 1 I nor heart con- | ceived, horrors and which | no | tongue | 1 can adequately | tell. 717 All the of | war, be- | fore | known or | heard of, were | mercy, to that | new | havoc. |77|7|7A | storm of uni-versal | fire | blasted | every | field, |◄ con- sumed every house, and de- | stroyed | every temple. 77/17/17 The miserable in| habitants, flying from their | flaming | villages, | in part, were | slaughtered, || others, without re- | gard to | sex, to | age, 1 to rank, or | sacredness of | function | thers torn from children, ¦▼▼| husbands, wives, | fafrom | en- | veloped in a whirlwind of | ca valry, and amidst the and the trampling vers, goading | spears of dri| of pur- | suing | horses, | were swept into cap- | tivity, | in an un- | known | and hostile | land. Those who were | able to e- | vade this tempest, || fled to the | But escaping from fire, | sword, | and | exile, they | fell into the | jaws of famine. 1991 walled cities. For eighteen months with- | out inter- | mission, this de- struction | raged from the gates of Madras to the gates of | Tan- | jore, | and so com- pletely did | these masters Hyder | Ali, | and his in their art, more fe- | ro of their | im that | when the | British | armies | tra cious son, ab- | solve themselves pious | vow, |