A NOVEL. AUTHOR OF BY LEIGH CLIFFE, "6 THE KNIGHTS Of ritzberg,"-" PARGA," "SUPREME BON TON," &c. What mortal his own doom may guess? Byron. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. London: J.C. SPENCE, EUSTON-STREET, EUSTON SQUARE. TEMPTATION. CHAPTER XIII. Take heed you doe not as I did. Make not too much of fading beautie, which is faire in the cradle and foule in the grave, resembling Polyon, whose leaves are white in the morning, and blue before night; or Anyta, which being a sweete flowre at the rising of the sun, becometh a weede, if it be not pluckt before the setting. Faire faces have no fruites, if they have no witnesses. Beautie is a slipperie good, which decreaseth whilst it is increasing, resembling the Medlar, which in the moment of his full ripenesse, is known to be in rottennesse. Lyly's Sappho and Phaon. TO gain wisdom by experience is generally the lot of mankind. From our own simplicity and impatience, we " are too frequently led into the very errors which we would have wished to avoid. Huyp had at length found one who had warned him of the fallacy of promises, and pointed out the delusions of hope. He had not enjoyed the benefit of a father's advice-he had never been guarded against the deceptions of mankind-never listened to a moral lesson from a friend-no one till then had said, Huyp, you are young and inexperienced; be circumspect in your conduct, or you will lay the foundation for a train of evils, which will be the bane of your life.-Make but one false step, and your friends will kindly push you down the precipice, from which, perhaps, you can ascend no more. Shun the great, as you would a pestilence-crush every ambitious aspiration as you would a serpent, for they must inevitably prove fatal to your peace. What comfort can you |