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How many feel, this very moment, death

And all the sad variety of pain!

How many drink the cup

"Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread

Of misery Sore pierc'd by wint'ry winds,

How many sink into the sordid hut

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Of cheerless poverty." Dome Thomsone

Unable longer to witness distress which I could not effectually relieve, I blessed them with a feeble accent; promised I would see them again, and on returning to my inn, found I had beguiled the hour√. of dinner, I congratulated: myself, however, thato though unable effectually to relieve them, I had given them some comfort; and that a disposition of benevolence had again been excited, which tends to soften and ameliorate the heart; while it awakened. sensations of gratitude for the numerous and un-o deserved blessings with which Providence had made.. my cup to overflow, shim so maga 53) {

It is a doctrine of your own, that a proper com- 1parison of ourselves with others, is generally productive of beneficial effects. It tends to give us just ideas of our relative situations of the necessary... divisions, and consequent distinction of rank in society, calculated for due subordination and order: and the varied duties arising from them, essential to its existence and welfare: it removes the veil, which pride is too apt to cast over our true nature and real condition; and leads us back to that orderly state of reverence and submission, so justly becoming

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such frail and dependant creatures: induces us to acknowledge ourselves dependant upon that August Power from whom we derive our being; and that all we possess and all we see, is the free and unmerited gift of Him, from whom man receives life and breath, and all things. To his undeserved bounty it is I owe my superiority to the poor weaver at Barmouth; and the recollection of his wretched while I feel the blessing of contrast, compels

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me to confess it.

These sentiments, conformable to those virtues, which form a striking feature in your character, cannot fail to afford you satisfaction; and feeling a disposition to admire the example, I strongly wish for the power of imitation.

dextræ se parvus Iulus

Implicuit, sequiterque patrem, non passibus quis."

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W E directed our course towards Harlech. The road lies along the flat undulating shore of the Bay of Cardigan. On our right was the western termination of the Upper Merionethshire Chain, ending in abrupt crags and rude precipices, down to the strand. On our left, the ocean foaming with maddened rage over the irregular sands, and against the rocky shores of the Peninsula of Penmorfa, that lay stretched before us, forming the northern Horn of the Bay of Cardigan. Here the road strikes off from the shore, and the space exhibits a few small inclosed farms in a tolerable state of cultivation. We ascended from the coast to visit the environs of Corsy Gedol, the ancient seat of the Vaughans. There is nothing worth notice about the mansion; the woods are noble, and abound with large timber, but so affected by the West winds from the ocean, as to wear the appearance of being shorn at top, like the famous wood of Margam, in Glamorganshire, the property of Mr. Talbot.

The vicinity of Corsy Gedol abounds in British antiquities; and to the antiquary affords ample room for speculation and conjecture.

Craig y Dinas is a conical hill, whose summit is surrounded with a vast heap of rough stones, used as ramparts, and supposed to have been a British: post during the invasion of the Romans. It has an.. oblique entrance with stone facings, and near it are two other ramparts of stone; the whole is upon the steep extremity of a mountain, adjoining a narrow pass into the interior of the country. North West of this, on the top of another hill, is Castell dinas Cortin, entrenched round, with an advanced work in front; at a small distance in the plain, between these posts, are a variety of druidical remains; cromlechs,* carnedds, stone circles, maenhirion, and kist vaen.} The above fortifications were supposed to have been raised for the protection of these sacred monumentsof British superstition. Near are the small lakes of Llyn Bodlyn, and Llyn Irddim; the former famous for its Char, and the latter for a species of trouty, with along toad-shaped head, mentioned by Gyraldus.,

Declining the arduous pass of Bwlch drws Ardudwy, we returned into the road, and soon reached HARLECH. We were surprised to find the countytown of Merioneth a few miserable cottages on the of a bare rock. From its situation the name is derived. It was originally styled Twr Bronwen, and afterwards Caer Kolhwyn, from Kolhwyn ap Tagno, who resided there in the time of Prince Anarawyd,

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The cromlechs here differ from those of Anglesea, and other parts, by lying near the ground, and in an horizontal position; one, called Brym y boel, is surrounded by a circle of small stones, and is of an extraordinary size.

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A. D. $77. However probable this derivation, from Roman coins being dug up, and a golden torques, mentioned by Camden, as well as their usual modé of prefixing Caer to a station they fortified, there is reason to suppose it of much higher antiquity.* By whom the castle was originally founded, it is not easy to learn; Powel thinks probably by Bronwan, sister to Bronwan. Llyr, King of Britain. History records one built here by Mael Gwyn, Prince of North Wales, A. D. 552, (Vid. J. Rossi. Antiq. Warw. Langhorne.) A. D. 877, it was in a very respectable condition; (Vid. Row. Mona Antiqua ;) so that the present fortress, said to be built by Edward the First, was probably no more than the former building repaired, and put in a better state of defence; and indeed this is evident from the ancient walls and remains upon which the building stands; and it is even probable, as this differs greatly from the other castles of this Monarch, that the original plan was" preserved. It is a noble square edifice; the shell of which is very entire, furnished with four heavy round towers, one at each corner, with turrets issuing from cach. The gateway is formed by two large circular

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Edward the First érected it into a free borough, and conferred" upon it grants of land, and other privileges; yet in its present state it is the most wretched looking place I ever saw. Though it is the county town, there is no vestige of a public building, unless four roofless walls, like a barn, that has undergone the ordeal of fire, can be termed one. This however is the county guild, and here, at the last election, Sir Robert Vaughan was chaired as Knight of

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