Extracts.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 41, 16 May 1844, Page 4

Extracts.

HOW TO BREAK ILL NEWS. a dialogue. Scene. The Rooms of Mr. O •« at Oxford. Enter to him his Father's steward. Mr. G. Ha ! Jervis, how are you, my old bo\ ? how do things go on at horn**?—Steward. Bad erotigli, your honour, the magpff is dead—Mr G. PoorM«g, SO he is gone. How came he to •lie Steward, Ovet-ate himself, sir.—Mr. G. Did he, faith ; a greedy dog j Why, what did he get that he liked so well ?—Steward. Horse»flesh, sir 1 he dit-d of eating horse=flesh. Mr. G. How came he to get so much sh I—Steward. All your father's horses, sir. Mr. G. What! tire they dead too ?—Steward. Ave, sir, they died ot over-work. Mr. G. And why were they overworked, pray ?—Steward. To catry water, sir.Mr. G, To carry water ! and what were they carrying water for ?—Steward. Sure, sir, to put out the fite. Mr. G. Fire! what fire ?—Steward, Oh. Sir, your father’s house is burnt down to the ground.—Mr G. My father’s house burnt down! and how came it set «>n fire ?—Steward. I think, sir, it must have he-n ihetoiohes.—Mr. G.Totche ! what torches ? —Steward. At your mother's fn*i» • raj.—Vlr. G. My mother dead! —Steward. Ah! poor lady, she never looked up ader it.—Mr. G. Afiet what ?—Steward. The loss of y»ur father. Mr. G. Mv father gone too!—Steward. Yes, poor gentleman, he took to his bed as soon as he heard of it. Mr. G. Heard of what ?—Steward The bad e w‘, sir, an’ please your honour. —Mr. G. Wha' 1 more miseries ! more bad news !—Steward. Yes, sir, yonr bank has failed, and your credit is lost, and yon are not worth a shilling in the world. —1 made bold, Sir, to come to wait on yon, to tell you about it, for I thought you would like to tar the news. CAUTion.—Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation •halt, in repute at least, be great.— Zimmerman. Correction. —He who is loved and commands love when be corrects, or is the cause of uneasiness, must be loveliness itself; and he who can love him in the moment of correction is the most amiable Of mortals.— Lavater* Treachery. —He who has opportunities to ins sped the sacred moments of elevated minds, and seizes none, is a son of dullness ; but he who tarns those moments into ridicule will betray with a kiss, and in embracing, murder.— Lavater * Behaviour. —There is something which can »< ver be learned but in the company of the polite—the virtues of men are catching as well as their vices; and your own observations added to those, will soon discover what it is that commands atten tion io one man, and makes you tired and dis* pleased with the discourse of another. On Discourse—Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds as thy affectioQe; and such thy life as thy deeds.— Socrates. Youth.—Bestow thy youth so that thou may'st have comfort to remember it when it has forsaken thee, and not sigh and grieve at the account theres of. Whilst thou ai t young thou wilt think it will never ha-e an end ; but behold the longest, day hath its evening, and thou shalt enjoy it but once—that it never lurns again ; use it therefort as the sprnig.time which soon departeth; and wherein thou oughtest to plant and sow all provision* for a long and happy life.