10 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1790. 
Should a plentiful fortune enable 
you to indulge a difpofition to give, 
eompleat the happinefs of the re- 
ceivers by the manner of beftow- 
ing, ° 
ff naturally bleffed with a good 
memory, exercife it continually. 
Reft not contented with the plea 
of a bad memory ; it is bat another 
name for negligence among young 
perfons. 
There are certainly degrees of 
memory; fome more feeble, fome 
more perfect than others: for the 
one, there are many helps; the other 
mutt be fupported properlys 
. Refolution and perfeverance are 
correctives to an indolent memory. 
Repeat to yourfelf, or tranfcribe 
what is neceflary to retain for your 
initruction. 
Materials which memory fhall 
collect, ought to be of the benevo- 
lent kipd; and when re-produced, 
Jet, difcretion and charity diftribute 
them. 
Employ the powers of memory in 
the recollection, of the favours of 
Providence, of the bleflings and 
efcapes we have received from that 
all-giving hand. 
If the love of admiration, in your 
youthful days, fhall bear no part in 
your attachment to the amufements 
of the theatre, there are none more 
iuftructive, nor more eligible for re- 
Jaxation. 
When you can fix your mind on 
the fcenes before you, when the eye 
fhall not wander to, nor the heart 
flutter at, the furrounding obje&ts of 
the fpectacle, you will return home 
inftruéted and improved. 
The great utilities you may reap 
from well-atted Tragedy are, the’ 
exciting your compaffion to real 
4 : 
fuffermes, the fuppreffion of your 
vanity in profperity, and the in{pir- 
ing you with heroic patience in ad» 
verlity. 
In Comedy, you will receive con- Jf 
tinual correction, delicately applied 
to your errors and foibles; be im- 
partial in the application, and di- 
vide it humbly with your acquaint- 
ance and friends, and even with your 
eneinies. 
A very few precepts, and much 
good example, to perfons deftitute — 
of education, are the fureft methods 
of encouraging virtue amongthem. 
Profit by others’ misfortunes, or — 
miftakes, as a correction to your 
pride, and as a guard to your fteps, 
Extend your kindnefs, and con- — 
tinue your affections to all that fhall « 
remain of thofe you loved, if wor- 
thy; it is the only fure mode of © 
confolation you can have recourfe © 
to. ; 
In grief, ficknefs, and danger, 
make your firft and conftant fuppli- — 
cation to that Power, who alone 
can relieve and fave. 
Let your conduct be fuch to all 
around you, as fhall lead them to — 
the fame path without aftright. 
If your ftrength of mind fubfifts © 
during your malady, if it gives you 
time for the exertion of rational — 
ower, let it check, as much as — 
poflible, thofe encroaching indul- 
gencies which ficknefs is prone tq — 
exact, : 
Be aflured, that when able to 
exert your chearfulnefs, itis nowife 
contrary to the precepts of reli- 
gion. ? ‘a 
Fix your eye habitually on im- 
mortality, to pafs more lightly thro’ 
the pangs of mortality. b 
A continued and humblerefigna- 
tion will fecure your peace in the _ 
moft aweful of moments=<that of © 
your diffolution. 
Hiftory 
