r7<52» reading memoranduifii. 6^ 



selves, rank behind rank, into erabattleid legions, pre- 

 sent to us, and to our view, the great circle of the 

 milk.7 way. Our ecliptic stavds nearly at right 

 angles to the surface of our eartli : The position of 

 the milkv way may have deterinined the position o£ 

 our ecliptic. - AsTRONOMicus. 



READING MEMORANDUMS. 

 The weak mind, unable to think, naturally flies 

 tb anecdote to find conversation ; and you will seldora 

 be entertained witJj « happy, or decent selection. 



There is often an unfortunate concurrence of cir- 

 tfUmstances, which is sometimes so intricate, from 

 chance, as to leave the innocent bewildered in th& 

 mazes of suspicion, without affording the slightest 

 due for them, to retrace their way out of it. 



Friendfhip (like love,) now a-days is a word of 

 fhfhion. 'Tis a sort of superstitious, cabalisticat 

 •word, which once had the power ofjoming people 

 •together, but, like witclicraft, has now lost its force. 



Let not the unfeeling stoic deride the pleasures of 



this world, and despise a happinefs, which his 



gloomy soul is incapable of tasting; it presents many 



enjoyments, which the eye of reason may behold 



with approbation. 



" Ttie wi\s of providence arc dirk and intricate, 

 " Puzzled with mazes, and ptrp ex'd with errors." 



On reading,BlaIr's sermons, it is.observed, "those 

 sermons are piety in the rtiost enticing form 5 and 



