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Kberty. On the other hand we see the aristocratic 

 interest in the most pnblic manner setting up a wild 

 claim of privilege that their pigeons, forsooth, 

 must not be molested in the act of destroying the crop, 

 (yf the country I If it is unseasonable at this time on. 

 the one side, to cry up a reform, it is surely as un- 

 seasonable on the other side to irritate by the afsump- 

 tion oi unreasonable and ill founded privileges. 



^ ' J- Common Sense. 



■^uj. 22. 1792. y 



DETACyED REMARKS. 

 For the Bee. 



To receive a favour with a good grace, requires a: 

 certain greatnefs of soul, which our natural pride,, 

 and love o£ independence, render it difficult to exer— 

 cise ; but that surely is an unbecoming pride, which. 

 makes us revolt against obligations, conferred hy 

 those we esteem, and wifh to make happy. It is one 

 unhappy consequence of an extensive knowledge ot 

 the world, to render us cautious and suspicious, and 

 to check that sweet benevolence that glows in the 

 bosom of uncorrupted youth. Always believe ths 

 best you can of your species ;, but remembei that 

 appearances are often fallacious, and, if trusted on. 

 every occasion, may betray you into error, and even 

 danger. 



The children of misfortune have a claim, not only 

 to sympathy and relief, but to respect, because they 

 are peculiarly sensible to the wounds inflicted by care- 

 lefsnefs and neglect. Small favours and quiet atten- 



