¥ a 
well.dging, though with the profpe 
when any of thefe befal us, courage will: fo ftrengthen and 
{apport 85 tha we wie not poss under them, or be tem pt- 
: et 
aad his didgrace no ot to 
hee add, the difpleafure of a an almighty God. 
Not to fear infamy, as the moralift now cited oblerves, is a 
y. € 
there are aifo fome conftit whic 
that fear aula ce ely porter Me by fortity 
office in this cafe is fo to moderate and rule the paflion of fear, 
that it may not deprive him of felf-poffeffion, and of the full 
ufe of his reafon and liberty. In eitimating the degree of 
fortitude, and its value in a moral view, allow ance fhould be 
made for the aie of conftitutions and of upc nie 
The rale or idee ba f fortitude is a confcientious prudence 
and eonleca ntly, if we confider it as a moral virtue, it en 
does not pertain to the foldier, a ee merely for pay 
or fame ; to the man of honour, 10 
13.)3 is ind b ; 
aad ieee to this de ane on, we ma ingu aith fortis 
tude into aGive and paffive ; che ae ene a virtuous 
ardour of mind, Abe sae carries aman on tow rards the glori- 
2.) give 
To this we may apply the fine lines of ofa (L. iii, od. 3.) 
s¢ Juftum, et tenacem pro pofiti virum, 
Non civium ardor prava es 
Non vultus inftantis tyrauni 
Mente quatit folida 
*¢ The man refolv’d and fteady to his truft, 
Tnfléxible to ill, and obftinately juft, 
ay the rude rabble’s nase aaa fe, 
Their fenfelefs clamours, an multuous cries : 
tyrant’s fiercenefs he beg 
And the ftern brow, and t arth voice ee 
And with fuperior greatnefs “miles »— Add 
Paffve fortitude imports a mind firm and a cde 
evils. 
The mes of this virtue are, on the one hand, rafh- 
ai and Gaieatibiley, and, on the other, timidity and im- 
a virtues reducible to this head of courage, 
mity, equanimity, patience, tmeeknefs, con- 
flancy, aad igen e of min 
ome writers have diftinguifhed between — and 
pai epeican the former as being always a virtue, 
a e lat tter asa- virtue or vice, according to ‘circumftances. 
ntremnt dto co 
3 
‘ 
: oe may be called courage, 5 which depends partly-on 
habit, pa artly « on ftrength of nerves, and I partly on want of con- 
ofa rational and re= 
fider ‘ation $ 
fle; a fanfeanf } 
ino ‘mind, dis f 4 4 
t=) 
Aue 
ESS. es it is common 
With refpe& toa ee de main, every fortrefs is equally 
fubjec&t when infufficiently sae ae: or deftitute of pro- 
vifions an mmunition, or if proper precautions are not 
ta ordi the rules of 
o that 
oe when the ee 
general principles of fortification, we mu 
to that head; as alfeto Construct 
charter granted by king’ James II. in t 
and confirmed with greater immunities 
12. 
time as a place of confequence, where the arts and fciences 
flourifhed ; and the feat ae law, phyfic 
this part of the king 
ackenzie; and the other as a feffions 
houfe, ae lee below f on 
Dr. Geo orge Mack of the “© Lives of 
the moft eminent Write ers of the Scots’ Nation,”? was a 
native of this place 
ight or nine miles N. W. of Fortrofe, on the road to 
Dingwall, lies the barony of aan in the ae of 
Urquhar ak which poffefled, trom 1690 to 1786, an exemp- 
tion from the au ties of excife on faa stile from 
grain of 1 the growth of that diftri€t. N. lat. 57° 34/. W. 
long. 4° 5/. 
ot A Eguesrris. See Equest 
N. 
NA, in our ancient Law- Books, i is ‘the anne with. 
gine we eo ireafure trove. 
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