A Page 74. From that tree Which buds with such eternally. "On les représente quelquefois sous la figure d'un arbre... l'Ensoph qu'on met au-dessus de l'arbre Sephirotique ou des Splendeurs divins est l'Infini."-L'Histoire des Juifs, liv. ix. 11. END OF THE LOVES OF THE ANGELS. THE DUBLIN MAIL; OR, Intercepted Correspondence. Sunt quibus in Satyra videor nimis acer, et ultra Legem tendere opus. Hor. PREFACE. THERE is something repugnant to the feel. ings of honour in breaking open the letters of other people yet in nine cases out of ten, curiosity will equalize the balance of conscience. The following letters were found by an old gentleman in Dublin, who is well known to have possessed since his infancy an unconquerable propensity to pry into other folks' secrets; at the same time, being quite a devotee, he is eternally suffering from the qualms of conscience which follow his curiosity. On his perceiving what he had found, he remained, as it were, hovering between the wish to plunder the enclosed secrets, and the propriety of delivering them into the owners' possession; but, "Like the man to double business bound, He stood and paus'd where he should first begin, putting them carefully unopened into his pocket, and the Editor supposes they were forgotten.-On his return to town, he turned his thoughts again to the packet, and decided upon a step which he supposed would unburden his conscience, and, at the same time give a chance to his curiosity, namely, putting them into the hands of a bookseller whom he suspected would, in all probability, open them to the public. After taking this step, and sermonizing a little with him upon the inviolable sanctity of honour, he concluded his interview by a few hints, such as Something good in them, eh!-droll dogs the Irish-Court secrets-um!" &c. &c.; and, with a look of curious meaning departed. However, the bookseller, being a little more conscientious, decided upon not opening them until he had given the owners every fair chance of claiming them; for which purpose, they were repeatedly advertised. Three only were claimed; and the remainder, containing highly amusing information, have been put into verse, and now given to the public with little or no variation from the originals. |