“ It is, perhaps, rarely that the pilgrims perish with thirst on the road, unless some of them wander from the main body; or the caravan, losing its way, overshoots the day's station. Where there are no landmarks but those which are formed by the traces of former devastation—by "the bones of dead camels"—such a circumstance is not difficult to happen even to the most experienced guides. ”

“ But if the lover of nature has to choose between flowers or flowering shrubs and trees, the latter, in our opinion, are much preferable, inasmuch as while they include the former, they can give a more retired and verdant feeling to a place, and call to mind, even in their very nestling and closeness, something of the whispering and quiet amplitude of nature. ”

“ The chief business of October, in the great economy of nature, is dissemination, which is performed among other means by the high winds which now return. Art imitates her as usual, and rows and plants also. ”

“ The wine obtained from the elder-berry makes a very pleasant and wholesome drink, when heated over a fire; but the humbler sloe, which the peasants eat, gets the start of him in reputation, by changing its name to port, of which wine it certainly makes a consisiderable ingredient. ”

“ My informer, a native of Yembo, in Arabia, was the man whose camel discovered the spring; and he added the remarkable circumstance, that the youngest slaves bore the thirst better than the rest, and that, while the grown up boys all died, the children reached Egypt in safety. ”

“ The extraordinary scent of the camel enables him to discover water at a great distance; and thus, in the wildest regions of the desert, the caravan is often preserved from destruction by this instinct. In the neighbourhood of wells, such as are found in the Hadj routes, the camels, after passing rocky districts, that fatigue them more than several days' march upon the plains, surfeit themselves with water. This renders them still weaker, and they often perish. Camels' carcases are as frequently found and in the accustomed roads as in the deserts ”

“ But plainly perceiving that the present terms of advancement to power are of a different description, and especially, seeing that an unwarranted supremacy over the church of Christ is made an essential part of the constitution, and the support of it, in their respective stations, the positively fixed and indispensible conditions upon which persons are admitted to fill the several places of power; the Old Dissenters cannot, in judgment approve, but find themselves under the disagreeable necessity of openly entering their protest against national backsliding, either in church of state. ”

“ And as the chief business of nature this month is dissemination or vegetable birth, so its chief beauty arises from vegetable death itself. We need not tell our readers we allude to the changing leaves with all their lights and shades of green, amber, red, light red, light and dark green, white, brown, russet, and yellow of all sorts. ”

“ Then we heard the driving of the bludgeons on the doors, and the outcries of terrified women; and, presently after, we saw the poor chased sailors running, in their shirts, with their clothes in their hands, as if they had been felons and blackguards caught in guilt, and flying from the hands of justice. ”

“ The Methodists hold the doctrine of original sin, or the total fall of man in Adam, and his utter inability to recover himself, "without the grace of God preventing and working with him." General redemption, and a free salvation extending itself to all, are fundamental points in their system. ”

“ The mornings and afternoons increase in mistiness, though the middle of the day is often very fine; and no weather when it is unclouded, is apt to give a clearer and manlier sensation than that of October. ”

“ On the road, when a camel falls, he is usually felled according to the Mahometan fashion, which is to turn his head towards Mecca, and cut his throat. On such occasions the Arabs wait in savage impatience the signal of the owner, ready to plunge their knives into the poor animal, and tear off a portion of the flesh. At seasons of great privation, the water which is found in the cells of the camel's stomach is eagerly swallowed by the Arabs. ”

“ The government and discipline adopted by this numerous body of people are nearly peculiar to themselves, and are well adapted to unite and consolidate the various branches of such an extensive and multifarious society. All that is necessary to render a person eligible to become a member is, "a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from sin;" ”

“ When the elder brothers had done their best to please the servants, their douceurs were received with a cold sort of gravity, unaccompanied by any of those grateful smiles which more than repay a liberal minded man for his benevolence. ”

“ The members of the Relief Kirk are a species of Dissenters in Scotland, whose chief ground of dissent from the Establishment is,—the liberty and privilege which they maintain in choosing their own ministers. ”

“ We did not make any considerable progress in the art, nor did we use the material of cotton exclusively in making up the goods. The warp, or longitudinal threads of the cloth, were of flax, the weft only was of cotton; for we could not twist it hard enough by hand to serve both purposes. This weft was spun entirely by hand with a distaff and spindle,—the same tedious process which prevails amongst the natives of India. Our manufacture in spite of all these disadvantages, continued to increase ”

“ My hear misgave me; and, indeed, it was my own windows They left not one pane unbroken; and nothing kept them from demolishing the house to the ground-stone but the exhortations of Major Pipe; who, on hearing the uproar was up and out; and did all in his power to arrest the fury of the tumult. It seems, the mob had taken it into their head that I had signed, what they called the press-warrants; and, on driving the gang out of the town, and rescuing the man, they came to revenge themselves on me and mine ”

“ A few roses also, planted in the earth, to flower about his walls or windows in monthly succession, are nothing in point of dearness to roses or other flowers purchased in pots some of the latter are nevertheless cheap and long-lived, and may be returned to the nursery-man at a small expense, to keep till they flower again. ”

“ Frequently they were beset by mobs, and assailed by showers of stones; and sometimes inhumanly dragged through the streets, until their mangled bodies were bereft of every symptom of life. But Methodism survived all opposition, and has since been crowned with abundant success. There is now upwards of a million of persons connected with the Methodists. ”

“ THE METHODISTS.
The Methodist Society was first founded in 1729. Mr John Wesley and several others, who in 1735 were joined by the celebrated George Whitefield, constituted its first Association. They formed rules for the regulation of their times and studies, for reading the Scriptures, and self-examination; and obtained the name of Methodists from the exact regularity of their lives, and the systematical manner in which all their concerns were conducted. ”

“ Recorder—Has the prisoner any thing to ask the witness? Prisoner—Oh the d—l a word; he has told the truth, every word of it; he is an honest young man, and God keep him so. (Laughter.) Recorder (addressing the Jury) —Gentlemen, the prisoner is indicted for stealing twenty yards of linen from Henry Coleman; you have heard the witness who has been produced; his evidence has established the case against the prisoner. Prisoner—You are perfectly right, my Lord ”

“ Having thus formed a number of active and zealous assistants, he sent them forth in every direction; some to watch over the societies already formed, and others to the highways and hedges, preaching repentance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and offering a free salvation to the chief of sinners. Their labours were eminently useful in every part of the kingdom, and numerous societies were formed. ”

“ Many of their people receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper with equal readiness in the established Kirk as in their own; and they admit to communion, not only Presbyterians, but Christians of every denomination, who, "as far as they can judge, have a competent measure of knowledge, are sound in the faith, and unblamable in their lives, though not their followers." ”

“ But don’t you know that the want of contradiction is fatal to women? If you contradict them, that circumstance alone is exercise and health, et optima medicamenta. to all women. But give them their own way, and they will languish and pine, and become gross and lethargic for want of this exercise. ”

“ The women of a family worked at the distaff or the hand-wheel, and there were two operations necessary in this department; roving, or coarse spinning, reduced the carded cotton to the thickness of a quill, and the spinner afterwards drew out and twisted the roving into weft fine enough for the weaver. A writer on the cotton manufacture, Mr Guest, states, that very few weavers could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. ”

“ Meanwhile, let it be observed, that after publicly entering their dissent from the Revolution settlement of church and state, and candidly assigning their reasons, it ever hath been, and they trust ever shall be, their study to live peaceably and inoffensively, without giving disturbance either to small or great. ”

“ On the eighth day after leaving Owareyk, the survivors came in sight of the mountains of Shigre, which they immediately recognized; but their strength was quite exhausted, and neither men nor beasts were able to move any farther. ”

“ In this and the three following months, dung, dig, and trench all vacant ground, to be ready for spring crops, covering in the dung well. Plant out early cabbages to cut in May. Towards the middle sow early pease and beans, and earth them up when two inches high. About the end plant all kinds of fruit trees; and, before the frost sets in, gooseberries, currants, rasps, and flowering shrubs. All kinds of trees, whether fruit or forest, transplanted this month, will thrive better than later. ”

“ Mr Wesley finding his societies increasing very fast in London, Bristol, and other places, and having in vain solicited assistance from some of the established clergy, was induced to select from his followers those who appeared best qualified to instruct the rest. ”

“ A' kin kinds o' foreign spirits,
⁠Fit for toddy, punch or dram,
If ye want wha's guid, then here its.
⁠Pork, beef, or mutton ham.
Orders sent in frae the country,
⁠I'll attend wi' muckle care.
Either frae poor folk or gentry,
⁠Sae just now, I'll say nae mair.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”