Chapter I: LOVE not, at peep of day, (5)

I apprehend this will be the case.*” [missing close quote]
Osmir contemplated the fruits of his application
[text has “comtemplated”]
only to plunge with keener anguish into the gulphs of despair
[text has “anquish”]
this faculty would seem a gift most sparingly bestowed: [: missing]
Wherever sincerity prevails
[text has “Where-/ever” at line break]
[Meteorological Observations]
[Dec. 25: temperature reading 35 printed in 100 column]
A lasting epitaph hath there imprest . [. missing]

No. 81

are re-produced with vivacity on certain occasions
[text has “re-preduced”]
renders the human mind but too prone to give credit
[text has “rendres”]
But what power upon earth could absolve from _a duty such_ a man?
[text and italics unchanged]
“That this occult science consists merely in juggling tricks?”
[missing close quote]
And what will you say if I prove to you [text has “If I”]
“Certainly.” “That I deny.”
[printed as one paragraph near the end of a page]
(To be continued.)
[printed inline with preceding text at end of same page]
but what were my emotions on perceiving [text has “omotions”]
to shorten the tedious hours of captivity [text has “tegious”]
[Meteorological Observations]
[text has “Dec.” for “Jan.” here and next week]

No. 82

within that circle lie most of those natural satisfactions
[text has “of of”]
therefore a spirit never can become an object of our _perception_.”
[missing close quote]
the doctrine of the Irishman concerning the possibility of
apparitions?” [missing close quote]
The Duke started up:
[“The Duke started up:” with superfluous quotation marks]
[Mrs. Mordaunt _through_ Anecdotes of Emperor]
[on these two pages, = for - is shown as printed]
which of all others I admired-- [-- missing]
“A Church-yard lay on one side of the road [missing open quote]
“Come, my child, my poor deceived son [missing open quote]
may smiling peace ever hover round you, prays / E. H.”
[missing close quote]
[Original Observation _through_ Anecdote]
[in these items, all capital I’s were printed in italics]
most ladies are more apt to regard the man [error for men?]
[Meteorological Observations]
[text has “Dec.” for “Jan.” here and last week]

No. 83

and in order to this, [text unchanged: missing word?]
and I could not help telling my mind freely. [text has “mi n”]
my sensations has an immediate evidence [error for sensation]
but there are, whom, my folly might disgrace
[text unchanged: missing word?]
and, if no more, miserable his end. [end.”]
by which ran a most beautiful translucent rivulet, [. for ,]
ON WEALTH. [item repeated on page 339, no. 95]

No. 84

when he imposed upon you by that juggling trick.’
[double for single quote]
“Very right! Alumbrado interrupted me [single for double quote]
If you don’t believe me [text has “do’nt”]
neither I nor my father shall leave the town
[text has “shall shall”]
released you from the heavy burden of state business.’
[double for single quote]
he had fancied himself a _beau garcon_, [printed without cedilla]
soon after the expiration of the honey moon,
[printed in two words as shown]
He began now to relax from the severity of those studies
[text has “veverity”]
He read novels, Ovid’s Art of love, [capitalized as shown]
perceiving Harland’s writing, I started, I hesitated
[. for , after “writing”]
he began with gentle upbraidings. [. missing]
my father’s proud soul swelled at the ignominy [text has “ignomy”]
“Memorandum, that I must be married when I come to Tours.”
[item repeated from page 23, no. 55]
you’ll not opiniate me singular,
[word “singular” should be in italics]
a _participle_ of _substantive_ happiness.
[text has “happiness” initalics]
Unlike th’ aspiring prelate, meanly proud,
[text has “Uulike”]

No. 85

having bid adieu to the starry firmament and the ocean,
I went to my cabin [. for ,]
but this is false.” [, for .]
the power or faculty of publishing [text has “power of”]
and the most convincing calculations [text has “the the”]
chaplain to the regiment in which I served.” [missing close quote]
“the same unfortunate man [missing open quote]
shelter from a few miserable wretches.” [missing close quote]
Propt on her lucent throne, majestic sate,
[word may be “fate”, but archaic spelling “sate” is more likely]

No. 86

he cannot taste the sweets of confidential friendship
[text has “confidental”]
the grandest spectacle that nature can afford!” [text has “offord”]
if you will promise to return to Lis*on!” [missing close quote]
“You will, presently, behold a miracle,” he said
[missing open quote]
the sequel of Alumbrado’s history [Alumbrado’s,]
He endeavoured to point out to you the reason as the only
infallible instructor
[text unchanged; Dublin and London editions both have italicized
“_reason_” instead of “the reason”]
than to believe it blindly. [. missing]
I esteem reason [text has “Isteem”; corrected from Dublin edition]
being reserved only for the latter. [, for .]
but may some signal punishment from heaven [text has “heayen”]
he was the destroyer of Hume’s happiness. [text has “Humes’s”]
and, in an iminent degree [error for eminent]
“_Qui capit ille facit._” [text has “caput”]

No. 87

Masthead:
+Vol. II.+] +Wednesday, February 29, 1797.+ [+No. 87.+
[date printed as shown; following issue is dated March 8]
some part of the drapery which has been neglected
[text has “has heen”]
the thunder-storm to which he is exposed, [text has “epxosed”]
The two prelates were rejoiced to see each other
[text has “pelates”]
apprehension for my life,’ he replied. [. missing]
“Alumbrado had scarcely reached the skirts of the wood
[missing open quote]
‘The Duke of B----a,’ said he, ‘is King
[missing open quote before “is”]
my astonishment at Alumbrado’s wonderful preservation.
[text has “preservatien”]
and know in what light to view me.’ [double for single quote]
every woman is a good house wife. [printed in two words as shown]
what is heard by the fire side.” [printed in two words as shown]
“And as great a share of merit,” interrupted my friend, [, missing]
I cannot dare not indulge the pleasing hope
[punctuation missing at line-end?]
I was roused ... begged leave to retire
[the structure of this passage is ambiguous: three long quotes
each span an exact number of lines without space or indentation.
It has been kept as a single paragraph to match the rest of the
story.]
That it utterly disclaims all consanguinity
[text has “consanquinity”]

No. 88

“‘Duke!’ said the latter [missing open quote]
‘the omnipotence of the Eternal has been glorified sufficiently.’
[double for single quote]
are exempted from examination.” [missing close quote]
‘it is rumoured all over the town.’ [, for .]
The antique, artless appearance of many images and statues ...
... and the figures were nothing else but white statues,
[text has “statutes” both times; the context makes “statuettes”
unlikely]
when the church was thrown open.” [missing close quote]
“My Almena, my dearest love, answered I [missing open quote]
active in the investigation of trifles [text has “of of”]
and hurried on by the strong impulse [text has “impuse”]
their sons, who had taken the prætexta. [text has “prætexa”]

No. 89

to scan his holy degrees, [error for decrees]
Oli*arez the Minister of S----n [text has “Oli*ariz”]
not to suffer any suspicious letter to pass the frontiers.
[missing “to” supplied from Dublin and London editions]
in order to award the impending blow. [error for avert]
the day I had been hunting had greatly added
[text has “and greatly”]
The people should acquiesce [error for That?]
And, for a Chaplain, send me Grace. [, for .]

No. 90

A woman should not marry a fool; he is the most intractable of all
animals; [; missing]
the King sent orders to all the troops
[text has “to to” at line break]
of an extraordinary docility and acuteness
[text has “exraordinary”]
Your friend’s philosophical caution not to trust
[missing “to” after “not” supplied from London and Dublin
editions]
[final two paragraphs in this installment, Dublin version, with
italics:]
... to gain you for my purpose by _delusive miracles_. These
were the only means left me by the Marquis of F------, for I
could not expect to ensnare you by _apparitions_ of _ghosts_,
after the sensible arguments which he had opposed to your belief
in their existence. Your friend’s philosophical caution not to
trust a man whom you should have caught once in the act of
committing a fraud, obliged me to be on my guard, and I
endeavoured to persuade you that I was a _saint_.

I pronounced the Irishman a _sorcerer_ in order to prejudice you
against him, and to exclude him from all further connection with
you. Thus I gained more than I ever should have done, if I had
pronounced him an impostor, because I had it very much at my
heart to inspire you with a _blind belief_ in supernatural
events of every kind, and a _blind confidence_ in my miracles.

Well may we, then, in such critical emergencies,
[text has “emergences”]
partly through sorrowing for his daughter, [, invisible]
though he overserved the most marked attention to his rival
outwardly [error for observed?]
the terrified Ibrahim immediately opening [text has “Ibramin”]
[Marriages.]
On Thursday evening sen’ight, [error for se’nnight]
What Despots do oppose to Reason’s Laws. [text has “to oppose to”]
Not apt to give, nor slow to take offence;
[text unchanged; original has the same words]

No. 91

the effect of prejudice, misrepresentation, or ignorance
[text has “or ... of”]
could agree so exactly with my prediction. [text has “predicton”]
Mr. Osorezkowsky, the celebrated Russian academician
[German spelling: English transliteration is Ozeretskovsky
(Russian Озерецковский)]
nor were they banditti, but had been previously instructed
[text has “hut had”]
It was my work that the King treated you
[word “my” italicized in Dublin edition]
Then it was you who has excited the King against me and my family,
and formed the plots against his life?
[text unchanged: Dublin and London editions have “incited”
and “plot”]
calculated that it would be reasonable
[error for “seasonable” as in Dublin edition?]
which could not carry the ball farther [text has “father”]
I advised you to have recourse to prayer.----
[word “prayer” italicized in Dublin and London editions]
the principle idea that prevailed in your mind
[error for principal]
Prayers and faith,
[Dublin and London editions italicize: _Prayers_ and _faith_]
your treatise on the Manicheean system
[Dublin and London editions italicize: _Manichaean system_]
consequently now as other choice was left you
[“as” may be error for “no” as in Dublin edition]
[Footnote]
[* This letter is the same which is prefixed to the beginning of
these Memoirs.]
[book versions have “first volume”]
A PENEGYRIC UPON IMPUDENCE. [error for panegyric as in Index]
so as not to bare the sound of the word [error for bear]
To the Editors: I have observed in your Magazine
[Handwritten after first paragraph: “Etymology” as in Index.]
Repairing to the walls of the seraglio
[text has “Reparing”]
confirmation of the authenticity of his treason.” [treason.”.]
we know not how far the treason has spread [s in “has” invisible]
“I listened; and discovered [missing open quote]
“He discovered, with indignation [missing open quote]
“Behold, Ali, in Ibrahim, I restore thee thy long-lost son!”
[missing open quote]
“I only revealed him to thee [missing open quote]
Married: to Miss POLLY SNEDEKER, daughter of John Snedecker
[spellings unchanged]

No. 92

over the white capp’d billows,” [text has “cap’d”]
“Hiermanfor,” said I after a pause,“then your last miracle too was
a delusion?”
[open quote missing before “then”: occurs at page-top in
London edition]
it was the work of super-natural power!
[hyphen may be an error: word is split at line break in London
edition]
“I am going to implore him to spare your life [missing open quote]
It was Noah Douglass. [text has “Doughlass”]
let my tears witness my heart felt commiseration.”
[missing close quote]
Such were my presentments on this occasion
[error for presentiments?]
but I recollected the desire I had expressed to Miranda
[text has “recollcted”]
“To the same life none ever twice awoke.” [. invisible]
[Marriages]
On Sunday evening sen’ight, [error for se’nnight]
And in Trophonius’ cave smiles never glows. [text has “trophonius”]
Deep in a vail, a stranger now to arms, [error for vale?]
Let Fubal’s lute in skilful hands appear,
[error for Tubal’s: source may have been printed in italics]

No. 93

Forget all softer and less manly cares.” [missing close quote]

No. 94

They are the places of rendezvous. [text has “redezvous”]
As he approached the place [text has “approaced”]
soon acquainted with the reason of his delay, [text has “daely”]
through the clifts of which a limped water gently oozed.
[error for clefts ... limpid?]
But don’t, for your life, let the fame to go loose,
[text has “tame”]

No. 95

are in direct aversion to puerile happiness [text has “purile”]
would not this fore knowledge poison the enjoyment
[“fore knowledge” printed in two words as shown]
ON WEALTH. [item repeated from page 247, no. 83]
half a score or [_this phrase occurs only in no. 95_]
if you let me have the dress in your parcel.’ [missing close quote]

No. 96

were more convincing proofs of his veracity [text has “covincing”]
king of Sicily and Arragon, [text has “Arrogan”]

No. 97

He went, and found orders to admit him
[text has “sound” with unambiguous long “s”]
for reasons which he did not assign.” [missing close quote]
but what is legitimated by economy,” [missing close quote]
her gentle whispers soothed each froward care [text has “sooothed”]
one who was equal in point of wealth to himself. [. missing]

No. 98

least they should by transgression seal their ruin [error for lest]
The knowledge I had of her tender mind next convinced me
[text has “convincd”]
her countenance was overspread with a lived paleness.
[error for livid]
threw me into a state of wished-for insensibility.”
[missing close quote]
Finished my morning studies with “Hafen Shawkenbergius’s ...
[error for Slawkenbergius’s]
The aperture which fronts the south ... stretching away farther south
[text unchanged: source has the same wording]
the inside of the cave ... it emits a pellucid water
[text unchanged]
the greater the heat is without, the more intense is the cold within
[missing “cold”]

No. 99

[Wanderings of the Imagination]
CONCLUSION
[printed as shown, but story continues for one more issue]
This cruel, this unprecedented injury [, missing]
more than an usual affection.” [missing close quote]
exclaims against a vinter for adulterating his liquors
[error for vintner]
In literature, as well as in life, we may recongnize this propensity
[error for recognize]
after some fine panegyrical verses upon Lord Mansfield
[text has “panygerical”]
that Swift ever studied the sing song of Cibber. [, for .]
whose intrinsic worth is centured in his wealth
[error for centred or centered]

No. 100

[Wanderings of the Imagination: History of Captain S----]
[quotation marks in this section are unchanged]
my disbelief in Euclid’s infallibility [text has “infalibility”]
“What should you think of a dip in the cold-bath?”
[missing open quote]
first given in thunderings, from Mount Sinai, [text has “Sinia”]

No. 101

a closer investigation of the legislation of the legislative power,
[text unchanged]
[Meteorological Observations]
[May 30: temperature readings 55 52 printed as shown]

No. 102

she may soon reduce _the angel to a very ordinary girl_
[error for separate italics: “reduce _the angel_ to
_a very ordinary girl_”?]
The pleasures of a fashionable life ...
[punctuation in this paragraph is unchanged]
an English actress of scorched reputation [text has “schorched”]
and the mind feels enrapped [error for enrapt?]
They knew well enough that the gentlemen [text has “new”]
and approve of virtue [text has “appove”]
that monarch made a very expensive [error for extensive?]
Loth from these lonely, lovely scenes to part, [text has “scens”]

No. 103

discover much tenderness for the errors of a fallen sister
[text has “terderness”]
Here my sun of glory would have probably sat, [error for set]
the necessary formalities of dress or the being observed by the
family.” [missing close quote]
the broadest shouldered porter in Bœtia. [error for Bœotia]
peculiar to himself, or to a profession, is deservedly dubbed pedant
[missing “is” before “deservedly”]
“original and unaccommodating.” [text has “unaccomodating”]
again her resolution to take the veil returned. [. missing]
at the feet of the emperor. [text has “emporor”]

No. 104

giving into that excessively dissipated mode
[“giving into” printed as shown]
If our grand parent Eve had been content
[printed in two words as shown]
how many misshapen monsters have exhibited [text has “mishapen”]
If a wretch, necessitated by the cries of a starving family
[text has “necessiated”]
object of compassion prove the victim of my resentment;
[text has “rensentment”]
The gentleman gave him a dram, which he took, saying,
[text has “say-/saying,” at line break]

* * * * *
* * * *
* * * * *

SOURCES

_This section is not intended to be complete or definitive._

Masthead (through no. 91 only) “Utile Dulci”

omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci
Horace, _Ars Poetica_ 343

(i.e. combine the useful with the pleasant)

Sources: Fiction

“The Victim of Magical Delusion” (serialized novel)

Original: _Geschichte eines Geistersehers: Aus den Papieren des Mannes
mit der eisernen Larve_ (i.e. “the man in the iron mask”), 1790, by
Cajetan Tschink (1763-1813): 3vols. octavo
English Translation: Peter Will, published in 1795 as _The victim of
magical delusion: or, The mystery of the revolution of P--l:
a magico-political tale, founded on historical facts_. Editions
include London (3 vols.) and Dublin (2 vols). Only the London
edition includes the final “Address of the Translator”.
The serial began in no. 22 of the New-York Weekly; the first 31 of
its 74 segments are in Volume I.
Volume breaks from both editions come at the _middle_ of New-York
Weekly installments (coincidentally at page breaks).
Dublin, Vol. 2 begins: As soon as the Countess was gone to bed...
London, Vol. 3 begins: I felt like one who is suddenly roused...

Background: The dramatic date is 1640-41, around the break-up of the
Iberian Union, formed in 1580. The main character is the historical
Miguel Luís de Menezes (1614-1641), Duke of Caminha or Camiña, who
was executed for treason for supporting a Spanish claimant to the
Portuguese throne. He outranks his father because the title was
inherited from his maternal uncle, also Miguel Luís de Menezes
(1565-1637); the title later passed to Miguel’s sister.
The “Queen of Fr**ce” was Anne of Austria who, as her name indicates,
was Spanish. During most of 1640--when she appears in this
novel--she would have been pregnant with her second child.

Links for Dublin edition:
Vol. 1: http://www.archive.org/details/victimmagicalde02tschgoog
Vol. 2: http://www.archive.org/details/victimmagicalde01tschgoog
Link for London edition:
http://www.archive.org/details/victimmagicalde00tschgoog

“Interesting history of the Princess de Ponthieu”

Original: “A Story of Beyond the Sea” (Estoire d’Outremer), formerly
attributed to Marie de France, probably dating to the 13th century.
Modern (French) text: either a _nouvelle_ from 1723 or 1725 or
possibly 1723 by Commandeur de Vignacourt, or a _roman_ of about
the same period by Madame de Gomez. Both were called _La Comtesse
de Ponthieu_.
The immediate English source has not been identified.

Links:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/11417/pg11417-images.html#XVI
https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30794

“Interesting History of the Baron de Lovzinski”

Original: _The life and adventures of the chevalier de Faublas_, 1787,
by Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray. The Lovzinski episode covers
chapters VIII-XIV (to the end of the first volume in the 4-volume
edition, or about 3/4 through the first in the 3-volume edition).
English translation: Exact source unknown. The serialized text is
identical to the 1811 edition, except for the spelling of the name
Pulaski--Pulauski in the book--and the “translator’s afterword” in
the serial.

Notes: The passages with dots and asterisks seem to be decorative,
since they also occur in an early French edition.
The novel ends differently than what is implied in the magazine. The
daughter of Lovzinski and Lodoiska appears later in the book as a
secondary character.

Links:
Volume 1 of 1811 edition:
http://www.archive.org/details/lifeandadventur01couvgoog
Volume 1 of an “unexpurgated” later translation:
http://www.archive.org/details/amoursofchevalie01louv
The 1821 French edition:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/

Background: A footnote in the novel says
* The Translator thinks that he can venture to pronounce M. P----
to be the nobleman who was formerly called Count Poniatowski,
and who at present so worthily fills the throne of Poland.

Poniatowski abdicated in 1795, after the novel and its translation
were published, but before the New-York Weekly serialization. He
was kidnapped by the Bar Confederates in 1771, during the dramatic
period of the novel. The story conflates two Pulaskis, the father
Joseph and the son Casimir (“the” Pulaski to Americans).

“The History of Mrs. Mordaunt”

The source of this serial has not been identified, but there is no
reason to think it was written for the New-York Weekly.

Quotations:
“Gently the moon...” opening stanza of “The Bard”, anon., 1784 in
The Hibernian Magazine
“and sober evening had taken ‘her wonted station in the middle air.’”
Thomson, “Seasons”, Summer
“All the lowly children of the vale.” James Grahame, British Georgics,
October
“Shoulder’d his crutch, & shew’d how fields were won.” Goldsmith,
The Deserted Village
“Hope, sweetest child of fancy born” etc. J. Duncombe, Farewell to
Hope, first stanza.
“Then crown’d again” etc.: Paradise Lost, as attributed.

“The Adventures of Alphonso and Marina”

Original: Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794), “Célestine,
nouvelle Espagnole”, 1784 or earlier. The author’s mother was
Spanish.
Translations: The Lady’s Magazine (London, Vol. XXII, September 1791,
p. 457ff) as “The Constant Lovers” by The Chevalier de Florian,
using the names Celestina and Don Pedro; _Tales of an Evening
“Founded on Facts”_ ed. Francis Murphy 1815 (Norristown PA) as
“The Beautiful Alcade of Gadara”, using the names Celestina and
Don Pedro; Walker’s Hibernian Magazine (Sept 1787, 480ff) as
“The Adventures of Alphonso and Marina”. This is probably the
New-York Weekly’s direct source.

Notes:
English text:
While thus mournfully ruminating, Marina, on a sudden, heard the
sound of a rustic flute. Attentively listening, she soon heard an
harmonious voice, deploring, in plaintive strains, the infidelity
of his mistress, and the miseries of disappointed love.

French text:
Comme elle disait ces mots, elle entendit au bas de la grotte le
son d’une flûte champêtre; elle écoute; et bientôt une voix douce,
mais sans culture, chante sur un air rustique ces paroles:
Plaisir d’amour ne dure qu’un moment...

This is the original source of the song. The melody is by Jean-Paul
Égide Martini (1741-1816).

Links:
http://books.google.com/books?id=T7oRAAAAYAAJ
http://lesmontsdureuil.fr/plaisir_d%27amour.php

Sources: Essays

“Remarks on the wonderful Construction of the Eye”
“View of the Starry Heavens”
“The singular state of man when asleep.”
“Remarks on the wonderful Construction of the Ear.”

Original: Betrachtungen über die Werke Gottes im Reiche der Natur
und der Vorsehung auf alle Tage des Jahr.es: Halle 1772 by Christoph
Christian Sturm (1740-1786)
Translation: _Reflections for every day in the year on the works of
God..._ London 1791, 6th edn. 1798, 7th edn. 1800
Source: All four essays appear in _The New magazine of knowledge
concerning Heaven and Hell..._, 1790.

Notes:
“Georgium Sidus” was Herschel’s original name (1781) for Uranus.

Links: 1800 (7th) edition:
reflectionsfore01sturgoog
reflectionsfore00unkngoog
reflectionsfore00sturgoog
1808 (“new edition”): reflectionsonwor01sturiala

“Wanderings of the Imagination”

Source: excerpts from a book of the same title (2 vols., 1796).
Author: Elizabeth Gooch (1756-after 1804), born Elizabeth Sarah
Villa-Real. Best known for _An Appeal to the Public, on the
conduct of Mrs. Gooch, the wife of William Gooch, Esq._ 1788.
Notes: Critical Review, February 1796 (a generally unfavorable
review), referring to a passage in the Fourth Wandering, No. 101:

“One of the licensed abuses which our author animadverts upon--the
insolence of servants, to whom it is not immediately convenient
for the master or mistress to pay _exorbitant_ wages due to
them--might be easily obviated, if those, who call themselves
their superiors, would have the discretion to confine their
expenses within their incomes. We are aware that this is an
unfashionable maxim: but the neglect of it necessarily involves
consequences still more serious than those which Mrs. Gooch has
stated--the insolence of _vulgar tradesmen_ superadded to that
of servants, and ultimate turpitude, disgrace, and ruin.”

“The Farrago”

The source is as given in the main text. This seems to be the only
piece in the New-York Weekly whose original source is fully credited.

Author: Joseph Dennie 1768-1812.
“The Farrago” was written over the period 1792-1802, generally for
The Farmer’s Museum. The selections printed in the New-York Weekly
originally appeared in the author’s own publication, The Tablet.

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