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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1784 Excerpt: ...exquisite judge of the human heart and passions, observes: There arc numbers of circumstances which attend every action of a man's life, that can never come to the Lnow lcdj.e of the world; yet which ought to be known, and well weighed, before sentence, with any justice, can be passed upon him.---A man may have different view.;, and a eifferent sense, of things from what hi3 judges have; and what he understands and seels, and what passes 'within him, may be a secret treasured up deeply there for ever. of the lowest and most miserable of their sellow creatures. But the man of business, and, particularly, that respectable character, the Britifi Merchant, from the daily oppor-' tunities he has of being; sensible of the value and necessity of their services; of being witness to the toils and hardships they daily submit to, to gain by honest industry a pitisul, and that perhaps inadequate, subsistence for themselves and their helpless, suppliant, craving families; has his affections kept awake to their sufferings; voluntarily becomes their adviser and patron;.and, -in their hour of distress, when beset with calamities which humanity in every station is heir to--but which become augmented, and doubly aggravated in theirs--he takes upon himself the benevolent office of their guardian, advocate, and protector; and in him the faithsul and industrious of the poor never want a friend and benefactor, whatever may besal them.--FROM From the situation of the town, and other concurring circumstances, the Merchant has ever been the first and leading character in Liverpool; and to him may be attributed every comfurt, elegance, and enjoyment, pf which the numerous inhabitants are in ample possession, and freely partic...

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