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‘Rather than to contemn and ridicule, it were better to study the manifestations of that mysterious power.

The women of the island have abundance of vivacity: they, contemn their husbands, and are exceedingly fond of strangers, whereof there is always a considerable number from the continent below, attending at court, either upon affairs of the several towns and corporations, or their own particular occasions, but are much despised, because they want the same endowments.

This disposition of the mind soon leads them to contemn forms, which they regard as useless and inconvenient veils placed between them and the truth.

I think that if the statesmen of aristocratic ages could sometimes contemn forms with impunity, and frequently rise above them, the statesmen to whom the government of nations is now confided ought to treat the very least among them with respect, and not neglect them without imperious necessity.

But it happens most unfortunately, that instead of encouraging and pursuing this noble Method in Physic, we seem almost entirely to [Page 7] discountenance and contemn it; instead of endeavouring by this means to cultivate the most momentous Art on Earth, we are too often amusing our selves with what is Trifling, when set in Competition with it; and instead of endeavouring to lessen the Number of Incurables, or ease their Tortures, we are either wrapt up in the Clouds, and contemplating the Stars, or groveling on the Ground in quest of Pebbles.

And so Experience, safe Experience, came to be wisely substituted in its stead: this was the Oracle, this alone was extoll'd, and Reason, fallacious Reason was decry'd and contemn'd, as having little to do in the Practice of Physick.

He must, therefore, content himself with the slow progress of his name, contemn the praise of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity.

Heav'n will contemn the mercenary fervour, Which love of greatness, not of truth, inflames.

Ambition was her crime; but meaner folly Dooms me to loathe, at once, and dote on falsehood, And idolize th' apostate I contemn.

Then master Doughty, with a more chearful countenance then ever he had in all his life, to the show, as one that [Page 86] did altogether contemn life, prayed him, that, ere he died, he might receive the sacrament; which was not only granted, but Drake himself offered to accompany him to the Lord's Table, for the which Master Doughty gave him hearty thanks, never worse terming him than my good Captain.

Sometimes scurrility is less displeasing than delicate satire, because it revenges us in a manner for the injury at the very time it is committed, by affording us a just reason to blame and contemn the person, who injures us.

Before we leave this subject, it may not be amiss to account for a pretty curious phaenomenon, viz, why we commonly keep at a distance such as we contemn, and allow not our inferiors to approach too near even in place and situation.

No enjoyment equals the satisfaction we receive from the company of those we love and esteem; as the greatest of all punishments is to be obliged to pass our lives with those we hate or contemn.

Perhaps, as Mr. Garrick is a Person who many may undoubtedly wish to pay their Court to, this Remark may be deemed Adulation; but I must beg their Pardons, and assure them, they would, in that Point, be guilty of a very great Error, for I am the last Creature in the World to be picked out for that Piece of Folly: Nay, I think so meanly of it, as to set it down as Servility, [Page 84] which I heartily contemn; and have been often blamed for a too Openness of Temper, that has sometimes hazarded the Loss of a Friend.

He is formed not only to know, but likewise to admire and to contemn; and these proceedings of his mind have a principal reference to his own character, and to that of his fellow-creatures, as being the subjects on which he is chiefly concerned to distinguish what is right from what is wrong.

I contemn riches, and for ever cast them from me; suffer me then to yield up my life; for there can be no true happiness but in beholding thee, Oh Mahomet, [Page 197] face to face, in the neverfading fields of paradise!’ Saying this, he prostrated himself on the ground, and continued for some time in mental prayer.

Thou should'st have question'd ev'ry testimony; Doubted each sense; and, though they all combin'd, Contemn'd them all-ere thou had'st dared to cast On Chastity the stains that, once infix'd, Are never purg'd away. [Page 55] Thou art the sland'rer of my widow'd Daughter; Her Husband dead, her Father is her Champion- -I dare thee to the field- EDWARD.

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