This Scene I have often conſidered as a Leſſon, inſtructing me, that a Load of Riches bring, inſtead of Felicity, a Load of Troubles; and that the only Source of Happineſs is Contentment. Go, therefore, you who have too much, and give it to thoſe who are in want; ſo ſhall you be happy yourſelves, by making others happy. This is a Precept from the Almighty, a Precept which muſt be regarded; for The Lord about your Paths, and about your Bed, and ſptieth out all your Ways.
An Anecdote, reſpecting Tom Two-Shoes, communicated by a Gentleman, who is now writing the Hiſtory of his Life.
IT is generally known, that Tom Two-shoes went to Sea when he was a very little Boy, and very poor; and that he returned a very great Man, and very rich; but no one knows how he acquired ſo much Wealth but myſelf, and a few
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