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Essays, or discourses, vol. 2 (of 4) : $b Selected from the works of Feyjoo, and translated from the Spanish — John Shaqi

Essays, or discourses, vol. 2 (of 4) : $b Selected from the works of Feyjoo, and translated from the SpanishFeijoo, Benito Jerónimo

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Essays, or discourses, vol. 2 (of 4) : $b Selected from the works of Feyjoo, and translated from the Spanish

Name: Essays, or discourses, vol. 2 (of 4) : $b Selected from the works of Feyjoo, and translated from the Spanish
Author: Feijoo, Benito Jerónimo

Feijoo, Benito Jerónimo

Spanish essays -- Translations into English

ESSAYS,

                                  OR

                              DISCOURSES,

                             SELECTED FROM

                         THE WORKS OF FEYJOO,

                                  AND

                     TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH,

                                  BY

                           JOHN BRETT, ESQ.

                          VOLUME THE SECOND.

                                LONDON:

                      Printed for the TRANSLATOR:

             Sold by H. PAYNE, Pall-Mall; C. DILLY, in the
                 Poultry; and T. EVANS, in the Strand.

                               MDCCLXXX.

CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME

    THE BALANCE OF ASTREA; OR, UPRIGHT ADMINISTRATION OF
    JUSTICE.                                                 Page 1

    ON THE IMPUNITY OF LYING.                                 p. 41

    ON THE LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY, AND NATIONAL PREJUDICE OR
    PREPOSSESSION.                                            p. 66

    ON TRUE AND FALSE URBANITY.                              p. 109

    A DEFENCE OR VINDICATION OF THE WOMEN.                   p. 189

    ON CHURCH MUSIC.                                         p. 313

    THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF MUSIC, AND A COMPARISON OF THE
    ANTIENT WITH THE MODERN.                                 p. 357

[Illustration]

THE

BALANCE OF ASTREA;

OR,

Upright Administration of Justice:

In a LETTER from an OLD JUDGE, to his SON who was newly raised to the
Bench.

SECT. I.

I. I do not know, my Son, whether to congratulate or condole with
you on the information you give me, of his Majesty having honoured
you with a Judge’s robe. I contemplate you as placed in a state of
slavery, which, although it is an honourable one, must always remain
and continue a slavery. Already you are neither mine nor your own, but
belong to the public at large. The obligations of this charge should
not only emancipate you from your father, but detach you from yourself
also. There is an end of your considering your convenience, your
health, or your ease; and you have only now to attend to the duties
and discharge of your conscience; you should look upon your own good
as a foreign concern, and regard that of the public as your own. You
are already divested of neighbours, friends, or kindred; you have no
country, and must have no regard for the tyes of flesh and blood. Do
you think I mean to say, you should cease to be a man? No, certainly;
but I would have it understood, that the affections of the man should
live in such a state of separation from the duties of the Judge, that
there should not be the slightest commerce or correspondence between
them.

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Essays, or discourses, vol. 2 (of 4) : $b Selected from the works of Feyjoo, and translated from the Spanish

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