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N°3. using improperly the sceptre of, referred the cause to be considered by.

The proceedings of, though very dilatory, were, some few caprices excepted, conformable to justice: and many who thought themselves secure by a short forbearance, have sunk under his scythe, as they were posting down with their volumes in triumph to futurity. It was observable that some were destroyed by little and little, and others crushed for ever by a single blow.

having long kept her eye fixed steadily upon, was at last so well satisfied with his conduct, that she withdrew from the earth with her patroness , and left and  to ravage at large as the associates of  and ; contenting herself thenceforth to shed her influence from afar upon some select minds, fitted for its reception by learning and by virtue.

Before her departure she broke her sceptre, of which the shivers, that formed the ambrosial end, were caught up by, and those that had been infected with the waters of were, with equal haste, seized by. The followers of, to whom she distributed her part of the sceptre, neither had nor desired light, but touched indiscriminately whatever or  happened to exhibit. The companions of were supplied by the  with a torch, which had this quality peculiar to infernal lustre, that its light fell only upon faults. No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe.

With these fragments of authority, the slaves of and  marched out, at Rh