A Picture of Life, Essays. to Which Is Added, a Short Account of the Superstitious Observances Formerly Prevalent Among the Ignorant Class of Society. by the Town Clerk of Gossiphall
Language: English
Published by HardPress, 2021
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- Title
- A Picture of Life, Essays. to Which Is Added, a Short Account of the Superstitious Observances Formerly Prevalent Among the Ignorant Class of Society. by the Town Clerk of Gossiphall
- Author
- Forbes M. Moir
- Publisher
- HardPress
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0371882338
- ISBN 13
- 9780371882337
A Picture Of Life, Essays. To Which Is Added, A Short Account Of The Superstitious Observances Formerly Prevalent Among The Ignorant Class Of Society. By The Town Clerk Of Gossiphall is a didactic collection of essays and biographical sketches that illuminate how fortune, virtue, and vice shape human lives in early 19th?century Scotland. The book interweaves moral essays on Fortune, Generosity, Vanity, and the Vanity of Riches with Memoirs of various figures—William Fillpurse, Zacharias Goodluck, Jonathan Longhead, Timothy Graspall, the Rev. Dr. M’Dumbie, and others—each illustrating the rise and fall of wealth through industry, prudence, or dissipation. Anecdotes and portraits of merchants, lawyers, and clergymen reinforce lessons on diligence, sobriety, domestic virtue, and prudent philanthropy. The Appendix discusses Superstitious Observances, including cock crowing at midnight, belief in fate, fortune telling, witches, and other popular beliefs, treated as cautionary rather than credible phenomena. Overall the work exhorts moderation, ethical conduct, and the responsible use of wealth as paths to lasting happiness.
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