The New London gleaner Author:John Perry Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: I to condemn thce to a single state till one of thy lovers shall change his opinion, or die." The lot was cruel; for in Mezzorania the state of celibacy wa... more »s a heavy disgrace. The whole assembly was about to separate, when the younger brother threw himself on his knees before the judge : " I implore your patience for a moment," said he; "I will rather renounce my right than see Berillaso severely doomed. Take her, O my brother, and may you live long and happily together ! and thou, the delight of my life, forgive the trouble my innocent love has caused thee: this is the sole request I have to make thee." The assembly rose up, and the magnanimous lover was about to depart, when the prince commanded him to stay. " Son, remain where thou art," said he, " thy magnanimity deserves to be rewarded : the damsel is thine ; for by this sacrifice thou hast merited her love ; give her thy hand, and live happy with her !" They were married shortly after, and the prince acquired great renown by this decree. GEIMALDI; OB, fHE DANGER OF DISCLOSING A SECRET. the civil war of Genoa, an Italian, of the name of Grimaldi, fled to Pisa. Money was (he only thing in the universe thateould boast of his friendship and esteem. He maintained, that fortune ought to be pursued in any way, apd at any price, and that no means were disgraceful but such as did not succeed. He that has a great store of money, he used to say, has but few slings of conscience. We may readily suppose, that a man of such maxims had formed a settled plan to become rich. Accordingly he began verv early to labour at the edifice of his fortune, and even in his youth he merited the appellation of au old miser. With, the talent of acquiring riches, he united the far more extraordinary art of keeping them. He lived quite a...« less