The Waverley novels, by Sir Walter Scott, complete in 12 vol., printed from the latest English ed., embracing the author's last corrections, prefaces & notes.

THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 629
of dissipation, which fills the ears of worldlings, until they care for none
of these things."
Meanwhile, happy in each other, in- the prosperity of their family, and
the love and honour of all who knew them, this simple pair lived beloved,
and died lamented.
READER, this tale will not be told in vain, if it shall be found to illustrate
the great truth, that guilt, though it may attain temporal splendour, can
never confer real happiness; that the evil consequences of our crimes long
survive their commission, and, like the ghosts of the murdered, for ever
haunt the steps of the malefactor; and that the paths of virtue, though
seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and
peace.
L'ENVOY, BY JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM.
THUS concludeth the Tale of " THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN," which hath
filled more pages than I opined. The Heart of Mid-Lothian is now no
more, or rather it is transferred to the extreme side of the city, even as the
Sieur Jean Baptiste Poquelin hath it, in his pleasant comedy, called Le
Meidecin ffalgre lui, where the stimulated doctor wittily replieth to a charge,
that he had placed the heart on the right side, instead of the left, " Cela
etait autrefois ainsi, mais nous avons change tout cela." Of which witty
speech, if any reader shall demand the purport, I have only to respond,
that I teach the French as well as the Classical tongues, at the easy rate of
five shillings per quarter, as my advertisements are periodically making
known to the public.
END OF THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
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