The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-06-26 00:00:00, page 4

ALMEDLEY.
five Greets, in straight lines
to the gates, which were di
re&ly opposite to them on the
other fide ; so that the num
ber of streets were fifty, each
fifteen miles long, whereof
twenty five went one way,
land twenty five the other,
Icroffing each other at right
Langles. And besides these,
[there were four half streets,
Iwhich had houses only on
lone fide, and the wall on the
[other. These went round
[the four sides of the city next
Ithe walls, and were each of
[them two hundred feet broad.
[The rest were about one
[hundred and fifty. By these
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ND TO MEND THE HEART."
THESE walls were built
of large bricks, cement
ed together with bitumen, a
glutinous slime arising out of
the earth of that country,
which bind's in buildings much
Wronger and firmer than lime,
OF THE WALLS OF BABYLON.
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HISTORICAL.
Round these squares on
every fide towards the streets,
flood the houses, which were
not contiguous, but had void
spaces between them. They
Fwere built three or four sto
ries high, and beautified with
all manner of ornaments to
wards the streets. The space
within, in the middle of each
square, was employed for
yards, gardens, and other such
uses: so that Babylon was
greater in appearance than
reality, near one half of the
city being taken up in gardens
and other cultivated lands.
MODERN DEFINITIONS.
A Woman of Spirit,
A "ADY who, when her
husband throws a dish of
weak tea out of the window
in a passion, fends the whole
I equipage after it.
I A Man of Spirit.
A gentleman who, having
[cheated an intimate friend out
lof his money, fends him a
I challenge for looking as if he
Ifufpeaed there had been foul
I p l ^.
A Prude.
A woman who avoids the
men all day, and thinks of
them all night.
A Coquet.
A person of the fame sex,
who Chats, giggles, and plays
with the men all day, sleeps
found all night.
l An Orthodox Divine.
I A Clergyman who fays
Igrace before and after meat,
land toasts his church and
country in a full flowing
bumper immediately after
dinner. {T. Wco*tifo.]
GEORGE II. *
DURING the rebellion in
1743, George 11. repair
ed to the Council Board while
the council were fitting. He
ttd the fubjeft of their de
liberations, and was told that
Mrey were confideiing howto
take care of his sacred perfon,'
that he' footed receive no,
harm. " Gentlemen," repli
ed he, nobly, f take care of
yourfclves : as for myfelf I
am tefolved to die King <fe
England !''^^^ ^^^
ftrects thus crossing each oth
er, the whole city was divid
ed into fix hundred and sev
enty fix squares, each of them
four furlongs and an half on
every fide, that is, two miles
and a quarter in circumfer
ence.