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Miscellany.
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^rdrtT^cA Mtf&fek; SPY, &e.
ASERMO N,.
ADDRESSEE TO T^B
LADIES.
BY
NOBODY KNOWS WHOM.
rarsHE words, which I have chof-
X^ 1 en, for the fubjea of our medi
ation, hr the present time; and which
Call for your serious attention, you
mav find—in the mouth of many- a
fine lady; and in the beart ol a much
greater number :
" Reformed Rata make the btf HtfQA
IN attenndiog to this pamge, we
rihall endeavour to depart from the
common mode of preaching, at little
ai possible; or, in other worth, to be
fully up to the chalk, fa order that
we may do this, let ui, in the firft
place, explain our text; in which
there fe^ms to be nothing of ambi
guity, except the word# Takes a^d
hufands : Many of you, my hit
hearers, I have great reason to hope,
have aright uoderftandihg of the
term ^tfmd. by happy experience ;
and the rest, have, doublets, formed
just conception, of what the word is
designed to fignify.
After this Ihort explanation (which
by the way, feema almost no expla
nation at all,) we proceed to make
some ebferv.tiona on the term rake ;
in doing which, we promise to be left
niggardly as our words.
What this term is derived from,
we are not fofficiently fc led in ety
4@%tyafeertain : Neither do we
wish to (pend our ^ ein doting about
questions and firifes of words. I fig- $
nibs a compilation otall the bewitch
ing qunities; a confluence of 'every
thing, that is Iprighdy, and comfort
able, The take is acquainted with
all companies, both high and low:
He has, therefore, an opportunity of
^Viewing men, yea, and women too,
in a diversity of lights. Hr fees hu
man nature in a great variety o' dress
inhabit , as it appears in the fp'en
did ba.rioom,or & innholder' kitch
en. In the former fruition, he sighs
for many a nymph, tind &fa
happy, when he has an opportu ity
of (hewing them any marks of atten
tion : la the latter, although he uses
fewer words, and left ceremony, he is,
neverthetefs, Mg^ed wih much great
er warmth and facerity,
!n difchrgug the duties of hit
character, he h^s frequent occ^fioroty
make nightly excurlions among the
Neighboring pqukrfi in doing which,
he fomeciraet fiids it expedient to in-
Cult some honest farmer, by bre^king^
his windows, fleeing hi, turkeys,
turning over hi: cart, amputating hi#
horfel tail; Or by performing any
other achievement, which is fttfick
some and funny. He is a con^apt
ascendant orrparties of pteafure •,and
, ismoft fond of forh a, co fift wholly/
inhis own ft Wholly did f fay?
,Ey—that's co general; fu'e without
fomfA^eptiors; he may admit one
or /ana ,/ 4 different ,% just for (he
fake of variety, fftefe, however,
ought not to be introduced, until to
wards the end of the ba fret
^^^ XX'^°
en; a number nearo
! fallows, teloend# time in* One of
ri^^inafo'Uli ffi^^fo &@„'^
these two wavs: either till down,
A at a hard table, after.TOing beep
cheek by jole with jolly Bacchus ; or
:'" on?pr& Immedial IPIv infn fnme amuf
ment. that favors ftifl more of buck
1 fwe^rin the timid ftyfeof a country
bumpkin. Mom him, you wil hear
co such exclamations ty :—
= " The D?lisin't!''" Why §he old
H—y!" “fyrake the luck !" &c
But he pours' forth a volley, of the
most round, referable, tod' thunder
' iog oaths he cao; think of. , -
, If Soy dispute arise, (which is com
monly she case) he either challenges
his actagonift, to meet him witha
. (word and pisto l , or el(e obtains more
ifpeedy fausfaaion, by giying him a
I nafil contortion.
1 Bur if it be thought best, to enter
I Treaty into buri cl, and to enjoy
the most consummate happioefs ; he
calls for a Tupper—drinks heartily—
:throws potatoes at the rest of the
}company =fpiils the fauce—iifes from
table— kicks over the fide board —
calls for more wine—^nd kcepiit up!
This is living away! This iscomirg
up to the character of a blood of the
fitft rate ! This is imitating Alexan
der the grew He was a keen Teredo
b ! ade! He loved hit wine, and his
Thais ; or else he would newer have
died of the one, Or burnt PerfepoMs,
at the instigation of the other.
Now, as the take proceeds, fecun
dum artem (that is, in plain En^ith,
according to Gunter,) he breaks the
gaffes—#hrow> the chairs through
the winnows —strips off his clothes—
burns his flockings and Ihoes—fiogs,
hallows, and dances!
Again : It is efrotial to the char
aßer of a rake, that he (hould be a
mortal enemy toall fuperftiuon. He
takes avast pleasure in ridiculing the
long faces of the clergy , damn, all
hipocrify; mikes himfelt exceeding
ly m te rry with the doftrine of future
punishment ; and talks of death, with
a world of good humor ; and hopes
yet to be able to laugh the grim mon
ster rut of countenance.
Further : Every rake is a great gal,
lant; is often in love, artitai often
makes others inlove with him. Ye
well know, my pretty hearers, how
greatly he gains the esteem of the !#•
dies ; whole delicacy is (hocked with
your ftiff, formal, awkward lads, who
know nothing of the world. For,
wot ye not, how much more wound
ing it is to female sensibility, to fee a
young fellow make an uncouth bow,
than to hear him (wear, or talk ob
fcenely ?
The rake, moreover, as he wins pp
on the affection# of the fair sex, out
o' ,nre good will and loving bindneh,
(educes a number of ignorant girls ;
leaves them to the (corn and contempt
of the wot&t and- bears up u^dfef
their misfortunes with a great d&F
of calmness, philosophy, and tefigdi
tion.
Ai for reformed rakes, we mug be
txcufed for giving any defcripuoo of
them ; Once they are a fpeciei of an
imal, if not wholly exfod, yet so ve
ry tear% that qe have never been a
ble W get a fight at fay. It teems,
however, that tht!, are not wholly ex
tin&,: for s&9ue>e*t,^ M Reformed
rakes make the best bofands."
^ .Now, if sere were no such. crea-;
^^ couM it tekfoffi,/
hufbindi they would make ? & 1<
Bat here it may, pethapt, be repti.
ed, that fom ? comments on thii
I p-ffige, have (uppoled, that the word
r^4z^
elegy, ff&ute ofcimong women,J
r"
(with more ill manners than charity,
however) that this conriruaion has
been juflihed, by the universal prao
rice of the female v&rld. Bur, it is,
^certainly, dot becoming, to take too
great liberties with passages, which
have, for so long a time, been held
sacred. It will, perhaps, further be
f^id, (hat if there be any reformed
rakes, they are exceedingly uncom
mon, Very well : onereafoo why
they are so much esteemed, probably
iq on account of their rarity. The
ladies esteem them as a curiefry. On
the whole, I am fully persuaded that
there are reformed rakes in the world,
whom the ladies know, of;^ do
'not ; and that they are Driving, with
all proper industry, to increase the
number. .
llt may not be improper, perhaps,
to mention some of the laudable
means, which have formerly, been, &
Bill are, put in practice, to effe& this
defi^ble end: And,"
if. The female world manifeft, to
rakes, the great clemency of their na
tU!CT They ffiow that the day of
mercy i? not yet past. They do hot
with to drive offenders to despair ; &
promise them, io the words of my
text, that if they reform, they ffiall
be accounted the best of husbands.
They intend not to make thtm worse,
by treating them with negleft and
haughticefi ; but mean to (how them,
that their (prightiriefs, and youthful
gallantries, have been viewed with
an eye of charity and forgiventfs.
For we are not to foppofe, that the
partiality, which these lovely crea
uurerare accused of manifesting to
foch mercy fellows originates from
this, that they really prefer foch to
the steady, and sedate : But that this
seeming preference, which tome are
'fo very Urgenerous as to observe,
means nothing more, than to iocreafe
the numbers of good hufbindt by
reforming rakes.
idly. The ladies foppofe, that the
best way to reform a take, is, to mar
ry him ; as joekies use to tie wild
colts witha haler: They dohbl
mean to force diffolure fellows into#
better mind ; but draw them, with
the cords of love. It cerraiQly (hows
the great goodnefsof the female heart,
that they do not put off this import,
apt work of reforming rakes, to oth
ers, and^hus foift their own necks out
of the collar, hue are willing to under
take it thcmfelvesi 'ri' ri'
We might now proceed to take
notice of fo@e other regions, why wo
men, in general, are fond of being
tonneaed with those we call high
blades ; but these, wich a concluding
exhortation, must be left- 4 -##/// the
fat paper. .fty,,^^,
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,
OMITTED LAST WEEK. ~,
taSTOfrREMARKABLE OWVTS
'^DV^VT^LAstifiARV
, ^ Y^--'^ ..:vi"ggs j>.-V>^.^
^NUrtRr.
,4 4^&vic3 waureefred ofcihe tap.
foie of 'Grave, &C. by the French.
^§ The french crossed ' the Waal In
great numbers over the ice, and pot
sassed themselves of all the neighbor
ing county,. They took two regi
menti of Dutch troops priforem
8. A tort action between the
^rilh^^fo ^^ the
,^^ ^ch the latter we^^-;
Seated. riri'
t,^ ,he^ee^a^^h day ctele-
• 241. The Stadtholder .and his fami
ly arrived in London, with the specie,
plate, jewels, and principal archievet
of rhe House of Orange.
go. The brave ,Bth Regiment ta-.
ken prisoners by the French in the
ide of Z aland, and all the (hipping
in every Asport in Holland taken pol
feffioo of by them.
FEBRUARY.'
it. A desperate action between
the Blanche frigate, of 32 guns, and
a French frigate of 38; the French
man was taken, but the brave com
mander of the Blanche, Capt. Faulk
ner, killed.
12. The Daphne, of gtguns, ta
ken 6y two large French frigates.
14. Adrice received of the com•
p ! e:e evacuation of the United Pray
inces by the British army ; and of th,
capture of'Gusdaloupe by the French.,
23. Mr. Pitt opened the Budget,'
and proposed taxes to the amount of
1,645,0001 per annum, among oth
ers, that lot wearing hair powder,
28. Twenty French merchantmen
taken and destroyed by Sir John B.
.Warien'r squadron. In this month
the Duke of York was appointed
Field Marshal of the forces.
MARCH.
2, The French frigate, L'Efpion,-
captured by the Lively frigate. The;
arrest of Barrere and his accomplices,
decreed by the French Convention,
3. The Convention fettled the
form with which pacific negotiations
with foreign powers (hould be enter
ed into. °
14. An engagement took place in
the Mediterranean, in which the Fren.
fleet was defeated by admiral Hoth
am, with the loss of two (hips of the
line and a great numbered 'men.
18. Sir J. B. Warren'r (quadro#
captured and defhojred 16 French
merchaotfhips, &c. ''
~ 21. Advice received of the cap
ture of Fort Tiberon, in St. Domin
go, by the French.
26. Sir J. 8. Wlsrfcn captured the
French corvette La Cutieufe, and five
other vessels.
APRIL.
1. An alarming not in Paris, and
the Convention inluhedr
a. ^Bmeteand hit accomplices sent
off from'Parit ^ ,^^
il. Vice-admiral Colpoy'sfquad
ron captured two French frigates of
44 guns each.,
I£% Several French veffeh taken
and deAtoyed by Commodore War
reo, *
19. St. Lucia captured by the.^
French, ri
20. Adrite received of the King
of Prussia having concluded a peace
with the French Republic; (1
23. Warren Haftibgr, Esq. after
a trial of (even years and 3 months,
was, by the Peers, acquitted of all the
chergefrbrought against him by the
Houfeof Commons of Greatbricain. 1
3 0. The French defeated by the
AuftfiabstMM^r'^
,- MAT.'}:/
4^ Tteßoytemin of war. bf gfr
gum, took foe w S^tbeAand war
burnt to the w^rer%
riz±:tz
try arrived in England from the cor
ed 12 f„l of French ^h^m
'' .r°qi"e, Titiville and his ac
complices executed at Parts;t
th^Ve<.fo: m idab^,ioti in to^
I land, b, the Deluded ' people calfing)