The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-10-29 00:00:00, page 4

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THE Bibul+t.
From an Engliih Paper. ~
fy^' THE RAFf, e ft
Or, French Arrears Liquidated.
AS Neptune in his coral bowl
pag'd t'other day a vacant hour,
Discoursing with bis,ench ;
Tritv. h^,the news above,.
Wilt make you l^gb I°°,''"'
At those mad folks, the French.
fain old England would invade,
But of the ,00$ are much afraid,
Though of the project fond;
Atoirfft their vifionar, schemes,
They find it difficult, feeros,
“To croft the herring pond. j
be an ^wk^zcd thing to meet,
Half way with Bridport ,d bis fleet-;
" Burnt children dread the fire;
'Tis ten to one, M,:™'/;"";,
Would happen to the fops of France,
From one so full of ire :
They therefore thought of fame balloon,J
A little fm,lter than the moon,
Tdfail altftinGirr:,i
But from the frarcity g^, ??
Or cash to purchase it—alas . ,1
The scheme would never bear# |
Thev next propos'd, all hands to creep,,
Through a long cave, beneath the deep,,
'And undermine ear floor ;^
But fearing mifebiet over head,f
This deep laid scheme no better sped, ;
'affirmT]
At length, two men of wond'rous craft,
Hive orders to conftrua a Raft,,
As wide as Hovflow beatb,^ ^. ;
From which their army, one and all,;
Are feorn to land 't,ixt feting and fall,
In spite of John Bull's teeth. .
Their Calh, Subscribers will be pa@wl
With int'reft, when the landing's made 1
And have it in a lump;
As ev'ry ma~on board the. .Raft, ,ts,
Will in his pocket brings draft, ^^
At fight—" to Aidgate pump."
,1 never heard of such a scheme,
(Says Amphitrite) fare you dream.
They'll all be food for 6th :
“ They still beio (you jade) I grant,
That's just what the Dtrea+r, want,
f The very thing they wifli."
They then no more will feel dismay,
About their army and its pay,
But banifo all their fears: f; : ^^
For when the Raft is overfet, ;
It pays at gatethe public debt.
And LIoy(DATES ARREARS I :
From the VILLAGE MESSENGER.
SAY fall net Columbia to battle arise ?
"The pride of the world & tbi child of
tbe jkies -
Sa, Jball dill with impunit, injuhs he give*
Titbit land, which is onl, epitomis'd beav
on?.
Shall the name of John Adams be ever rg.
vil'd?
Colombia's great here, her patriot child.
ThJ btr anger be faw,fauld it ewer arise,
'Twould appear as the lightning involving
the sties;
And encircling the fee, would deal vengeance
around ;
The clamor of death to the Jkue would re
sound. ^t^
Should the time e'er approach when the from
#^'^P pet of war ^.Qi'^^ // I ^§l
Shall juamon of all round Bellona's dread
\ car,
Witb^Gfart I'd follow at liberty's call,
Refolvhg to coffr, or bravely to fall ;—
» would be, when I,folded „
„ libert, parcbaUm, death.
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From the FEDERAL G^LAXr.
“ Alfthe flames that lovers know,
“ Trifles quench, and trifles,low.”
A RE ye sensible of this ?
fl ye fair ones ! And do
you wish to, kindle and pre
ferce a chaste flame in your
lovet's breast ?—Then pty
attention t, those trifles that
Haty/and relinquish thole
ffigt:qte^ the flames
that lovers know." What those
trifles are, be it my talk to tell,;
and yours to confute, or ap-[
prove and praaife.}
When I fee a young wo-;
man keep up a conflant gig
gle, or laugh, white in com
pany, I am certain it is a trifle
which will effeaually quench
the flame of any lover, though
that flame had 7Etoa ? s force.
When a young lady, feat-,
ed in a ball room, during the;
dance, amuses herfelf and{
friends, wi:h uncharitable or;
malicious remarks upon the
company, though she means;
no harm, yet it difeovers'a!
trifle in her difpofiaon, cold
enough to quench the warm-I
I est flame, in the breast of a;
:worthy lover. ^i
1 * When I discover, within al
pretty pair of rosy lips, a set;
I of teeth of a fable hue, I fancy;
that the breath of that fair
one must be a trifle that will
disgust a cleanly lover, and)
quench hi* flame.
When I ^e young ladies
enter a ball room, with their
clothes rather hitched, than
put on, I fufpea such ladies
possess a trifle called fluttifh^
nefs ; which will frighten,;
and quench "all the flamed।
that lovers feel ;" & I should
think it proper, to. !jMefent
them With a paper of pins, in
fead of lemonade, oranges,
or sugar plumbs.
';Wh en J dbferve the uppers
part of the: upper lip of a
young lady tobe ofa "dingy
hue," and fee her frequently
handling, a (mail box, lam
!nt that the <naufeous
yled fauff, will, not on
nch her lover's flame,
iber constitution, and
CT a fair title to the
Itf p| flirtJ|Of)%
|fl^s+^
ounghwoman, is the;
ng noticed some of the
hat ducnch, I will now
nfoLe of those, which,;
hitable opinion, are
ted Ito enliven or
" aflover's flame.
The fir, and most impor
tant, is nLtnefs. This is a
“ trifle,^ of which eve'% un
married womanshould ka, w
\ttie value. It adds more %^
\our beauty, my fair county
women, than silks & rnuflrs, I
t'tyngh made uptin the pref-j
ent graceful no-waist mode.
It wilhnot only blow, But I
preserve in life and vigour the
flame of all lovers.
'Tis beauty points, but neat,
nefs guides the dart:
The author of the Specta
tor calls neatness one of the
half virtues; but, with lovers,
it is a whole. And I believe
4hat a neat and covetous wo
man, would be preferred, by
most men, to a generous slut :
Yet generosity is styled, by
iAddifon; thd^frft of virtues.]
^ When I fee a young wo
man visit the house where fad
;misfortune dwells, and fee'
iher administer to thediftreff.
fyd relief, I am confident she:
possesses a "trifle" called be-:
?nevolerice, which would kin-)
die a lover's flame in the cold-;
est breaftM^B'^ .'^^l
When I fee a young wo-;
I man,who is not ashamed to be;
ufeful, but with cheerfulness
ftQrns the spinning wheel, or
works the muslin, according
tfe^ her situation in life -,—^e
I possesses industry, ^are, and
I honest pride, "trifles' 3 that
i@>w ihp lover's flame, and
command the lover's ap-
! plaufez \fr
To dance with case, to sing
I with fpmt, to dress with taste,
and to be sensible in conver
sation, are " trifles" that blow
, all the flames that lovers
know ^*r, trifles, the posses
sion of which, in some favour
-1 ite fair one, will make glad
, the lover's heart ;---and, by
Imaking him happy, will make
him graceful to the fair be-:
flower.
These trifles every one;
I may attain, at least the most
I of them: And if some of my
fair country readers would
substitute sensible converfa-j
tiori for their laugh and gig- §
rgle, benevolence for unchar-;
itablenefs, neatness in dress
for carelessness, industry fori
vanity, and change the fable(
hue erf their teeth to a snowy
whiteness ; I am sure sty|
;would make more agreeable|
companions, and more valua
ble wives, and more justly
merit the title of "the last
best work of heaven."
Let rae beg of you, my fair I
readers, not to ftigmatife the
above, as the trash of a difap
:pointed old bachelor; for, I:
assure you, they are thefen
; timents of a youth, who just
begins to feel the force of
your charms, and to know
the effe& of your virtues, and
whose highest ambition is to
merit, and to receive vonr
smiles. S. S. W. J
L
Banquet or Caimis. J
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0 The Letter of Talleyrand, published,
in Mirror No. ,e, and efyecially tbe<
coßclufion of it, is kind beyond meat
die. it reminds us of the following
apppofite
ANECDOTE
CATO, ata honest, welt
meaning, goodnatured Afri
can, had for & long time
borne patiently the scolding,
! fcoffiag and insulting conduct
of his termagant wife Phillis,
, till, Idling all pat enee, and
j every reasonable measure for
(an adjustment being at an end,
I'he procured a fap,le hickory
twig, and threatened her with
:a severe chastisement, telling
I her at the fame time that he
had trfed^air incite long 6,
I nough to no purpose. Citi,
j ypnae Phillis, feeing Cato's
face divested of its usual
I smile, began to think he was
Ifo earnest, therefore, falling
ion her knees (a la Francaise)
ithe cried out, “ O pray now,
idear Cato, do let us live in
; lub and unicorn, so as we
us'd to do." "No, Gorra dam
you, (fays Cato,j de debbil
trust you, me bear it long e
nough and me will have' fax-
I tefaxfhun now me bout cm.”
IKISHIdM.
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