The Eagle, or, Dartmouth centinel — Hanover, N.H., 1797-07-24 00:00:00, page 4

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AONIANRIL L.
The Gamftr's Soliloquy.
ITmuft be so—great Hoyle, thou reafon'ft'
Gell;
Else, whence this pleatingtope,his fond de-
Os winningFlFTY DOLLARS? [fire ]
TOr whence this fetrt dread, and inward hor
ror 1 * frifage
At lefing twenty cents ? Why (brinks the
Into paleness, and flarilcs.at the law ?
Tia conference that Airs within us ;
'Tis guilt irfelf that points out a fine,
Or intimates a whipping pod toyman ?—
' Whipping poll I thou cruel, tort'ring monfteil
Thro' what variety of untried gamblers—
Thro' what new games & losses mud we pass I
The wide, the ufeful table stands before us,
And brandy, wine and cherry red upon it:
Here will I set, if there is punch so nigh me;
And, tfot there is, thegamblers all have tailed
To their sorrow: They muO delightin brandy,
And that which they delight in must be good.
Butwhenl or how I have! loft twenty dollars?
• I'm weary of ill fortunes—TH is* (hall soothe
them. [cafh.
Thus I'm completely arm'd—my cards, mv
Good lemon punch and brandy, are all before
me: &
Thefr, in a moment, reduce my heavy purse,
While this informs me I shall win it back.—
The coin, fecur'd within my pocket froiles
At the swearing gamblers, & defies theirart.
The punch shall all be brandy, rhe wine irfelf
Go down our throats, and brandy all be fpilt;
Yet wealth shall line myinmoft frithful pocket,
Untouch'd amidst a pock of rascals,
The wiles of gamblers, and a slush at trumps.
6 NON EGO.
* Gentlemen your healths.
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'FOR the RJLL
, Anfaer to the REBUS
OF LAST. WEEK ■
THE Naiads are Nymphs, over streams to
preside,
Alexander who croquet'd the world at astride;
The j'Hv God Bacchus with mirth can inspire,
And Beauty's a charm, which we always ad
£ mire. ^
In Youth'tis that Beauty moG strikingly glows,
And Rhodope always is cover'd with snows—
Fair Ida the mountain so famous near Troy,
And Paris the name of the beautiful boy ;
, Pale Lung's the fickle Coquette of the night,
And i\\e£aJl tisthat sprinkles with orient light,
While Yes is what modefly blushingly fays,
'And this the sweet Damsel so charming be
trays ;
Should yod hesitate mil who she is to declare,
Naßby Ripley's the name of the heaven
ly Fair.
I*'.FOR .THE RILL.'
EPIGRAM adapted to tAe times.
THEf/ert ass, in Lyon's skin,
3 May hide the sordid beast within;
But, if he fays, the fa/ will pass,
For nothing more nor left than—ts.
EPIGRAM,
On a company of bait dancers to good music.
HOW ill the motion with the music (hits ;
So Orpheus fiddled, tod so danc'd the brutes.
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EPITAH,
FORM THE GREEK.
A Blooming youth lies boned here,
Euphemius, to his country dear : '\%tl\
Nature adorn'd his mind and face,
* With every muse and every grace ;?
I Prepar'd the marriage state to prove,
I But Death had quicker wings than Love.
/M^g —.'.■■■» ! i l ,iM„fe, ;
ABDALLAH:,
, AN. EASTEN
TN the city of Samarcan, while
4Jenghizkan fwayedtheimper
ial feeptre of the East, lived Ab
dallah, the son of Mirza ; pros
perity awaited his call, and suc
cess crowned all his endeavors:
— Gor was h, deaf to thf voice of
fiirtue? His benevolence diffuf
ed itfelf far and wide, as the fra
grance cfthe spicy groves waft
ed on the balmy wings of the
Eastern breeze. Abdallah^ the
rich, the happy and the virtu
DVFRTimNT P d ^ J^ M^^^^n^^
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ous, was echoed from wh&e the
fun firft tinges the morning
clouds with purple, to where
his revolving chariot finks into
the embraces of the Weftera
ocean.
Amongthe crowds who fre
quented his house wasone Haly,
a man of a fceming melancholy
disposition and solitary turn of
mind. When Abdallah one day
had /hewn him all his sumptu
ous apartments, and all the
splendor of immense riches, and
aflted his opinion of what he
saw ; he replied coldly, " Al'ah
and our prophet are my witnes
ses, that I elteem a solitary re-
Clufe far happier than thee with
all thy riches. While Abdallah
flood amazed at this reply he con
tinued,"ln the wilfts ofSara lives
Aladin, the son of Aboulcafem;
the herbs of the field supply his
table, and the running stream
flakes his thirst ; regardless of
the luxuries of life,he covets not
the spices of Arabia, nor the glit
tering gems of Irak. Content
to him supplies the place of
riches, and a chearful mind the
want of power :—fon of Mirza,
this is the man. whose state
I acount far preferable to
thine; and so wouldst thou thy
felf, couldit thou be capable of
enjoying the sweets of retire
ment." '
He ceased and his words left
a deep impression on the heart
of his friend ; he became eager
to try by expricnce the truth of
whatHaly had laid ; often would
he fendefor him, and question
him more concerning the der
vis whom he had mentioned,till
at last he persuaded himfelf that
felicity resided only in the feenes
of simple nature ; and soon ac
tually put an end to his anxiety,
by taking a sudden journey un
attended, to the place which
had been pointed out to him for
the habitation of Aladin.
When he firft arrived at the
retreat, he was'fo well pleased
with the unruffled calm of a so
litary life, that he tho't himfelf
more than compensated for all
the pleasures he had left be
hind; but alas ; how unstable
are the relolutions of youth !—
the daughter of the vizier Ab
delaziz, lovely as one of the
Houri, had heard by feme
means of bis retirement, and
followed him into rhofe (hades,
to diffuadefhim form so strange
a refolutiop. Amiable as he
was, it was no wonder she had
conceived a passion for him.—
While he was musing under the
Shadow of a tree, fanned by the
refreshing evening breeze, she
approached him and drew aside
her veil.=-The fight of so much
beauty (for he had never before
beheld her, tho' she had often
seen him) was too ftrong,fn,
the youthful heart of Abdallah ;
and, whenrihe dilcovfred hcr
, felf, and told the motive of her
journey, nothin, timid equal
his perplexity. When he turn
ed away from her he retained
his old relolutions of quitting
the world, but when he cast a
glance on her beauties they were
all overthrown—He was in this
perplexing situation, when the
deryis A'adin suddenly appear
ed, and (the lady withdrawing)
thus addressed him :
" Wonder not, son of Mirza,
that I am fully informed of all
that concerns thee : this night
the prophet has visited me in a
vision for thy fake. In vainthou
feekeft to lead the life of a her-,
mit, with the passions of a lover.
Heaven, which bade day and
night succeed each other, has
appointed seasons for aft things.
The sequestered life of a dervis
by no means suits the temper of<
a youthful mind. Go then b my
son, and while youth glows on
your cheek, and diffufes its gen
erous ardous through thy heart,
be truly happy in asocial life :
enjoy the innocent pleasures,
without running into criminal
excesses of the world ; make all
thy studies ufeful, all thy amuse
ments innocent ; and let plea
sure be thy diversion, but virtue
thy chief good.—Then, if in
old age, thou art tired of the en
joyments of this world, retire to
solitude for rest & make contem
plation thy fweeceft compan
ion."
Abdallah followed his advice;
he returned to Samarcand, and
espoused the daughter of Abde
laziz ; and that vizier soon after
dying, he succeeded to his of
fice, which he filled with uni
veifal applause, and enjoyed, till
thirty times the revolving year
had run its course ; then having
loft the partner of his life, and
growing old, he remembered
the words of the dervis, and
once more withdrew to solitude,
which then exa&ly suited his
condition ; day succeeded day,
and year rolled on after year in
one continued feene of real feli
city,and he glided down the cur
rent of time,on the gentle stream
of calm contemplation. At last
the angel of death, by a quick &
easy transition, bore him to the
garden of Paradife, leaving Be
hind him this ufeful lesson; "that
the morning of life should be
spent in ads of virtue, that the
decline of it may be blessed with
serenity and peace."
ANECDOTE
AGenteman wishing to rid
icule Peter Porcupine,
lately went to his store, and en
quired whether he had Porcu
pine's quills for sale ? the British
wag replying in the affirmative,
tobk from the fhelf a bundle of
common writing-quills, and
tendered them to the gentleman.
The would-be-wit immediate
ly took the quills a,d paid for
them ; then archly looking at<
Peter, enquired again whether
they were Porcupine's quills ?
" O no," replied the corporal !
''they were indeed so once, but
they are goo/e quills now."
ijU»<. 1|1 ? ....1!.V4,,>--.
Atthe STORE of
RICHARD LANG
May be Had,
St. Croix Rum, 1
N. E. Rum and By the Barrel.
Erench Brandy,
Sherry,j
Lifhon,
Port and PINES.
Malaga,
Loaf Sugar, Buhea Tea,
Coffee, Chocolate,,
Railins, and Rice;'
6 by 3 and 7 bv 9 Window GlaG,
An Assortment of Nails'.
Hanover, 141 b Jnly. 2 3
DRUGS& MEDICINES?
Smith ^ Hedge
LI EREBY inform the Public,
A A that they have just received a
Large and General supply of
Drugs and Medicines,
where all Brethren in the Crocus Line,
and others, mav be supplied at as low
Prices as the times will admit of.
Hanover, July 12th, 1797.
Take Notice!
Subscribers for, True's or
Spooner's Papers, who have been
supplied on mv rou ,are hereby inform
ed that Mr. Joseph Lee will receive
and difeharge all demands for the,
fame since the fifteenth of May last, to
the firft of October next, and will
also account with Mr. Spooner and.
Mr. True for the fame, and confe
quentiy no charge is to be made agaioft
me by either of them, during said
term.-
ABNER CURTIS.
Haverbill, fur 22, 1797. L-111
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DANBURY,
c— --——a'a
THE Owners of Lahd in Danbury,
in the County of Gratton, are
hereby notified that a Tax of TWO
CENTS per Acre, is assessed on Lands,
and that the fame will be advertised
for Sale, unless said Tax is paid, either
in Money or Labor on the road in said
town, before the firft day of October
next.'
SAMUEL PILSBURY,
Anthony taylorj
June 22, 1797. gw6
Take Notice.
RAN away, on February last,
' the Subferiber's son about 16 yeara
old named SIMON DOUGLASS. All
persons are fotbid harboring concealing, or
trusting him on my account, as I wiilpay
no debts, or charges arising from him, after
this date.
SAMUEL DOUGLESS.
Lymon, June 30th, 1797.
WANTED.
AS an Apprentice to the C/oinet^
Business, a LAD of about ^ui„
teen or fifteen years old. Enquire of
OLiyER HATCH.
Han over, July 6. 2^3-
Law Books.
THOSE Gentlemen who
signed a fubfertption paper,at this J
Office, for the LAWS of Newhamp
(hire, printed by Mr, Melcher, of
Portsmouth, are informed, that 1 return
ed him the paper, with a request that ne %
would fend rhe Books to me when, print
ed. By letter he informs tne,that they
are.completed and ready for Subscri
bers, and he expels that they will call
or fend to his office in Portsmouth for
the Books. Any gentlemen that Wifti
can have them by fending to Ports
mouth. , B. TRUE.
Homer, jfefy qeb.roq.'