The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1772-12-10


be now SOLD for its fefsiy." -,
He iaid, and the Genius gave nod of ap-
probation. The audience burR into roar
of applaufe; the plaudits went round, che
Ky re-echoed, and the whole aHembly rune
with, Lei them b SoLDl Let than b
SOLD | 2 Az ,...a,
The aigh is,of fancy are rapid. Me-
thought glided down the Ky like fun.
beam, and found myfelf in PAIL Mall. A
fat citizen was hopping acrofs the kennel,
and following crowd. l feized him By
the heeve, and afked him where he and
the crowd were going s Gene alssg (laYl
heJ to C5riqHs-tbs mizifry are to BE- )sl9.
Blefs me (anfwersd J what fudden re-
volu,ion ! 1t was but yeRerday they fhone
in meridian fplendor: II was but yeterday
they tramplse upon England, and fet hel
laws and patriots at defiance. /" Ay, We
ry ike, very like-(replied the inhabtan
Of the city) but WE have altered all that
We have thrown St. Jamess into confuficr
AL the sats are IN. and all the iss are sst.
And now added y thar political firm
tire of the cabinet, the minifry, being o
no longer uie there, 10 to be )sid Of BY axe
fisn, like all other ufeleis iRmbsv, to TN
highett bidder. +" Right--right,' reoin'
cd tiie err and ffrode away towards ths
auction room. y 8
Nov l., wbo wasnsdre in the Eecfet
could nOtavoid making q moFaI reAs esiot
on this oecaGon Here, laid !, ID agrea'
revolution, and an boneA citizsa firmly
believes il was eif. aed BY isinEeif and ths
Bill of Rights Blind 20 the haAd Of pro.
violence, (addsdl little do they think thai
the whole has been brought about by the
prayer of honeff Marvsllin the clouds. %
now entered the auction room, and
Chrittie had juR mounted the rcffrum.-'
He 6eized bis hammer, and throwing hi'
eyes round the room with that activity and
bewItching cafe peculiar to great msns cal.
led for the 6rR lot, and began.
AycyIoEEER. Hand il up there--hund
the hrft lot, gellmen, carries It's OWE
wngbt with ity il is an ass head--that II
to FAY, the head of an ais--or of > minifter
For various reafons have we cholen to give
thefe terms as fynonimous,, and to make
the one reprefent the other. Our wiaias'
has long acted Ike an af, and he has go'
bis reward for like an as they have uIed
him.-Is an aG endued with great
gravity S-Sois the mimfsr. Hence thai
deep, important, plodding air--thofe riff
unbending features-thal Golemn, foporlfic
myfic countenance. which mark him with
eternal buGnefs.-Hence it is, that you fec
him prodigiouny thoughtful, and prodigi
ouly fotgetful; now muing with his arm:
a-kenbo, and now making calculations
with his forc-6nger upon his no!e nov
meafuring bis PAGES like city miliiia-man,
OF like the man in black before funeral,
Cow and G4tsly, one two, three-and
now gdloping, Ike the fiery phzton, from
the eoart 70 the cockpit---snd from the
cockpit to the court. Is the Js ultimate
So isthe misiafr. for he is always willing
to b0Us BIS cum sOay. Hence il is, that oul
[hiPs are rugged one week and unriggsc
the next---that our focks are riiing TO.
day and falling to- morFow---that our cou.
riets sre eternslly on the wing to Verfailles
and that the dispatches of to-day fatty con.
tradia the difpa'ches Of yeferday.---Dic
our ojf ever pvspbsGf Yes, Balaam's did
---Our minilfsr will match him there too,
for he too has prsbbsGsd But his prophecies
are as brittle as his pronifes, for bis Tea
years peace begins to expire already. Is the
| aJt psfisafs So is the miHiafy. How slf'
could he fuppoft bis burdens, and hold IN
poA 10 long i--ln the mean time fom:bo-
dy put him mo he is very aue Gri,
4 4 A