Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-01-12

not approve, and conversations knocking to the
ear Of delcacy, and was frequently obliged to
move his feat or pretend deafnets the Capt
refolved misconduct fhould no longer avail him
feated himfelf by Yorick, 70 as 70 prevent his
retreat, and immediately began profane,
indecent tale, at the cxpsuie of The clerical pro
felton,, with his eyes fixed feadfaltly on Yorick
who pretended Tor fome time nor 70 notice his
i'll manners when that became impo6bl9 he
turned tothe military intruder, ana graveIy
fad, g Sill I'll tell you my tory ;-ny father
is an officer, and IS 70 brave himfeH, that be i,
fond of every thing ellie that is brave, even bis
dog yol NUT know we have at this time one
of the hnt9 creatures in the world, Of his kind !;
the mott (pirited, yet the bet natured that can
be imagined "a lively that he charms every
body but he has a curled trick chat throws a
ltrong ihade over all his good qualities" Pray
what may that be y Intercepted The Officer.
g He never fees Clergyman, but he iDGantly
flies at him" anfwered Yorick. & How long
has he had that trick ~ Why, Sir" replied
the divine, with Ggn6cant look, e ever jfacs Be
1vdt Puppy" The man of war for once bluff
ed /; and after a pauie, g Dodor, Jays he,
thank you for your hint; give me your hand,
I'll never rail at parton again as long as I
live'
Thefe, and NJ Der Of pleaf1nt rep4rtees,
always conducted with temper, and frongly
enforced with goot fenfe, efablilhei his char
ader as fri wit AID Perfea mater Of humour
ia the country.
About this period If time, Mr.. Sterne Print
ed the two fra volumes of TGitram Shandy al
= Il ~ ~, H,
teller in London they were unknown, and
icarcely advertiled; but thus friendlet,, made
their way to the cbfet Of every perfon Of tate,
and introduced thor author 70 the tables Of the
mot diainguilhed perfons in the kingdom.
Stern told tie following fory of hmlelf:
"Ihappened (aid he) to be acquainted with
a young man wlo had been bound appren-
lice to aationer in Yorkfhire he had juR
then fni(hed his time, fst up in London, and
had rented a window il one Of The tagged alleys
in the city.
"Ih;red one Of the Panes Of glafs from'mY
friend,and fucE up the following advertisement
on it with a wafer:
" Epigrams, Anagrams, Paragrsms, Mono
grams, Chronograms, EpitaPhs, Epithil4mi-
ums, Prologues, Epogues, MadrigaIs, Inter
luOeSs AdVert1enlSNLS, 4S-ltclS, E SzltiOHs3 NE
MORALS on every occafor, EfAys % all flbje4s,
Pamphlets for or agaiOf Minidry, with Ser
mons upon any Text, or for any Se6, to be
written here on 1earonablc terms, by
Il. 3. Pbiolag,r."
T" Ths uncommonnefs Of the titles occ4fon-
cd numerous applications and at night
ufed privately to glide into my Office to digea
the notes heads of the Gay, and receive the
earneRs, which were directed always to be left
with hernemorandums, the writing to be paid
for on delivery, according to the fl Jet
eth. ocean of vice and folly that opened
itfelf to my view. during The period continued
ia this odd department of life, fhocked and dit
guRed me 70 much, that the very moment
had realized fm4ll fun, and difcharged the
rent Of my pane, l clof-d the horrid fcent."