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forcibIe proofs of the contrary extreme.
For inAance, The fpoiled me famous cdi-
ton Of Pope's works, BY throwing lvo-
lumc into The fire in which the au hor
had Rigmatized fomc lady in thofe words:
!" No ats more meek, no ais more obiti-
nate" She ne1e, tore the cover from
volume of Swift's Letters becaule, he
called her tex race hardly above mon-
kie:. Her third hretch Of Prerogasiye
was difplayed, by throwing Congreys's
play ont of the window, becaule in one OF
them he had declared,
i" That qvo1ueu are ike trucks by Ngbf
efbanG,
/" Wb;cb to admir-, cve Bonld nat m
dcrfaad."
now coDGdered the time as having ar
rived, which fate had fixed for by MARI
age. Phoebe made no OBJECTION; Ii
ccnce was obtained and Dr.. Stedtalt &
Phe &c Morris were introduced to the pub
lie, as hafDand and wife. My pleaiure
did NOT, Ike that of many others, end
with the honey moon, but.receiged dal
ly accction Of delight; for furely no wo-
man, facc he time Of queen Elizabeth,
was ever podeHcd OF fuch rare and vaiua-
BE yirlues, The common falling OF cor.
non women were unknown 20 Phoebe:
her lofty mind covered ABOVE her !ex, ?
and difplayed fuch collection Of finsn-
lar endownsnts as conGc;ous as I IN Of
ny inability properly to difplsy, ] cannot
reil the temptation Of endeayoFing 10
delcr;be.
Nay, ile proceeded % far as to feni an
elegant edition Of Orlando Furioio 10 the
pa!try cook, becsufc A1iofo expraGed a
with that Angelica had fallen q facsifce 70
the frenzy OF Orlando; and actually ba-
mined poor Virgil from the hoa{e, be-
csuie he had given her Tex neuter gen
der, and inyeighed againa them rs va
riun ct mutahile." Thefe diminuIious Of
my liberty, only ferysd to incTeale my
admiration for my wife, as ] conid1red
them irefh proofs Of that independent fpi-
rit, which is 70 necei1ary TO enable wo-
man to bear up againf our encroaching
iex, ard is 70 rare to be net with, in or
fqueamih days.
The next quality in ny catalogue, Cor
which have 10 compliment my Phoebe,
is her contempt Of dsess. It's notorious
fats, that many women ruin their huibands
merely in fix, lace and muilins. My
fpouie is 70 far froa running iaso exfsavs-
g2nce in theie articles, char | verify be-
lieve le has rot TWO yards Of either in her
petition. Her general dreis IS a linen
robe, floating loofsiy about, and fa&ened
at the breaa with 2 Roman dbpla. In
this robe, and an old pair Of iandals, Gae
is accuGomed to wander through the
woods, or by the fde Ct fon1e putting
fream, with all the folemnity Of an anti
ent f&ge.
|. The third virtue which Phnbe beats is
chafity. This you will acknowledge is
no Dad quaiIty IL a WIZ W III what
rapture have ] heard her read Ariol5o's 40
count Of ancient Anszors, and Haley 5
diGartation ON the ancient nlaidens Of shis
country! She has completely cleared ny
hou{e of every female with tolerable
countsnance, that ] may be kept out Of
temp;a;ions: infcmuch that may chal-
icnge the whole country to produce fuch a
race Of fcare crows. Ihave already told
of the ravages fhe iras made in ray library ;
but forgot TO mention, tha: Aae has Ia
fitted on my parting with volume OF
Greek poems, becaule there was men
zion Of contraband goods on board, which
was no other than that famous Ode OF
SaPpbo, beginning
Pbaintctal MAJ k<i10s ii55 tbeejfr.
merely becdufe the expeditions were net
reconcileable to her ideas of decorum.
Thus, fir, I have endeayoured to give
you faint iketch of the numerous virtues
Of DbCaIa. J. e.,