U P P L E M E N T to the Cape-fear M E R C U Ry, Kb. 4^.
the inn, See. continued (fee Supplement to No. 46.)
.THS G ALLERT.
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dulce est desip ere in loco.
, C " nicit aliquls.
\h:n a ^ « Galltrjxs a much proper er place than a Church for him,
I Sai/h Jack Car tiefs,
H E T H E R what'we call vcy one dorm and direift another, equally
SOUL is feated in the head, drcadlul, anxious only to preferve the Britifh,
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the noltrils, or the heart-—. fia». unftained-—-when I fee Eulebius, having
vv ^ .V whether it beats in the pulfe, left his ficknefs behind him, appear like a
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g w • — ’Ll wm^
>1^ animates the eye, or flows Diomede infpired by Pallas-Mincrva, at the.
with the blood—whether it is head ct his little troop—I will g#, faidahe,
nhned to any one part or is diffufed through with a countenance that would have made
c whole frame—whether it is imagination, cowardice brave, and thank them for their fpi-
ncy, judgment, rcalon, refieftion, lympa- ritted conduct—when I climb tlic llcep,,crag-
iiy, or fenfibiliry •, or whether all thele*bri- gy rocks, am prefentin tiie tent and in the
inate in it and areonly fome of its qualities— field, with him who lo glorioufly extended
hether it is matter or fomething more refin- the Britifli conquclls, at the expence of a life,
--whether it is mortal or immortal j and refigned contentedly, becaufe he had vanquifli-
. fine, whether it is any thing or nothing— ed the enemies ox his country—when I fee.
leave to the profound difquifltioBS of thole, thefe godlike adioos, i conclude they are not
hofe heterogeneous ideas confound axioms, the adions of beings whole hopes and prof-
nd of thoie, whole conceptions ot happinels terminate with to morrow—they mufl;
reconfined toa miferabJe ftatcof wrctchedin- have fomething more refined than matter
jnfibility. Neith..T will I puzzle my brains, as lomething ot ciirinity witliin them. (“ meft
be learned have done, in endeavoring to deter- pomp of words” it may be, but cv^n St. Atha-
ine, whctiier it fiiould be called akimus or nafius, with all his direful denunciations, fball
LJJIMA. 1 have a pleallng confoioufnefs of
jiiv exigence, and am i'atisfied and this
tonlcioulRels 1 neither wdfli nor exped ever
loloofe.
Benevolence gave man exiftence, and gave
lire,With ibat, generous 6c nifiiitcrefted cares j
i-ipes and defires elevated and unbounded^
hiiich, meetin r with nothing adequate hcre
look beyo.nd the grave for gratiicatian. 1
icither think acompoficion of mere matter is
jrulccptiblc of fuch cares, hopes and defires ;
lor can I l»c perluadcd that benevolence,
^’ithbut lovolin
never make me fubferibe to a creed fo repugnant
to reafon, as that a man who expefts defirUc-
tion,” and whofc mind is filled with the gloo
my apprehenfion “ of falling into nought,”
can either think generoufiy or aft nobly—
“ fickly and fad” indeed, oiuft the momenta
of luch a man be!) Yes, ye torpid, you may
laugh if youpleafe, but when I image to myftlf
the tender agonies of that /air^ whole pureft &
warmell alTcftions centered in the dcceafed
hero, tears drop iafcnfibly down my cheeks ;
& I cannot help exclaiming ; cruel, cruel fate !
indeed of that delicious banquet, which the
ng its name,* ean annihilate a 1 ^ —
ngfo formed and endowed, after it has lov« and graces were preparing tor him tin-
leen a few years embarrafled with the che- tier the aufpiccs of Hymen, thou gavef^hind
?....a CRAVE ! Plant it, ye fonsof Mars, with
Laurels.,....water them, ye daughters of Vc-
Juered feenes of life—and chequered they arc
p the happieft among us.
I know very well that the bell: are fubjeft
^0 the grofler affeftions ; and how can it be
itherways, with fuch a load of mortality about
them }
( ‘ Tis merely humn to feel paflion’s force, 1
^ ‘ 11$godlike tv’ifddm to dtred their evurfe. j •
*uc / know as well, that
Above the bad defires *tis dors tn rife ;
ind the more we do lo the happier ftiall
we
nus, with your tearsi....let thefe never ccafe to
flow, nor tbofe to flourifh ; and may the name
of W O L F E be immortal, as the names of
“ Harry and Sti Chrifpian !”
“ coME,”raid Amanda,in the foft Accents of
ttndernefs impatient, yet not fretfully chiding
....f..love had attuned her voice, and my cars
to rcccirc it, where, at this length of time, it
ftill vibrates and convey-^ a gentle, thrilling
oe—our ORIGIN ('which is alio the origin of plcaiure to my heart: AikI when fheccchocd
P IT D P I* i' I L - I .• f
blifs) is PURE.
When I am feated rrofs-legged in my arm
chair, my head in one hand and Rappee in
the other—in this attitude fo unapt for fliglit,
^hat is it tranfports me in a memenc to the
gallic fliorc ? Imagination (which is ever in
^ueft of Ibmcdiing to heighten our joys or im-
hittcr our forrowt) is certainly the vehicle;
my words, fo happy,” how cnchantingly
melodious was the found ! Handel neter
touched fo fwcet a note ,’and even St. Ciciha's
voice, compared at that time with hers, would
have loft its hannony Senfe, without
doubt, did adjutant’s duty here, but the plea-
fure I then felt was too refined for fenfc alone
to feel ....Here would I willingly turn que-
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‘ ut when I am placed befide you, fir Edward, rift, if I could do fo without giving ofi^nce
[omething more than imagination makes me yet, as I think none but prudes (male
adiiiire that calmnefs, with which you for- prudes I mean 5 fof / cannnt tl)ink fa iU ai