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I !-: SUPPLEMENT to the Cape-Fear MERCURY,' . N"o": so. .1 :.!. FRONTI NULLA FIDES.:, He tha: !rrvts Fears fzowa the Frowns of a PraJe;or Hopes from' the Smiles of a Coquette, CoarticrJ will, one Day or other, be convinced that ha has only been making a Fool's and the Pxtmifcs of a Cap for him f elf knov.oMc's heart, i& a much potifm herfelf, uricoritfolable as She Is. with all !-ff more difficult Task tkan moll her State--Engines at her Hfelsj 'would Ririi0;$iM gi y people 'iinagiic. I do hot pre- ba k at the very appearance of jfach;irir 7'' H -j .-7 , tend to athorougft knowledge elUi patriotic iyirrue: -And I dare 'not- fup- - . '7 tsfe"' f'in!ne; but if Um in the rpofe that thWy ever: will,' -byk teprin:pcfccliiirni " j j f J k.Si5?55.?) j kaft acquiinted with its More- 4 verify a Remark fome one has rhtde upon the . 1 I meats, 'foiriethirig much (liperior to Curhjity liability of Man; who (faithiiie) jefolves re,refelvs, f ,-,(' induced me juft now, as I came alone the Gal- - then quietlyjoggs'on ih the oldearcnjFith, leaving hi, j j I I ' 1 ... .n.i' 1 1 o-j 1 10 - i 1 s ves to execute thexxfelves." j l !ir HH - - f " lery -tapeftficJ on one Side.with the Sp.der.'s fbppofcthi.villcviribepplickble tbthem- 'A Mi curious Web an penned on the other by 0- an Evij, jwhichicertainiy, icis - ' L-ve-lmiifen Svvains and jolly Bacchanalians, i.upoffibJeftiould.evercome to pafs ; & ro aati- - L- to attend to aConference between twfcPerlons tyatc Evilslsas iirWeWnttl, as itX- m an a-ljoini,; Chamber, the Door of which ,,MKir'3mn?rV-Jft-fciJ f t . was open-Ic" was adverflty trying a Friend, and I fouid myfdf, I know not howl, intereft ed in the Event. 1 ! attempt todecryKnavviidee'&Gbld when luch rcipectabie Bodies-have ffiven their ounrages, :Neine con; in iayor or them z And, though ! I am not quite; Why or How autre vel qu$moJs)Av z fo, I leave to the Decifion of Spsculatifts'; bur, torpid as my ' Setfijb Feelings aref my, phi luiibrific oaes ure rcry feldornt afleep, ;elpe cially upanj Oecafions or this Sort-1 fuppofe there is iome wife Reafun or otherfor tfcirir hin' fo. nnH ;T bcut the Matter.1 Not t.u.nt I have no Curio fnj acither,;(I think Curiwfity, reV.m?x!reJi is , at cler a Hobby-irlsrfe, as a Man would v.'the gtsd ; and fimple and eaf) wid to moant but qive him the Reins, he is may 'appear, it is not! int!ier jtna neacjumng unruly ueni, if is 500 to one thar, unlcfsYou are a rery expert Rider indeed, he throws You into a Ditch or Slouch, or fome other Place, where no Man in his Scnfes would wi(h to be.) but.; that I never coald find , a Rcafo'n, or any thing like a Rea fon, why I mould fret and teaze and harafs myfelf to Death ordifqualify myfelf for thofe focial Dutiei , the difchareinK which creates iuch plealurableSenfations in the. Minds of Turn upon the HCcl.1 I 1 ( nouih to mke- this attempt, yet, - Mcfirsi J fMicro mrgaloi, and eke" re7PmIargbroiith6uli you mould ch$unt"their ;Praifes frbrii June ti, January or, taking in the whole! jrear, Ground " to June again, ; I infill that they mayjboth':be . j bougkt too dear, and Gold mofteafily fb; nei ther : is it every Kind of j Knowledge ; that is wortk a Mans having upon any terms.'-Ths ! Point is to be able to diltinguilrr the Hftftrf zntL. IV as this Tas!d - Power f every I I ' . , :,.- ! ...... one, whether jeamed lor unlcarnecf,; to pcr formjt : 7-; I r'v.. '. ,7 ' j A'Favor ras asked JwitU all that modeflr Difndencc natiiral to nierit Diftrefi,vad .a ' littlt of" that ConfiiJencq'-jwhxc SKccefs infpires. I faW his" Situation and -pi tied him for it. I read in j the Countenance of his Friend the Iflue of! His,;Suu...It was heared' u?ih indifference j !and aaiwefed with -a'fhort- 'SDeath, faid he, to be even re fu fed . would. - have hurt lMcj but xucji ' Contempt from : a V 5peftitors and heavenly ones in our own, by farchincc and re-relearchinc into things which I cannot comprehend; or which it I could 'Man whfefe ProfcfTions of Frieiidmip induced comprehend them would not mako trie, in the lead degree, .V better or a ' more" ueful Man. Kn me tomake;thiVpHcitidfl..It is rntolera-' 7 Vibrating between ! Contempt and ReVenge He. was filent fora Moment,!;.a hc eveinfr him with indignation, tou aref bAath my Relentment,' ad:almoft beneatk:my!Coh tempt. .Uniufceptibleas;youare fous Ideas j I blulh to thiink Fever calleidTfou one;- towledge, fay the Learned, is im- menfely yaluablc: Mifefs, think the fame of Gld, anJ Beggars proclaim it in the Streets, but thefepoor miftrables prize Gold as! Americans(lay the Apprehend ve) are likely to pnzc Liberty-; the IVtnt of it but is my Flies d...Yoa are jlncabable'of beihi not this Apprehenfion fole ly ? for who arei - K- - jRaifed; brtdefenredly'- railed By iiuic ucc dnu mure jitceiy 10 continue 10 tnanj ttereir, rrpm a. itateorj iinramy, ioua orana Americans ? "Enthafiads for Liberty, have; every unfortunate '' jj Man fj fitK-::fybur.V owni1 they nor, J at the Expence of the I nteril,i.; Crimes entered -and: re-entered-, into AfTociations -ad ' meiit, and to them I leave You I grubbing Agreements, to o'ppofe arbitrary Meafures, I the Duft ofKhis "(hoes as- he : turned iront him t "vith fo much foiritcd Warmth andwith fucmrf IMt Hearf bled for hurt rand ! as h iiurried pan: me, will , the fe Be of jany Serried; vyYqu ? laid I, offering him 7a : fc;pieces;KchXh'ad. put in my haad "twrythat Prpofe;he fefufed ' folemn Promifes to perfevere, that fCrelv, rii Nation under Heaven could, ever cxpecl: to enflave thimj none dare attempt ic Def-j 1 V
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