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them with" the Spirit and Politcnefx ofa Or. tleman; (proftituted and hackneyed i as th'is word is by moderns, when I apply ic to arjy ency I mtan th'at He is, at leaft, a bm of Ho-i nor and of Sentiment.) It is the free will oft en- 5 ing of a man whofe Heart is muh lets con -crafted than his Purfe, and" by accepting this You will lay him under a particular Obliga tion -He gave me an expreffive look, and Bow, then vanifised.- ! J ! What a Pity, (aid I, luck a noble Heart fliould crer feel Diftrefs ! Heaven fend him happier Days, He certainly deferves them Yet, whatever 'his Misfortunes are whate ver Difficulties he may have to Encounter, I would rather be that Man, oppreffed tas he Teems to be, than revel, like his (alft Friend, in all the. Luxury of V ealth-f curled wit fuch a cart as his, Nothing could give me Pleafurev - ' - . r I diflike the'Sufpicious; but! alfo diflike to have cither my Words or my actions mif- -fljirtfca: Ins reitcit B!iYsi-B mine to lend ? ' j ; ; '', R-,vl to Want,! A Pittance; m & Friend, , ; Yi I would wifti to indebencfaint live j -,; TViv wants fuppl ed, t'have forriething left to Five. V ;XeeiV ihe.iiulfc Hava ! boreta'd, defoWd & 'atAr'A ; I If e'er, irbsii fordid jVjews, j cvet more t ; 1; i But all this is a Digrempn of my Pen. " The! Son of advernty and his fa Ife Friend are ltill in my Thoughts, and thus -refumc the Suieii : ;u u.i uugi am unuuiii-c wj xicuucnim !COn- n fimiiar iSTriirpV YwHtrlV -7 wiH-i ; " 7 was arKiQit perftaded to become a Milan-" rnropyit;; out 10 antiquate(c;aremyiiSioti()ns ofl fome Things; that I never' haftcr a. friend! v. .ncnon, r even a inenaiy intention, to grow' j.c i iviciiiwi.... j win uurt 1 9U . laid A man d a, when a I wild Vagary put me: lino- lr n rr (r m nrVii m r rr nn? DolnJ;.. T 1 ! lNuiuin particular jn me vvoras, out was they were pronounced in aTcne fo fweetlydif- u a five, and accompanied yith a Look (oexpref- livc of fym pathetic Tendernefs and j Regard, . . i 'ft i ' "o 1 ! tnif rVhthinnr hnr I laiih xrar art I a rhu A- J rAnftrtied r and. left it HlOUlQ De lUipeCteu t " i3 , r ; r; r n . , . I that I have fDoken.too irreverently of LearnV i-.preffionslwhich they ade upon my; Heart j Xr Unu-UfT &: too much otherwife tif I And upon this Occafion, when-1 lyPafiions'h'ad drawn inn & knowledge, & too much otherwife of Gold j ! proteft 1 have the higheft Veneration . fr.ruJ rwn firflr. fo far as Thev imnrove the Head or amend the Heart , and I look upen the Love of gold to be the meaneft Vice of a fordid mind for it excludes, or rather fwal Iotts up, -all the generous & humane affections ind as'to gold itfelf, tho it is called the mireft of Metals ; is a Friend to the hungry & the naked ; introduces you at Levees, or pro cures vou 'a Place at Court, and is nef bad Companion on a- Journey yet take it ; fine and refine it ad infinitum I fhall never thinfc it -haslariy other yaluc than what-it derives from the Ufe-one xaakesof ic ; neither is this opinion -anxcecntric Creation of my Brain ; it is a Doctrine taught by -the Ancients, anJ, in particular, by a yery celebrated one, whofe Works will be royefed until Time lhall de vour them, and all fublunary Things ; or un til Learning and Knowledge are treated lilce Jkf ice and HoMeJty, and banifhed the World. Another Authority might be produced in Favor of it but cuftom, which changes aU inoft ths Ycry Nature of many things, has re prefented'that Authority as wefely fabulous' i befides, the ancient WritervjujJ.;now alludexl to, obferves, with great Propriety, that Things ftcredare not to be fported.with ....But, to, get tkii golden Affair off my Hands as expe ditioufly.as pofllble, fhall make free with bme Yerles, which were wrote upon this ve- j ry fubjeci by ne of the Carelefs-Family,when ! he had not wherewithal to buy himlelf a Din ner. They are not very poetic, ''tis true ; yet they 'exprefs my Sentiments more explicitly than can do in 10 many words. I l The fplendii rich unenvied I behold, Nor racks my font a bafe delire of Gold. Give me a mintj Cerent and chcaiful ITeilth ; . Unenvied let dull Mifers hoari their Wealth. . I Dttctlci be ike Wretch, who crams hii Store, . t From Thirft of Gain, with ill-get, ufelefs Ore. when the unfriend - Mifanthropy in a Liht much lefs deteftable than 7 had ever, till that! i moment, feen it in ; yer, ; be fore my Heart could dc prevauea upon to aaopt tnat aiaoqliral Principle, p relented EttfebiKsbtiortM c. ..: How m. k ii a mr i 1 u L mm. k a wi a k . akaktt4i w 1. -r r aav r " i J' y. naHr ire f Y.. nf.ffl;A;ftH I .5 ' : ) I! f " i rTKt .L, i LJ ... TT 'i:J.l ': 111 ...J-J-i'-t j x mi v-naiij'cu my uaicu, wniv-n .was. et but in Embryo, into Co mpafTioh ah$l piitlMe m luicmoie gooa nymor wun: jmanKina lent ideavJAfpasia,ij.Gene;roiw though . fhcSluhath eight Times performed1 tits annual Louritqund this our olobe, fincc thv. Snirit. ielcrt frnm its Prifon hrre. rtJ . mi ritmmm CI- . " i i " A. ! I M. i f I iAIIl . . . ' 5iicu 115 native okics. yci ilhj, uuj,. art- incjn oenr i nrn vip. ami: wirn nparr-tpir intr do hail thofe nciderits in which J recognize; 1 nee a Keconection orjtnaneaiure, wnica fparkled in ; her Eyes when! SHe fiicvved me Vindication of a Charadleir which we; broth reit vered, and which Malice! -Had endeavored xx (lain ; baniflied from my! Heart every illibe ral dea, and Tcurfed m)i;fejf, j itt the .'bittereflS': of terms, for having indulged; or thought off mdui ging, fuch unmanly. Sentiments ; and I m a-k. . i- ' 1 a .s " $ lwore (an Uatfu which: li intend to oblen c moft facredly) that, rather than harbor them the ninety- ninth Part oft a: Second, I would' chearf ully expofe myfelf tb thej Deceptions &ff ImpofitUns of all the Peudoiftlt in the World. ! rr----fiiiu iucn, aias mere are to diigracing Humanity, the. Earth.'3 ii r ;;.- be founds- corner of " . ST Thje.' report ;of. the iSnialliPok: bcirigfi ! this Town is without Fouadation. : ft WILMINGTON; (CApi-rkAR) printed ' ' ADAM Rnvn :. HI;-- !-. I,!,; J Ncc Dcus lnttrftt &c it 1 v,. 4
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