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Volume X.}
DESULTORY.
The uneasiness and disgust of female i
Cowardice.
From ihi Rambler.
Sir—l am a young gentleman
at my own difpol'al, with a consid
erable estate ; and having palled
through the common forms of ed
ucation fpenr lome time in tan ign
countries, and made myfelf dldin
guilhed since my icturn in the po
lirefl company. I am now arrived
at that v : t i.f -l in which every
man : .xpeCted to fettle and pro
vide i<T the continuation of his
lineage. I withflood for fame time
the felicitations and remonft ranees
c* mv aunts and uncles, but at last
v perfujeied to vifu Anthea, an
1 ocb. whole land lies contiguous
t > nroc and whole birth and beauty
are without nbjrfticn Our triends
declan it v vere born fur ca* h oth
er; all? 1 eo: both (ides who had
no int tin hit deiing our union
contr ed to nr'mete it, and
were ■: fp?’ ngt hurry us into ma
t-’mony h tore we had an opportu-
Tt>'v of knowing one another. I
v J h >w.vcr too old to he given a
way without my own con Cent; and
having happened to pick np an op
inion which to many of tnv relations
fcenied extremely odd, that a man
might be unhappy with a large el
talc, determined to obtain a nearer
knowlcdg. of theperfon with v.hom
I was to p.ifs the remainder of my
time. To prorraft the courtship was
bv no means difficult, ior Anthea
had a wonderful facility of evading
qutJoons which I leldom rep< a f ed,
and of heanrg approaches which
I had r■ • gttar tag. rnefs to press.
Thu* the time pa fled away in vi
sits and civilities without ahy ardent
ptofeflions of lovcor formal offers
oi settlements. I often attended
her to public places ; in which as
is well known, all behavior is so
much regulated by custom that very
lirtfa iong’ r can be gained into the
privyh character, and therefore I
was n t yet abic to inform mylelf
ofh humor and inclinations.
A f lalt 1 ventured to prop afa to
her to make one of a small pa;:/
ad iprnd a day in viewing a feat
and gardens a few miles riiftmt ;
and having upon her compliance
coli’ ‘fed the rest of the company,
lb ug! r ‘ the hi >ur a coach which
and borrowed from an acquaint
ance, having delayed to bay one ,
myfelf till l (hould have an oppor- 1
tunity of taking the lady’s opinion
icr whole ufa it was intended. An- 1
rhea came down, hut as sh. was go t
ing to step into the coach (fa; ted
back with great appearance otter- *
ror and fold us that she durfl net
enter, for the {hocking color of the
lining had so much the air of the
mousing coach in which (he fol
low •; her aunt’s funeral three y.ars..
brfo*e that (he (hould never base
her poor dear aunt out of her head.
1 knew that it was not for loves
t * Me with tVir miftrtff ; 1
Therefore If fi: k the coach a-u J
gut anurur mo: * gay, Into t’is
‘•kv ar .•—r tv v -rr rng^
[:* A V- ,*A fa ? ra A; ft ifo ,3
hst ad V; ‘ ‘•iV E fra I* w l
m r ri % i a a 1; KK,,
iV A ,# JL A A V 1:1 *L 35
WASHINGTON. TGzxr.it) Phivtcu tvsistv for SARAH MLLHCUSfc.
v.e ail entered, the coach tran b-gan
to drive, and we were amufiing
curfelves with the expectation., ot
ot what we lhould fee, when, upon
a mail inclination of the carriage,
Anthea fereamed out that we were
overthrown. W were obliged >
fix all our attention upon her, whit h
(lie to >k care to keep up by renew
ing her outcries nt every corner
where we had oct alien to turn : at
intervals (lie entertained us with
; fretful complaints of the uneasiness
• ol the coach, arid obliged me to call
j several times on the coachman to
take care and drive without jolting.
The poor fellow endeavoured to
please us and therefore moved very
(lowly, till Anthea found out that
this pace would only keep him
longer on she (lories, and defm and
that I would order him to make
moic fpecd. He whipped his h'-rf
. es, the carriage j ltd again, and
Anthea very complailatitly told ua
how much (lie repented that (he
made one of our company.
At last wc got into a imooth road
and began to think our difficulties
at an end ; when on a hidden An
thea saw a brook before us which
five could not venture to p i r s. Wc
were therefore obliged to • f,
that we might walk - vet tin- V;<i>;e;
but when we came to it we f u* and ft
so narrow that Anthea durst not 1 *
her foot upon it, and was ronmnr,
after l>ng confultatfan. to call the
coach back ; and with innumerable
precautions, tcrrois and lamenta
tions, crofled the brook.
Ir was necessary after this delay
to amend our pate, and direffinns
were accordingly given to the coach
man, whdß Anthea informed us
that ir was common far the axle to
catch fire with a quick motion, an 1
brgped of m- to look nut every mi
nut” left wc fhouid all beconfumed.
T was forced to obey, and gave her
from time to lime the moll solemn
declarations ’hat all was fife, and
tha’ I hoped we fhouid reach the
pla-e without losing our lives either
by ft re or wafer.
Thus we parted on over ways foft
and h..rd, with more or with life
fpced, but always with new \icifli
tudes of anxiety. If the ground was
fsard we were jolted ; if fofc we were
finking. If we went fad we fhnuM
be overthrown ; if flnwly we fhoulti
never reach the place.
At length she saw fomethir.g
which she called a cloud, and began
to confidcr that at that time of the
vt:ar it frequently thundered. This
seemed to be the capital terror, for
after that the coach was fuffered to
move on ; and no dinger was
thought too dreadful to b.: encoun- <
tried, provided (he could get into a
house before the thunder.
Thus our whole converfatii n pas- |
fed in dangers, and cares, and fears,
and consolations, and (lories of la
dies dragged in the mire, forced
•so spend all ‘he night on a heath,
dmwned in rivers,_ or burnt with
lightning ; and no (boner had one
hair breadth efaape fat us frte from
one calamity, bv v e ware thri t
---c::sd with aroiber* 1
SATURDAY, OCTOBER k 7, 1310.
At length v.c readied the Louie
where v;o int nded to regale o ;r-
Idvec ; and I prupolod to Am boa
the th iic* ol a great uumber of
difl>es, which the place, bciinr we l 1
provided for eutevraiiuncnr, li:n-
P"i'.-"l to afford, bln ni:..ic !m,:: i
ooj- dio't to every tiling that v;, 1
ffeied ; one tiling she hated at that j
tin*.-: of the year ; aruuher she could
not bear lince she had seen it fpoited ]
at LaJv Feed well’s table : another ;
sh-. was lurt tliey could drels at ‘
this houfc ; and another flic could
not touch without French sauce.
At last she fixed mind upon fal
ir.on, hut tlure was no fairnon in
the h ’ufa; however pro
• ured with g’>-at exp’ Jitlon ; and
when it came to the table, she found
tr.ar her fright had taken away her
(tomach, w hich indeed (he thought
no great loss, for (he could never
believe that any thing at an inn
Could be cleanly got.
D nncr was now over, and the
company proposed, lor I was now
part the condition of making over
tum, that we (huuid puriue our
original design ct visiting the gar
dens. Anthea declared th :t (Ire
could not inv.gi.ie what plrafure
w cr • - r s -J ir n th:* fight of %
fi w g:ee .f: • .. .i a :i tie :>.-.H*t!,
and two or h*. •n< cl cfa ,r v.-it
er ; r 1 1 r, * fu hei pi * (in*ha*ed v.lik
ing tib the coil of ihe even;; r, r*ud
though* i* very !lk-‘y to r t -i*. ;m I
again wi*hed that the had H*id at
home. W then reconciled our
falves to our difappuinmenf, and
b-‘gan to talk on summon (übj ft ~
when Anthea told uv that fiace we
came to fee the gardens, she would
not hinder our {.tishftio Wt
a’l rose, and walk and through the in
clofurcs for fc*-n. time with no o-
trouble than ’he neeeflpy of
watching left a f fti-nld hop a
crofa the way, V -efi Anth?a ?ol j
us would certainly kid her, if the
fhouid happen to fee him.
Frogs, as it fill our, there were
none ; but when wc were \vith‘n a
furlong of the gardens, Anthea saw
fome sheep, and !:ea’ and the wether
clink his be 11, which she was certain
was no: hung upon him !. r nothing,
and therefore no r.fl.iranees n >r in
fre.tties sh ul i prevail cn !v.-r to < >
a step farther; (!) - was forrt- t-> dis
appoint the company, but her Ufa
was dearer to her than ceremony.
We came b;'*~k to th ■ >nn ; and
Anthea now dilcovcred that there
was nr> time to be loft in rt turning,
f >r the night would come upon us,
atid a thoufaud ’nisfortunes might ■
happen in the dark, ihe horses
were immediately harnessed ; and i
Anthea having wondered what
could leduce her to (tay ‘olong. was
eager to fat our. Hut w h I now
anew facile of terror ; ev *. y man
we saw was robber, att-.i we were
ordered fomentin': !> chive hard,
left a traveller wborn ■■:c law hi <tin I
ihouldo*. . ;d.e us; r*:;.l fome:i:’u s
so fton, left we sh :dd coin .\o t a
him v.-ho was pcifiMg btb're ih.
She alarmed many an ho->. ’ min,
by beg* ing Lor. t ,-.••• • ;
bv palfad i> v t l '” <*• -H li ; o: ‘d. -.- v
ha,j yearly.
i"Nt?r.:sga r, 0.
j :• a into Tiftccn quarrels wl.ii
j i'.ns v. !;o it:c:r:iie:l her f. i•> 7
j kindly ttoppSru* to a:iq lire v. • ■ • ,
: they could alLil 1. At laii v*.. j
1 came home; and (he told h-. r cc;n-l
1 pany next day what a pkafunt
j ft) • had Dan taking.
i iuppi-fo, fir, I need n> t enquire I
j of you what deductions may !><?
made from tlna narrative, r.c-r what
j huppinek; can aiii'e from tiic- f .
j ry of that woman who m iiai-.e-.
’ cowardice for elegance, and irna
incs all delicacy to Jeon lift in ref til
ing to be pleated.
lam, &c.
Ani op Dr. Frakki.iit.J
From Thor,hu*s inten ding Hi.: ry of\
Feinting, just published. I
Soon atttr the eftablij'nrcnt c f {
his paper, (Anno 1728; a p lea j
bri ’t him apiece which be t.-qsi 1
te*, him to puulilhin the Pcnnly.va
nia (idZctti, now the ulued n- wf
paper in the United States. I', wik
lin dtlired mat ‘he piece might be
leit ior his consideration until n. xjM
day, when he would give- a:;
iwer.— The p: 1 (on rrtuitied at
:• appointed, and rc'CchedjtfH
ir . .-:: k :i: :* CV. • - |HH||
, . ..
De ilsus and dif.m.r..-
To determine u.‘.< t"-_r !
lifli it nut, 1 ne-iit ta.'l-.ic m
evening, purchairc a tv.<> p. v.-m/k
bui-.:_c ..n 1 V.: 1
from pump m.uit n,y
I then wtappvj i.i\lt it up
great 1 oaf aftd iafd down upen
floor and slept till morning, when 1
on another loaf and a mug of water |
I made iuy breakfait. From tl.is
regimen l frel no iaconveni"’! e
whatever. Finding I ran b 1
tf*’ maimar, l have farmed a <ie
tctir.u.utif'n ti 1 v" to pro:.os-ft my
press to rb. p: .->o(e of cirri' ;i : 1 t
and abuse of tin ii n A. fir th* fa. e m
oi gjining a n<cre condoriahle lur>-
filtence.” g
The foilc.wir g in.'rrlp
tion is ov r th. dour -t a houle in
a (mail village in the ifi-r t Illy.— i
4 Shaving edit- at a penny each—- 1
11. . re oi “J ar.d pm.*:ertd ir-ro the |
hargiu—O! Ic. r; doing, Riting ami |
Speiin taut accoi\!ing ?. fiv ri-'-; : 1
Grantor, and keiu ta’-dn of t'<.;■-*.
tr.o r ? ! s at 0>! a wei k —M. ti. % i •
fn\’s C ord.al, F.i'd rurca, R i.i
it-ruis, P< t'os irui g. and o;h. r
Gardin (toss to be i>ld by th ir
humbic lervanr, James Grur*..
Freer, a late London paper.
G EKER.iL Saxxaz/::.
A l.ftcr has been publiih. 1 i--
the Fiench papers from ti>- >■ i<*
or Ctn. Sarrazin, to Gen. Y,:n
(’ .)• ii.-c, davd Rifle, .!mit>,
which dates that Sarrazm h' 1 beea
i a date nf deiangeuteiu h r K verv
vr.irs, and to this fl:v attribut.s hi;
del. r 1 >n ‘tirri Fiance. Sac: - ■;
what property h * >:< t *r:*l n:r>v :
left 1,-hr <i him at Bt-k-gne, oil r
. *? (he a:i ‘ ‘ ‘c:
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