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Would to Heireft, (kid !, that ! could
talk with her ; but, alas 1 I cannot!—My
heart malted within me; and I insensibly
eflafped my hands together. The poor lady
happened to observe this; and looking up at
to, (he fouhd my eyes at wet as her own.
JShe was evidently surprised at this; and,
putting Hfcr right hand Oh her h?ai*t, (tie bow
ed lowly to me; but with a look of mod
earned inquiry. I returned this bow with
both my bands upon my heart, and with (uch
gestures as I thought mod expreflive of my
feelings.
It is iukpofflble to deferibe the heavenly
sweetness, which, at that moment, appeared
an every feature of her face. She firft looked
it me; then railed her eyes upwards to Hea
ven, repeated a few words with great fer
vency, and then made me another bow.
< Tell me not, ye Materialists, of the rap
tures of sense —I would not exchange the en
foyment of that (ingle moment, for all the
pleasures that the senses, in any age, Can
jfield.— .
; other incident was this—A yoring gen
tleman, with much diffidence and doubt in his
look*£ presented a paper, on which he had
written something, to a mod lovely nymph ;
or, as they fay here, a beautiful rose-bud just
beginning to bloorii; and who was diverting
berfelf with a tamed Arccudale. %.
The lady ran her eye over the paper;
blushed, and, with a sweet smile, offered to
teturn it. But upon the gentleman*s faying
a few words, with refpeftful earnestness, (lie
recalled her hand, with the paper in it; and
be retired with an assured air, and hAppincfs
in his looks.
My friend, being told of these incidents,
applied to the ladies, who << were very hap
py that they had it in their power to oblige
me.”
The papers being tranftated, and redd, I
bowed to the two ladies, whose eyes had been
fixed on me, whilst I was rea :ing, totranflatc
my looks.
» Curiosity fetdom deeps; and, if we but
std out duty, it will be at last, the source of
fleaftire that we have but very little notion
of now—
This led to a convention which I thonght
too diort; but which readers would think too
long* The sweet accempanyiuent of looks
and voice, rauft be loft in the recital.
The daughter of sorrow took a paper out
of her pocket book, and presenting it to me,
* begged that I would keep it, that (he might
bave the pleasure of thinking, I /ometimet re
membered her, and her afflictions.”
This was too great an honor; and I desired
the lady might be informed that I found it
would be impossible for me not to
thiuk of her very often: and that my heart
was not so ungrateful as to fuffer ablence or
time to efface the impressions it that day re
ceived: _
The Belplaiffaire instantly left her feat, and
gave me her right hand to kift!—lt was an
instance of refptft. The rofe-bntt followed
ber, example; so I hided their hands twice;
and kneeling down upon ene knee, I prayed
Heaven to comfort the one, and to lift up the
light of His countenance on them both, and
make them forever happy.
They dill left their hands with me; £*nd
not knowing well what I (bould do, I kissed
them again ; and wi(hed, with some gaiety,
and much earnestness, that * * • *
When the aft of devotion waa explained,
they were seriously affefted, and looked thanks.
But when the wilh was explained,—a score
of finer hands, than pencil ever drew, were
instantly presented.
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§ A littli woods animab
Th» MEIPLJJSS AlßE’t Trtfiu.
Refieflion! on tbit death'of ms dear abd wortfaf
friend, S. Q. D. Albantoi/e .
LIKE Niobe, ye fair, come every one;
Ccme,. mourn with mi! Our lovely
filler's gone t
From every eye, be tears incessant (hed:
Stella, alas!.the virt'ous* Stella’s dead!
From every heart. Jet sighs succeed toughs ;
-SteHy the good- breathlefs’liea!
Adieu, ye splendid feenes, that Ztiafty’d
before,
Your charms are 1011, now Siella is no more.
Mourn —mourn, ye fair, with deep-felt
furrow mourn;
The fwdeteft rote is from the duller torn!
Graceful her person; graceful too her mien:
Her afpeft chearful, modest, and serene.
Courteous to all; unwilling to offencf:
A sweet companion, and a faithful friend.
Patient of fuff , rings--arm , d with faith, her
mind.
To Heaven’s decrees was piouHy refign’d.
In that dread hour, when death m ost Item
appears 1 ,
Calm was her foul, umouch'd with guilty
fears.
FofteYs’d of all that constitutes true worth;
A spotless pilgrimage (lie made on earth;
And now lhe’s gone to cvcrlafting rerf,
Rever’d by all, and by the needy bleft.
Mourn; iflourrf, fc fair* with deep-felt
furrow mourn ;
The sweetest rose is from the duller torn !
Yet hopeless, let’s not mourn, ye gene rod's
fair;
Nor lose our blifsful profpefts in despair.
Rather, her bright example in our view,
Let us, like her, virtue’s fair paths pursue:
That having trod the paths which flic hath
trod »
vur foul*, like hef’i, may fearlefis meet
their God:
And fly from all the hollow joys below,
Where pleasures ever new unceafmg flow.
There, fir’d with love divine, (agloriofce
flame!) 1
We’ll Hallelujahs sing to His blell name,
Whogracious bow’d death’s power to controul,
And raise to biifs our never dying foul!
Transporting thought! Let this our minds
inspire,
Till, death o’ercomej we join the immortal
Choir!
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P A R I Qftoler ao.
LETTERS from different seaports men
tion, that there are arriving daily (hips
from New-Foundland, laden With cod; 12000
seamen at lcatt have been employed i n this
filhery this year, who are looked upoa as the
very belt in our navy.
F E > it.
*"* ir Noble and Great MightinelTes re
solved On the izth inst. that the persons r«-
presented by her RoyalHighnefs as the authors
and accomphlhers 0 f the iufult offered her
(hall be and remain fdr ever dismissed from
all their polls in the government, and that
notice of the fame be given to the Burgoma
llers and Regents of the cities of frort, Haer
lem, Leyden, Amsterdam, Gouda,* arid Aik
maar, in the regencies of which provinces
those persons are, or in whose service they
may have been; and like wife to the Burgo
maftersand Regents ofWoerdens concerning
the person of Cofterus, charging and autho
rifing them in a special manner to execute
the above immediately and Without delay.
An extra** of this will be likcwifc sent to the
persons named to serve them as notice.
November 15. The Lords the States Ge
« i. WI ? ihe Stlte Counc *l» a nd the States
of Holland and Weft FiUflud, held a £*.
tTaordinary AlTembly tail Saturday in
evening, on account of the news of a reva’g
in the town of Bois le Due, the particuiarc
of which are not yet known. A battalion <jf
the Dutch guards have marched to that plate!
Nov., 16. The following are some of the
particulars Os the news received from Boi*
Due : That place had been hitherto prefervefi
from pillage, while other towns exhibited
feenes of plunder and outrage: But a new
garrison having entered, the military, as
they have done at other places, were guilty
of great excesses, an example which the mob
~ lboir began to follow: The rioters began on
the sth inst. by breaking* *fv.v-.sLyr» offcu,
veral houses; the plunder soon became gene
ral; many citizens, merchant? as Well at
Others, were robbed of all—gold, silver, move
ables, merchandise, drefa, plate, Bec. This
horrid outrage lasted for three days successive
ly. Tbe fame riots took place in some town*
of Zealand, partly occasioned by the military,
and partly by the populace. Zuriczec is aU
most entirely ruined v
December if: We learn Baron Lynden,
Envoy Extraordinary from their High Mighti
neflesthe States General at the Court of Lon
don, is recalled; and that Coufft Weldcrcn 1
v iV to succeed him.
LON D OT'I December 24.
The Emperor is large arm#
in Moravia. The vicinity of Moravia to
Silesia, alarms the Court of Berlin for the fafe
ty of the latter province,
Yesterday an ex£refi was received by the
Ruffian M unite r; containing the particular*
of a late fkirmilh between a detachment of
the late Turkifli army, and a Ruffian garrifoa
near the Black sea, the circumstances of which
are limilar to a former action. The Turks '
landed in the night; With a view of surprising
the enemy, when the Imperials made a Tal
ly, and cut the besiegers to pieces; a fevt
only being enabled to retreat to their (hip.
By letters from Paris we leam, that alt
the articles proposed in favor of theProteftant*
have been passed by Parliament,Except three',
whicbare referred to a committee.
The reftgnation of Lord Mansfield, it was
yesterday currently reported* Would take
place in a few day*.
- lc “ c " from Confiantinople we learn,
that in addition to the melancholy news of
the plague having made its appearance in the
suburbs of Pera, and the foreign Miniftera
refidmg there being retired to their country
houses, famine was beginning to threaten the
inhabitants of that city, as the merchandize
and proVifions they bad been accustomed to
wceive from tfe coaila Os Affa by merchant
ftnps that came by the Black Sea, were en*
nrcly cut of, if they dared to appear, by the
Ruffian cruizers. On she other fide, the pro-
Vificjns whidr they used regularly to receive
from Moldavia, Bulgaria, and all Beffarabia.
were bought up for the numerous troops af
fcmbled in those provinces;
_ A morning paper gift, the following ar,
tide ol intelligence, dated Parie, Decembe*
— * ILlj. ' • '
V aI1 «nce between Russia, France *
and Auftna, is absolutely signed, and a tem
porary peace will be obtained in a very (hurt
period between Russia and the Porte; the
Emperor has announced it already as good at
concluded;
“ J hi * formidable alliance is offenfivc and
defensive, and will include Spain ; it is also
presumed, that Portugal, Sweden, the State*
of America, aud Poland, will be joined ia
this powerful confederacy, which has for ite
objed a free trade with their refpeftive (hip
ping in their own bottom* to every part of
the world. r
\ “ Th * Frcnch . have remitted upwards of *
our millions of livres to embody and incor
porate the late disbanded regiments in the
fcmcc of Holland, who will bo comauadej