Miscellanea aurea: or, The golden medley : Consisting of I A voyage to the mountains of the moon .. II The fortunate shipwreck, or, A description of New Athens .. VII An account of bad and good women, ancient and modern Among which is the story of the Spartan dame, the subject of Mr Southern's play With several other epistolary essays in prose and verse: . nfi /«,as often over as it is daily repeated in the Of-fices of the Church, and at the fame timemake your Husband turn out of Doors the near-eft Relation he has in the World, without anyMeans of Support, either to Starve or take 111-Courfes,
Miscellanea aurea: or, The golden medley : Consisting of I A voyage to the mountains of the moon .. II The fortunate shipwreck, or, A description of New Athens .. VII An account of bad and good women, ancient and modern Among which is the story of the Spartan dame, the subject of Mr Southern's play With several other epistolary essays in prose and verse: . nfi /«,as often over as it is daily repeated in the Of-fices of the Church, and at the fame timemake your Husband turn out of Doors the near-eft Relation he has in the World, without anyMeans of Support, either to Starve or take 111-Courfes, meerly out of Revenge for fuch a Pec-cadillo, as the not admiring your Beauty, andto refufe all Manner of Acknowledgment andSubmiilion that he can poffibly make you ? ButI am preaching to the Winds, not expecting tomove you m the leaftj for iince you fear Godfo little C^9] little as to dare his Vengeance, and are no moretouchM with the Precepts of the Gofpel, I canexped no happy Event of my Endeavours. Iintend therefore very fpeedily to come to Town;and if I prevail not with your Husband in yourNephews behalf, I will at leall have the Satif-fadion in pulling off your Vizor, and fhow toall your Acquaintance how little you defervewhat you fo much endeavour to obtain -, I meanthe Name of a godly and religious Woman. SoI bid you adieu. Joshua [70] ;«j^ (A^f^ ^^y-j ct:s»^ i^w: LETTER VIII. On the Love of our Country, Vmcit Amor Patria — NefciOy qua Nat ale Solum Dulcedine cunciosMukety & Jmmemores ncn finit ejfefui. To John Modernal Efq-, to be left at ManjCoffee-Houfej Charing-Crofs. Sir, I A M very glad to hear by yours of the15 th, that you ajre got into a very noblePoll in the Government, and I dont quelHonbut that you will behave yourfelf (o well in it,that youll convince all Men you perfedly welldefervd it. You have imposd a Task upon me,which I cannot fo well difcharge, as the Impor-tance of it, in my Opinion, requires; becaufeI am here in the Country entirely
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