. Thackerayana;. se eyes are fixed upon them. Bythis means, my petitioners say, they find themselves grow insen-sibly less offended, and in time enamoured of these their is required of me on this occasion is, that as I love andstudy to preserve the better part of mankind, the females, I wouldgive them some account of this dangerous way of assault; againstwhich there is so little defence, that it lays ambush for the sightitself, and makes them seeingly, knowingly, willingly, and forciblygo on to their own captivity. The naturalists tell us that therattlesnake will fix himself under
. Thackerayana;. se eyes are fixed upon them. Bythis means, my petitioners say, they find themselves grow insen-sibly less offended, and in time enamoured of these their is required of me on this occasion is, that as I love andstudy to preserve the better part of mankind, the females, I wouldgive them some account of this dangerous way of assault; againstwhich there is so little defence, that it lays ambush for the sightitself, and makes them seeingly, knowingly, willingly, and forciblygo on to their own captivity. The naturalists tell us that therattlesnake will fix himself under a tree where he sees a squirrelplaying; and when he has once got the exchange of a glancefrom the pretty wanton, will give it such a sudden stroke on itsimagination, that though it may play from bough to bough, andstrive to avert its eyes from it for some time, yet it comes nearerand nearer, by little intervals looking another way, until it dropsinto the jaws of the animal, which it knew gazed at it for no other. 264 THA CKERA YANA. reason but to ruin it. I did not believe this piece of philosophyuntil the night when I made my observations of the play of eyes atthe opera, where I then saw the same thing pass between anogler and a coquette. No. 146. The Tatter.—March 16, 1710. Intrust thy fortune to the Powers above;Leave them to manage for thee, and to grantWhat their unerring wisdom sees thee want:In wisdom as in greatness they excel;Ah ! that we lovd ourselves but half so well !We, blindly by our headstrong passions led,Are hot for action, and desire to wed ;Then wish for heirs, but to the gods aloneOur future offspring and our wives are known. Juv. Sat. Dryden. As I was sitting after dinnerin my elbow-chair, I took upHomer, and dipped into thatfamous speech of Achilles toPriam,* in which he tells himthat Jupiter has by him twogreat vessels, the one filled withblessings, and the other withmisfortunes; out of which hemingles a composition for everyman that comes into the wo
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