is mixed with a powder, which drives the infpiration into the head, and prevents it from paffing off below. Young fellows of vivacity may be fupplied with a fufficient quantity of deifm to make a figure with at the coffee-house, without the pains of reading a fyllable of Bolinbroke and Voltaire, by drinking his new invented bottled beer.

The elegant, clear, and expreffive writer, who occupies fo great a part of the Magazine, is invited to purchafe fome of his double refined aerial, frothy beer, by which he will be enabled to continue his mafterly Effay forever, without the trouble of thinking.

As the war is now happily conclu. ded, the fubfcriber fuppofes that the beaux of the town will wish to make a difplay of their courage. He undertakes therefore to furnish them with enough of that article for the writing of a challenge, by felling them a compofition of dog's flesh and bull's blood.

The fubfcriber hopes the ladies will favour him with their commands; for he engages to fupply them not only with washes for their skin, but with coquetry, fentiment, and as much knowledge, as may be neceffary for them. He has a large affortment of the lateft novels, which are the only articles in his flore, that are not eatable. The reafon of this is, that the ladies read these books, not for the fake of obtaining food for the mind, but from mere amusement.

It would be tedious to enumerate all the other fentimental meats and intelle&ual viands, contained in his fore. The fubfcriber hopes that enough has been faid, to induce perfons of all ages and characters to become his cuftomers. He promifes them the moft civil reception, and affures them that the leaft favour fhall be gratefully acknowledged by their moft obedient fervant,

I

For the BOSTON MAGAZINE.

To HARRY INCONSTANT. AM very forry to find your love fo changeable, and of fo many different complexions. Today you love Mrs. Arabella, for no other reason, than because the flatters you. Poor inducement indeed! To-morrow Belinda's sprightlinefs and wit nips off the bud of your former paffion. Eliza then engroffes your attention; or, to fpeak more properly, Eliza's mouth, for you fay her conftant filence renders a fight of her heart impoffible. Delia, Sophia, Maria, Candida, Fanny, Harriot, Paftorella and Angelina, by turns have had your affections; yet ftill you remain changeable; fuffer then a lady to give you a little advice. Fix not your thoughts on mere beauty; for one who is celebrated for a handfome face too commonly neglects her mind; and though he may glitter a while among the polite, and be efteemed for external appearances, yet as the flower which to day appears in all its beauty, is to-morrow fript of its attractive powers, fo the, being deftitute of an anchor to fecure her when old age approaches, is neglected and forgotten.Love founded on an objet which has nothing but beauty to recommend it, is as a sparkling meteor that attracts the beholder at a diftance, and on a nearer view is found to be nought but a vapour. Such love as this, fays a certain author,

"At fight of human ties,

"Spreads its light wings, and in a "moment flies."

Whereas love, founded on virtue calls forth the latent excellencies of the mind, and, like the loadftone, attracts itself to the object beloved. It is an heavenly paffion implanted in the human breast by our Creator, begetting in us focial harmony, humanizing and meliorating our hearts, blunting the edge of every misfortune in life. As a clear fun fhining day cheers and regales us, fo does love founded on virtue, brighten every commendable quality in the object beloved.

This

paffion

paffion, when it has for its fupport interpal excellencies, is replete with every blifs. Let your choice then be the refult of prudence, reflection and difcernment. Ruth, by no means, into a condition which must be either happy or miferable, without fully viewing it on every fide. For happinefs cannot exift with a coquette, prude, or beauty, whole attention is wholly taken up with her person. I by no means with to depreciate external charms, or to deprive them of their due value. They are worthy our efteem, but fland in need of other auxiliaries to fupport them. Beauty and good breeding ferve to fet off virtues; but their is a miterial difference be tween virtue and beauty. The first will fupply the place of the latter, when the latter divefted of the former's charms, cannot fecure the affections of men of fenfe. Reason, with all her pretenfons, is not fufficient to footh`our diftrefs, when joined to those who, inftead of exerting themfelves to soften our disappointments in this thorny life, interrupt thofe few hours which it is in their power to render happy by a fweetness of behaviour, rendering that time, which might otherwise be a calm, a conftant hurricane, and driving that man, who would elfe be attached to home, to feek for happi nefs abroad, thus weaning him from a domeftic life, he returns to his houfe Beware with difguft and reluctance. when you engage in hymen's bands, that you do not get fhipwreck'd on the rocks of beauty.

AMELIA.

mas,which are fynonimous)are not defigned either to flatter or fatirize; but to show the ingenuity of the writer and reader. From this motive, and this only, I fend you the following Enigmatical Bill of Fare, and if you think fit to infert it, in your next Magazine, it is probable you may amufe fome of your readers; but if you judge otherwife, and reject it, you will not difplease a new

CORRESPONDENT.

An Enigmatical Bill of Fare, for an Election Dinner.

VEGETABLES.

9. The tail of an horfe.

10. A bag to put money in, and a narrow freet.

11. A fwine, and a garment worn by widows.

12 An American general, a confonant, and what the difcontented fel dom know.

of joys:

wry,

Who can't a jeft, or hint, or look endure;

What is he? What? Touch paper to be fure.

What are our poets, take 'em as they fall,

Good, bad, rich, poor, much read, not read at all?

Them and their works in the same claf's you'l find;

They are the mere wafte paper of mankind.

Obferve the maiden, innocently fweet!

She's fair white paper, an unfollied fheet,

On which the happy man whom fate ordains,

May write his name, and take her for his pains.

One inftance more, and only one I'll bring,

'Tis

the great Man, who scorns a little thing;

Whofe thoughts, whofe deeds, whofe maxims are his own, Form'd on the feelings of the heart alone ;

True genuine royal paper is his breaft,

Of all the kind moft precious, pureft,

beft.

Ode to Fortitude.

HAIL, brightest virtue of the

mind!

throughout

Qur choiceft good below:

Thou

Thou com'ft the fighing heart to cheer, To wipe from forrow's eye the tear, And fill the voice of wo.

Mild offspring of philofophy!
Hail, form ferene! All hail to thee!
Where, where doft thou refide?
Retir'd within the hermit's cell,
Dost thou with contemplation dwell?
Or grace the monarch's fide?

You taught the Fabii how to die,
And bad a Regulus defy

The rage of Punic bands. By thee infpir'd, fern Brutus views His dying fons their blood diffufe,

While nature thiv'ring stands.

Nor only to the ftoic mind,
Or Roman breast art thou confin'd,

Behold in youth's gay morn, A blooming martyr join the dead, Nobly refign her guiltless head,

And ev'a thy name adorn..

Review th inftru&tive British page,
The annals of a Mary's rage,

To Heav'n exalt thy fame. Serene in death, fee Cranmer fland, Like Matin's raife th'apoftate hand,

And brave th'infatiate flame.

On PEACE.

J. M.

HRICE happy days, when

TH jocund hand in hand,.

Freedom and Peace fmil'd wanton thro' the land;

When Albion's fons ne'er liberty with flood,

Or dy'd the well worn blade in brother's blood.

Fam'd for her power, fhe kept the world in awe,

Nor lefs rever'd for juftice than for war,

She conquer'd mighty empires by her (word,

And by her juftice made them love their Lord.

When juftice call'd, each valiant son arofe,

Caught the broad Faulchion, and difpers'd ber foes.

This done, the drew the hoftile fteel