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Poetical Essays in FEBRUARY, 1754.

Here should we fail, fome other shape we'll try,
And grace our futurefcenes, with novelty.
I have a plan to treat you with Burletta,
That cannot miss your tafte, Mia Spilletta.
But fhould the following piece your mirth excité,
From nature's volume, we'll perfift to write.
Your partial favour bad us firfi proceed;.
Then fpare the offender fince you urg'd the deed.

ADVICE to MENALCAS:
Or, Rules for taking a WIFE.
[F thou would'st have a confort good
and true,
[through?

I'

To trace with thee life's circling mazes
Confider well what thou'rt about to do:
For on thy prefent choice, of "with'd-for
wife,

Depends alone thy happiness of life.

If the is fond of plays or publick fhews,
Or gads from houfe to house with bufy
news;

Or at her toilet does the minutes pass:
Or court her fickle beauty in a glass,

warms;

Tho' the be miftrefs of ten thousand charms,
And brighter than the fun which all things
[nets tune:
Her voice more fweet than warbling lin-
Her breath more fragrant than the rofe of
June,

Yet turn from her in hafte thy eyes, I fay:
O let them never gaze on her, I pray;

But if, my friend, your happy faté fhould
be,

To find a nymph, chafte as Penelope;
Fair as the bluihes of the faffron morn:
Whom all the graces cherish, and adorn,
Who ftudies wifdom, that he may im--
prove
[love

Her mind in virtue, and attain the
Of mortal man; and all the powersabove,
Take her, and for that best of bleffings
given;
[to heaven.
Return with joy, thy humble thanks

On the Death of the Lady of WILLIAM
BASTARD, Efq; of Kitley, Devon.
F all that's good, or amiable could fave
Afingle perfon from the common grave,
We ne'er had had the prefent cause to

mourn,

Nor had our tears bedew'd Aurelia's urn.
The worthy partner of the nuptial state,
Had claim'd exemption from the laws of
fate.
[fight,

The tender miftrefs ftill had blefs'd our
Nor good Aurelia left the realms of light.
The friend, the neighbour, fifter moft
admir'd,

Had ne'er in the full bloom of life expir'd:
But ah! nought made the tyrant death to
fpare,
[prayer.
Nor private welfare, nor the publick
PHILARETUS.

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2

On a Pot of Myrtle being prefented to a young
Lady.

TH

HE myrtle fhall Afpafia grace,
Since Chloe proves unkind ;
Here is its proper refting place,
Far from th' inconftant mind.
'Tis cherish'd here by fenfe and trush,
And asks not Venus' care,
But verdant in perpetual youth;
Shall ever ferve my fair."
Juft emblem of my conftant love,
Oh! may it teach the maid
Never from plighted faith to move;
Then it shall never fade.

To the Memory of CHARLES HOLT, Eft;
Ob. Dec. 19, Et. 19.

IF ought can plead for these imperfe&

And gain attention where no merit shines;
'Tis to thy name, dear Holt, the praise is
due,
[tions you.
That verfe commands respect which men-
At fad remembrance of a name fo dear,
Impatient flows my tributary tear.

For thee, thy friends in direful accents
moan,

In fifters fwelling fobs, and mother's groan;
Thy brothers too, congenial share the woe,
With grief internal, far furpaffing show.
Juft caufe for grief! Such worth we fel-
dom find;

A wit fo lively with fuch temper join'd:
A youth fo good, fo gen'rous, juft and free,
Dawn of each grace refulgent rose in thee;
Of mind and manners eminently great,
In age a child, in fenfe a man compleat.
Oh hapless fate! How fudden fnatch'd
away,

By night obfcur'd, before thy noon of day?
Yet, doubt we not, nor queftion why 'tis fo,
An arm immortal gave the fatal blow.
"Tis ours, in all the various ftrokes of God,
Not to repine, but patient kifs the rod.
Richard Washington.

Faliciffimi funt Pii.

F know you wou'd the joys of life,
Which joys alone the pious claim
Quite free from troubles, ills or ftrife?
Why, learn you must to be the fame.
Foul vice that clogs and hurts the foul,

Muft never reign within thy breast;
"Tis that muft ne'er thy thought controul,
If e'er like them thou wou'dft be bleft.
Then tell me not of joys and blifs,
If they are not with goodness crown'd;
Many are apt to act amifs,

But few for virtue are renown'd.
If fin you'd ceafe but to pursue,

Or fail amid her angry flood;
Then you will own this maxim true,
That thofe are happieft that are good.

The

Poetical ESSAYS in FERBUARY, 1754i

The following lines, to put in a watch-cafe, wrote by a Gentleman.

COU'D

OU'D but our tempers move like this
machine,

Noturg'd by paffions, nor delay'dby spleen;
And true to nature's regulating power,
By virtuous acts diftinguish every hour:
Then health and joy wou'd follow, as they
[thought:
ought,

The laws of motion, and the laws of
Sweet health to pass the present moments
[more.
o'er,
And everlasting joy, when time shall beno

The ENQUIRY.

vain, alas! (do lazy mortals cry)
In vain wou'd wifdom trace the bound-
lefs fky,

Where doubled wonders upon wonders rise,
And worlds on worlds confound our daz-

[Chine? What warms those worlds that fo remotely Andwhat can temperSaturn's frozen clime? Who that beholds the full-orb'd moon arife, That chearful emprefs of the nightly skies; Whowou'd not afk (cou'd learned fages tell) What kind of people on her furface dwell? But there we paufe-Not Newton's art can show

A

A truth, perhaps, not fit for us to know.
How great the pow'r, who gave those
[the foul;
worlds to roll!
The thought strikes inward, and confounds
Fall down, O man-ah fall before the rod
Of this almighty, all-creating God:
But hark from heav'n there came a
[round;
cheering found;
Now man revives, and fmile the worlds a
'Tis mercy--lo a golden ray defcends,
And hope and comfort in the luftre blends.
When from the ftars we turn our aking

[rife ;
eyes,
Toearth we bend them where new wonders
Where life and death the equal scale fuf-

pend,

New beings rising as the former end.
Who not furpriz'd. can trace each juft
degree

From the fwift eagle to the peevish bee;
From the fierce lion that will yield to none,
To the weak mouse that hides her from
the fun!

How near one fpecies to the next isjoin'd,
The due gradations please a thinking mind;
And there are creatures which no eye can
fee,

That for a moment live and breathe likeme:
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Whom a small fly in bulk as far exceeds,
As yon tall cedar does the waving reeds
These we can reach-and may we not
fuppofe
[thofe !
There itill are creatures more minute than
Wou'd heav'n permit, and might our
[hair:
To pierce where comets wave their blazing
Where other funs alternate fet and rife,..
And other moons light up the chearful
ikies :
[purtue,

organs bear

The ravish'd foul might fill her fearch
Still find new wonders op'ning on her

All matter lives, and fhews its Maker's [flower: power; There's not a feed but what contains a Tho' unobferv'd its fecret beauty lies, Till we are bleft with microscopick eyes. When for blue plumbs our longing palate

calls

Or fcarlet cherries that adorn the walls
With each plump fruit we swallow down
[wou'd be
And fo deftroy whole groves that elfe
Aslarge and perfect as thofe hades we fee.

a tree,

Behold yon monster that unweildy laves Beneath the furface of the briny waves: Still as he turns, the troubled fea divides; And rolls in edd es from his flimy fides.

Lefs huge the dolphin to the fun display's
His fcales, and in the smoother ocean plays
Still Jefs the herring and round mackrel
sweep
[deep

The fhallow tide, nor truft the roaring
How far by gradual numberiefs degrees,
The fenfelefs oyster is remov'd from theft.

Who follows nature through her mazy

THE

Monthly Chronologer.

1754. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER.

all, Efq; Rut. James Sifmey, Efq; Shrop. Edward Pemberton, Efq; Somer. Henry Fownes Luttrell, Efq; Staff. Thomas Mills, Efq; Suffolk, William Jenyns, Efq; Southamp. Sir Thomas Heathcote, Bart. Surrey, Henry Talbot, Efq; Suffex, Walter Bartelot, Efq; Warw. Thomas Webfter, Efq; Worceft. Francis Clare, Efq; Wilts, William Phipps, Efq; York. Nathaniel Cholmley, Efq;

For South Wales. Brecon, John Harcourt, Efq; Carm. David Edwards, Efq; Card. John Edwards, Efq; Glamor. Edward Walter, Efq; Pem. Alexander Elliot, Efq; Radnorf. John Bishop, Efq;

For North Wales. Angl. Richard Hughes, Efq; Carnar. Hugh Davis, Efq; Denb. Edward Maddocks, Efq; Flint, Richard Coytmore, Efq; Merion. John Moftyn, Efq; Montg. William Humfreys, Efq;

By the prorogation of the parliament of Ireland, the following bills, which had . been tranfmitted to England by the house of commons, have all mifcarried: An act for the relief of infolvent debtors; for regulating the price and affize of bread, buying and felling all forts of corn and meal, &c. by weight, and for better regulating the market; for the better prefervation of the game; for obliging Arthur Jones Nevill, Efq; (late engineer and furveyor-general) at his own expence, and without any further charge to the publick, to make good the defects in the feveral barracks built, rebuilt, and repaired under his direction; for allowing further time to perfons in offices or employments to qualify themfelves; for continuing and amending, feveral temporary ftatutes; for the more effectual erecting and better regulating free fchools, and for rebuilding and repairing of churches; the tillage act; and feveral others of general importance.

MONDAY, Feb. 4.

Of the 17malefactors condeinned the two laft feffions at the Old Bailey (fee our Mag. for Dec. laft, p. 578, and for Jan. p. 43.) the 12 following were this day executed at Tyburn, viz. Dennis Neale, John Mafon, John Welth, Robert Keys, Grace Grannet, John Smith, Richard Hutton, Willam Ford, Daniel Wood, Joshua Kidden, Thomas Barnard, and William James. The other five, viz. Barnes. Allen, Irons, Richman, and Whitham, were ordered to be tranfported' for life.

The right Hon. the lord mayor held a wardmote at Chrift's hofpital, for the election of an alderman of the ward of Farringdon within, in the room of the late Sir Henry Marshall, knt. deceased, (fee Deaths,) when Richard Sclater, Efq;

deputy thereof, was unanimoufly chofen He afterwards thanked the ward for the honour they had conferred upon him; and feveral of the gentlemen advising him hot to give any entertainment, he acquainted them, that he would give a fum of money to be diftributed amongst the poor housekeepers; which met with univerfal approbation,

MONDAY, IT.

The two princes Corfini, who had been for fome time in England, having taken leave of the foreign ambassadors and minifters, and several other persons of diftinction, fet out this morning for Dover on their return to Rome thro France.

For about a fortnight paft was a harder froft than has been known for fome years. The river Thames, westward, was fo full of ice as to hinder the navigation of barges from thofe parts; and above Kingfton bridge it was fo frozen, that people paffed and repaffed with safety.

WEDNESDAY, 20.

At the anniverfary meeting of the governors of the London Hofpital, the collection amounted to upwards of 1120l.

The christenings in the city of Frankfort, last year, amounted to 1008, the burials to 1097, and the weddings to

192.

The burials in the city of Edinburgh and the West-Kirk parish, amounted laft year to 1105.

FRIDAY, 22.

At a court of common-council at Guildhall, a motion was made, that the refolu tion of the 20th of December, relating to the building of a new bridge from London to Southwark, fhould be repealed, when 93 were for the question and 95 against it. A committee was then appointed, to confit of the aldermen, all the deputies, and one commoner out of every ward, and they were empowered to draw upon the chamberlain to the amount, of 1ool. for any expences that may arife from plans, furveys, &c. for the purpose above-mentioned.

MONDAY, 25.

At a feffions of Admiralty held at Juftice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, the following prifoners were tried, viz. Thomas Haggerston, for the murder of John Johnfon on the high feas; who, after a remarkable trial that held 3 hours, was acquitted. John Lancey and John Lloyd, for burning the fhip Nightingale, in order to defraud the infurers; and Tho. Poe, as an acceffary before the fact: the trial lafted near feven hours. Lancey found guilty; Lloyd acquitted, and Pos laft fpecial.

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MARRIAGES, DEATHS, &c.

A new paper made its appearance this month, entitled, The CONNOISSEUR, by Mr. Town, critick and cenfor-general, to be published every Thursday; which, as we hear, is well received by the publick,

5. John Lane, Efq; to Mifs Jones, youngest daughter to the accomptant general of the bank.

Samuel Bennet Smith, Efq; timbermerchant at Shad-Thames, to Mrs. Thorp of Walthamstow, relict of Thorp,

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Efq; formerly governor of Bombay.

Rev. Mr. Packhurst, eldest son of John Parkhurft, of Catesby in Northamptonfhire, Efq; to Mifs Myfter of Epfom.

7. Charles Jones of Northcomb, in Somerfethire, Efq; to Mifs Jane Lemm..

11. Capt. Leonard Price, to Mifs Beardmore, of Lincoln.

12. Mr. Nathaniel Beard, attorney at Newcastle under Line, to Mifs Trafford.

13. Mr. Owen, goldfmith in Cheapfide, to Mifs Efkrigge, only daughter and heiress of Richard Efkrigge, Efq; fometime high fheriff of Bucks."

16. Rt. Hon. the earl of Rofs, to Mifs Edwards, in Ireland.

18. Robert Thorpe Tarrant, of Fordingbridge in Hampshire, Gent. to Mifs Cawte.

Feb. 9. Lady of the Hon. Capt. Wynyard, delivered of a daughter.

12. Lady of the Hon. Sir John Danvers, Bart. of a daughter.

21. The lady of Charles Frederick, Efq; furveyor-general of the ordnance, of

a ion.

16. The Lady of John Gibbons, Efq; of a fon.

Jan. 26.1

'D'

Feb.

DEATHS. R.Robinfon, an eminent phyfician in Ireland.

28. Hon. lady Anne Van Kepple, eldest daughter of the earl of Albemarle.

29. Mrs. Short, reli&t of George Short, of Eaft-Keal in Lincolnshire, Efq; and one of the daughters of the late Sir John Tyrwhitt, of Stainfield in the fame county, Bart. She was buried in the fame grave with her late husband in the church of St. James's, Clerkenwell.

30. Mifs Caroline Bateman, daughter and heiress of the late William Bateman, of Kettering in Northamptonshire, Efq;

William Hefter, Efq; one of the chief clerks of the Houfe of Commons.

Mifs Yelverton, daughter of the Hon. Henry Yelverton, Efq; and niece to the earl of Suffex.

Feb. 2. Sir Henry Marshall, Knt. alderman of the ward of Farringdon within, member of parliament for Agmondesham in Bucks, and prefident of St. Bartholo mew's hofpital.

William Benfon, Efq; auditor of the imprefts.

3. J. Wakelin, Efq; deputy prothonotary, in the 'court of Common-Pleas, to George Cooke, Efq; one of the reprefentatives of the county of Middlesex.

Mr. Tho. Cox, bookfeller at the Royal Exchange.

4. John Hampden, Efq; member of par- . liament for Wendover in Bucks.

5. Mr. John Child, brafier in Fleetftreet, and deputy of the ward of Farringdon without.

6. Lady Afgill, wife of Sir Charles A gill, Knt. and alderman of this city.

Sir John Dyer, Bart, at his feat in Effex, 9. Hon. col. John Pitt, uncle to the earl of Londonderry.

Sir Alexander Ramfay, Bart. in Scot land.

12. Lady Albinia Beckford, fifter to the duke of Ancaster.

13. Sir William Halton, Bart. at his house at Turnham-Green.

14. Rt. Rev. Sir Tho. Gooch, Bart. D. D. lord bishop of Ely, in the oth year of his age: He was first bishop of Bristol, then of Norwich, from whence he was tranflated to Ely, upon the death of Dr. Butts.

16. Dr. Rich. Mead, first physician to his majesty, in the 85th year of his age,

Rev. Dr. Morgan, fenior fellow of Trinity-College, Cambridge, and vicar of Gainsford in the bishoprick of Durham.

John Owen, Efq; member of parliament for Beaumaris, in the ifle of Agiefea.

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