If with difcretion you these cofls employ Next in your mind this maxim firmly root, To chufe your baker think and think again, While penfive cruft beheld its form o'erthrown, O be not, be not tempted, lovely Nell! Till you 55 60 70 Till that smooth viand its mild force produce, 75 And give a foftnefs to the tarter juice. Then shalt thou pleas'd the noble fabrick view, And have a flice into the bargain too; Honour and fame alike we will partake, So well I'll eat what you so richly make. UPON A GIANT'S ANGLING. His Angle-rod made of a fturdy oak, UPON THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH'S HOUSE AT WOODSTOCK. 80 Atria longe patent; fed nec cœnantibus ufqum, SEE, Sir, fee here is the grand approach; MART. Epig. There lies the bridge, and here is the clock; The fpacious court, the colonade, And mark how wide the hall is made. They never smoke in any wind. ΤΟ Thanks, Sir, cry'd I; it is very fine; But where d' ye fleep, or where d' ye dine? I find by all you have been telling That it is a house but not a dwelling. A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. OLD Paddy Scot, with none of the best faces, It happen'd after pray'rs one certain night Paddy with ftudious gravity replies, 25 "Or an unfacred thing from facred place, "There would be nothing diff'rent in the café; "But if both thing and place should facred be "Twere height of facrilege, as doctors all agree.” "Then," fays the Doctor, " for more light in this, "To put a fpecial cafe were not amifs. Suppofe a man fhould take a Common Pray'r "Out of a chapel where there is fome to spare?" 30 "A Comnion Pray'r!" fays Paddy; "that would be "A facrilege of an intense degree.” "Suppose that one fhould in these holydays "Take thence a bunch of rosemary or bays?" "I'd not be too cenforious in that cafe, "But 't would be facrilege ftill from the place." "What if a man fhould from the chapel take "A taper's end? fhould he a fcruple make, "If homeward to his chambers he should go, "Whether it were theft or facrilege or no?” The fly infinuation was perceiv'd: Says Paddy, "Doctor, you may be deceiv'd "Unless in cafes you diftinguish right; "But this may be refolv'd at the first fight. "As to the taper it could be no theft, "For it had done its duty and was left; "And facrilege in having it is none, "Because that in my fleeve I now have one." 35 40 45 48 LITTLE MOUTHS. FROM London Paul the carrier coming down As, “ How dost, Paul ?”—“Thank you; and how "doft, Betty?" "Didft fee our Jack nor fifter? No; you've feen 5 "I warrant none but those who faw the queen." "Many words spoke in jest,” says Paul, “are true.” "I came from Windfor*; and if fome folks knew "As much as I it might be well for you." "Lord, Paul! what is it?""Why, give me foniething for 't; ΙΟ "This kifs, and this. The matter then is fhort: "The Parliament have made a proclamation, "Which will this week be fent all round the nation, "That maids with Little Mouths do all prepare "On Sunday next to come before the Mayor, 15 "And that all bachelors be likewife there; "For maids with Little Mouths fhall if they pleafe "From out of thefe young men chufe two apiece." Betty with bridled chin extends her face, And then contracts her lips with fimp'ring grace; 20 Cries" Hem! pray what must all the huge ones do "For husbands when we Little Mouths have two?" *Where Queen Anne and her court frequently refided. Volume II. N |