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Article DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRESTRIAL CHRYSIPUS, ← Page 4 of 4 Article ON HAPPINESS. Page 1 of 2 →
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Description Of The Terrestrial Chrysipus,
persons , and detest finery so much that they are seldon ^ le found in the pockets of the gay and fashionable . -They appjar to have an aversion to the pockets of court dresses , and . i e ve y ia e indeed in gilded palaces .-They are sometimes very difficult to be met with , even though you know where they are , by reason of pieces of wood , iron , & c . which must be removed before you can
^ TliV virtues of the Cbrysipus would occupy a whole volume . —A single one stuck on the finger , will make a man talk for a full hour ; nay , will make him say , whatever the person who sticks i . on d e - sires : and again , if you desire silence , it will as effectually stop . he most loquacious tongue . Sometimes indeed one or two , or even sufficientbut if lthe proper number ,
twenty , are not ; you appy they se dom , or never , fail of success . It will likewise make men blSd or deaf , as you think proper ; and all this , without doing the least iniurv to the several organs . . Secoldll-lt has a most miraculous quality of turning black into white , or white into black .-lndeed it has the power of the prismatic glass , and can from any object reflect what colour it pleases love in the worldand hath
TirtYdZ *—It is the strongest -powder , such efficacy on the femaksex , that . . it hath often produced love 111 the finest women to the most worthless and ugly , old and decrepit amo , i < mortal men , _ , , , ™ ro ° < rive , he- ' strongest idea , in one instance , of the salubrious quality of the C / , r , S /> , s ,-it is a medicine which the p hysicians are so fond of taking themselves , that few of them care to visit a patient ,- without swallowing a dose of it .
On Happiness.
ON HAPPINESS .
IF we consider the various pursuits of mankind after Happiness , they wuT . be found in general centered in that sovereign object , riches . The statesman , whose motives would seem to tend wholly to the welfare and prosperity of his country , who makes the most solemn protestations of his attachment to it ' s interest , and pre . en t , sacrifice his life and fortune whenever called on in
to be ready to , the defence of it , will , as soon as the grand spring of his actions is removed , be found as cool and inactive in support of the common cause , as he was before a zealous promoter of it ' s happiness , stii interest precedes every other consideration , and a thirst tor money cften prompts the mind to actions of a base and dangerous tentteu-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Description Of The Terrestrial Chrysipus,
persons , and detest finery so much that they are seldon ^ le found in the pockets of the gay and fashionable . -They appjar to have an aversion to the pockets of court dresses , and . i e ve y ia e indeed in gilded palaces .-They are sometimes very difficult to be met with , even though you know where they are , by reason of pieces of wood , iron , & c . which must be removed before you can
^ TliV virtues of the Cbrysipus would occupy a whole volume . —A single one stuck on the finger , will make a man talk for a full hour ; nay , will make him say , whatever the person who sticks i . on d e - sires : and again , if you desire silence , it will as effectually stop . he most loquacious tongue . Sometimes indeed one or two , or even sufficientbut if lthe proper number ,
twenty , are not ; you appy they se dom , or never , fail of success . It will likewise make men blSd or deaf , as you think proper ; and all this , without doing the least iniurv to the several organs . . Secoldll-lt has a most miraculous quality of turning black into white , or white into black .-lndeed it has the power of the prismatic glass , and can from any object reflect what colour it pleases love in the worldand hath
TirtYdZ *—It is the strongest -powder , such efficacy on the femaksex , that . . it hath often produced love 111 the finest women to the most worthless and ugly , old and decrepit amo , i < mortal men , _ , , , ™ ro ° < rive , he- ' strongest idea , in one instance , of the salubrious quality of the C / , r , S /> , s ,-it is a medicine which the p hysicians are so fond of taking themselves , that few of them care to visit a patient ,- without swallowing a dose of it .
On Happiness.
ON HAPPINESS .
IF we consider the various pursuits of mankind after Happiness , they wuT . be found in general centered in that sovereign object , riches . The statesman , whose motives would seem to tend wholly to the welfare and prosperity of his country , who makes the most solemn protestations of his attachment to it ' s interest , and pre . en t , sacrifice his life and fortune whenever called on in
to be ready to , the defence of it , will , as soon as the grand spring of his actions is removed , be found as cool and inactive in support of the common cause , as he was before a zealous promoter of it ' s happiness , stii interest precedes every other consideration , and a thirst tor money cften prompts the mind to actions of a base and dangerous tentteu-