_Elysium, 5th Feb._ 1792.
_THE LITANY._
1st. Let there be a free, equal, and general representation
of your people in Parliament.
And all the people shall say amen.
2d. Let there be a reform of your church, an abolition of
tithes, and let each sect maintain its own pastor.
And all, &c.
3d. Let the people of my terrestrial country be an example
to your people, and let their freedom be your freedom.
And all, &c.
4th. Let the fetters which the nobles of your land have
forged, be broken asunder; and let those who earn,
distribute the bread of Ireland.
And all, &c.
5th. Let each man freely worship God according to the
dictates of his conscience.
And all, &c.
6th. Let christians be philosophers, and let philosophers be
christians.
And all, &c.
7th. Let the rich few no longer be supported by taxes on the
many and unrepresented poor.
And all, &c.
8th. Let all the sons of Hibernia be free--yea, even as free
as the negroes[D] of Africa.
And all, &c.
9th. Let truth never be deemed a libel, and let the Liberty
of your Press be extended.
And all, &c.
10th. Let the noble (tho enlisted) sons of Ireland never
become the hired assassins of their countrymen.
And all, &c.
11th. Let the army which eats the bread of Ireland, be her
guardian and protector, and not the base invader of her
rights and liberties.
And all, &c.
12th. Let him who first proposed a mortgage on the revenues
of Ireland, be accursed in the annals of your country.
And all, &c.
13th. Let yourselves no longer be the slaves of religion, or
sect, or party, but the united sons of freedom and
philosophy.
And all, &c.
14th. Let the majesty of your king reflect the majesty of
your people.
And all, &c.
_Mirabeau scripsit._
_Salem Gazette,_ 1792.
[D] Vide Wilberforce on the emancipation of the slaves.
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Boston School of Fashion in 1807.
Robert Smallpeace,
_At his_ DRESSING ACADEMY, _and_ SCHOOL _of_ FASHION, _in_
MILK STREET, _opposite the South door of the_ Old South,
[Illustration]
REMINDS the Sons and Daughters of Fashion and Beauty, that
tho' they may possess every latent excellence, yet they
require the improving hand of ART, like _rough_ diamonds, to
obtain the polish and brilliancy of the _first water_. What
is elegance of form or contour of beauty without
improvement? like "a light hid under a bushel," or whatever
can be conceived to be _most unlike_:--And it is a
lamentable fact, that
_Full many a mind is rear'd with toil and care,
To waste its worth--by_ SLOV'NLINESS _in_ HAIR.
The _tailor_, or _milliner_, may encase us with taste and
elegance; the _dancing master_ teach us the steps of ease
and dignity; the _musician_ instruct us in our throats and
fingers; and the _preceptor_ may inform our minds; and yet,
with all these _accomplishments_, can we even be PASSABLE,
if the _highest_ accomplishment of all be neglected? and the
HEAD be left to its own "disorder worse confounded,"
exhibiting a "_paltry crown of mud and straw_," placed upon
an "_edifice of ivory and gold_!"--and further--
_What though the_ EYE _voluptuous roll,_
_The_ FORM _possess each heavenly grace_;
_Say, can they_ ANY HEART _control,_
_Draw_ FRIENDSHIP _near--bid_ LOVE _take place,_
_'Till_ SMALLPEACE _touch them_!--he _whose trade is,_
_T' make_ Gods _of_ Men--_and_ Goddesses _of_ Ladies!
--> SMALLPEACE has elegant apartments for Ladies and
Gentlemen; and will be found constantly at "the post of
honour," and attendance, to wait upon them.
Oct. 17 [1807].
_Columbian Centinel._
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The novels of 1833; from the "Salem Observer," July 13.
The decidedly bad moral tendency of some of the most popular
novels of the times is forcibly depicted in a magazine
recently established in England, by two of the sons of
William Cobbett, in the following language:--
"Would you seduce a wife? Falkland shall teach you to do it
with gravity and dignity. Would you murder? Eugene Aram
shall show you its necessity for the public advantage. Would
you rob? Paul Clifford shall convince you of the injustice
of security, and of the abominableness of the safety of a
purse on a moonlight night.--Would you eat? Turn to Harry
Bertram and Dandy Dinmont to the round of beef. Would you
drink? Friar Tuck is the jolliest of companions. Would you
dance, dress, and drawl? Pelham shall take you into tuition.
Would you lie, fawn, and flatter? Andrew Wylie shall
instruct you to crawl upward, without the slime betraying
your path. Would you yawn, doze, sleep, or dream? Cloudesly
shall do it for you, for the space of the first volume."
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