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Gliftons.

"All is not gold which gliflens." His large poffeffions were incumbered with mortgages, and

incumbered? the amount of his debts was fo great, that he was obliged to fell his eftate, and live on that which he received by his wife.

mortgages. upbraided? deception?

fource?

fuitors.

regretted?

behaviour.

27. As Roxana parted with this reluctantly, and often upbraided him with the deception, he, at firft, treated her with coldness and indifference, and, at laft, with fuch aggravating cruelty, that he was obliged to return to her aged and afflicted parents for protection.

28. The grief of her parents, the unfortu nate fituation of her children, must be a fource, of diftrefs to the unhappy Roxana, which the imagination may conceive, but is impoffible for me to defcribe. Let us, therefore, leave her to her own reflections, and return to her filter.

29. From the character we have already given of Mifs Julia, you will, no doubt, my young friends, expect to hear that her fuitors were numerous and refpectable. This indeed was the cafe. But fo modeft was her behaviour to thofe gentlen.en, whofe affection fhe could not return, and whofe particular addreffes fhe could not receive, that far from being 'offended, their efteem and admiration were increased. Even while they regretted that their addreffes were not agree. able, they ftill acknowledged her merit, did juftice to her character, and never spoke of her, but in the language of praife.

30. At the age of five and twenty, fhe was married to a very wealthy and respectable young gentleman, by the name of Leander, in whom were united, the charms of beauty, the graces of an accomplished behaviour, and what was of far more value, all those good qualities, which adorn the husband, the par

ent

ent and the friend. Soon after their marriage Marriage. fhe removed with Leander to an elegant feat in a neighbouring town, where they now refide, enjoying as great a fhare of hap- refide? piness, as ufually falls to the lot of humani

ty.

31. They have now three children, the mutual? offspring of their mutual love and affection, and the apparent heirs, as well of their virtues, as their eftate. Beloved by their neighbours and friends, the happiness their fitua heirs. tion affords them, is not confined to themselves.

32. By their hofpitality to ftrangers, by hofpitality? their kindness to the poor, by the refpect they fhew to their parents, and the familiarity and unaffected fimplicity with which they entertain their friends and acquaintance, they re- familiarity? ceive the noble fatisfaction, that their own happiness is also a fource of equal happiness to thousands of their fellow beings.

33. Indeed, their is not a perfon in the characters. town where they live, there is not a perfon who has had the honour of their acquaintance, who does not blefs the day when they were married, and admire the wonderful goodness of Providence, in uniting in the facred bands efteem. of matrimony, two characters, fo worthy of esteem and imitation, as Leander and Julia.

Hiftory of a furprifing cure of the Gout.

N one of the provinces of Italy there liv- Procure? ed a wealthy gentleman, who, having

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no tafte either for improving his mind or exercifing his body, acquired a habit of eating almost all day long. The whole extent of delicious? his thoughts was what he fhould eat for dinner, and how he should procure the greatest delicacies..

Italy

Epicure?

fettled.

maritime?

2. Italy produces excellent wines but thefe were not enough for our epicure. He fettled agents in different parts of France and Spain, to buy up all the most generous and coftly wines of thofe countries. He had corrofpondencies with all the maratime cities, that he might be conftantly fupplied with every fpecies of fith.

3. Every poulterer and fifhmonger in the poulterer? town was under articles to let him have his choice of rarities. He alfo employed a man

on purpose to give directions for his pastry and filemonger? defferts. As foon as he had breakfasted in the morning, it was his conftant practice to retire to his library; for he too had a library, although he never opened a book.

defferts ?

couple:

fauces.

precifion?

fatigues.

defcribe?

4. When he was there, he gravely feated himself in an eafy chair, and, tucking a napkin under his chin, ordered his head-cook to be fent in to him: The head cook inftantly appeared, attended by a couple of footmen, who carried each a filver falver of a prodigious fize, on which were cups. which contained fances of every different flavour which could be devifed.

5. The gentleman, with the greatest folemnity, ufed to dip a bit of bread in each and tafte it; giving his orders upon the fubject with as much earneftnefs and precision as if he had been figning papers for the govern ment of a kingdom. When this important affair was thus happily concluded, he generally threw himself upon a couch to repair the fatigues of fuch an exertion, and refresh himfelf against dinner.

6. When that delightful hour arrived, it is impoffible to defcribe either the variety of fish, flefh, and fowl, which was fet before him, or the furprizing greediness with which he eat of all; ftimulating his appetite with the highest

fauces

fauces and richeft wines, till at length he was obliged to defift, not from being fatisfied, but from mere inability to contain more.

7. This kind of life he had long purfued, but at last became fo corpulent that he could hardly move. His belly appeared prominent like a mountain, his face was bloated, and his legs, though fwelled to the fize of columns, feemed unable to fupport the prodigious weight of his body.

8. Added to this, he was troubled with continual indigeftion, and racking pains in fev-.

Defift?

inability

corpulent?

prominent ?

bloated?

eral of his limbs, which at length terminated terminated? in a violent fit of the gout. The pains, in

deed at length abated, and this unfortunate epicure returned to all his former habits of intemperance.

9. The interval of eafe however was fhort, and the attack of his disease becoming more and more frequent, he was at length deprived of the ufe of almost all his limbs. In this unhappy ftate he determined to confult a phyfician that lived in the fametown, and had the reputation of performing many furprizing

cures.

phyfician.

furprising,

ör ;

furprizing.

10. Doctor, faid the gentleman to the phyfician when he arrived, you fee the miferable ftate to which I am reduced. I do indeed, anfwered, the phyfician, and I fuppofe you intoxicated? have contributed to it by your own intemper

ance.

As to intemperance, replied the gentleman, I believe few have lefs to anfwer for than myfelf; I indeed love a moderate dinner and fupper, but I never was intoxicated with liquor in my life. Probably then you fleep too much, anfwered the phyfician.

11. As to fleep, faid the gentleman, I am in bed near twelve hours every night, because

I find the fharpnefs of the morning air ex- jurious? tremely injurious to my conflitution; but I

am

Plaguy.

flatulency.

Symptom?

carriage.

week.

intolerable?

twitches.

defperate?

abridge? infallibly?

Stomach.

naufea?

am fo troubled with a plaguy flatulency and heart-burn, that I am fearcely able to clofe my eyes all night; or if I do, I find myself almoft ftrangled with wind, and wake in ago

nies.

12. That is a very alarming fymptom indeed, replied the doctor; I wonder fo many reftless nights do not entirely wear you out. They would indeed, answered the gentleman, if I did not make a fhift to procure a little fleep two or three times a day, which enables me to hold out a little longer. As to exercise continued the doctor, I fear you are not able to ufe a great deal.

13. Alas! anfwered the fick man, while I was able, I never failed to go out in my carriage once or twice a week; but in my prefent fituation I can no longer bear the gentlest motion. Befides difordering my whole frame, it gives me fuch intolerable twitches in my limbs, that you would imagine I was abfolutely falling to pieces.

14. Your cafe, answered the physician, is indeed bad, but not quite defperate; and if you could abridge the quantity of your food and fleep, you would in a fhort time find yourfelf much better. Alas! anfwered the fick man, I find you little know the delicacy of my conftitution, or you would not put me upon a method which will infallibly destroy me,

15. When I rife in a morning, I feel as if all the powers of life were extinguished within me; my ftomach is oppreffed with nausea, my head with aches and fwimming, and, above all, I feel such an intolerable finking in my fpirits, that without the affiftance of two or reflorative three cordials and fome restorative foup, I am confident I never could get through the morning.

16. No, doctor, I have fuch a confidence

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