ISBN: 9781130177312

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RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 136 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1803 Excerpt: . . . 154. Thou unconcerndjhalt hear the wagering strifes Should the whole frame of nature round him break, He, unconcernd, would hear the mighty crack. AnDisois. This polite practice of laying wagers on lives, is grown so common here, that there is scarce a person of distinction in this nation, who does not become the subject of a bett, as soon as ever any grey hairs are discovered on him. The description of this fashionable amusement makes so admirable a conclusion to that excellent poem, The Modern Fine Gentleman, that we cannot forbear inserting it. -Lays wagers on his own and others lives; Fights fathers, uncles, grandmothers, and wives. From this inestimable root calcined, . , 155 The great hermetic secret shalt thou find; . On baser ores the powrful ashes strow; And purest gold shall from the furnace flow. If favring Plutus, bounteous powr, ordain That thou, Scuiblerus, the high prize obtain, 160 A sudden radiance of clestial light Shall guide thy footsteps, and direct thy fight: But if the god the precious gift with-hold Averse, nor deem thee worthy of the gold, Fruitless and vain thy weary search is made: 165 The plant lies buried in eternal shade. If eer thou swerve from rigid virtues path, Expect the vengeful gods severest wrath. The Till Death at length, indignant to be made The daily subject of his sport and trade, Veils with his sable hand the wretchs eyes; And, groaning for the betts he loses byt, he dies. Line 159. If favring Phitus. ------namque ipfe volens facilifque fequetur Si tefata vacant, aliter non viribus ullis Vincere, nee duro poteris convellere ferro. Vine B. 6. Line 167. If eer thou swerve from rigid virtues path. It is universally agreed, that the great secret can only be obtained by men of exemplary life. This is con. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub.com<