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I would . . . earnestly advise them for their good to order this paper to be punctually served up, and to be looked upon as a part of the tea equipage.

The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which a good thing may pass over unobserved, or be lost among commissions of bankrupt.

They consume a considerable quantity of our paper manufacture, employ our artisans in printing, and find business for great numbers of indigent persons.

On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, And from your judgment must expect my fate.

Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore always represented as blind.

There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

When love's well-timed 'tis not a fault of love; The strong, the brave, the virtuous, and the wise, Sink in the soft captivity together.

When love once pleads admission to our hearts, , The woman that deliberates is lost.

Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, Hast thou more of pain or pleasure! . . . . Endless torments dwell above thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!

Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.

When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost, In wonder, love and praise.

Thy father's merit sets thee up to view, And shows thee in the fairest point of light, To make thy virtues, or thy faults, conspicuous.

A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.

Music religious heat inspires, It wakes the soul, and lifts it high, And wings it with sublime desires, And fits it to bespeak the Deity.

If there's a power above us, he must delight in virtue.