of a Shrew.

2558. MUSIC.

THE TAMING OF A SHREW.

Music makes

Dulcet and heavenly Sound.

2559. MELANCHOLY.

Melancholy is the Nurse of Frenzy,

2560. MIRTH.

Mirth bars a thousand harms, and lengthens Life 2561. ETHICS.

§ No Study of such value is to Man

As that part of Philosophy which treats
Of Virtue, and of that true Happiness
By Virtue specially to be achiev'd.
2562. PHILOSOPHY.

* Happy when Youth continues it's resolve
To woo the sweets of pure Philosophy.
2563. MUSIC and POETRY..

Music and Poesy use to quicken you.

2564. MATHEMATICS and METAPHYSICS. The Mathematics and the Metaphysics, Fall to them as you find your Stomach serves. 2565. STUDY forc'd.

No Profit grows where is no Pleasure taken. 2566. ARTS INCLINATION.

In Arts, that study which you most affect. 2567. SILENCE.',

Maids' mild Behaviour and Sobriety.

In Silence we
we may

see mor

[Temper

2568. KNOWLEDGE and ACCOMPLISHMENTS -their moral Use.

2. Happy and wise are those who, when their

Γυναιξί Κόσμον ή Σιγα φερει.

of a Shrew

Is urg'd by Provocation and sharp Trials,
In Books and Instruments Companions find
In which to look and practise by themselves,
2569. EDUCATION-Female.

21. In Female Education 'tis most fit
Instruction in the tender Spring of Youth
Be given in Music, Languages, whate'er
Is worthy to be learnt.

2570. EDUCATION.

Respect is due

31. To Preceptors and Liberality

To our own Children in good bringing up.

2571. CORRUPTION.

There's small Choice in rotten Apples.

2572. ALERTNESS.

He that runs fastest gets the Ring.
2573. PRUDENCE.

With caution judge of Possibility.
Things thought unlikely, e'en impossible,
Experience often shews us to be true*.

2574. LOVE.

Affection is not rated from the Heart.

2575. CONVERSATION.

Use your Manners discreetly in all kind of Com

2576. MARRIAGE.

[pany.

2. If you wish for good days and long, mind

whom you marry.

2577. INGRATITUDE.'

Be not so graceless as to be ingrate,

Le vrai n'est pas toujours vrai-semblable.

ARISTOTLE & BOILEAU.

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2578. LAW.

Adversaries in Law'

Strive mightily, but eat and drink as Friends 2579. INJURY-unprovok'd.

Wrong is twice Wrong 'gainst those who never wrong'd us.

2580. EXCESS.

Though little Fire grows great with little Wind, Yet extreme Gusts will blow out Fire and all." 2581. YOUTH.

'Tis Youth in Ladies' eyes that flourisheth.

Music was given to soothe the Mind of Man After his Studies, and relieve his Cares.

2585. NOVELTY.

It is fantastical and frivolous

To change true Rules for odd Inventions. 2586. MARRIAGE forc'd.

2+. 'Tis wretched, and as shameful, to be forc'd To give the hand oppos'd against the Heart.

*2587. WINTER.

Winter tames Man, Woman, and Beast.

2588. DUTY.

Do thy Duty and have thy Duty.

2589. PATIENCE.

3. Patience is doubly due for Faults unwilling.

* See that exquisite Burlesque Poem THE PLEADER'S GUIDE.' At the same time there is no reason why professional Contest should imply personal Enmity.

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2590. PASSION-violent-will have way. The Tongue will tell the anguish of the Heart: Or else the Heart, concealing it, will break. 2591. SIMPLICITY and CONCISENESS. Simplicity and Conciseness please the Wise. 2592. SECRETS.

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Pitchers have Ears.

2593. LOVE.

Love works Miracles.

2594, PEACE,

Happy it is when raging War is done,
To smile at 'scapes and perils overblown.
2595. CONVIVIALITY.

True Banquet is to chat as well as eat *.

2596. PEACE Love of it essential to the feminine Character.

It ill becomes the gentleness of Woman
To offer War where she should seek for Peace.
2597.

As Women's Bodies are soft, weak, & smooth,
Unapt to toil and trouble in the World,
"Tis fit their soft condition and their Hearts
With their external frame should well agree.

2598.

"Tis a harsh hearing when Women are froward. 2599. CHILDREN!

'Tis a good hearing when Children are toward. 2600. GOODNESS.

He that is generally good, must of necessity hold that virtue in particular: and especially to ward the Good.

This the Convivium of the Romans denoted: their Lan guage was happier in this Term than the Greek.

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ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.

2601. GRIEF AFFECTATION.

Great external shew of excessive Grief is suspected of Affectation; and generally, but not always, justly.

2602. CHILDREN.

Children are bound by Virtue to maintain
The Credit of good Parents.

2603. HUMILITY-affected.

Many wear the surplice of Humility over the black gown of a big Heart.

2604. MARRIAGE.

In Marriage it is just that we should use The help of our own eyes.

2605. VIRTUE.

For Honour and Wealth we may look to Kings: For Virtue, to ourselves.

2606. TONGUE-Danger of the Abuse of it. Many a Man's Tongue shakes out his Master's undoing,

2607. PATIENCE.

In greatest Trials

Think upon Patience.

2608. COMPANY-Bad; corruptive.

A well-derived Nature grows corrupt. By bad Companions.

2609. MILDNESS.

When such Indulgence is unmerited,

The sharpest stings are in the mildest words.

2610. AGE.

2. Age is weak,