The Cape Fear Mercury

              the inn see continued fee supplement to no 46 t he g aller r dulce est desipere in loco u p p l e m e n t to the cape-fear mercu fuy kd 48 y<©(8j907l hether what we call j|^i^a>'«p *° ul is fated in the head a w c*l e noitrils or the heart ~. lil ?§> whether it beats in the pulfe jl s sj^sjgj animates the eye or flows ltjbi®&dm w ' c blood whether it is fcr.lincd to any one part or is diltuied through ae whole frame — whether it is imagination juicy judgment realon reflection fympa jiy or fenfibility -, or whether all theie ori jinate in it and are only tome of its qualities ihether it is matter or fomething more refin aj—whether it is mortal or immortal •, and j fine whether it is any thing or nothing 3 leave to the profound difquifitiocs of thole ehofe heterogeneous ideas confound axiom nd t>f thofe whole conceptions or happinels reconfined to a miierablc ftatc of wretched in ftnfibility neither will i puzzle my brains as lie learned have done in endeavoring todeter nine whether it mould be called akimus or mnima 1 have a plealing confdoufnels of buy exifteiice and a^n attsfied a\k this onkioulnels 1 neither wifli nor expedt ever oloofe 1 be^evdence nave man exigence and gave biim,\vith that generous c flifmterffted carts ; lopes and dcfires elevated and unbounded which meeting with nothing adequate hcn look beyond the grave for gratification i pcither think acompofition of mere matter is iufceptible of fuch cares hopes and defires ; ijor can i be peduaded that benevolence imhbut looiing its name can iraaihilate a e|ng fo formed and endowed after it has ecn a few years cmbarrafled with the che uered fcenes of life and chequered they are a the happicft among us i know very well that the befl are fubject o the proffer aflfrftions •, and how can it be therw.iys with fuch a load of mortality about them ? c • tis merely hurrnn to fe«l paflion's force 1 \ ' tisgtxhike wifdam to dired their cwufe j ■ ut / know as well that i above the bad dcfires tis dors f r\(6 ; pnd the more we cio io the happier fhall we be r our origin fwhich is allo tke origin of 0ii!s is pure when i am feated crofs-leggad in my arm chair my hea«l id one hand and rappee in the other in this attitude fo unapt for fliglu what is it tranfports me in a memeat to the giliic fhorc ? imagination which is ever m quefl of lbrnething to heighten our joys or im bitter our forrowi is certjunly the vehicle ; but when i am placed bcfide you fir edward omething mor than imagination makes me admire that calmnefs with which ytu fur vey one ftorm and direct another equally dreadful anxious only to prelervc the britifh fia unftained when i feeeulebiws having left his ficknefs behind him appear like a diomcde infpired by pallas-minerva at the head et his little troop i will g faid he with a countenance that would have made cowardice brave and thank them for their fpi rittcd conduct — when i climb the iteep,..crag gy rocks ztn prcient in the tent and in the field with him who io glorioufiy extended the britifh conquclls at the expenceof a life refigied contentedly becaufe he had vanquifh ed the enemies of his country — when i fee thefe godlike actioas i conclude they are not the actions of beings whole hopes and prof peels terminate with to morrow they mud have fomething more refined than matter ibmetbing ot divinity within them (" mert pomp of words it may be but eve.n st atha nafius with all his direful denunciations fhall never make me fubferibe to a creed fo repugnant to reafon as that a man who expects •« deftrtic tion and whofc mind is filled with the gloe t»y apprehenfion m of falling into nought can either think generoufly or aft nobly " fickly and fad indeed nnuft the momenta bf fuch a man be yes ye torpid you may laugh if voupleafe but when i image to myfelf the tender agonies of that fair whole pureft & tvarmeft affections centered im the deceafed hero tears drop infenfibly down my chcekt ; & i cannot help exclaiming ; cruel cruel fate ! inftea'd of thtt delicious banquet which the loves and graces were preparing tor him un der the aulpices of hymen tkou gaveft hinnl a grave f plant it ye fonsof mars with laurels water them ye daughters of ve nus with your tears let tbtfe never ccafe to flow n©r tbofe to flourifh ; and may the name of w o l f e be immortal as the names of 44 hany and st chrifpian !" " come faid amanda,in the foft accents of ttndernefs impatient yet not fretfully chiding love had attuned her voice and my ears to receive it where at this length of time it ftill vibrates and convey a gentle thrilling plealure to my heart : a nd when he ecchoed my words " fo happy how enchaatinglr melodious was the iound ! handel never touched fo fweet a note , and even st cicrtia's voice compared at that time with hers would have loft its harmony senfe without doubt did adjutant's duty here but the plea fure i then felt was too refined for fenfe alone to fee hcte would i willingly turn quc rifr if i could do fo without giving offence ; ycr as i think none but prudes male prudes i mean ; for / cannot think io iu q h:n d aun has a mind to flay tht fcol a galkryis a mucbfroperer place than a church f$r him saitb jack carttifs dicit aliquis