Spirit of the Public Journals Author:Stephen Jones Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: complaifant. You are fure to receive a fmile, a fqueeze of the hand, a nod, or a bow, from every body you addrefs yourfelf to. They are always mighty glad to fee... more » you, are your very humble fervants, profefs the higheft eflcem for you, are ready to do you any fer- vice, and you may command them ; but their memory is unhappily very fhort, and fometimes they forget they ever knew their moft intimate acquaintance. They are particularly fond of procraflination ; and to-morrcw is a word continually in their mouths, but they are unwilling to do any thing to-day. Their hearts and their tongues are at a very great di Ilance, and you muft generally interpret what they fay by the rule of contrary. Through the middle of this country runs along the fmooth river of Attendance, whofe tide is very even and gentle. The people are conftantly rowing down the ftream ; but tbmctitucs it happens, that, being quite fpent, and unable to fleer their-barks properly, they are overwhelmed in the gulf of Defpondency, Or fwallowed up in the quickfands of Defpair. . . ODE TO A PIG, WHILE HIS NOSE WAS BOEING. [From the Exprefs.] r ARK'! hark! that pig—that pig ! the hideous note, L More loud, more diflbnant, each moment grows— Would one not think the knife was in his throat ? And yet they 're only boring through his nofe. Thou foolHh beaft, fo rudely to withftand Thy mafter's will, to feel fuch idle fears! Why, Pig, there 's not a lady in the land Who has not alfo bor'd and ring'd her ears. "Pig"! 'tis your mafter's pleafure—then be ftill, And hold your nofe to let the iron through— Dare you refift your lawful fov'reign's will ? Rebellious fwine! you know not what you do! To man o'er ev'ry beaft the pow'r was given; Pig, hear the truth, and never murmur more ! Would you rebel...« less