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Article WISDOM AND FOLLY: A VISION. ← Page 2 of 6 →
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Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.
' By Toby , the Scotchman , her urst-horn , Rodevic , was a muscular , active fellow ; and though not half so large , much cleaner-limbed , and stronger , than any of her children by the Bookseller . He never let slip an opportunity of ann 05--ing Folly and her subjefts ; especially her sea-captains , her land-officers , her schoolmasters , fox-hunters , parsons , barbtrs , and learned ladies . The other sons of Mrs . Novel by Toby fought valiantly in the same cause .
' The strong , handsome Englishman was named Harry , a prime favourite with the Wise , and . one of the most powerful and successful foes that ever mauled Foil }' . Often did her Majesty ' s subjects endeavour to disguise themselves in the garb of Wisdom , to elude his . observation—but in vain : no concealment could escape his eagle eyes . His children were worthy of such a father—strong , active , dexterous
in arms , whether the arrows of wit , or the bayonet of reason . They could box , shoot , thrust , cut , batter , as answered their purpose . Joseph , his eldest , with his worthy friend , Mr . Abraham Adams , corn - batted forcibly against Folly ; and tho' honest Abraham would now and then wear the dress of a Fool , 3-et he never failed to shew , before he had done , that he was one of the Wise . Harry ' s second sflh , Thomaswas ( not excepting even Gil Bias ) the son of Mrs . Novel
, , who gave the severest blows to the authority of Folly . Her squires , , her lords ; her ladies of quality and of no quality , her parsons , her schoolmasters , her philosophers , her attomies , hypocrites and other rogues ; her waiting maids and political ladies , her very . chambermaids aiid hostlers , he sacrificed , without regard to age or sex , ¦ without mercy or moderation . —Even Harry ' s daughter fought like
an Amazon against Folly . ' Repentance was never too late to reconcile the gentle bosom of Folly . —Her most zealous enemies she would forgive , on their simiple ' promise never to do so any more . After the death of Harry and Toby , Mrs . Novel returned to her allegiance to Folly , and was graciously restored to favour by the accessible Queen . ' Her Majesty , however , enjoined her to abstain from the converse
of men , and confine herself to her own se . v . ~ ' Ivlrs . Novel promised obedience ; and , by ste . dy performance , ' entirely regained her Majesty ' s favour . The good-natured Queen took off her interdict as to man , from sympathy with the amorous constitution of Mrs . Novel , only limiting her to her own subjects , many of whom had an itching after her ; telling her , that although she could not promise her , among those , any with the shoulders or calves of
Le Sage or Harry , that she might have many smart little dapper fellows enough , and must make up by number for quality . ' She had a child or two by one Dr . Truss , who were friends of "Folly . This Dr . Truss had long been useful to her Majesty , by ' manufacturing sermons for her subjects . She afterwards fell in with one Moore from the regions of Wisdom . ' Notwithstanding these deviations , Mrs , Novel is now so very great a favourite of Queen Folly , that she is appointed one of the supreme managers of her library , which is much more numerously stored
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.
' By Toby , the Scotchman , her urst-horn , Rodevic , was a muscular , active fellow ; and though not half so large , much cleaner-limbed , and stronger , than any of her children by the Bookseller . He never let slip an opportunity of ann 05--ing Folly and her subjefts ; especially her sea-captains , her land-officers , her schoolmasters , fox-hunters , parsons , barbtrs , and learned ladies . The other sons of Mrs . Novel by Toby fought valiantly in the same cause .
' The strong , handsome Englishman was named Harry , a prime favourite with the Wise , and . one of the most powerful and successful foes that ever mauled Foil }' . Often did her Majesty ' s subjects endeavour to disguise themselves in the garb of Wisdom , to elude his . observation—but in vain : no concealment could escape his eagle eyes . His children were worthy of such a father—strong , active , dexterous
in arms , whether the arrows of wit , or the bayonet of reason . They could box , shoot , thrust , cut , batter , as answered their purpose . Joseph , his eldest , with his worthy friend , Mr . Abraham Adams , corn - batted forcibly against Folly ; and tho' honest Abraham would now and then wear the dress of a Fool , 3-et he never failed to shew , before he had done , that he was one of the Wise . Harry ' s second sflh , Thomaswas ( not excepting even Gil Bias ) the son of Mrs . Novel
, , who gave the severest blows to the authority of Folly . Her squires , , her lords ; her ladies of quality and of no quality , her parsons , her schoolmasters , her philosophers , her attomies , hypocrites and other rogues ; her waiting maids and political ladies , her very . chambermaids aiid hostlers , he sacrificed , without regard to age or sex , ¦ without mercy or moderation . —Even Harry ' s daughter fought like
an Amazon against Folly . ' Repentance was never too late to reconcile the gentle bosom of Folly . —Her most zealous enemies she would forgive , on their simiple ' promise never to do so any more . After the death of Harry and Toby , Mrs . Novel returned to her allegiance to Folly , and was graciously restored to favour by the accessible Queen . ' Her Majesty , however , enjoined her to abstain from the converse
of men , and confine herself to her own se . v . ~ ' Ivlrs . Novel promised obedience ; and , by ste . dy performance , ' entirely regained her Majesty ' s favour . The good-natured Queen took off her interdict as to man , from sympathy with the amorous constitution of Mrs . Novel , only limiting her to her own subjects , many of whom had an itching after her ; telling her , that although she could not promise her , among those , any with the shoulders or calves of
Le Sage or Harry , that she might have many smart little dapper fellows enough , and must make up by number for quality . ' She had a child or two by one Dr . Truss , who were friends of "Folly . This Dr . Truss had long been useful to her Majesty , by ' manufacturing sermons for her subjects . She afterwards fell in with one Moore from the regions of Wisdom . ' Notwithstanding these deviations , Mrs , Novel is now so very great a favourite of Queen Folly , that she is appointed one of the supreme managers of her library , which is much more numerously stored