Absurdities of the French Language, Letter on the.. 138 Letters in reply 319, 320 Accusation, an absurd French 324 Algerine Sagacity. Adam's Peak, Description of, by Dr. Davy 160 211 Anecdote and Wit. Angelotto, Cardinal, Retort upon Blessings of Paper and Law Brindley, Mr. Anecdote of August Aurora Borealis, Description of the Bashful Man, Distresses of a Basket, Inscription on a Bignor, Account of Roman Ruins at Burke, Richard, Anecdote of Burns, Robert, Verses by Calder, Sir R., Lord Nelson's Opinion of Canada, Account of an Earthquake in Charke, Charlotte, Anecdote of .. --, Replies to Comparison of past and present Literature, by Mr. Polwhele.. Desire of seeming what we are not, Essay on the Dinner, Description of a Persian Judge, Oath of an Isle of Man Emuinch Ecnuic, or Ned of the Hills Errors occasioned by our Passions, Essay on the. Evelina, to Execution, Stanzas on seeing an 236 120, 177, 294, 299, 300 Five Hundred Years Hence 195, 313 • 398 352 Fools and Jesters, Essay on Franklin, Dr., Life of. Frederick the Great defeated Soldier, Description of a Husband, Isabel's Lines on the Death of a Indian Dancing Girls, Description of . 177 Liberty of the Press and Liberty of the Stage Lines on receiving an Eye-shade. 56 The Ingratitude of . Marlborough, Anecdote of the Duchess of. Masers de la Tude, Adventures of Medusa, Account of the Shipwreck of the Friendship Moliere, Imitation by Monarch, a, Outlawed. Moon, to the . . Moresco, Translation from the Motley Society, Account of the. Morning Thought Mulatto, Account of a Remarkable Natural Phenomena. Nepaul, Description of burning a Widow in New Geyzer, Description of the Newton, Sir Isaac, Anecdote of Novice of San Martino, a Tale Estrus Equi, Description of the 12, 77, 140, 200, 252, 309 Ossian's Address to the Sun, versified • 326 15C · 202 51, 113, 171, 231, 291, 345 220 Printing, Origin and Progress of Quaker Wit Ramble to the Western Highlands The Redbreast's Visit Reflections on the Instability of Life -Marion Sonnet Souffriere, Account of the Eruption of the Stanzas, by A. A. Watts, Esq. On the Death of a Lady by C. Feist Strasburgh Cathedral, Description of 346 77 52 54 114 297 226 Summer, A Fragment⚫ Superstition, Cure for. Sympathy. Timely Recollection 232 91 173 269 325 112 "To Be or Not To Be," Parody of. Tornados, Description of Trip to Richmond, a Burlesque Poem. Tudor, Catherine, Anecdote of Turenne, Marshal, Anecdote of Warburton, Bon mot of Dr. Bentley on Warton, Thomas, Anecdote of Woodman, The, to the Robin Redbreast 240 158 THE TWO SERPENTS: AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE. SAHEB, a learned doctor, being entrusted by the Sultan of Carizme with the education of his son, received orders to relate daily to him some apposite anecdote, with a view to form the morals of the young prince. He accordingly, among others, recounted the following, which is taken from the Annals of Persia. A magician presented himself before King Zohak, and performed several feats in presence of his court, with which the prince was equally, surprized and delighted. "King of kings," said the enchanter, "these are but the common tricks of my art, and scarcely deserv ing your royal attention; but if you will permit me to blow twice into your sacred ear, you will instantly perceive something far more wonderful," He had no sooner asked, and obtained what he wanted, than Zohak, after feeling an extraordinary motion within him, rather violent however than painful in its nature, be held two serpents' heads issuing from the region of the heart. "Perfidious wretch!" exclaimed his majesty, "what have I done to thee? Why has thy impure breath produced within my bowels two monsters, now ready to devour them?" VOL. II. No. I. B |