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But foft humanity is fill the fame

In every breast, and under every name. Yet love and constancy, and truth combin'd,

Are not to England's fair alone confin'd. Beneath the Turkish zone, and brilliant vest, Fidelity and all the graces reft;

And human frailty, human virtue reigns, In cultur'd Albion's, or Bulgarian plains: At Smyrna, or in London, till we find The fame purfuits engaging all mankind. To night, the man, whofe tortur'd breast may heave

With tyrant boaft, or own himself a slave, Shali with our Twins, and their domeftic

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To the EDITORS of the SPORTING MA

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GENTLEMEN,

GAZINE.

you think the following lines worthy a place in your entertaining Magazine, by inferting the fame, you will oblige, Gentlemen, Your's, &c.

Norton, March 17, 1796,

G. H. R.

STOP, paffenger, and thy attention fix on That true-born honeft fox-hunter, George

Dixon,

Who, after eighty years unwearied chase, Now refts his bones within this hallow'd place;

A gentle tribute of applause bestow,
And give him, as you país, one tally-ho!
Early at cover brifk he rode each morn,
In hopes the brush his temples might
adorn;

The view is now no more the chase is

paft,

And to an earth poor George is run at last í

LINES

On Sbooting a favorite SPANIEL BITCH that fbewed Symptoms of Madness.

AH, ruthless mafter! ah, more ruthless

deed!

What furious fprite poffefs'd thy callous

mind?

How could't thou doom thy fpaniel's heart to bleed,?

Oh, fay what crime fo heinous thou could't find.

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One of thefe witlefs elves addrefs'd me ftrait,

And afk'd at Jacob's Well, how fared the fate.

"That it fares well"thanks to its gen'rous friends,

Who here, each Thursday eve, our stage attends ;

Who judge with candour, and applauses give

That cheer the actor, while in the heart thall live

The grateful fense of your feducing praife,
And fan the fpark of genius to a blaze.
Whole rays reflected in your cheering -
fmiles,

Uplift the man, and heavy frowns beguiles,
But to return again to masquerade,
And give each wight a comment on his
trade;

The man in bear's skin, and fo like a bear,
With monkey mafter, made me alfo ftare,
And moved me much to think fo frange a
creature,

Should, with his master, fhew their pretty

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gipfey ;

A roaring hellman, and flower girls tipfey,
Who fwept away, and fortunes tuld,
And long'd in vain to touch the gold.
Of bipeds, many, who oppos'd careffes,.
And talk'd forlorn, in difmal dreffes.
While witty bellman, "O yes," roar'd
out aloud,

Then dropt his note, and mix'd among the crowd.

Tho' laft, not leaft, a merry toynian came, Whofe character will bear the teft of fame, Who boasts no bonour'd juftice for his fire, And neen to bench on pillry did afpire.

The

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Waiter, more wine! damn'd jolly f-o-n-g

en-c-o-re encore.

The furge in breakers loud and hoarfe
Her love caft up, a lifeless corfe :
She raves, the fcreams, her hands the wrings,
The fhock returning, reason brings.
Reafon returns, alas! too late-

She clafps her love, and yields to fate.
Their mourning friends their relics fave→
And these true lovers find one grave.

JESUITICAL EXCULPATION.

AN EPIGRAM.

At the hour of nine, I came away quite OLD Mumpfimus, rector of Mary-le

Atupid,

Nor cou'd with Diana run, or see more than Cupid;

At eleven to bed, where I foon found repose,

And Somnus kindly play'd a tune upon niy nofe,

Which founded far (weeter, than fiddle or flute,

The harp's dulleft ftrain, or the Mufes to boot.

So now, my good fellows, I'll here end my tale,

Which if it but please ye, applause cannot (Going, returns.)

fail.

And yet, e'er I go, a few words will I utter,

Tho' tir'd is your patience, you already

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From Dibdin's Will of the Wifp.
HE gloomy night stalk'd flow away,

When on a rock poor Peg reclin'd,
Mad as the waves, wild as the wind.
"Give me my love," the frantic fcream'd;
"I faw his ghoft, as by it gleam'd.
I'll dive, I'll fearch the briny gloom,
And fnatch him from his coral tomb.
Ah! let me, fate, his relics fave---
True lovers fhould find out one grave."
And now the tempeft dims the sky
How many ways poor failors die!
See, see the stagg'ring veffel fplits;
She's loft, like Peg's poor fhipwreck'd
wits.

No 'twas in battle that he dy d—
Would no pow'r turn the ball afide !
I faw it, as it rent his heart;
I heard him cry, "And muft we part!
For Peggy, ah! these relics fave-
True lovers fhould find out one grave.
Where on the deep the cavern yawn'd,
Now as the purple morning dawn'd,

bonne,

Being brought to Death's door by the gra vel and stone;

Young Sumpfimus, feeking preferment to gain,

(Tho' the Doctor and he were good friends in the main),

Apply'd for the pars'nage, in case and pro

vided

A trip to the grave the incumbent betided: When lo! as by miracle rais'd from the

dead,

The Rector, reftor'd, sprung from ficknefs's bed;

And Old Mumps being told what young Sumps had been doing,

And how for the loaves and the fish had been fuing;

Burft out in reproaches, till near out of breath,

And revil'd the false friend who had long'd for his death.

"I long for your death! No fuch thing," fays Young Sumps,

"Had you died, not your wife had been · more in the dumps :

As 'tis well known that I-tho' you're so unforgiving,

Inftead of your DEATH-only long'd for

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your LIVING."

A SIMILE.

Nation's like the powerful horse,
Whilst govern'd well, knows not his
force;

By proper management, with ease
Is turn'd which way his riders please;
But, when by ignorant jockies rode,
Who irritate him with the goad,
At first he frets, then kicks-at length,
Feeling his mighty power and ftrength,
His rider's efforts he defies-
First throws him off, quick then he flies:
'Twixt pride and rage, high beats his foul,
No danger fears, defies controul !
And, 'ere he can be check'd and caught,
And into proper training brought,
His dreadful feats will much annoy,
And likely may himself destroy.

INDE X.

A.

ACCOUNT of the new Pantomime,

called Merry Sherwood, 116. of
the public games of Greece, 151, 250.
of the Days of Yore, 171. of the Way
to get Married, 172. of the Pantomime
called Harlequin Captive, 174. of the
Man of Ten Thoufand, 175. of Mr.
Spillard, 197. of the Farce called Lock
and Key, 230. of the Shepherdess of
Cheapfide, 231.

Action for courfing a hare, 263. for mo-
ney loft at the game of whift, 265
Addrefs, 34.

Ad niral C. and Capt. S. fracas between
them, 846.

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Card, and reply to it, 80
Cards, a pack of, fpiritualized, go
Carriages, treatise on, 6
Cafualties, 107, 217

Chaces, fox, hare, and fag, extraordinary,
155, 231, 287

Chances, lottery, 126

Chefs, the game of, rules for playing, 240
Character of the Mahrattes, 173
Choice, the lady's, 168

Christmas boxes, origin of, 132
City fportfmen, hints to them, 30
Cock-fighting, origin of, 307
Col. Thornton's Dafh, 212
Comedian, lines on, 284
Comparison of life to a lottery, 84
Convivial Thefpians, 258

Coriander, pedigree and performances of,

24
Courfing at Swaff ham, 38, 125, 204.
at Petworth, 202

Court-martial anecdote, 36

Court of honour at Pruffia, plan of the, 138
Cricket matches, 52

a fatire on, 202

Crim con. 43
Crops, origin of, 44.
Crofe readings, 209
Cultivation of waftes, 112

Cumberland hunt, 97

Customs and diverfions of the English in
the Anglo-Norman period, 253
D.

Dama's petition, 17

Death of Mr. John Goofe, 39. of the
horfe and his matter, 158

Decifion, the welcome and unwelcome,
& 55

Defcription of a tomb at Minter, in Kent,
191. of a Dutch route or drum, 297
Dexterity of the Hottentots, 47
Dick England, life of, 143, 204, 324.
Trial of, 266

Diomed, Grey, 115
Divorce, 80.

Dixon, John, lines on, 340

Dog, royal, and his minifter, 15

Dogs, a tax upon, obfervations upon, 16,

95, 200

Dogs, mad, recipes for the bites of them,
194

Draughts, game of, Payne's introduction
to the, 44

Duelling, 104, 213, 249, 276, 277, 289.

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Eagle fhooting, 87

E.

Earl of Moira's failings and counter-fail-
ings, 112
Elopement, 47

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to, 44

Games of Greece, account of the public

games there, 151, 250

Game of chefs, rules for playing the, 240
Game of whift, action for money loft at
the, 265

Game at cards, obfervations on fome old-
fashioned ones, 148

Game cock, wonderful operation on one,
193

Game laws, foliloquy on the, 54

Game law, debate in the House of Com-
mons on the, 290

Game bill, Mr. Curwen's preamble to, 291
Gaming adventure, 13
Gaming annals of, 215
(308
Georgian Planter's method of spending time
Glanders, on, 313

Glandered horfes, experiments on, 71,

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Hare, action for courfing one, 263

Hare hunt, account of a, 79

Hare, trying for one, 176. lines on a, 223
Harlequin Captive, account of the Panto
mime fo called, 174
Hertfordshire hunt, 176
Hints to city fportsmen, 30
Hiftory of hunting, 130
Hog and butcher, 222

Holland, punishment of state criminals
there, 187

Honoria, lines to, 284
Horned biped, 165

Horfe, phyfiognomy of the, 27
Horfe and his master, death of the, 158
Horfes, glandered, experiments on, 71
Horfes, action for the fale of unfound, 338
Hottentots, dexterity of the, 47
House swallow, obfervations on the, 85.
Hunting, bullock, 51
Hunting, hiftory of, 130.

obfervations

on, 184. letters on, 31, 69, 127, 180,
243, 304. method of in Patagonia,
248. among the Hottentots, 241
Hyde-park, fports there, 260

Impromptu, 56
Infcription, 223

I.

Inftance of provincial fagacity, 304
Inftance of animal adoption, a remarka-
ble one, 237, of fidélity and courage in
a terrier, 242

Intelligence, fporting, 47, 103, 159, 215,
276, 336

Inviting offer, 257

Iron Cheft, account of the, 292
Jefuitical exculpation, 342
Jeux d'efprit, III

John Goofe, death of him, 39
L.

Ladies choice, 168

Ladies' drefs, lines on, 341
Ladies and their puppies, 84
Lady Jehu, a familiar epiftle to, 192
Lara and the lottery tickets, 263
Law cafe, refpecting the fale of horses, 139
Law report, 42

Legacy of an old friend, 224

Letters on hunting, 31, 69, 127, 180,
243, 304

Life of Mr. Tatterfall, 3, 59, 228. of
Dick England, 143, 204, 255, 324.
of Mr. Taplin, 227
Life compared to a lottery, 84
Lines on the death of Mr. John Goose

54. extempore, 196. on the approach.
ing nuptials of a young lady, ib. on a
hare, 223. to Honoria, 284, exteth-
pore, ib.

Lisbon, bull feast there, 145

Lift of stallions to cover, 68, 144
Literature, veterinarian, 286

Lock and Key, account of the new mufi-
cal Farce fo called, 230

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