a flyle as to induce him to imagine | making her his wife, as he could not, with his fmall fortune. think of marrying a Woman with no While they were taking a walk in Mr. Jenkins's extenfive grounds, which came to him by inheritance, and which proved very lucrative to him, Fanny and her lover, in the moft private part of it, perceived he would leave the greatest part of it to her at his death, if he woul not advance a great deal of it in his thing, he would make an other atlife-time. With thefe views, he did tempt." If that fails," faid he, every thing he could think of" I muft bid you-whatever I ento win the aflections of Fanny, dure-farewel for ever!" and foon made fo complete a conquest of her heart, that he was quite ready to give him her hand. However, he was not to blinded by love as to lofe light of i tereft, and, there fore, told her that if her uncle would give his confent, and a hand-him-though they were concealed fome fortune, he would marry her from his eyes-holding a bag in one immediately. Flattered by her un hand, and putting money into it cle's behaviour to her, fhe replied, with the other. When he had fithat he really believed if he asked his nifhed his movements by closing it confent, he would not only have no faft, they faw him dig a hole with objection to him as a nephew, but a fpade, and bury it. When this rather think himself honoured by the operation was over, he removed introduction of his nicce into fo re- from the fpot, after having viewed fpectable a family. Meredith, ac- it for fome time with great attencordingly, did fk the old man's tion. On his departure, the two confent, but he did not receive the lovers were feized with a violent cu anfwer which he expected, tire an- riofity to know how much he had fwer he wished for. Mr. Jenkins committed to the ground. As fon was very ready to give up his niece as he was too far off to perceive their to a gentleman of his appearance, motions, they repaired to the inte and well-known character, but could refting place which he had quit:cd, not help telling him, that as all hu- and made a difcovery which filled man affairs were uncertain, he was them with defires not to be indulged determined to part with nothing without criminality, and confe while he lived; adding, however, quently not to be encouraged on any that if he had it in his power, he account. They longed to take the would make a fufficient provifion for fum in queftion which was confiderhis niece in his will. able in their eyes, into their pofThis determination proved of fofeffion; but they felt checks of a forbidding a nature to Fanny's lover, certain nature that prevented them that he relinquished all thoughts of from the indu'gence of their wifles. her, and refolved, in his turn, to withdraw his addreffes: but when he went to make her acquainted with his new refolution, the appeared fo alluring in his eyes, that he was ftruck, he was ftaggered, and knew not how to feparate himself from her. In short, after many fevere conflicts-of which lovers alone can have the fmalleft conception— he frankly informed her, that though her uncle had prevented him from VOL. XX. -While they were in a state of the moft difquieting fufpence upon fo ftriking an occafion, they, turning their eyes, faw marks of the fpade, fimilar to thofe which had fo torcibly attracted their attention, and difcoveries that operated in fo pow erful a manner, that they mutually refolved to avail themselves of the "glorious, golden opportunity," and enrich themselves with the fpoils of avarice. Delay they knew might Rrr be DIES in and near Derby. 1. Two thirds of a beaft, and a Vowel. be dangerous; they, therefore, made | An Enigmatical Lift of Young Laall poffible hafte to carry off what they had found, and fet off to a for dift.nt quarter of the kingdom wih their booty; not stopping till they came to a village where Meredith know he fhould meet with a reception agreable to his wifhes, and there he foon afterwards made Fanny his own by the irongest ties. For fome time that is-during the intoxications of love, Fanny felt herself exceffively happy in her new fituation and joined with her Chres in laughing at the old hunks whom they had fo capitally overreached-but her hours of felicity were foon at an end. She began to think ferionfly on what he had done; The began tepent of the robbery which he had committed in conjunction with her 1 ver, and endeavoured to make him fenfible of their criminal proceedings: but he turned all her converfation of the repentant kind into a jeft, and endeavoured to joke her out of her religious fears; calling them ridiculous to the last degree. However, fhe was fo much ter rified by them, that hearing of her urcles's Iving on his death-bed, in the most afflicted condition, in con 2. A man's Chriflian name, a ferpentine letter, and the reverse to off. 3. Three fourths of a fecurity, a confonant, and the whole. 4. Two fixths of a character in the tragedy of Percy, a confonant, a part of the face, and a matrimonial pledge. 5. The half of a fih, and the two laft letters of a character in the Gamefter. 6. A ferpentine letter, three fifths of a bishop's cap, and a con fonant. 7. Three fourths of a furious bird, changing a letter, and two fixths of a village near Derby. 8. Two fevenths of a foreign title of distinction, and two Exths of NAMES. 1. Four tenths of an univerfal medicine, a vowel, two fourths of tumult, and two fifths of an Ethi opian. 2. Half of a meal, and an interjection. fequence of the diftrefs produced by An Enigmatical Lift of WOMEN'S the lofs of his money, he fet off directly to his houfe, travelling night and day, as it was at a confiderable distance from her own, to make a full confeffion of her criminality, and to implore his forgiventfs. She arrived at his houfe in the greatest agitation of fpirits, but he arrived too late. He died a few moments before her appearance. -This dif appointment was a blow too heavy to be borne.--She funk under it: The lived indeed, but in a state devoutly to be deplored-fhe lingered our many years, bereft of her fenfes, and at last expired in a lucid interval, in a manner too affecting to be defcribed. 3. Four fifths of a French coin, one fourth of an empty tomb, and a ferpentine letter. 4. Dido, two thirds of a laborious infect, and one third of a well known European river. 5. Three fourths of the juice of the grape, myfelf, three fifths of a whim, and a mute. 6. Half an herald's coat, myself, and three fourths of a conjunction. Enigmatical Questions. 7. Two fourths of a bird that fings fweetly, and half a city in Portugal. 8. Two thirds of a pearl, and a Latin conjunction. 9. Half a mufical inftrument, and three fourths of a horologe. 10. Half of noife, and three fourths of a place the good will not inhabit. 11. Two thirds of an epistle, and congealed water. 12. Three fifths of the receptacle 491 of the dead, and one fourth of a fin- An Enigmatical Lift of INNS of gle life. 13. Two thirds of a marriagefeaft, and a black foffil, changing a letter. 14. One third of a retrograde diffyllable, and three fifths of a handfome lady. 15. Three eighths of a Turkish foldier, and a vowel. 16. Half of wonder, and three fourths of a conjunction. 17. Half of refpect, and half of folitary devout perfon. a 18. A foreign coin, and one third of a Roman magiftrate who taxed eftates. J. D. COURT. 1. A colour, changing a letter. 2. A city in England. 3. A man's Christian name, 4. A ftately pile of building. 5. A rock, and a circle, changing a letter. 6. The reverse to old. 7. Five fevenths of to equip, and three fifths of a price. A Lift of HISTORICAL QUESTIONS. 1. When was paper first introduced into England? 2. Who was the first king of Po land? 3. When were the commons of England firft fummoned to parlia An Enigmatical Lift of MEN'S ment? 1. To faften, three fevenths of fentiment, an interjection, and a fea-fowl. 4. When were bells first used in England, and by whom were they invented? 5. When were fillings firft coined in England. vent 6. When were telescopes in: en 2. An aromatic nut, two thirds of á chattering bird, and half a woed? man's favourite. 3. Three eighths of a counterpoifon, and a fweet fubftance, expunging a letter. 4. Three fifths of a month, and a white metal. 5. A celeftial fign, and an odoriferous ointment. 6. Four fevenths of a royal patent, and half a talk to learn or read. 7. Half a river in Cumberland, and four fevenths of worldly. ERRATA, p. 267, A BRITISH WEST INDIA ISLAND. and the principal Towns and Sea-ports in it enigmatically expreffed. No. 1. for two thirds of undif turbed, read two fourths of undif turbed. No. 2. After kingdom in Europe, add omitting a letter. |