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Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.
WISDOM AND FOLLY : A VISION .
Wo . II . * , -
A LADY of a very grotesque figure next paid her court to Folly . " ^ - * " My Guide told me , she was principal Lady of the Bedchamber to her Majesty , and also chief Governess to the young Princesses . She had been once Maid of Honour , when lier name was Miss ROMANCE ; afterwards she had taken the name of Mrs . Novel . In her early years she had patronized publications which were honoured
with her own name . These , such as Amadis de Gaul , Don Belianis of Greece , Felix of Iiyrcania ; and afterwards Cassandra , and Cleopatra , were books which Folly honoured with her most serious perusal , and recommended to her daughters , with the truly maternal wish of seasoning their young minds with the best literature . Miss Romance , who was of a very amorous constitution , had many intrigues ; and
though most of her lovers were loyal to the Stultan Sovereign ,, yet were there a few creatures of Wisdom among the number . One Miguel Cervantes , a tall , muscular Spaniard , was one of the lovers , a determined and powerful enemy of Cjueen Folly , beloved and .. dmii'ed by the Wise . By him she had a son , named Quixote , who ( as Spaniards are fond of title ) took the appellation of Don . This Don Quixote , and a fat servant , called Sancho , were dreadful
foes to Folly , and all under the treacherous pretence of friendship . She afterwards became enamoured of a Frenchman , a Monsieur Le Sage , and by him had several children : of whom one , though a lame little devil , was a puissant combatant against Folly . She had another by the same , called GIL BLAS , one of the most redoubtable champions that ever encountered Folly and her subjects . Her physicians , her mountebanks ; her clergy , her players ; her lawyersher thieves ;
, her courtiers , her prostitutes ; her lords , her pimps ; her ministers , her robbers ; all her subjefts were assailed with overpowerful might by the Herculean Gil Bias : her very mitred hierarebs were not safe from his impious efforts . ' On the death of Le Sage , his mistress , now called Mrs . Novel , kept loyal to Folly , until she fell in with one Richardson , a fat
bookseller : by him she had several children , vh-., though they had more bulk than muscle , did not want strength , and fought against Folly With a good deal of vigour , and still more inclination . After this , she contracted an intimacy with two men at once , probably thinking two better than one : —the first , a very strong red-haired , rawboned Scotchman ; the second , a still stronger , finely proportioned , and very handsome Englishman .
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Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.
WISDOM AND FOLLY : A VISION .
Wo . II . * , -
A LADY of a very grotesque figure next paid her court to Folly . " ^ - * " My Guide told me , she was principal Lady of the Bedchamber to her Majesty , and also chief Governess to the young Princesses . She had been once Maid of Honour , when lier name was Miss ROMANCE ; afterwards she had taken the name of Mrs . Novel . In her early years she had patronized publications which were honoured
with her own name . These , such as Amadis de Gaul , Don Belianis of Greece , Felix of Iiyrcania ; and afterwards Cassandra , and Cleopatra , were books which Folly honoured with her most serious perusal , and recommended to her daughters , with the truly maternal wish of seasoning their young minds with the best literature . Miss Romance , who was of a very amorous constitution , had many intrigues ; and
though most of her lovers were loyal to the Stultan Sovereign ,, yet were there a few creatures of Wisdom among the number . One Miguel Cervantes , a tall , muscular Spaniard , was one of the lovers , a determined and powerful enemy of Cjueen Folly , beloved and .. dmii'ed by the Wise . By him she had a son , named Quixote , who ( as Spaniards are fond of title ) took the appellation of Don . This Don Quixote , and a fat servant , called Sancho , were dreadful
foes to Folly , and all under the treacherous pretence of friendship . She afterwards became enamoured of a Frenchman , a Monsieur Le Sage , and by him had several children : of whom one , though a lame little devil , was a puissant combatant against Folly . She had another by the same , called GIL BLAS , one of the most redoubtable champions that ever encountered Folly and her subjects . Her physicians , her mountebanks ; her clergy , her players ; her lawyersher thieves ;
, her courtiers , her prostitutes ; her lords , her pimps ; her ministers , her robbers ; all her subjefts were assailed with overpowerful might by the Herculean Gil Bias : her very mitred hierarebs were not safe from his impious efforts . ' On the death of Le Sage , his mistress , now called Mrs . Novel , kept loyal to Folly , until she fell in with one Richardson , a fat
bookseller : by him she had several children , vh-., though they had more bulk than muscle , did not want strength , and fought against Folly With a good deal of vigour , and still more inclination . After this , she contracted an intimacy with two men at once , probably thinking two better than one : —the first , a very strong red-haired , rawboned Scotchman ; the second , a still stronger , finely proportioned , and very handsome Englishman .