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Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.
' I shall not mention any more of the modern pro gees of Mrs ; Novel : they are myriads in number . If you wish for / particular-information , read the register of Folly ' s Deputy-Librarian . ' Just as my Guide had finished speaking , a person made his appearance in a party-coloured jacket and trowsers . Delight , I saw , overspread the countenance of the courtiers , but most of all , pf the Sovereign . The party-coloured man jumped with great agility oyer
the head of a very tall , aukward Fool , that stood with a white wand in his hand , and hit Mrs . Novel a slap on a certain part of her per- ; son which Fools frequently honour with a salutation . Her Majesty burst out into a loud and long fit of laughter , which was joined by a louder and longer of the whole court . Jokes of equaj ingenuity followed with equal applause . One I thought a ;
little severe : a short fat woman , whom I had observed very dexterous in picking the pockets of other Fools , had hidden her acquisition in a BOX : Harlequin , for so the party-coloured man was called :, pulled her box from her pocket , opened if , and publicly returned their own purses to the proprietors ; thus depriving poor Fatty of the . fruits of her dexterity . He then put her head into a curious wooden machine , and pelted her with rotten eggs . He called her some outlandish name , which , methought , sounded like one of the Kings of Egypt . My Guide told me she was on ' e of a gang of thieves , and
that instead of the joke which I thought severe , she would in due time probably meet , along with her accomplices , with another wooden machine that would effectually put an end to her depredations . This'Harlequin , my Guide told me , was admitted b y Wisdom to amuse children , as by Folly to amuse grown persons . A gentleman now came forward , whose name was Monsieur Ballet He had the singular art of teaching people to fiht and kill each other
g to jig time . Characters of a much graver appearance than any I had yet seen , paid their court , for I found that gra-vity was in great request with Folly , when a co-ver fur inanity A personage with a remarkable heavy countenance , walking up with a slow and stately pace , addressed her Majesty with mixed
pomposity and humility . ' Behold , gracious Queen / ' he said , ' the valuable acquirements of a life spent in the service of Folly . ' Here , with exulting countenance , he produced a number of boxes , and opening one , brought out a very large assortment of butterflies ; some complete , the rest in the various stages of their progress from caterpillars : another box contained a great variety of shells : a third
, numbers of those two classes of beings , the louse and the bug . Those , my Guide told me , he had inclosed in one box , in hopes that contiguity might cause acquaintance , and acquaintance love . " Notitiam primosque graclus vicinia fecit ;
Tempore crevit amor , tajda ; quoque jure coissent SED " Not that he had borrowed the idea from Ovid of contiguity producing love : that was a plagiarism of which even his enemies could mot accuse him , he being totally unacquainted with Ovid , or any Latin
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Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.
' I shall not mention any more of the modern pro gees of Mrs ; Novel : they are myriads in number . If you wish for / particular-information , read the register of Folly ' s Deputy-Librarian . ' Just as my Guide had finished speaking , a person made his appearance in a party-coloured jacket and trowsers . Delight , I saw , overspread the countenance of the courtiers , but most of all , pf the Sovereign . The party-coloured man jumped with great agility oyer
the head of a very tall , aukward Fool , that stood with a white wand in his hand , and hit Mrs . Novel a slap on a certain part of her per- ; son which Fools frequently honour with a salutation . Her Majesty burst out into a loud and long fit of laughter , which was joined by a louder and longer of the whole court . Jokes of equaj ingenuity followed with equal applause . One I thought a ;
little severe : a short fat woman , whom I had observed very dexterous in picking the pockets of other Fools , had hidden her acquisition in a BOX : Harlequin , for so the party-coloured man was called :, pulled her box from her pocket , opened if , and publicly returned their own purses to the proprietors ; thus depriving poor Fatty of the . fruits of her dexterity . He then put her head into a curious wooden machine , and pelted her with rotten eggs . He called her some outlandish name , which , methought , sounded like one of the Kings of Egypt . My Guide told me she was on ' e of a gang of thieves , and
that instead of the joke which I thought severe , she would in due time probably meet , along with her accomplices , with another wooden machine that would effectually put an end to her depredations . This'Harlequin , my Guide told me , was admitted b y Wisdom to amuse children , as by Folly to amuse grown persons . A gentleman now came forward , whose name was Monsieur Ballet He had the singular art of teaching people to fiht and kill each other
g to jig time . Characters of a much graver appearance than any I had yet seen , paid their court , for I found that gra-vity was in great request with Folly , when a co-ver fur inanity A personage with a remarkable heavy countenance , walking up with a slow and stately pace , addressed her Majesty with mixed
pomposity and humility . ' Behold , gracious Queen / ' he said , ' the valuable acquirements of a life spent in the service of Folly . ' Here , with exulting countenance , he produced a number of boxes , and opening one , brought out a very large assortment of butterflies ; some complete , the rest in the various stages of their progress from caterpillars : another box contained a great variety of shells : a third
, numbers of those two classes of beings , the louse and the bug . Those , my Guide told me , he had inclosed in one box , in hopes that contiguity might cause acquaintance , and acquaintance love . " Notitiam primosque graclus vicinia fecit ;
Tempore crevit amor , tajda ; quoque jure coissent SED " Not that he had borrowed the idea from Ovid of contiguity producing love : that was a plagiarism of which even his enemies could mot accuse him , he being totally unacquainted with Ovid , or any Latin