DIALOGUES

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CORTEX.
Ask thine, wheiher thy Zeal had no worldly Views, and
whether thou didst believe all the Nonlense of the Seel;, at
the head of which thou wast pleated to become aLegisator.
Adieu. — Self-Examination requires Retirement.
DIALOGUE V.
MERCURY -— and a modern hue LADY.
Mrs. M o D i s H.
Tndeed, Mr. Mercury, I cannot have the pleaiure of waiting
upon you now. 1 am engaged, absolutely engaged.
MERCURY.
I know you have an amiable .alfeAionate husband, and
several hne children; but you need not be told, that neither
conjugal attachments, maternal ahetiThons, nor even the care
of a Kingdom's welfare or aNation's glory, can excuse a per-
so.n who has received a summons to the realms ofDeath. Is
the grim meihenger was not as peremtory as unwelcome,
Charon would not get a pasfen ger, (except now and then an
hypochondriacal Engliihman) once in a century. Youmustbe
content to leave your husband and family, and pais the Styx.
Mrs. hi o D i s H.
I did not mean to iniist on any engagement withmyhui-
bandand children; I never thought myielsengaged to them.
I had no engagements but luch as were common to women
of my rank. Look on my Chimney-piece, and you will see I
was engaged to the Play on Mondays, Balls onTusdays, the
Opera on Saturdays, and to Card-aiiemblies the rest of the
week, sor two months to come; and it would be the rudeit
thing in the world not to keep my appointments. Is you
will Ray for me till the Summer-season, I will wait on you,
with all my heart. Perhaps the Elyhan Fields may be less
deteslable than the country in c-ur world. Pray have you a
fine Vauxhall and Ranelagh? I think I ihould not diilike
drinking theLethe Waters when you have A full Season.
M E R C U R Y.
Surely you could not like to drink the water: ofOblivion,
who have made Pleaiure the buiiness, end, and aim os your
Life!