"In all the fond intrigues of Love,"
is highly worthy of imitation; and the ſucceſs that has ſo richly crowned their courage and enterprize, muſt be an invincible inducement to the fading phalanx of our remaining Bachelors, to make a vigorous attack on ſome fortreſs of female beauty, with a determined reſolution,
——"Ne'er to quit the glorious ſtrife,"
'Till, dreſt in all her charms, ſome blooming fair
Herſelf ſhall yield, the prize of conquering love!
In the "Salem Mercury," June 17, 1788, we find the following announcement, which reminds us of "Solomon Grundy, who died on Monday."
Died—At Rehoboth, Mr. Henry Bowen. He went to a wedding, well, on Thurſday, taken ſick on Friday, died on Saturday, buried on Sunday.
"Virtuous and amiable" were terms used frequently in the lists of deaths.
—At Portſmouth, Mrs. Jane Hill, the virtuous and amiable Conſort of Mr. Eliſha Hill. [1790]