And fortune's smiles as yet were wanting to her.

I never pinch'd nor spared in my expenses,

Yet now—doors closely barr'd are all the recompence

That waits on former bounties ill bestow'd. —Mitchell.


Alexis. (Book xiii. § 23, p. 908.)

They fly at all, and, as their funds increase,

With fresh recruits they still augment their stock,

Moulding the young novitiate to her trade;

Form, features, manners, everything so changed,