DR. DARWIN* 



perfpeclive through the graceful arches, 



formed by their meeting branches. Sud- 



denly my ear was ftartled, not by the 



voice of my lover, but by the loud and 



diflbnant noife of the war-fong, which 



lix black grimalkins were railing in honor 



of. the numerous victories obtained by the 



Perfian, Snow ; compared with which, 



they acknowledged thofe of Englifh cats 



rud little brilliance, eclipfed, like the un- 



important victories of the Howes, by the 



puiffant Clinton and Arbuthnot, and the 



ftill more puiffant Cornwallis. It fung 



that thou didll owe thy matchlefs might 



to thy lineal defcent from the invincible 



Alexander, as he derived his more than 



mortal valour from his mother Olympia's 



illicit commerce with Jupiter. They 



fung that, amid the renowned fiege of 



Perfepolis, while Iloxana and Statira were 



contending for the honour of his atten- 



tions, the conqueror of the . world deigned 



I to 



