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¥n the eighteenth century, the 
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But man, in every clime-and pk 
“ The faint, the favage, aud the fage,” 
When urg’d by joy or care— 
Helplefs, and to the future blind— 
Looks up tothe Omnifcient mind, 
And fcoths his foul with prayer. 
R. L. Ez 
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gh author of the 
following parody {not a Chria-Church man) 
being at Oxford, faw, at a diftance, twelve 
_perfons, running at full fpeed down to Chrift- 
Chareh cloifters, whi ‘chee hey entered: cu- 
riofity ted Kim to follow chert: when, look- 
ing thiough an orening in the door of a cer- 
fain commioner, he fw twelve pale figures, 
refembling men; they were all employed 
about a youth; and as they worked, they 
fung the fullowing forg; when they had 
finithed, they pat up their implements, 
and each taking own, they {fcoured 
away, fix to Pp ckwater, and fix to the 
great Saal angle. 
THE RHEDECYNIAN BARBERS, 
AN ODE. 
Now the fy begins to clear, 
Hatte! the ; sowder-bag prepare 5 
Show’rs of Gyeces. and perfumes dear, 
Huftle in tre thi_ken’d air. 
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Blacken'd ivory is the ecmb, 
With which thy dufky locks we ftrain 5 
Working many a loufe’s doom, 
ees s woe, and KraAwLeEr’s bane. 
See the frofted texture grow— 
Tis of Marchalle powder made 5 
And the tail that plays below, 
Hangs from **** ****s head. 
White ftitch’d fhoes, ne’er dipt in dirt, 
Scud the quadrangle alung ; 
String in bow-knot neatly girt 
Keep the quarters clofe and frong. 
Harris Tom*, with unkempt head, 
Charles* the {cout, in hurry fee, 
Joia the beauteous work to-aid— 
Tas the work. -of  frippery ! 
¥ Two perfons ; well known at Chrif@-Church. 
Original Poetry....New Patentse 
[Mays 
Now the ruddy fun is fet, 
Chairs muit fhiver—fiudents fing 5 
Cap with clattering cap {hall meet— 
Bottles crafh—and glaiies ring ! 
Gently fpread the perfum’d fat! 
Let us go, and let us fy, 
Where the youths expectant wait, 
Us to powder, us to tie. 
As the gravell’d path we tread, 
Wading through the empuddl’d fquarey 
Parapluie of oil-filk fpread 
O’er the youthful beau’s dreft hair. 
Swift Italia’s perfumes throw ! <7 
Our’s to plafter—our’s to plat 5 
Spite of weather, he fhail go— 
Gently fpread the perfum’d fat. 
Hairs, that once like brifles grim, 
Greafy grew into his neck, 
Soon fhal!l ftretch in order trim, 
O’er the dark brown of his cheek. 
Low the obdurate curl is laid, 
By our irons firaiten’d cou ~ 
Dreis demands. the finifh’d head— 
Soon the fore-top fhail be done. 
Long thali Chrit-Church fmile wah poy, 
Such a head as this to fee ; 
Long her ftrains in praife employ— 
Strains of wit and repartee. 
Mille-fleur covers all his pate ! 
Trickling ftreams of jas’mine ran! 
Wave the puff in filky ftate; 
Brothers,. ceafe !—the work is done. 
Jail the tafk, and hail the hands, 
Joy and triumph to our fhop 5 
Joy to our barbaric hands 5 
Triumph o’er each blackguard trop. 
Valet! thou that tief a tail, 
Learn thy bufinefs from our fong ! 
Chrift-Church, thro’ each cloifier pale, 
Spread our fame and credit long? 
Brothers, hence! your puffs lay down, 
Each his powder- bag compreti ; 
Many a ftudent in the towa- 
Waits impatient to be dreft. 
P. ¥. 

« NE WP AE NEES ; 
Enrolled in the Months of April and Maj. 
Bie. Sippon’s GuN AND PistoL- 
SPRINGS. 
O’ the 14th of March; letters patent 
were granted to Mr. Wititiam 
StppoN, of Weft-Bromwich, Stafford- 
fhire, Gun-lock-maker, for a new me- 
thod of faftening the hammer and fear- 
{prings to gun aad piftol-locks. 
In an ordinary gun-lock, the part 
which contains the Fufe-powder is called 
the pan, and that divifion which keeps 
rke powder from becoming damp, and 
from falling out of the pan, is termed 
the hammer ;—this latter part, on re- 
ceiving the collifive power of the cock- 
flint, recedes, with intiant velocity, by 
means of a {mall angular fpring, which 
is placed under the hammer, and acts 
againft it; it is called the basamer f{pring, 
aa it is faftened on the outfide. of the 
lock by means of: a {crew. 
In the improvement before us, the 
harmer-/pring, inftead of being fcrewed 
to the lock-plate, as was formerly done, 
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