nishes, and you bear the other half without complaint.

I WAS interrupted in the hey-day of this foliloquy, with a voice which I took to be of a child, which complained "it "could not get out."---I looked up and down the paffage, and feeing neither man, woman, or child, I went out without further attention.

In my return back through the pasfage, I heard the fame words repeated. twice over; and looking up, I faw it was a ftarling hung in a little cage." I can't get out-I can't get out," faid the starling.

I STOOD looking at the bird; and to every person who came through the parfage, it ran fluttering to the fide towards which they approached it, with the fame lamentation of its captivity-" I can't get "out,"

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"out," faid the ftarling-God help thee!: faid I, but I'll let thee out, coft what it will; fo turned about the cage to get to the door: it was twifted and double twisted fo faft with wire, there was no getting it open without pulling the cage to pieces took both hands to it.

THE bird flew to the place where I was attempting his deliverance, and thrusting his head through the trellis, preffed his breast against it, as if impatient-I fear, poor creature faid I, I cannot fet thee at liberty-"No," faid the ftarling-"I can't get out-I can't get "out," faid the starling.

I vow, I never had my affections more tenderly awakened; or do I remember an incident in my life, where the diffipated fpirits, to which my reafon had. been a bubble, were fo fuddenly called home Mechanical as the notes were,

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yet fo true in tune to nature were they chanted, that, in one moment they overthrew all my fyftematic reasonings upon the Baftile; and I heavily walked up ftairs, unfaying every word I had faid in going down them.

DISGUISE thyfelf as thou wilt, fll, flavery! faid I still thou art a bitter draught; and though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thee, thou art no less bitter on that account. 'Tis thou, thrice fweet and gracious goddefs, addreffing myself to LIBERTÝ, whom all in public or in private worfhip, whofe tafte is grateful and ever. will be fo, till NATURE herself shall change no tint of words can fpot thy fnowy mantle, or chymic power turn thy fceptre into iron-with thee to smile upon him as he eats his cruft, the swain is happier than his monarch, from whofe

court thou art exiled-Gracious heaven! cried I, kneeling down upon the last step but one in my afcent-grant me but health, thou great Beftower of it, and give me but this fair goddess as my companion-and fhower down thy mitres, if it seems good unto thy divine providence, upon those heads which are aching for them.

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HE bird in his cage pursued me into my room; I fat down close to my table, and leaning my head upon my hand, I begun to figure to myself the miseries of confinement. I was in a right frame for it, and fo I gave full fcope to my imagination.

I was going to begin with the millions of my fellow-creatures born to no inheritance but flavery; but finding, however affecting the picture was, that I could not bring it near me, and that the multitude of fad groups in it did but diftract me