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dy will be fo much the leffer; and where the Body is lefs, the Celerity will be fo much the greater; fo that the Quantity of Motion refulting from the Body, as drawn into its own Velocity, is equal on both Sides; as will be more largely fet forth hereafter.

(12.) THE innate Force of Matter is a Power of refifting, whereby every Body, as much as it can, perfe veres in its own State of refting, or moving uniformly ftraight forwards in a right Line.

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THIS Force is proportional to the Body, and differs nothing from the Inactivity of the Body, but in the Manper of conceiving it, by which it comes to país, that a Body is not without Difficulty put out of its State, whether of Reft, or Motion. From whence, by a very fignificant age it may be called the Force of Inactivity. But a Body exercifes this Force, only when it is acted upon by fome Force from without Under which Exercife of its innate Force, it is confidered in a double Refpect, to wit, as Refitance and Impulfe. Refiftance, as far as it fruggles with the impreffed Force, in order to preferve its own State; Impulfe, as the fame Body by not eafily giving way to the Force of the refifting Obftacle, endeavours to change its State. Indeed, it feems moft proper to attribute Refiftance to quiefcent, and Impulfe to moving Bodies; and I fhould affign any Impeius whatfoever, where one of the Bodies is at Reft, to the pofitive Force of the moved Body, rather than to the negative Force of the quicfcent One.

(13.) THE imprefs'd Force is an Action exercised on a Body for the changing its State, whether of Reft, or uniform direct Motion.

THUS this Force confifts in Action alone, and remains not in the Body at all after the Action: For the Body perfeveres in every new State by its fole Force of Inactivity. Now Force imprefs'd is from divers Causes,as from a Blow, a Preffure, or Tendency to a Centre.

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ANSWERS to the laft EN IGM A S•

1. The Tackling of a Ship. 4. An Act of Parliament.

2. Sea-Coals.

3. The Load-Stone.

5. A Pin-Cushion.

An ANSWER to the Four First ENIGMAS, by W. N.

Rom Newcastle to London, full freighted with*COAL, 2.
In Fanuary laft we fet Sail :

FROM

In the midft of our Paffage our Ship fell to rowl, Having met with a very hard Gale.

Tho' touch'd by the * MAGNET, our Needle ftood wrong, 3. In vain it was Anchor to caft;

But ourShip proved tight and the* TACKLE was ftrong, r.
So we got fafe to London at last.

There by ACT of PARLIAMENT,charg'd on eachCargo, 4.
For building St. PAUL'S noble Dome.
A Duty we paid, and without further Embargo
We clear'd, and fail'd merrily home.

The Fifth ENIGMA, anfwered by E. K.
OUR Fifth ENIGMA furely means
*A CUSHIONET, well ftockt with PINS.

Sooner

All the ENIGMAS anfwered by F., B.
To Mifs

* 5.

Ooner fhall PITCH and * COAL be white, *1. 2. The * MAGNET know no more a Pole,

Than I'll forfake, thee, dear Delight!

If mine; I'd love thee as my Soul.

What need the Laws tye Men to one,
If all our Sex did love like me?
Then each would ftick unto his own,
As thy PIN-CUSHION does to thee,

3.

5.

On

On the DEATH of a BELOVED WIFE.
Written by Her HUSBAND.

WHILE pining Anguifh, wild Defpair,
Increase my Pangs, prolong my Care;
Depriv'd of all my Soul held dear,
Enchanting Joy, and Love fincere :
While round the gloomy Scene's difplay'd,
And Death ftill deepens ev'ry Shade;
Sad, filent, dark, the Pomp of Woe!
Shall Sorrow's Eye forbear to flow?
Flow fill, ye Tears! ye Sighs complain!

But Sighs and Tears alike are vain!
See there all pale and dead fhe lies:
For ever flow my ftreaming Eyes !
Fly Hymen with extinguifh'd Fires!
Fly Nuptial Blifs, and chafte Defires !
CLEORA's fled, the loveliest Mind ;
Faith, Sweetnefs, Wit, together join'd!
-Dwelt Faith, and Wit, and Sweetnefs, here 3.
O view the Change, and drop a Tear!
Once in thefe Eyes each Grace was feen,]
And Love and Mildness fhone ferene :
Once foft Perfuafion tun'd her Tongue,
As Truth fincere, and fweet as Song:
Once this cold Hand could touch the Lyre,
And ev'ry tender Thought infpire.
Now finking to its Parent Clay,
All chang'd the Body feems to fay,

Thus Life, a Shadow, fleets away!
O whifper ftill, thou Voice divine !
Thine be the Lore, Attention mine;
And while this awful Object lies
Expos'd before my weeping Eyes,
Teach me fome Genius from on high,
Like her to live, like her to die
To emulate the Paths fhe trod,
All humane, gen'rous, great, and good!
Like her, the Rage of Death, to charm,
And ev'ry fting of Pain difarm!
Rife as the rofe, a fpotlefs Soul,

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And, raptur'd on the Verge of Day,
Smil'd to behold the fhining Way.

But hark! the fadly folemn Bell,
Sullenly founds my laft Farewell.

Lo round the Corpfe, the plaintive Throng,
Slow-moving, filent walk along.

The Torch that lends its mournful Light,
The myftic Pray'r, the Fun'ral Rite,
The weeping Friends, th' expecting Ground,
The filent Horror all around,

Have tempted Sorrow from her Cave;
And now the hovers o'er the Grave:
Now finks our Hearts, impearls our Eyes,
And bids a gen'ral Groan arife;
Exclaims that Man was doom'd to mourn,
And fits in Pomp to guard the Urn.

'Tis done! ----Oh ever Dear, adieu !
Each tender Name is loft in you.
Adieu! thou once kind, lovely Fair,
Soft Spring of Joy, Relief from Care!
O Reft may Love with ev'ry Grace,
And ev'ry Virtue, guard the Place :
While me receives the lonely Bed,
Sad, proftrate, filent as the Dead !!
Reftlefs, I prefs the well-known Place,
And vainly feek the dear Embrace;
While flow and dreer the Minutes roll,
And Anguifh racks my inmoft Soul.
-But fee! what Heav'nly Power ferene
Darts gently thro' the gloomy Scene ?
'Tis She! ingliding from above;

The fame her Form, the fame her Love !

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Weep'ft thou, my Deareft? Weep no more! "The tranfient Scenes of Life are o'er :

"New Worlds now open to my View;
"Blife, Knowledge, Virtue, boundless, true :
"Where Souls with focial Raptures glow;
"While Sin and Vengeance reign_below.
"Hence nightly I, thy Guardian Pow'r,
"For ever confcious of the Hour,
"That join'd our Hearts, defcend to keep
My deareft Charge; to watch thy Sleep;

"Hint

"Hint fofter Dreams; to chafe away.
"Black Error's Mift, and bright difplay
"The Form of Virtue to thy Sight;
"Dart o'er thy Soul a ftronger Light
"In Reafon's Voice to whifper still
"To purer Blifs direct thy Will;

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A beamy Cloud around you throw, . And viewlefs guide you as you go. «Lo! few fhort Moments roll'd between, "I prefent change the darkfome Scene Difpel the awful Shades of Death; "And gently cafe your parting Breath "Glad hail you to the Realms above, "Dear, bleft, immortal, as our Love. "Thus while we leave thy lifeless Clay, "To fome bright Orb thy Soul convey, "Where Virtue, Truth and Pleafure join; "And, raptur'd, fay This Seat be thine! "There Knowledge, great as Souls can know, "Shall purge the Errors learn'd below, "Enlarge thy Pow'rs, improve thy Sight, "And thew thee Truth in native Light. "See there yon happy Shades employ "Their Hours in Blifs and focial Joy; High-rais'd on Virtue's Eagle Wing, "The Patriots act, the Poets fing; "With purer Fires the Lovers glow, "Than Youth or Senfe inspire below. "Here join we then the Kindred Race, "That fprings to meet our foft Embrace; Or, in fome fweet fequefter'd Grove, "Mix Flame with Flame, and Love with Love. "Hence wing'd by Thought excurfive fly "From Orb to Orb, and range the Sky; "View Wifdom, Pow'r, and Goodnefs fhine "Thro' Nature's Frame ; their Source divine ! O call these Scenes to thy Relief;

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"Bright future Scenes, and calm thy Grief "Live happy, nourish still the Love,

"That bleft on Earth, and joins our Souls above." She fpoke, fhe fmil'd, fhe foar'd away;

While Comfort glanc'd a healing Ray.

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