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Show Frefh through a thoufand pipes the wave difl:ils,. And thidl:y cities drink the exuberant rills. There the vafl: rnill-fl:one with inebriate whirl On trernbling floors his forceful fingers twirl, Whofe flinty teeth the golden harvefis grind, Feafl: without blood! and nourifh human-kind. · " Now his hard hands on Mona's rifted crefi, Bofom' d in rock, her azure ores arrefl: ; Feafl without blood! 1. 278. The benevolence of the great Author of all things is greatly mani fcfl: in the fum of his works, as Dr. Balguy has well evinced in his pamphlet on Divine Benevolence alferted, printed for Davis 178r. Yet if we may compare the parts of nature with each other, there are fome circumfl:ances of her economy which feem to contribute more to the general fcale of happiRefs than others. Thus the 110uri01ment of animal bodies is derived from three fources: 1. the milk given from the mother to the offspring; in this excellent contri\'ance the mother has pleafure in affording the fuft enance to the child, and the child has pleafure in receiving it. 2. Another fource of the food of anim:~ls includes feeds or eggs ; in thefc the emb-ryon is in a torpid or infenfible flate, and there is along with it laid up for its early nourifhment a flore of provifion, as the fruit belonging to fome feeds, and the oil and fl:arch belonging to , others ; when thefe areconfumed by animals"the unfeeling feed or egg receives no pain, but the animal receives ple~fure which confumes it. Under this article may be included the bodi es of animals which die naturally. 3· But the lafl: method of fupporting animal bodies by the defl:rutlion of other living animals, as lions preying upon lambs, . thefe upon livi ng vegetables, and mankind upon them all, would appear to be a lefs perfetl part of the economy of nature than thofe before mentioned, as contributing lefs to the fum of general happinefs. lvlona's rifted crejl. I. 279· Alluding to the very valuable copper-mines in the ifie of Anglefey, the property of the Earl of Uxbridge. [ 29 ] With iron lips his rapid rollers feize The lengthening- bars, in thin expan:G.on fqueeze ; Defcending fcrews with ponderous By-wheels wound The tawny plates, the new medallions round ; Hard dyes of fl:eel the cupreous circles cramp, And with quick fall his maffy hamrners fl:amp. The Harp, the Lily and the Lion j.oin, A.nd GEORGE and BRr T AIN guard the fl:erling coin. ,,, Soon ilia11 thy arm, UNCONQUER'D STEAM r afar Drag the ilow barge, or drive the rapid car ; O:r on \vide-waving wings expand'ed bear The flying-chariot through th~ fields of air. lf7ith iron lips. I. 28r. Mr. Boulton has lately confl:rutled at Soho near Birmingham,. a mofl: magnificent apparatus for Coining, which has cofl: him fome thoufand pounds; the whole machinery is moved by an improved fteam-engine, which rolls the copper for half-pence finer than copper has before been rolled for the purpofe of making money; it works the oouRoirs or fcrew-prelfes for cutting out the circular pieces of copper; and coins both the fac es and edges of the money at the fame time, with fuch fuperior excellence and chea£mefs of workmanfhip, as well as with marks of fuch powerful machinery as mufl: totally prevent clandefl:ine imitation, and in confequence fave many lives from the hand of the exec~tioner; a circumfl:ance worthy the attention of a great minifler. If a civic crown was given in Rome for preferving the life of one citizen, Mr. Boulton fhould be covered with garlands of oak! By this machinery four boys of ten or twelve years old are capable of fl:riking thirty thoufand guineas in an hour, and the machine itfclf keeps an unerring account of the pieces firuck. J |
