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BG.733.019
9-16 Jul 1733:22,31 (706)
From the Pennsylvania Gazette. . . [re. a scolding wife] . .
. A certain French poet in seems could be so calm in the
midst of his wife's tempest, as to write the following lines
upon it.
Celui qui n'a pas va comment la mer Egee,
Heurtant contre sa rive ecume en sa fureur;
. . . [12 lines]
When they were first shown to me, I got a friend of mine who
understands something of the French to translate them; and
he gave me the following version, viz:
He who hath not with eyes amaz'd behold
The Aegean sea with foaming fury swell'd
. . . [13 lines]
The reader perhaps will hardly believe me, if I tell him
that this is nothing but musick, and that I think 'tis a
pitty a man can be allow'd to keep but one instrument in his
house at a time; yet if there were not a law of this
province prohibiting poligamy, I should certainly before
marrying the two girls afore-mentioned, in order to compleat
my consort. I am, Sir, Yours, &c.
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