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472 The ROYAL AMERICAN MAGAZINE,
geft and fierceft of all that are found in the North, and much refembled the Boiguaw in dize and fhape, I was farprized at fuch an unexpected phenomenon, but ventured to approach towards it, he raifed his head on high, I heard a voice faying let us flay him, inftantly a fharp tone was caft upon him by an invifible hand which diffected him into three parts, the middle one which was the fhorteft fell to the earth full of agitation, the head and tail parts remained on the rock, the latter quite lifelefs, but the former, if poffible, ten times fiercer than before, I looked with amazement that he fhould furvive fuch a deadly wound, but I foon difcovered death in all his countenance. I took a review of the garden and the entrance to it from the Eaft which had been through a gate by a crooked way and it was become a fine, freight, broad, pleafant, open avenue, fome traces of the old way ftill remaining, they feemed to want nothing but a fmall matter of mending and ufe to make the entrance fmooth and agreeable : after my view I left the garden and entered one of the apartments in the moft antique part of the edifice where were a numerous company or both fexes ; juft as I entered the door fome of the company ofpied the ferpents head at the window and were making preparations to extinguifh the fmall remains of life in him, when he fpake with a humane voice, and pro-nounced himself a dead man, which fo furprized me that I awoke and behold it was a dream, and let him that is able give the interpretation thereof.

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QUESTIONS. 

I. 
SUPPOSE you fee any two ftars in the heavens, and there is a circle paffing through the center of each ftar, and the place where you ftand : I demand how you will find the number of degrees of fuch a circle, contained between the center of each ftar.

II.
I PURCHASED the piece of land in the annexed figure, A, B,C,D, for 11 acres, one rod, and 15 inches, but on meafureing the fame I find it contains but juft ten acres. I defire to know how much I may move the line A B (parallel to its prefent courfe) to obtain the land paid for. 

[Image of Square with each corner marked as A,B,C,D.] [Left side of square] S.1deg.30m.W.
[Right side of square] S. 2deg. E.
[Bottom of square] = E.10chus.75lks.

III.
ADMIT I purchafe a tract of land in 1676 for 12000l. fterling. I demand what I may now (1774) fell it for, to recover my principal with intereft upon intereft at 6 per cent per annum.
Yours, &c. NEWTON.

PARADOX. 
THERE are three remarkable places on the continent of Europe, that be under three different meridians, yet all agree both in longitude and latitude. 

Poetical 

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For DECEMBER,  1774 

Poetical Effays, for December, 1774. 

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By particular request we infert the following Poem addressed, by Philis, (a young Affrican, of furpriling genius) to a gentleman of the navy, with his reply.
By this single instance may be feen, the importance of education.
Uncultivated nature is much the fame in every part of the globe. It is probable Europe and Africa would be alike savage or polite in the fame circumstances; though, it may be questioned, whe-ther men who have no artificial wants, are capable of becoming fo ferocious as those, who, by faring sumptuously every day, are reduced to a habit of thinking it necessary to their happiness, to plunder the whole human race. 

CELESTIAL mufe I for fweetness fam'd inspire
My wondrous theme with true poetic fire, 
Rochsort, for thee I And Greaves deserve my lays
The sacred tribute of ingenuous praife. 
For here, true merit fhuns the glare of light, 
She loves oblivion, and evades the fight. 
At fight of her, fee dawning genius rife
And stretch her pinions to her native fkies.
Paris, for Helen's bright refiftlefs charms, 
Made Illion bleed and fet the world in arms. 
Had you appear'd on the Achaian shore Troy now had stood, and Helen charm'd no more. 
The Phrygian hero had resign'd the dame
For purer joys in friendfship's facred flame,
The nobleft gift, and of immortal kind,
That brightens, dignifies the manly mind.
Calliope, half gracious to my prayer,
Grants but the half and scatters half in air.
Far, in the fpace where ancient Albion keeps
Amidst the roaring of the facred deeps,
Where willing forests leave their native plain,
Defcend, and inftant, plough the wat'ry main.
Strange to relate I with canvas wings they fpeed
To distant worlds; of diftant worlds the dread.
The trembling natives of the peaceful plain,
Aftonifh'd view the heroes of the main,
Wond'ring to fee two chiefs of matchlefs grace,
Of generous bofom, and ingenuous face,
From ocean fprung, like ocean foes to ref,
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The F looking letter is an s ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-05-12 10:15:14 ---------- Transcribed as exactly put, no changes were made to modern "s" use in words such as "friendfhip" being changed to "friendship"