--Will it hurt me if I drink too much?
_Echo_.--Much.
_Glutton_.--Thou mock'st me nymph, I'll not believe it.
_Echo_.--Believe it.
_Glutton_.--Dost thou condemn then what I do?
_Echo_.--I do.
_Glutton_.--Is it that which brings infirmities?
_Echo_.--It is!
_Glutton_.--Then sweetest temperance I'll love thee.
_Echo_. I love thee..
{If all be true which thou
_Glutton_. { dost tell,
{To gluttony I bid farewell.
_Echo_.--Farewell.
W.A.
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EPITAPH ON A GAMESTER.
Here lies a gamester, poor but willing,
Who left the room without a shilling.
Losing each stake, till he had thrown
His last, and lost the game to Death;
If Paradise his soul has won,
'Twas a rare stroke of luck i'faith!
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Suicide is very common among the New Zealanders: thus, a woman who has
been beaten by her husband will perhaps hang herself immediately.
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