----But courage! gentle reader! ----I scorn it----'tis enough to have thee in my power----but to make use of the advantage which the fortune of the pen has now gained over thee, would be too much ----No----! by that all-powerful fire which warms the visionary brain, and lights the spirits through unwordly tracts! ere I would force a helpless creature upon this hard service, and make thee pay, poor soul! for fifty pages, which I have no right to sell thee, ----naked as I am, I would browse upon the mountains, and smile that the north wind brought me neither my tent or my supper.

- But courage, gentle reader! - I scorn it - 'tis enough to have thee in my power - but to make use of that advantage would be too much - No! by that all-powerful fire which warms the visionary brain! before I would force a helpless creature upon this hard service, and make thee pay, poor soul! for fifty pages, which I have no right to sell thee, - naked as I am, I would browse upon the mountains, and smile when the north wind brought me neither my tent nor my supper.
