to effectually disinherit him; whereas the law of England, though
the heir, or next of kin, be totally omitted, admits no _querela
inofficiosa_, to set aside such testament.

Alfred the Great made a will, wherein he declared, in express terms,
that it was just the English should be as free as their own thoughts.

P.T.W.

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THE COSMOPOLITE.

DANCING.

_(For the Mirror.)_


Dancing is defined to be "to move in measure; to move with steps
correspondent to the sound of instruments." But there are other
species of dancing--as

-----------------for three long months
To _dance attendance_ for a word of audience:

and to dance with pain, or when, as Lord Bacon says, "in pestilences,
the malignity of the infecting vapour danceth the principal spirits."