Excerpt from A Bone to Gnaw, for the Democrats, or Observations on a Pamphlet, Entitled, the Political Progress of Britain And the/e are the mortal enemies of Beau n/tant a lady turns politician ewell the jmiles, the aim/mes, the roj/es graces abandon her, and age jets his feal on her front. We never find Hebe, godde/s ever fair and ever young, (hatter ing politrcs at the table ofthe gods and though Venus once interpofed in beha her beloved Paris, the /ioear of omede taught her to tremble at the name of arms. And, have we not a terrible ex ample of recent, very recent, date 1 mean that of the unfortunate Mary wol floncx'taft. It Z5 a well hnownfac'l, that, when that [bolitical lady began The Rights of -women, /he had asfine blach hair as you would wi/h tr fee, and that, before 'thefecond /heet of her worh went to the fire/s, it was turned as white, and a great deal whiter than hen/hm. You inufi needs thinh, 1 have the ambition com mon to every author that is to fay, to be read; but I declare, that, fooner than 'bleach one auburn ringlet, or even a jingle hair; fooner than rob the world of one heavenly finite, I would with loleafure fee my [barn/ohm torn up to light the pipes of a Democratic club, or burnt, lihe the Po litical progqrefs, by the hands of a Scotch hangman, or even loaded with applaufes by the Phlladelphia Gazette. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.