the founding of the republic

[W]e know from experience, that the light of a candle, lamp, or fire depends on, and emanates from the flame of each; and we alſo knw that this flame is nouriſhed and ſuſtained by a pabulum or fuel, which is conſumed or waſted, according to the quantity of light that iſſues from the flame; and that, when this food or fuel is exhauſted, the flame expires and yields no more light.

'Don't go away, Mary,' said the black-eyed man. 'Let me alone, imperence,' said the young lady.

The more sophisticated player has recently won a pot by drawing one card to a pair of face cards and then bluffing out his opposition.