Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Adventures of Eovaai

London

Printed for S. Baker

1736

"'Tis true, the Desire of Riches seem'd the ruling and universal Passion among them; but then, they sought not the Gratification by mean Arts, or Projects destructive to their Fellow-Citizens, or shameful to their Country, but by honest Care, and painful Labour; by adhering strictly to their Promises; by being just in all their Dealings abroad, and frugal at home; by never delaying till to-morrow, what was in their power to accomplish to-day; and by suffering no Drones to eat up what the others laboured for."

In Hypotofa, nothing was to be seen but excessive Grandeur or extreme Wretchedness; for a fruitless Attempt to arrive at the one, naturally produced the other: In Oozoff, a happy Sufficiency appear'd throughout, and Luxury and Poverty were things equally unknown. All Pride, all Vanity, all Ostentation, were banish'd hence: 'Tis true, the Desire of Riches seem'd the ruling and universal Passion among them; but then, they sought not the Gratification by mean Arts, or Projects destructive to their Fellow-Citizens, or shameful to their Country, but by honest Care, and painful Labour; by adhering strictly to their Promises; by being just in all their Dealings abroad, and frugal at home; by never delaying till to-morrow, what was in their power to accomplish to-day; and by suffering no Drones to eat up what the others laboured for. Thus every Individual, like the industrious Bee, while he acted for his own Interest, acted also for that of the Publick; and all no less unanimous than vigorous in the common Cause, they so well knew how to profit by the Sloth or Timidity of other Nations, that they became almost the sole trading People, extended their Commerce even to the farthest Parts of the habitable Globe; and, from a small beginning, arrived to such a height, as, at the time of Eovaai's sojourning among them, to be look'd upon as one of the most formidable Commonwealths beneath the Influence of Akibar.

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4 entries in ESTC (1736, 1741). Retitled in second edition as The Unfortunate Princess: or the Life and Surprizing Adventures of the Princess of Ijaveo.

See Adventures of Eovaai. Princess of Ijaveo. A Pre-Adamitical History. Interspersed with a great Number of remarkable Occurrences, which happened, and may again happen, to several Empires, Kingdoms, Republicks, and particular Great Men. With some Account of the Religion, Laws, Customs, and Policies of those Times. Written originally in the Language of Nature, (of later Years but little understood.) First translated into Chinese, at the command of the Emperor, by a Cabal of Seventy Philosophers; and now retranslated into English, by the Son of a Mandarin, residing in London. (London: Printed for S. Baker, 1736). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>

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