Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-10-16

this asdy, to endeavor only TO difcover
the failings Of our fellow creatures, and
10 expa,iare only on, their imperfeaions
and f%railt;es : but be as willing to acknow-
ledge their virtues as their vices ; and
while we point out the one as detefable,
we ought to recommend the other to no.
tice, as capable OF afording by far the
mott pleaGng reflections. Were mankind
only audied with this view, a great, and
Satisfactory alteration, | am perfuaded,
would Immediately take place in common
conyerlation and in fociety. We fhould
then be folicitous TO improve and cultivate
oar own minds and thofe of others ; and
if the idea Of rivalry fill fubffed, il would
not be, who hould dssfs the richef, the
mott elegant, wear the mott fuperauous or
natnents, or be mott admired for beauty
and other external accomplishments /; but
who fhould excel in virtue, knowledge,
and the mott neceGary and elegant mental
requirements. We lhould not then hear
AImira railing againa Marietta with all
the powers OF female oritory, merely be-
caufe Che happened to make the mott fplen-
did appearance, at the lat bail, and con-
fequently %engrofled more attention from
the other lex than formerly nor fee Ga
linda ~endeavoring by paint and cofmetics
TO render her face as beautiful as Loulla's
but convinced that the power Of pleaing
depended more on the Find than The face,
it would be their audy to render thar
beautiful ard elegant. 1t matt be truly
difguAmg to a man of fenie and learning
TO hear tie inGpid n%onfenie which be is Of
ten compelled to lifen 10 from many fe-
males, with an appearance CT attention and
pleaiure, which is only al effort of polite
nels. He cannot teel intereaed in fuch
idle tales, and viii leave their fociety
with the dilagreeable Rejection that a weak
uncuhiya,ed mind too often accompanies
an elegant form and pretty face. Some
gentlemen, indeed, are pleated with te..
males who have but little knowledge, as
their conyeIfatien cannot be wife enough
10 reject on the fhsllownels Of their own
understandings; fulh will join in The dear
ly beloved ihemts OF frivolous clntchat,
and recommend thtmleIyes to their fair
admirers by their white gloves, fix flock
ings, and fathlona6!e attire, and makS
The dear creatures believe that real nlerlt
coniits in d1els and how. But il can
not be that iueh p%etions are calculated TO
find enjoyment in old age; as that ad-
yances, their tsmpers viii become acid
and moroie. They cannot have a fund of
ideas calculated to afford complacsncy and
delight in he !ong winter evening Of life.
IF they have families Of their own they
viii e4her e.nbitter them with frife and
contention, or embroil the n%eighborhood
in milchief by t%attIing too many in
~itances of this kind daily prefent them
flves to view to ditplte the truth
of tie aHertion.-But thofe who in
early youth have acquired uieful i
IDEAS, and have improved their own
minds, will, if they have families, find a
conaant iource Of fatisfadion and delight
in rendering their partner in life happy,
aad in forming the minds o. their offspring.
Engaged in the performance Of conjugal
and parental duties, and ever attentive to
the calls of humanity, tEeir lives mutt
pats f%ererenely fweet, unlels they are call
ed to encounter unavoidable misfortunes.
And ever then tie Gveet c~onfciouinefs of
having performed their,euty to God, and
to their fellow msrtals, with firm reli-
ance on the fovereis difpoler of all things
will ln(pend the iigh of forrow, and forbid
the tear 10 flow. To delineate she cha
ratters of an amiable pair of the above de-
fcription, mult be referyed for future el-
fay OF the
LEICESTER GIRL.
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