Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-11-20

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journals, Sour rninds too are of gigantic aator:
and towering far above the pigmy Of gepiufes G
Europe. In The opinion of certain eniightcne
c2iyoFs, our men are wifer than Solomon, an
our women more beautiful than Venus.
Il in lie h,ule of fsnate, a fpceeh unufual
popular and iAprs aive,is deyiverei, we find il
the next paper, a high f,wn paueg5rie, il
t2sms foilar to tfefe " Yeterday M. A. i
the debate that took place IN The hopf.. deliver
ed fpeeci, which ias furpraed The mF,f faaguit
expectations OF lis warntslt admirers l. unit
cd the to,rcnt OF Dlmohhrnes With the fplcndi
coonagraEion OF Ipity, ard in fhoT,, is abov
all catogy We h1pe lhotsiy TO beaIIe TO era
thy ,he public WIKI this unriyalle,! fDccinea o
rcRap and eloquence'
Should series OF periodical papers be cclIc6
ed and fubiiihed IN a yolurc, we are imn4ed,
stsly inlo,mcd, :" 1hc vouuie now for faic ha
1he isissN claims TO the palm Of nm,rrality
t.eomPiies tie genteel humout ans eafy cegaut'
= OF Addion, the Ilch colou.ng a .H4wkrnfworth
aud tic majstSie energy OF IDhglpn. We MA,
row boat or work thai Will efabliGl TIT
fame ct American lifeFaiurs oAaoimmoyeabl= tad
aid challenge the prou5e9 productions Of Ell
rope.
Should poem appear, weyeT vicious 10 de
lg0, AMI detective IN execution, the ntrepi.
editors herockly aG:rts--" The world nua
now cooefs has thr lnuiss haveIst lcogeh TAX {
UP h-sf abode in Columbia This poem Vie,
w'sh me happisf tforis OF The Eorcp an maf. If
dsAgo and xc,u3on, and greatly exeels all III,
oafdS OF fhe whole world IN msgn 6.ence anu
originality of zp.eai N. The autinr wl.hou,
hatteiy, nay b: fyled tie h muf..''
lavifh, indeed arc %, eFltoys OF heir en-.
comiums, that the dea.h or marriage of ths OBJ
faurcit Pc ions in 'h- csalmuaty, ..'ton h.ppeos,
wi!hcus exirayegapi pfsi:ss; 8 10. raancs
-" Lit ltuTsday WIS oaircd III eha bands d
connabiai bhis, NJ e Seayenger. % che ioysly
aid all accompanied Ms , = Ttlsn tollcws
! tcrap OF poetry, which 4 j rsoya elsb-r rhyme
OF ie"ie' The reader fl Is hlaE-f gr. ,ly diszp
+ pointed.
! (" Died laa laa Wedeef5sy. a,tefa Gh3n iIlnefs
Dsrmot Tipperary, lemon ille.. Tbs pubic
have falfaiGed IN flepsrab!s l0f, in tbs worthy
/ Hibernlan, as his LEMONS fsr exselicdt II! othe
! IN tbinnels Oh tx IN and d4iicacy o. Fl y9of. The
ieectmen and other connaj1suT in punch, Uni.
t9fmiy declared, tina. none flaccz d With e Inu.l
cafe or tstted f. wsll and the & 4 laii.s Of our
| metropolis have beer Known 20 refef. lsnoasdr
when not made with the lemons Of Mr.. Tppe
Irarg. We hope that ali thf. who have been
reiJelhed by his fruit, will not fail TO attend his
funeral, which will proceed FROM" 81. &c.
This cutom OF pFa!Gag every ooe in the fame
| fran OF sxtfavagant encomium, would BE eqnal.
| ~ FLY and harmleis, did il nor fwe! the vanity
OF the ignorant, and expofr Us to the ridicue
| OF 'tfa7ger5. was once informed by B tiih
ffic;r, who wa taken poiioncr with Burgoyne,
that be was thus accoacd by an hpnea Ysnkce,
who was MS eentlael +" Well, gu:is you
| are very glad you are taken, eh You never
isfed e well before. Goo! hlt pork and beet
| every day snG power of fauce. Why, they
tell me, :hat i'll Britain, The king and MOBILES eat
| up ali the the meat, and the ref Of the folks
live u2oa Pa; ridge and potatoes The officer
was amused with fhe hmplictyt Of the honeij
| fellow, and thinking it no eafy matter to nude
eelvs him, rather confirmed him in bis error,
leaving him highly clascd with che imagined lu-
| penorl1y Ut his country.
| The vanity among tie lcfs informed Fart o.
OF Cur CITIZENS, m CHI lead us at times into a
| war, did nor their love ot moRey dread the ex
pennies sbat would attend it. Thus we are guard
ed sgainf the conrquences Of ore weskaefs,
! by rhe coun,srstsng effects OF ano,hcr. Vsni
tiy is the smot defpi,ab'e of inGfmisies, aoc
putting generally INJURIES thofe whom il inycnds to
ierve. When we fnd soy one ptaifsd beyond
/, his 6eiert, our set-ioye takes the alarm, an,
leads ussto inquire into hi, claims of Eperisrisy
On difcovering that either as fp-aker or a.,
wet he is but moral p &c Of m=do rty, our
lnfignstionls kindcd againf his lnfiious en-.
comlaR, add We feel inclined 20 detIaa even from
III. zeal merit he may p # IS.
An honef, but ill.mformyd citizen may think
| ne Old South larger shaa St. PauI's ard the
Hall hyperion to the Thuillerics. But men o.
ienie ihould be above fuch pr@jadices, which arc
perpetual bar TO Improvement, and expcle cs t,