Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-12-13
(Frons a London Papsr.2
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III, not my fault" iaid fhe, " that \ re-
main Jingle
y" No" replied ], !" but it is your fault thar
you are linenlar." You mul know, Cir, am
an adept, at playing ortlrc word, the half word,
or the fyl'abe.
Singu:arS, Che re echoed, " Gpgular
iarely you compliment
NotI, upon my word BUT are not you
for inAance, the msa transparent Of all the nudes
of fafhion. You even rival Madame G. who
has but one thin covering over her chenille r.
s'How DO you know' Befdes, let me tell
you, that il snot being angular very Mo-
dih.'
" Ay, but not very modef.!!''
She fared at me as if lhe had never heard the
word before, and at lait BURT into loud laugh
And do you think that by being5what you
cal! modcft, woman of ton could make her way
in The worid?"
6 ! don'l know what you mean BY he world
but lhc would hnd it che .frongsa recommends
ton TO lover--I mean ferrous lover
lcrious lover la bore, you mean p!
Wherc amoag tie haut ton, lhall you find any
thing ferrous, except duns aud yexations! and
tteie you know, We laugh OF as well as we
can!''
SWELL, but my dear lady, there are MARI
age, in high life as we'll as in low. and therefore
there muft be feriaus lovers"
6 No fuch thing Hands, not hearts, you
know the very art ferrous affair that happens
between people Of our oiafs is the Grim. con. da-
images; and how to dsfh after Detection, how to
maxi what common people call a burning fhamr,
matter of eclar q ferrous lover Indeed vcy
we'll in novel for romantic mites, bur hardly
tolerable even on the fage; it is 70 out of ma.
ture ~
Out Of falhiop you mean; out of nature it
never can be. And your being in the fafhion &C
counts for your being flngle."
And am in the falhion; ay, and the ex
IRENE Of fafhion; that ! may not remain fnglc
long
Believe me, .airlsdy, it is re,rogade mo.
tion."
go, for Heavens fake! don't talk 10 me Of
any motions!' II
Well, but 10 move thar you---"
" Renoupce the pomps and vanities Of this
wicked world: fuppo(e! Ha! ha! ha return
you my grand mammals thanks for your very
courtly advice But as TO me, am juR CON.
mcncing my career am endeavouring to ar
que all the fascinating graces of the grand monde
Don't Gee that have the haut bpnair Of oui
lovely princess; my lady Throgmortcn's fhspc;
the Deyonfhire fmile of benignity. that wins
hearts and keeps them
:. Stop, Lady stop! do not forget that it is
the bengnity, it is the grace OF the foul, tpeak-
ing through lovely eyes, that gains the addition
of refped to admiration, and gives peimanence 10
affection What are the eyes and auburn hair
OF The charming dowager Du,chefs of Rutland ;
what the fascination Of lady G. Gordon; the
nefe and mouth of lady Eliza Monk the rofes
and lilies Of Mrs. Gardner the majeAic tep of
lady HEREFORD; the commanding brow of lady
TownEnd; whar are all thele even united. as
ten to one they may be in ione country milk
maid fay what are all thele charms united, II
they are l. # in the extremes of falh:on The i'm.
pudenr fare; the broad laugh; the affected grin ;
the mafculine fax; in hort, all thol: clrgancies
which inacsd ofenchanting, wculd really fright
EN- even the gallant heroes of the glorious 4,d !"
Well, but you fee they arc not hlghten.
Eed!"
True! becaufe no part Of the Britifh army,
or navy, issto be frightened BY the whole world
in arms, nor by Britih Beauty in all the airs and
paraphatnalia Of falhion-; though Solomon him.
ielf wife'y remarks, that 81 beantifu,wcman is
terrible as an army with bannersp'
Nay, if you beginto preach out Of the BIZ
bic, / with you good mornipg,'
n IS Adicu, my dear Jingle lady; am forty you
are not in every fenfe, OF the fngular number!"
Hin 6cT 10 regulate Waggoners, Carriers,
and Dray'nea, in the tom ct Alexa.-
andrfa.
WHEREAS great Inconvenience has been
w experienced by the inhabitants Of the
town of Alexandria ard Others, by the inatten.
ton or perverfeneis Ct the drivers Of Wagons,
carts and d,ays, incommodins the foet ways Of
3tLe AteAto IF the {aid fo,un and nbR rpS(no ~