Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-06

dial the pisul OF plants. .0'e'No .s., &
STYLE. -,------ style. Link. fsa. 3
Now | would netSgise straw for either
Of the absye definitions, though 'nanS
the lausr is By Tar the nost satisfactory
and 1 Go wish sincerely every modern
nnmskoll who tskes hol6 OF subject ne
knows noihisg shout. would adopt honest 5
L;pkuu's mode Of explanation. blalr
lectures on The subject havr cot thrown a
Win NOR. light on the subject Ct my en-
lqairies-,hey puzzle me Just as much as
did The lrsrned and lsborlous exPositions
and Illustrations OF The worthy prots ssor
Of our college, in the middle OF which 7
generaily had the i'll luck 10 fall asleep.
The same word STYLE, ,houSh bas 2
diminu,ise word, assumes 20 itself more
con,raaiefiors. aud Specifications, add &C.
censr;cisirs, than any uooosylable 10 the
iangusg els isgitimasely en,itled to. is IS
A arrant little humoriss Of a word, and
full Of whim whzms, which occasions me
10 Like il Hugely but il puzzled me ne most
wickedly 90 my FIRST return from long
residence abroad, having erePt inss fashion
able use daring my absence; and had Il
not been for fricod Evergreen, and tina:
thrifty sprig OF knswlsdgr Jeremy Cock.
loft the younger, should have remained
30 this day igScrant OF its meaning.
Thoughit woold seem that the people OF
all countries are equally vehement IN the
pursui, of ,his Fhartom style, yet, IN al
most all ef them, there is a strange diver
sityein opinion as 10 VIVA. constitutes It's
esssuce !; and every different class, like sns.
pagan nations, adore it under different
form. La England, for instance, an no.
nes, cit packs up himself, his family aad
his style in a buggy er timwhiskey, ana
ras;les away on Sunday with his fair part
ner blooming beside him, like 40 eastern
bride, and two chubby children sqnatting
like Chinese images at his feet. A baro
net requires chariot and Pair---a lord
must needs have a barouthe aud teuF;-
Sbas Duse-O! Dnke cannot possibly
lumber his style along under coach anu
six and halt score OF foo,nen into the
bargain. In~China a psissans maudarine
!oasls a, least threc elephants with style /;
and an ovsrgrown sheep, a, the Cape OF
Good Hope, trails along his tail and his
style on a whsslharrow. 10 Egypt, or at
Cons.antinopie, ssyle consists in the guam
thy of fur and 6Is clothes lady can put
on wi,hou, danger of sufocasion-here IL
is Otherwise. and consists In the quantity
she can put eff without the risk OF freez.
ing. A Chinese lady is thought prodigal
Of her charms if she expo:es the tip Of
her nose, or the ends Of her 6ogers TO
the ardent gaze of bye ataudsrs: sd |
recoliect THAI all Canton was in bazz 10
conse quence Of the great belle Miss Nang
foa's pesPisg cut of window with her
face uncovered! Here the style is to show
not only the face, but the neck, shoulders,
&C.. and lady never presumes to hide
them except when she is not at home and
not sufficiently gadressa TO see cempa.
ny.
This style has ruined the pence and her
Eony of many worthy household for
no sooner do they scr up for style, but iu-
s.ansly all The honess old comfortable sans
ceremonie furniture is discarded, and you
stalk cautiously about, amongst thesuncom
Portable splenaor of Greciau chairs, Egyp.
han tables, Turkey carpets, aud Esruscan
vases. This vast Improvement in iurni.
tare demands an increase in the domestic
establishment; and "a family thar once
rsauitedtwo or three servants for conve.
nience, now employ half dozen fos
sfytc.
BeIbraseu, late favotits of my unfortu.
nate friend Dessaliues. was one of these
patterns of style, aud whatever freak she
was seized with, however frspos,erous,
was implicitly followed by all who would
be considered as admissed 10 The stylish ar
cana. She was once srized with whir,