Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-06-16


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.them natural and attractive. Those 20 my
fair readers who, tA anticipation III sSsK 81
Innovation are viewing hi. melancholy per-,
spsstive .sgAlps on z se high.fal .enS..s
/ can assure foe the nssdieasness Of either
Locke Or Malebransh shht they win have
no occasion 10 gaze thru, stslessopes ati ga.
turn or the Dog Star, nsrsto msnuiaeture.
exygsn. gas, NOR hang for q whole IhctAiDg6
over cEuciblss ndAienSiesF Ia . chymieas Ia
boratsry. = :, H., I. IL
I But although it's unnecessary 10 have run
through The whole circle Of the sciencss Ia.
order 10 elevate our conversation above the
fashionable point, s. il only thsrombinatich
OF ell these which win make up the ehafaessr
of the perfectly accomplished, eodrtly md
ensssfngxGa Salter. d The Sciences are siss4
tern 30 stskiddiy 2asefion ats.oue to another,
|. they 50 mfngls and assimilate together. that :
the mihd which has not confined its woOings
to one Of The fair sisterhood, but han extended
It's chaste affection to them oh. il not merely
free from the rust Of the book.worm, but is
alone entitled to the much abused epithst Of
Gentleman. 1t is'from the range Of ideas
which adorns such acmind, that must hstde-
rived the HobieSs illaSttatioRs of trush and
the brightes, scintillations Of Wit: its ppe-
'rxtionsy 'ike those Of the human anatomy,
though infinite, are arranged and: aeroWDe-
dated to each other :: we are disgusted BY no
,unsishtly prominence Of one part over the
rest, and the effects, as in:the little world OF
man, are propordons uuity,. udlisy, and
beauty. - = .,,..,. e..
~ am aitogetherof the opinion Of certain
bold champions of their sex, that there is.no.
moresefectual method to bestow attraction
on good sense than that it shall Gov ften 4
the lips Of female lovelihess, andI regret that
such potent allies should Be so generally
ranged on the hostile side. But it might
raise a smile on the face of q Nevton sosh hear
the iAt disciples of dress, dancing and lno>
dish small-talk descansins On this favouri,e
topic. s'They forget: that the time which is
spent in the participation Of all those elegant
'amusements which, because they are inno-
cent recreaRsnss have been converted into
vain and indefensible' basiness Of fashionable
life, does not bring forth in its progress any
OF those admirxbier fruits which the sol OF
the female mind win produce with suitshis
culture that the dancing roosnot Mr.. Riga
doom ID not q school Of philosophy, and that
the knOulsdgv Of the most ssyaishly graceful
manner 81 envsrng sroon il not the most eff
6cient means to become the attractive and
refined inssructressss of the adsnisins sota-
ries collected there:
4 Lea me fnish the Day with asketch or the
attractive character of the amisble and accom-.
pitched female. Eugenia is such swoman :
in Rngenia, philosophy appears ,robsd In The
habilimenss Of the Graces. am old; but
Oftsn 'dsssrt.the sober gravity Of nay books to
banquet on her more fascinating tiiscoursei q
discourse which {selights,nos with bare philo-
.sophys but withthae aqich amount Of mind"
in which reason, taste, sentiment and feeling
are united. AIthOugb' Eussnis is neither 10. |,
gician, nor mesaphysieian; though she nei-
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