Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-13
ALEXANDRIA:
SlTTRl.iT. SIgTEMEER Is. lsi.-
A SPECIMEN OF BIOGRAPHY.

ter shAip. Hispsrsnis we're no mat
ter ubSl- He had bald, grinn'ns ooun-
tsn.nos, with starr eyes. -flsked about
nest tz-5u!eutly in his nurses arms.
aid IA when be Has bis-sDd every BODY
pronounced him to Be ssrsa, Prstfg, az
fsresiRg katy.
After this, be began ts walk alone. and
either s.unPed along, or eFswied from
one end Of TIE rom to the other-Ettsr-
I'd "A AID IA, lsd several other words
Of equal 4 fBealty, with vsst disinetoss,.
AID contracted hs brow int such lock
Of arcity. tat every one declared ht
Wa !, philosopher ready made, aad
sweet, pretty, and positively Interesting
creature in short, as Mr.. snlrk SAYS,
. saits jers! Of by"
He WIS thep sent to schcel, where he
learned his letters % vel. that in two
wears he esBA sp.l and pa f2EsFhsr; il
another yeaT, be oosid read lessoa II
the .Pellsg-bnek, and sbsn stimulated
br slioe Of e.ke, could repeat L to =.
sags = mamma and their visiting irisDd;
by heart. Ever Dew be BEGAN 10 shoS
sis h,ga sesse Of in2spgndeRrs-tcr be ng
in the .syips If iessn. stePt ,, MS Is
TIER far p7eaagDeing ne letters =. n
-1rT-S. u,iaiIned rs greuud-ih
sisted tazt 1t vas al mere prsjndiee 10
his father TO saI that b, A N. sPeF RAN /:
that he had fsil as god or7skt a. his a.
;ker to koeu whsi II uss, ana 10 pr0-
Besuos j; Is be pleased, and thst II ss.
and ssosld De III and not ran- SO
stamping rs tcs' and knitting his broS,
10 fTere the orthodoxy Of his opinioo.
the istssr gave j. sp to Inn si:h : smile
cf appreciation and ulnna, hnsgieg
ain TO be- hssgr, declared that be Wouid
bay ia, be Was already. a. serOn-
p!is.sS Fh.!lssphsr Gn3 citizen, sad
-estty srrp fs-!gsc.
he then -eni 70 Z Superior scseol-I
be- tae sobrel-a,ts :. re d~n. / shusid
As.e s.il aGsaen, ---ehaOi being low
'-ssr ~Ogd, and sstins Ob.olese) Hher.-
~ the aelP Of tie lzbo saving b k Ct
ne schools, digaiSed nth the titles O
-Prsospo,s," -Tesca.rs.7 -A.sist. ,s,-
Sc o. be belz,oe al ~ once ar alsteEi
-. Po:tri-s. ard IN crater /; AID il
-rdr- 10 rsngve every iuPsdineh, thai
COLD Fes-:ry prevent lis figuring away
n those cs-aTacters. o. eost:yct TIE jis-
play c: rs geD'Ss. be vas, BY public eI-
Z bitias. g.sdszil. relieved frvn ne Ii
;!e { Eiseaos which tbe food psrtisiiry a
rs parents had left alive il his b1sorn !;
% Ia, he eG1ld without the least emo
ton Of b.shfsloess deliver the sisry Of
Lasinia, frvn lbonpsehs Seasvts, I.
easily brfg-s one tSs-ssna speots;o =.
before oae He ~. nSs q H.aRSrsEs
elspeT ioj. AID nzrnnz taxing {; into
ter head tsst h- uVr.d iotE vastly pref
~ in naval Q; military snicrrn, took means
TO ttdiga, HIN Ia Z sgi'. WHICH, Ike the
wig Of re ssctoneer n Foote'S comedy
Of tie Minor, Nss nsstssr ooe Dor TIE O.
tbsr, bat , something between 5J;h- In
this be .uUrsd absa ~alls ever lip tf.at
ss as moving see II 10 oe hsliooing
Hare IN h,s ca lnd he ainosl forget
his lesson AL BIS .ocs. Il Prufeand reTe-
ries respecting tie partieslar acquire
Dents II WITCH Z : excellence ue,t COR
sistad.-Wbethe, te MS nSst eolspics-
cas- q n O-H'c'. Pail''clan- 4 Fsau0sc-
pier, InEicisn, a. s-.tauet.cisr, So lctcr
or poe. He AIS nUz aid 10 De r.sT
Prv~piEs ycIh-nar. papa AID Dsm..
themselves had Inc usodesty 70 zokuuK-
!edge Il: EbO ioea sVald deny it:
He xas nsIt seat 10 oslsse; his jour
ney ts shca had Exc ,e De delayed BY
trs5,bg scSidert Mamma, when he bad