Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-08-29

the interest If mankind, and - -
st"te of good things to which Cad h ,"s9
designed the present constitution of p al
world. Marriage hath in il the oh
OF love, and the dcliracics of friendsL;
the blessing of society. and tile unio" Y
hands and hearts. 1t hath in it less u y
beauty, but more of safety than CIV S1
gle life (; it is more merry and more s S'I'
is fuller Of joys, ard fuller of sorrns
1t lies under more burtbens. but is en-,
p rted Ivy all Che strength Of love a'
c c ;, = ard these Our'hens are delight
Then fly the wild promiscuous embr,,.
And be the father of >irtuous racs
With what exquisitcly elegant i'm,
gerry Dr.. Taylor describes the oar'l
qnarrels between Man and WIZ
(which, unless they are prevented III
good sense or good temper, arc but t'
apt to blast the felicity of that Union
Man and Wife" adds he, " are canal,
concerned to avoid all offences of e.ci
other ia the beginning of their copvs"
sa'lon. Every little thing can bIsst .,
infant blossom, and the breath Of hal
south can shake the little rings of hs|
vine; but when by age and consolidatim
they sliffen into The hardness of a stqm
and have, by the warm embraces Of A,
sun, and the kisses of Heaven, broueb
forth THEN clusters, they can endureSsj
storms of the north, and the loud noise,
Of thu tempest. and YET ne' er be broken,
So is the early union Of an unforedl
MAJ ria, e, watchful and observani, lea.
lous and busy. irquisitive and careful,
and apt to take alarm at every unkindl
word. For infrmitjes do not manifest
themselves in the first scenes, but ,|
he succession of long society; and
il is not choice or weakness (when ii
appears at tirst) but it is want of Lowell
or prudence. or it will be so expounded,|
and that which appears i'll at first usu.|
ally affrights the inexperienced man or|
woman, who makes unequal coniec.
lures, and fancies mighty sorrows by
the proportions of the new and early
unkindness."
y The Spanish proverb says strong
ly, "i'he Devil rempts every man. bp I
an idle man positively tempts the De-
VIII"
t This passage reminds us of an a
necdote that is told Of Peter the Grpa.
Gar Of Russia. He was man of
most savage and ferocious temper and
wien he became angry, his eyes fab.
ed fire, he foamed at the mouth, and
his whole frame was CONFUSED yet no
sooner did his lovely Empress Cattle.
rine appear, than he used to throw him.
self at her feet. and lay his head in her /
lap. Under the pressure of her SGT
and beautiful hands, the throbbing d
his temples ceased, and be Immediately
became calm and composed.
When the present Marquis Of B.
came to The title, ie was very anxiOSb
preserve the game up n his rStateS,snd
desired that none Of the tenants sho'I1
keep sporting dogs.--One of them, wa
had a tavorite of that desert ton, beng
unwilling to part with him, atcmIla
to retain him by mctaphnse Of bis 4
pearancc. Some time afterwards,
gentleman seeing this animal fnlIoNIF
a man driving a team. inquired
whom it belonged ? $40 farmer **t
said the fcltOw.-"Of what breed ish |
""hy, Sur, he was a GREYHOUND
Measter cut his ears and tail of, al
made a mastiF on um."
The masts Of two vessels were sDD
tered to pieces by lightning while E%
along side Of a wharf in Baltimore,
the night of the 18th inst. and The pS
morning three horses in a wasso
were killed at the end of WashIng"
road, near that city.
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