Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-10-15

deepest dejsctitn--wLen his calls ur,
for my services were SO seldom. tina, co..
times apprehensiveIy passed in upon ri,
vacy, to suggest whatl thought might dr.,
bis melancholy. He used 10 smil. =,
well meant zeal, and | could see va,
py to be relieved. At other.-he .ssn
to have received a new soluble LsuD,I
into the levity. natural q mon pays. saitI
Fleur, and cried gaily Diue Ia bos.,.p,, !.
was in ore OF those moments that be b.,,,'
acquainted with the Grise,te at tn. ,Io,.
shop-she afterwards visited bin a, 4.
lodgings, upon which La FIeur made Da
single remark; but on naming the 6p, 4.
chambre, hi, other v~isitant, he exclaimed -,
was certainly a pity, she was so pretty -,
petite
"The Lady mentioned under the io;,
l.. was the MarquIse LAMBERT: to the IO,,.
est oil this lady he was indebted for the n,,.
port which began to make him seriously Dr..
easy. Count de. tBretuel) nolwrhstsDd;,.
the Shakespeare. La Fleur thinks, Womb
have troubled himself little about him
Choiseul was minister at the time.
"Poor Naria-was, alas! no fiction.
"when we came up to her, she was grOys,.
ling in the road like an infant, and thro win,
the dust upon her head-and yel few WEI,
more Lovely! Upon S;erne's accosu-y be-,
with tenderness, and raising her 10 bis arms,
she collected herself and resumed ome con.
~posure-told him her tale OF IN sery ana
wept upon his breast-my maste sobbed 4.
loud-I saw her d~isengsge herself from bis
arms, and she sung him the service 10 he
Virgin, my poor master covered bis fac.
with his hand. and walked by her side to th.
cottage where she lived-there be talked
earnestly to the old woman"
Every day" said La Fleur, while ",
stayed there I carried them meat and driu'
from the Hotel, and when we departed fro,
MouIines, my master left bis blessings an
some money with the Mother. How much
added he, 81 know not-he always CAV
more than he could Afford"
"Stelne was frequently at d loss upoa b
travels Tor ready moIey. Remittanees wei
become interrupted by war, and be hs
wrongly estimated his expenses-he ha
reckoned along the post roads. without al
verting 10 the wretchedness that was 10 ca
upon him in his way.
At many OF our stages my master b
turned to me with tears in his eyes The
poor people Cypress MI La FIeur! no
shall | relieve tbem?' He wrote much and
q Iate hour" | told La FIeur OF the incon'
derable quantity he had published ; he |.
pressed extreme surprize. 81 kuo~,' IA
he, upon our return from this tour, the
was a large trunk filed with paper" 81
you know any thing of their tendency |
Fleur ?" "Yes, they were miscellaneous
marks upon the manners OF the diferen! n
tons he visited, ard in Italy he wa, deep
engaged in max ing the most elaborate e.
quiries into the different government OF Il
towns, and characteristic peculiarities Of II
Italians Of the various States"
"To effect this be read much-,or tn
collections OF the patrons OF literature we
open to him ; he observed more. Singul
as it may seem, Sterne endeasored in va
10 speak Italian. His valet acquired it
their journey /; but his master. though
applied now and then, gave il up at lengt
as unaltainable. 81 the more wondered.
this" said La Fleur, "as he must have U
derstood Latin"
"Tbe assertion, sanctioned by Johnson tn
Sterne was licentious and dissoIute in conve
stands thus tar conlradicted by II
the testimony Of La Fleur. His convers
ton with women" be said was Of the me
kind; he usually left them serio,
if he did not find them So"
"Ths Dead .4ss-was no invention-tl
was as simple and affecting
has RELAXED. La Fleur recolleet,
the circumstance perfectly"
CURE FOR CORNS.