The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-07-18
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.t'"'a hHAH TVS N'A iAfftkHH aHAtt'
from Edlnb'rg, that snali addition, ID,
annexed two paats has hren made To thc
work subsequently 10 the dispateh of their
copy. Having paid Messrs. CoazlahIe and
! Ia. laree sem 20 have The volumes for
wardcd several days piVsious 10 their APP
! ptafanee IN lseHdan, those gentlemen
were pledged II furnish them complete
and lhtir high standing IN society warrants
the belief that they had no idea If any all
dliian. The Last volume had the word
I"ilNlsn M the end. And il i therefore
certain, That the writer intended 10 Glove
there, aud Thar the addition was an after
/ Thought This Is moreover Obvious from
the commencement Of the additional mai
ter, which was not wed by Carey and
Lea IN time to b. inserted before the publ.
cation Of the work hefc bni the, nuw has
ten 10 put the pnllie IN posscssion of It.
Under Their present arrangement with the
publishers, nothing but 50 extraordinary
Circumstance as the present, could have
caused such an error. They hope il Will
be received MS m apology for The omission
that the work was published hers in TWEEN
ty-tHo days after the day liked for publiea-
ton in England, and thai no oopy except
theirs has yet been received IN this eoun-
try, nor sill probably be received for right
or ten days, although published in this city
a week sidce;
CoNeLusioN.--I had already sent these
sheets 10 the press concluding, rs thought
with a moral OF excellent tendency for the
encouragement of all fair haired, light
eyed, long legged emigrants from my IA
tive country, WHO might he wiling IA stir
ring tunes to make up the gallant proias.
| sion Of Clvalieros of Fortune. Bat a
friendly monitor, one of those Who ike The
| lump of sugar which Is found At The bottom
OF teaenp, rs we'll ~ The favour Of
go0chong itself, has entered atiitor remou-
STRANGE, aud insists that should give pre-
clse and particular account Of the espousals
of the ynnnG hrir of Glen .houlakin and HE
lovely Flemish Countess, aud till whit
tournaments were held aud how .aauy Ian.
'ces were broken upon so interesting m DC
casion, nor Withhold from tho curious rea.
der the number of sturdy boys, who IN
herited the yalonr Of Quralin Durward and
Of bright damsels, in whom were renewed
the charms oflsabella de Groye. lrcplied
| III course Of post, thai times we've changed,
and public weddings were entirely oni Of
fashion. IN days, traces Of which my self
can remember, not only were the +" fifteen
| friends of the happy pAir invited 10 wit
ness their union, but the bridal mlnistrelsy
still continued, AS IN the "Ancienl Marin.
err to mod their heads' TIL morning
shone on them. The sack pcsset was ga
ten in the nuplal chamber the stocking
was thrown--and tllr BRIDES garter was
struggled for IN the presence of The happy
couple whom Hymen had made one flesh.
'fbe authors of Tie period were iaudably
accurate in following its fashions. They
Eparrd yDu mol bash Of The bride, mol
lapturous glance Of The bridegroom, not
diamond IN let hair, mol q bottom OF his
embroidered nalstcont until al length, with
As'rra, they iai,y put thcir characters
to bcd.' Bot how liltle does this agree
with the modest privacy which induces our
modern bfides--swoet bashful darliugs--tO
steal, from poinp aud plate, and admira-
ton aud nattery, aud, like honest Shens.
tone,
seek Tor freedom al an inn
TO these, unqteslouably, an exposure
Of the circumstances OF publicity with
which bridal in the fifteenth century was
always celebrated, must appear III the high
dst degree Disgusting. Isabella dc cIoye
would he ranked IN their estimation far
hollow the maid who milks, aud does the
meancst chais for even size, were II in the
church.porch, would reject the hand of her
ionrncyman sboc-malcr, should lac pro.
pose a aiie dts Hoees," as il Is called in
Pariso6 signs, instead of going down on
the top of the long coach 70 spend the no
my moon iHcOgi,it1 at Deptlord az Green.
wleh. | will not, therefore, tell more OF
this matter, but viii steal away from the
wedding as Arosto from that Of Angelica
leaving II to whom il may please to add
farther particulars, after the fashion Of their
oHn imagination.
Some better bard shall sn2 in feudal state
| How Bnfequcment's Castle Cpd ils Gothic
gate,
! When on the wandering Scot, ia lovely heir
Beslow q her beauty and an earidom inir''
/ ----=----
s'E tome riionare in sna contrada
! froyos-e boon nayiglio miglior tempo
! T. dc l'Ipdus Med0r Desc 10 scetiro
| Forsc atri Cantera con miglior pleitro."
! Ofi0Hdo Ipc'oso, Cahio ITr, Sianan 10.
| -aZ1r-
From the o. g. Gazette.
Eriyart oCa ritter. from Sir C----H--y,
| Pnrnnff 10 = Venltfnat, IN PhiLrdfiDhi0.