The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-10-31
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/ better part of hi4 affections are with his
hopes abroad - but then, again, br hooked
as If e could say with Antonio, thai his
! ventures were not in one bottom trusted,
nor In one ohce.n Thr rcetle-sness Of his
eye did moi denote so much The anxiety ri
cxpceisd losses, rs the ncigni aud multi
| pneiy Of affairs that Late events had cOniri-
huted 10 sllriglhto upon mind bowed,
but not subducd under its perplexlty. ]
now recogez,d in him The leader of the
money markct--thc Colossus, under whose
legs The petiy men of the exchange might
creep with awe and revrr"ncr--the huge
and unIatIomdblc Spectator, in the abyss
of whose transactions every other adsen-
turer's we're swallowed mp and lost IiIied
to picture To myself the nature Of those
feelings which n man in his situation must
hourly experience hi-. doubts, his fears,
his n,isgigiugs Of mind IN those CON
thgencies and accidents in the great politi-
cal world, which the breath Of all the winds
from the four quarters Of the globe makes
public and demonsiruble. thought Of his
harrlssing days, his sleepcss nights--his
inomen'ary aud drlirious ecstaccs in "A sud-
den advice of the rise aud fall Of the stock
the deliberations of cabincts--thc change
IN minisiry--the dcspolic cdicts of arbtra-
ry and tyrannical power-thc march nj phi
losophcal opinoo--- the yoiccof The people
the progress of re, olut.ou This mans
happiness, thought, WAS not like other
mems. lie looked 10 nlc in the abstract, n
solitary ani isolated heiag, incapable of the
resources incidental 10 our finite existence.
Ills pleasures must be like his dealings with
this world, gigantic, or not NJ all. Passion
III him, must, IN lis various ramlfcations
and degrees be- absorbed by one vast and
overwhelming iuhnrnce, the chances Of n
speculation immense ncalculablr and ter
| rife IN its Effects, rs involving the prosperity
or destruction ofhalf the commercial inter
ests ; aud perhaps leading 10 Consequences
not 10 be contemplated by the politician
N European governments and legislatures,
without approximations dismal rs they were
| trelnendous."
From The Ere srickiomn MI. Examiner.
Some ten on Dozen ca ldllatcs are be.
fore the people OF this county, for the next
Legislature, and are now engaged IN going
the grand rounds" We have them Of
every description lean and la', short ana
tall, some with good Wit, som. with little
| Wit, aud some With no wit at all---but
! most oi lhsin SpOHfcJs. You can hardly
'urn corner without holting against
gentleman who will +" thank You for your
vote and interest" Snch shaking OF
hands, nodding ofhcads and Il fling oI hats,
| never was wilnessrd-tvcn Frehchman
might lac he,e sehoolcd III pullttness. We
have candidates of III parties, of no party
aud halfaod.bal or like the kcninekian
hall horse, half alligator" One gentle
man is said to have promised Ia abolish
every thing IN the Shape Of due bill nne
another, lltat every man shall have tuo
ptue8 to the first We agIee--the second.
| perhaps, requires NOR. deliberations. We
rhink the p,oposrr would do we'll III con.
sult the ladies before bringing IN his bill. -
In truth there is much Jun going forward.
aud we could be right merry on the occa-
sirn, only for the reflection, that the exer-
else Of the elective franchise is too solemn
"A matter 10 maze n fare. OF.
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An English scla"I-nistrcss, who had an
| ohqnliy IN her vision, asked child what
5 r. r. spclt. The child hesitatrd. What
do do when look NJ you said the mis-
trres. Squini,' said the pupil.