The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-06-24
SIIAKS FARE.

IHtih WIFI IN Hiuf lfDHtFHfhh iltht We u
m insects wing, and would not Kill II 1y.'
In order IN give a particular instance q
this, we extract the following inmltabl,
and affecting. though most absurd and lndi
efous dialogue, between Shallow aud 81
lence, on the death of old Double
{" ShaHom.-Come on, come on, com,
on give me- your hand sir, give me your
hand, sir, an earlier siirrer by the roed..-
And how doth my good cousin Silence
Sacnce.=--Good morrow, good cousin
| Shallow.
.ShoHNe And how doth my cousin
your hrdfellow 7 aud your lairest daugh-
Ter, and mine, my god-danghter Ellen
.saence.--Alas, u black ou2el, cousin
Shallow.
.Shdi--1y yea and nay, sir | dare say,
my cousin William is become good seho
lar he is NJ Oxford still, is he mol
Sill Indeed, sir, 10 my cost.
hm,--lle must then to the Inns of
Court shortly. was once If Clcmeni'H-
Inn where think, they Will talk Of mud
Shallow yet.
Sd.-ion were called lu5ty Shallow
then cousin.
iShei..--l was called any thing, and
would have done any thing indeed, aud
ronndly loo. There was /, and little John
Dot of Staff rdshile. aud hhek George
Bare, and Francis Pickbone, aud VIII
Squecl, a Cotswoid mao, you had not four
such swingebuckics in all the Inns of Court
again and may say TO you, we know
where the bonorobas were, and had The
besl of them all At commandment. Thon
I...,I II
aud page In ThOmas Muwbray Duke OF
Norfolk
.Sd.-This Sir John, cousin, that comes
hlher anon about soldiers
Shai--1'he same SIR John, the very
same: | saw him break Schoggsu's lead Al
The court gale, when he was u crack, moi
thus high and tlIe very same day did
light with Que Sampson stocklish, fruit
erer, behind Gray I'm o, lhr mad day
thai have spent and To see how many ol
mlne old acquaintance IS dead
SH.--Ne shall all follow, cousin.
,AdL Cerlam, 'ls certain, very sire.--
death (as the Psalmist sailh) ia certain To
all, all shall die. How good yoke OF
bnllocks at Stamford far
M--Fruly, cousin, | was not there.
,SbaL.--Dealh is ccrain.ls old Double
Of your town living yet
.SH--Dead, Sin
.Sh0i~--Dead ! see, see he drew good
bow and dead he shot fine shout 49,
John of Gannt loved him we'll, and betted
much money on his head. bend he
would have chapped i'th' clout at twelve
score and carried Won Il forellaHd Shaft
fourteen and a fourteen ard BALI that II
would have done "A mans heart good TO see.
How a score Of ewes now
Thereafter rs they he "A score of
ewes may be- worth Ten pounds.
.sha.--And is old Double dead ~
There is not any thing more characters.
tie than this in all Shakespeare. A finer
sermon en- mortality was never preached.
We see the lrail condition of human life,
and the weakness of the human undefslan-
dlhg III shadows reflection on it who
while the past is sliding from beneath his
feet, still clings 10 the present. The mean
e5t circumstances are shown through an at
mospherc ofnbstraction thai digbifes them
their very inslgniGeance makes them more
affecting, for they instantly put chcel. on
onr aspiring thoughts, and remind us that,
seen through that dim perspective, the dil
ference between the great and little, the
wise and foolish, is mol much. zone touch
of nature makes the whole world kin - aud
old Double, though his exploits had been
greater, could but have had his day, There
IS pathetic nairete mixed up with Shall
lows common place reflections and imper-
tinent digression5. The reader laughs Gas
well hc may in reading the passage, but
he lays down The book TO think.