The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-12-23

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lle paints ircu, ihe lie. and the ailoslan Oh fh.
regular appearance ai his master. rE at tti
door, 70 perfectly in accord with re ranriaa
habits Of THAT respectable tradesnnn. is As ltiir
liy Of local truth which must coIis wv ths bos
Oh a the most careless reader. Hoaeref
jealousy Nj rising iuin.uarr prevailed the NV
mainder of The elegy, declared " W mad
MISSILE, has gone % Join the lost hooks n.
Livy aud The missing comedies WI Terence
and | esteem myself happy 70 have preserved
the exorainm, which nom confidently present
TO candid and juticious public.
IN casting my eye ever our Album, ven
ture 10 extract the following cpirram ARIA upi
faph, from thepen or bIr. skinner the Tanner
Here liz my dear wife. saa rixru ann shfew.
III said regretted Hcr. Should wv 49,
Were the subject Of this inscription stranger
should scruple To circulate this couplct. bHt
as She was a particular friend or mammals who
declares the character to be strictly mcnted.
hesitate not 10 give II publicity.
From Dir. Schweitzkoder's seriocnmic epic.
The Apothe1sis IN Snip. III which promised
YOU further ex tracts. select ~ mr present
communication the description nj DE hero.
y His lark ara scaaiy hair vas BLACK.
lis viaage salaw, aad his hack
A broad and strong Piatos.
His sreyeye % lbs face ~ wan
Lookd Ike ~ oyster split UPON
dish uf nhsh potatoes.
N shape his phiz was lie liver.
Which A. The mouth is broadcast ever
Ills teeth wefe iRduFated sl0esi
Then hed a nose--on such a nose 49,
II was not certainly 50 bad
As that which siswkenberEius had
Nor thar recorded BY tile poet
Whose owner could not reach % blow 10;
No. that was 0ssa 10 A waH,
For this was just much TOO short
What was j. ike why nothing save
The mutiiated Sphinx Egyptian.
So iauend THAT Il neither gave
Handle tof blowing nor description.
Know uof what ID call a snnut
Descrbed before BY No man,
But IL il had been tUfnd about,
II would have been Roman
IN short twas like the Anage Of cighs,
The very substitute Of snuls.
Although there was cavity
" here bis prohoscis ought to Sc,
Yer dirf beneath said main ennush
" II his IA the House ~ Call tor snnl.
aud wiinesSeIh IS this indenture.
That nasal attributes arc meant heic-
Such was Ills facc-4iS form was what
is lerm'd 10 vulgar pafIance squat
Compared 20 him, 50 plain. SO wan.
Such dumpy legs ana bow knees,
SatvT was Hyperion.
And EnckhoTse an Adonis"
As conjugal portraits should De always hung
Up in couples, ! send you the drawing Of bis
wife, with which shall conclude al present.
in the full assurance that the dehueation Il
50 tempting a creature will excite an intense
curiosity fora further developemcnt vi her
charms in future communicatioss.
His hb--(m judge BY length alone,
] ought to call her bis bark-boue,)
Tall as a maypOie ran.
Two feet NJ which alarming space
Were dedicated 70 her face
(Her chin was full a spank
Nay. no incTedulcus ETimaces.
This is the age for lengthning faces.
Her eyes were always running DER,
And The two squirting balls they bore.
AS II afraid Of being wet
Beneath her noses bridge would get
So fond we're they of this inversion.
That they were always " eclipse,
Save when on peasuTable trips
They poppd out On a short excursion
Her meagre sardy hair was frizzy.
And her appearance gaunt and gnzzy
This raw bonee nymph was christend' Rose.
Bot why, no human being knows
Unless when young she might disclose,
Like other blooming misses,
Roses which quickly fed in scem,
But left upon her chin the thorn,
To guard her lips from kisses.
Her character ] need not sketch
You'll fed il as we onward stretch;
Bot 10 make an assurance sure,
Behold II hear ii miniature.
She relish'd tea and hulierd toast.
Better than being Ennbbd ard schooFd,
Liking no less TO rule I've roast.
Than feast upon tke roast she ruled
And though pFuiuse NJ tongue withali
Of cash was economical.