The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-08
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| The following singular jingling letter d
from the pm of Mr.. Cowper. the eelsbfs-
ted poet, to the Rev. Mr.. Newton. dated
July la,17sl;
My very dear frisnd-s.T am going to send.
what when yon have read, youmay scratch
your head, and say, suppose there's ~,
body knows, whether what have got, Dc
verse, or mt by the tune aud the time, !.
Ought ~ be rhyme but if be, did yon
ever see, Of late or of yore, such dIfy be-
fore hasewrif, charity forpopnli,riiy, Int
we'll AS could, in hopes 20 dogood: & iftte
reviewers should say, ITO bo SURE tIie geD-
litfnan's muse wears methodist shoes, you
may know by her pace, and talk about
grace, that she and her bard have little re-
gard for the taste aud fashions and ruling
passions, and hoydening play OF the mo-
dern day and though she assume a bor-
rowed plume, and now and then wear
tlitering air, Ills only her plan to catch if
she can, the giddy and gay, ms they 90 that
way, by production on a new eonstrLe-
ion; she has baited her trap ia hopes To
snap all thai may come with sugar plum"
Ills opinion in this will not be amiss It's
what intend, my principal end and II |
succeed, and folks shonld read, iii few are
brought 10 n serious thought, shall think
am paid, for oil have said, ard have
done, though have run, many iime after
u rhyme, rs fnr ms from hence 10 the end of
my sense, and by hook or by crook, write
another book, i'll live and am here another
year.
heard before of a room, with loer
laid upon springs and such like things, with
50 much arr IN every part that when yoiI
went 10, you was forced 10 b,gin miotst.
pace, with on air and grace, swimming
about, now In, and now out with q deal &c
statt, In figure Of eight, without n pipe
or string, any such thing, and NOW have
writ, ia rhymng 1T, what will make yo,l
dance, ms you advance, will keep you still
though against your will, dancing away n
lert and gay, till you have come 10 nm fnd
of what have pennd; which that you
may do ere madam and you are quite worn
out juggling about, take my leave; and
here You receive bow profound, down
to the ground, nom your humble me-
w. &.
-aeee--
Lhomme sdns argent. FROM the French.
man without money is n body with
out a soul--a walking dtath---a spectre
mat iIightens every one. Ills countenanee
ls sorrowtul, and his conversation languisb-
ing and tedious. II no calls upon an nc.
quaintance he never finds him al home,
and u be opens his mouth to speak, he Is
interrupted every moment, ~ that hc may
mol have chance 10 finish his discourse,
which II Is feared win end with his asking
For money. lie Is avoided like person
injected with disease, and is regarded
as an incufDbrance upon the ealth.---.
Want wakes him up IN the morning, aud
misery accompanied him 60 his bed ut
night The ladies discover that he is an
awkward BOBBY landlords believe that he
lives upon mir, and II he wants any thing OF
n iradesman he is asked for cash before
delivery.
: I'm honnle est-iI dams In prospertc
IonJoFs dc SEES amis il volt croiire ie nom
brc
Tombe-t-il dams i'adyersite
u rcste soul avec son ombrc."
..,.ssss-..
ORTH0GRAPHY.
The following curious literary prodnc.
lion was addressed TO the Governor Of The
Workbouse, ai Arlington, IN Clouresfef-
shire, by panper seeking relief there, ~
bis proposed terms of going into the
house -
For the amazement Of my tmid mind,
have sci down the prinsiple part of what
subziat upon Tea for break fast, n little
Tozt and butter; for supper and dinner, a
Little mutton aud bread. All d point Of
Good beer with dinner, aud of a point
with snpper--betweene breakfast and dinner
a boiled egg aud q little breasl--in the es.-
ming tea-1fhe bread which heaye been
accuztomed 10 cate, Is from the bakers
fresh and lite. Good fresh milk butter
the mutton Lane--I always sleep IN blan-
keis. In this way heave continued Ia
LEV for NOR than 10 months; without
these trilels icannot do.
--s1e.-
As n gentleman was riding over New.
market-hiIl, his horse stumbled against n
substance which he ut Rrst considered to
be piece OF chalk, but hearing rather a
peculiar sound from il, hc was induced to
look back, when he perceived large snake,
with several young ones, issuing from Il ];
and, on closer inspection, II proved TO be q
human skull Of great antiquity, and nearly
perfect. The snakes issued from those
"holes which eyes did once inhaLit," and
no doubt the young ones had been hatch
cd IN the skull Of one who might have
kept the world in awe" The skull lay al
most secure from injury under mound,
and to all appearance, had been bleached
for years on the spot where it was SO ex.
.raordInnrily found: B,tghtea CO..
HNHE time for which | contracted with
Mr. William Ramsay, for The menage-