Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-06-24
Mrs. Howard to Lord Peterborough.

messy, tnOSe Suoiiiuc oAPreSSioh> "hiSh
ladies and gentlemen use in their
gallantries and dIstresses.
81 suppose, by your fair devil,
you mean nothing less than an an
gil. II 50, my lord, beg leave to
give some reasons why think a wo-
man is neither like an angel nor a
devil, and why successful and uhhap-
py love do not, in the least, resemble
heaven and hell. 1t is true you may
quote ten thousand gallant letters
and precedents for the use of these
love terms, which have mighty cap.
tiva.ing sound in the ears of a W.
man, and have been with equal pro.
priety applied to all women in all a
Ses.
"In the first place, my lord, an
angel pretends TO he nothing else but
a spirit. If, then, woman was no
more than an angel, what could To-
yer get by the pursuitl
"I'he black devil is a spirit too,
but one that has lost his beauty and
retained his pride. Tell a woman
this, and and try how she likes the
simile.
"The pleasure of an angel is of.
fering praise; the pleasure Of wo-
man is receiving it.
Successful love is very unlike
heaven, because you may have sue
cess one hour, and lose it the next.
Heaven is Interchangeable. Who can
say SO of love or lovers!
"ln love, there are as many hea-
vens as there are women; SO that, if
man be so unhappy as to lose one
heaven, he need not throw himself
headlong into hell.
e" This thought might be carried
further. But perhaps you will ask
me, if woman be neither like all
angel or devil, what is she like1 |
answer, that the only thing that is
like a woman is-another 1ooman.
{" How often has your iordsiip
persuaded foreign ladies that nothing
but them could make you forsake
your dear country! But at present
1 find it is more to your purpose to
tell ne that | am the only woman
that could prevail with you to stay
i'll your ungrateful country"
The following passages from emil
nent divincs, enforce in eloquent Ian
guage the necessary and salutary
connection between liberty and true
religion.
BIsHoP LowTH.-" Christianity
itself was published to the world in
the most enlightened age; it invited
and challenged the examination of
the ablest Judges. and stood the test
of the severest scrutiny; the more it
is brought to the light, to the great
er advantage will it appear. When,
on the other hand. the dark ages of
barbarism came OH, as every art and
science was almost ex,inguished, SO
was Christianity in proportion OPP.
pressed and overwhelmed by error
| and superstition. 1t hath always flou.
! rished or dccayed together with
learning and liberty: it will ever
stand or fall with them. 1t is there.
fore of the utmost Importance to the
cause of true religion, that it be sub
mi,ted to an open and impartial ex-
animation; that every di,quisition
concerning it be allowed its free
| course; that even the malice Of its
enemies should have its full scope,
and try its utmost strength of argu-
ment against it. Let no man be a.
Harmed at the attempts Of atheists or
| infideIs; let them produce their cause,
let them bring forth their strong rea.
| sons to their own confusion; afford
them not the advantage Of restraint,
the only advantage their cause ad-
mits of; let them not boast the false
credit OF supposed arguments and
pretended demonstrations which they
are forced, to suppress"
Sermon. 1888.
BISHOP WARRINGTON -" Mistake
me not" says Bishop Warbur,on, ad-
dressing the Freethinkers, "here are
no insinuations intended against IL
ber,y. For surely, whatever be the
cause Of this folly, (free-thinking,)
il would be unjust to ascrihe it to
the freedom Of the press, which wise