Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-05-03
TUESDAY NDR1l11l@0 MAY 81 1885,
ting and resisting ten thousand imita-


tons"
$50 great was the reputation ofLivy,
that Pliny, in one of hisepistles, has re-
lated that ali inhabitant Of the city of
Cadiz was SO struck with his illustri-
Gus character, that he travelled to
Rome purposely to see the historian,
and, having satisfied his curiosity, i'm
mediately returned home, supposing
probably that, after seeing Livy, no o.
Their object was worthy his attention.
AIphonso, king of Naples, expressed
his admiration in manner still more
singular; having in 1861, sent all am
bassador to the Venetian States where
the bones of Livy had lately been disco
vered, to request that one ofthem might
be spared him. An arm bone was
accordingly sent, and this curious
present is mentioned in an inserip-
ton at Padua."
"No art is less dependent upon edu-
cation, or perhaps we had better say
more dependent upon nature, than that
of oratory. We believe that man
maya as we'll think to obtain new sense,
or form an exit bodily organ, by study
and requirement, as to make himself
an orator, in the true sense OF the term,
without bringing into the world with
him, the peculiar spirit and sentiment
which enter so much into the ground
work of that character. Upon this,
more than any thing else, rests the dis
tinction between the mere declaimer
and the orator"
"Sculpture admits no diversity of
materials; it knows no color; it knows
nothing but shape. Its purpose is not
to cheat the eye, but 10 present to the
mind all the truth and beauty, and
grace, and sublimity of forms. Did
the excellence of statue depend on the
illusion produced, or on the number of
idcots who mistake it for life, the Med
icean Venus would then yield to every
wax work that travels from fair to
fair"
"The Sumatrans, when man, by any
calamity,is deprived ofhis reason, or
is subject to CONFUSION fits, imagine
he is possessed ofan evil spirit, and
their ceremony of exorcism is by put
ting the unfortunate wretch into hut,
which they fire about his ears, suffering
him to escape in the best manner he
can. The fright which would deprive
reasonable man of his senses, may
sometimes restore intellect to the man
lac"
"To suppose that any man should
think as do, is to suppose that man
organized as l am; that he has received
the same temperament, the same nutrl-
ment, the same education, and (Which
includes ally the same modification,
with me, in everyinstant of his duration;
in one word, il is to suppose that he is
what am. Why not expect from him
a conformity Of features, as well as a
conformity of opinions, with mine? the
former as should seem, being just as
much in his power as the latter.
"Sensation the most solemn and
sublime are usually created by the
view of the remains Of distant ages; the
survey of ruins, ecclesiastical or civil
is, in flecting minds, associated With
the recollection Of the customs and
manners Of those who SO many centu-
ries ago inhabited the majestic pile.
The transient nature of our existence,
and the instability of all human gran
deur, are Immediately suggested, and
awaken those pensive but highly CRATE
full emotions which lift the soul above
all sublunary concerns, and fix its hopes
and meditations OH another world"
"The sombre shades of evening were
fast approaching, the setting sun smiled
with a farewell lustre on the SUBMITS
of the hills, and the water still as death,
received deep gloom from the length
ening shadows of the mountains; l sal
myself down upon the roots of an old
tree near the edge of the lake (Gras-
mere, and was listening to the distant
murmer Of some waterfalls, when sud-
denly the sound of village bells divert
ed my attention;-no, never shall ! for
get their sweet and dying cadence, how
softly they stole along the lake, now
bursting loud and louder on the ear,
and now family sinking to repose: they
were in unison with the scene around
and with my feelings; no, never shall l
forget them"
Wherever have heard
A kindred melody, the scene recurs,
And with it all its pleasures"
DOMESTIC LIFE.