Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-05-24
From ns-London New .uo.ihly Magazine.
AGREEABILITY.

in different Subjects and depends in
company well the person himself whom is
found Generally speaking agreeable person should
not be man of strong passions, deep views feelings
he should have vanity enough wish please and
ecnt To be wholly engaged with himself There
OF the most lively and brilliant wit with minds stored with
auccdo:c, who extremely wearisome society, simply
because they good listeners, and take pains
make the company satisfied with themselves draw out
each man IN his turn, return his thoughts in
better dress aud To atte him with the fancy that the
novelty his Without aid of possessed
OF this alen, society is apt fall into the hands ofsome
egegous coXcomb, who has other qualification
sessng the general ear than mputencc aud selfsut
cieucy.
Agreeabli,y is much rarer and more difficulty attain
a6'e excellence among women than with men, ow ing
their crcunscribed with the world, and
their more defective education. We indeed
quenty indebted slight dash of couuetrv in females,
when we pass our time agresably their society. Clever
women often HonchdnS pedantc, to please;
while fool IS the whole antpnes away from agreeabity
but when one finds female truly agreeable there is
thing in the round OF life fascinating so ENJOYABLE!
Beauty coys wit dazZcs tigues but genuine agree
ability is tua able exquisite The male sex has
nothg like IT. nothing winning, nothing so delightful,
nothing so Intoxicating Hours, days. years, under
iiuence, roll unperceived away; and Il long life will
suffice to exhaust its powers
To be agrccable the desire please is not sufficient of
ten indeed the very effort designs Quoers strain
ers after points and antithese any thing fad
the cath but agreeable and il often occurs, that when even
men OF wit aud celebrity brought together for the ex-
purpose of making charming av of it, mutual APP
p.ehcS"n and mutual efoI, render the society
Quaker meeting.
To he simple and natural on the other hand goes far;
and 1t is not unusual to find aged (hose synonynes
r bore, among the hawited) extremely agreeable upon
no other principle than this simplicity Il little good
sense.
One source of the agreeable is sympathy. noisy oh
StreperOus toryteng, song singing invader Of ears
deemed agreeable in the club of which he The centre and
pressing long wmded follower doubngs OF hare the
patient hson"grapher OF the days labour pointer
are good company IN the society country suues To
this cause must attribute the rartv of creeohitv
among the cultvatcrs ofahsse science, among men
OF heightened character who have little in common with
the mass OF mankind and whose thoughts lly turn
ed inward are incapable of demonstrations exccut
on great occasions.
Fora somewhat similar SON. mothers of large families
are uniformly deficient in the agrceabc being wholly pre-
occupied with the aud delights OF tcrnty, and abb
soroed IN contemplation OF the great qualities Tomay or
the budding beauties of the infant Jane.
The scarcity of ageeabty exalts in our estimation
above far more important attributes For to be agreeab BILE
nieS of necessity virtue if it he that of good ma
ure; and very agreeable creature may downright
villain Whatever value may upon the higher oual
es of head or heart still more nolerant of duIness
ha OF vice. aud prefer too often agreeable companion
to friend.
mi ego contulem jtcudO sanIs AMIGO" saws Horace.
ana III so saying bears involuntary testimony the triumuh
OF the agreeable over the esInable.
Iof@rat'o Of the early settlers Of -uayland Pea,nsvcania
1t IS curious fact, which reflects the groa,o
credit on these early coons thar fifteen years after they
Fs landed, the General Assembly the people passed an
act enttied I'm .7ct concerning Religion, which the
PCiSS oi eligOuS liberation and liberty
cossed IN their fullest latuGe. The following is an en-
tract from the itself.
whereas the enforcing of the in matters of
religion hath frequently fallen To be fdaueero
queice IN those commonwealth where il hath been proc
used and for the quiet and pcaceable government IF
this province, aud the better to preserve MURAL love @
uy among the nhabitaits, person persons whatso-
eVef within this province, islands, ports barbors
creeks or Ravens tifereunto belonging protesting to believe
III Jesus Christ shall from hencciorh be any WAYS tou
oed olesed or dscouuemanced for or i'm respect Of his
OF her religion nor IN the fee exercise thereof within mi,
province or the Islands the hcloncing nor nv y.a
Gopciied 10 the belief exercise any religion AGAINST
MS vi he CONSENT SO that they be unahfu 10 the lord
y, or modest or cOnspc against the civil NJ
es'"oshed OF to BE- established in this province nm
uet I'M mn" OF ms heirs. Bacoms Laws, 1913 chap 1
'9 Ia" was passed by an assembly composed entirely
OF honam Catholics aud the more rerarkablc az bi
me .hfA Legislature act it believed which is d q,
nave oeen passed 10y any government IN favor of urmed
''."h' fennS memorable law to this effect for the
~ MS Colony was made, till thirty wears f.
e',dioS' mat IS 1882 There is remark able oincdenco
m w SPIRIT oithe Two as will be by the GLOWING Change
'h hchhs law which declars-'tlat all persons Iiyin IN
'e provinces who confess and ackuOwled the one Al;g,
ana eternal Ood to be the creator, and rer NJ
"olo' ana hod themselves obliged in conscience IN live
e"ctdoy ana justly IN civil society shall i'm unvvse no mo
ieSIeo LOT their religious persuasion or practice in acr
!" idlth ana worship This law, must be ren,embered
was me result OF the enlightened and enevoeuce f
single individual, while that of Maryland was The snon
taneors act of an assembly of the people
NORTH .4H,erican Repic1c
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Lord CbdhtQm'S TestniOny IN 6rpo,,r of PAL.