The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-09-26


came 10 solicit The honor Il my name
to a splendid engraved edition oi the
Lords Prayer. an lcIIum, with an
elegant variety Of type-had been
excessively admired aud patronzcd
by all the great--w0uld teach my
children 10 Nl'ltc-icaNe "a lasting
impression on thcm-was a suitable
ornament Tor the Chlnncy--was very
chcap-only five dollars--worth
double the money. Now this was an
expense | could not inrur--sald So
with more than common roughncsS,
and pushed away from mo his other
specimens of naval heroes, &c. and
opened my trout door to facilitate my
VISITORS egress. lie began To roll
up his papers with most provoking
slnWncss, muttcriug st the 81 lime
something about rudcncss anu want
OF sc ard Tor religion, and Contempt
of The arts. My vie. unfortunately
entering, esaght a glimpse Of the
emhclished roll, listened 10 lis GU
lugics, want, a picture 10 decorate
"A vacancy III our best parlour, pre-
vailed ON me 10 take Il copy. AMI the
agent overwhelmed Mo With thanks.
My breakfast was scarcely swallow
ed WJan another o.. these dread mes
senScrs asked Il private Interview
with me. Ii WAS ono Of the most
irrcsiaible Of all pctItioner9--it was
a Blue Stocking, poor aathoress,
Who came II tax my gallantry for
volume OF miscellaneous poems
My eldest daughter, not little in
Cllncd 10 be romantic, o,erhcaring
aut warm discourse, aud Capti,ated
with some III the lines oi the lady's
sweet toned recitation, interrupted
our tete-a-tcte. She was fascinated
I with tie writer, and cXtraNaganly
praised her poetry, and said she
could never be enough Obliged To ne
II would take 'CopJ. : eeaid not
oppose her. 4 seldom read poetry
myself, and tS,nt. It p, ,l3' truth
CanUot be rplishCG without the me
metrlcions AIDS of fiction. and my
daughter has been 50 busy for 81 e.
raj DAYS III painting a watch pa pcr,
with e.. e." st squads upon y, for
her lover, that the leaves o. the pO-
etc volume, are o.tut, I'D probably
will long ren an SO. Alter tyo such
assaults on my parse. | Thought
surely that the re,t OF the day "Oala
be quietly sent, and sat do :, t. my
dinner With comfortable trpetite.
How short ~ hdH tu foresight l
ought to have known that dinner
time is the very " NItching hour
tor the harpies OF all the begging
school +; "hcn the prey isto be found,
when his humour Is a~eetcned on
satlated appetite, or When his dccl-
sion will be more prompt II hf cndn.
Ccs TO be hungry. Ntn A smoking
steak before me, and on IT, verge Of
commencing "A pleasant operation,
my knife and fork dropped trom my
! hand at an outrageous salutattun Of
my knockcr. 1t was given by a
smootlI-tongHcd little SCotchmau,
who had learned that ! was Il patron,
oil lctters--that he had Just arrived
~ town, and had done me the honor
OF the first cali--that he wished to
give me the opportunity of possess
Sing a copy o. a new biography that
was coming from The press-tIlat the
number of copies Vas limited 10 sub
scrIbcrs only, and urged me II ac-
Ctpt TIE chance as Il very special
Kindness. | gave hlm very short,
energetic NO, and began To retreat.
20 escape was not 80 easy. The
! SrotChman followed me through the
entry to my dinner table, Not a lit
+ tie cnraged, / Insisted on his calling
AZ some other time, ga account OF my
dinner engagements. He said that
he should with pleasure wait till my
rcpast WAS finished. could not bear
this, aud petulantly replied that my
mind would be the sdlne alter din
nrr hat il thcn WAS. Disrcgarding
my IlJ,ability, he began coolly to
discuss the merits Of the book. /
viii not sa rtbc, said |; | have a
set of the Encyclopedia that contains
all the biography that ever wish to
read. That work, said the ocntch-
man, is necessarily very superficial
and limited in It's biography, and as
a literary man. you would feel IA NOR
/ LITIGATION not II know many modern
character III our biography. This
rous ii me To AN argument; time