The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-03-02
Ftom thr Boston Galaxy.
.Misrriss Of icing. in lore"

dinl drop of our lives. Grave phi
losophcrs tell us IL IL the happicst
moment of our existence. and the po-
cts. that ttnal band. who turn oui
Hubbard prizes. like bcggars 10 n
bridal. confirm them. hive found
il quite otherwise. and from regard
to thc comfort of my fellow citizens
lay my experience before the public
II is profound remark of Dugald
Stuart that il there were a repositO
~ for the private acquisitions or i'm
proycmcnts. each individual effects.
for the benefit of postcrity, great
advantages would occur. He wish
cs Savings Bank for the Arts and
Sciences. III find quicker way
of soitcning steel than IL known. /
am not To reserve it for my own
profit but publish and record il. 80
il n brilliant Thought or correct
principle pass over my mind Ii IL
right to cast il Immediately to the
common stock.
| have learned the period Of life
when
"Nol mczzo del Cammin di notrs vita
Mi rilrnvhi per unn SrlVn otrnrn,'
in other words than Dante's. | am
81. | have been in love exactly
twenty times. aud never was
i,aplcss wretch tied 10 thc wheel or
chained in the galiics more exercis-
cd than have been. Since. how
ever, the figure of Rhetoric by
which the frat person sing lar oc-
ours so frequently, is undoubtedly
unpleasant, ! resort 10 the CIassiii-
cation of the D,iStries ofbeing in iope
according othc Brerestord style.
MIsERIEs.
Misery Uncertainty as TO tchom
10 fall an lope NiM meat ? Jatin'S
eyes are very soft and bright but
they do say she wears false curls.
Hnandn's golden cataract Of lovely
hair is delightful. but then are not
her sandals Il little too extensive -
.Ndria's symmetry is exquisite. but
she measures only d leet Q. Sylvia
is feet |, and 40 is n hath. After
a long and painful self debate, fix OH
Julia.
Q. difficulties in getting Julia 10
fan IN lore 1cith you. Has heard
you standardized. and believes you
are an accurately equal mixture Of
Cain, Gathcgus. Catalina and Cali
guIa. The gradual nature Of your
gaining her coniidence---t''c praising
her music--the restraint Of your
own lan"uage-thts anctilication Of
race-thc flow Of fine Sentiments
the fnudling Of The yoiingrr children
the contingent expcnce Of sweet
mcats-thc daily call tho neat era
vat, aud spotlcss shirt--thc absti-
hence frompartaking Of saeory veg
etabIcs-thc tri-daily brushing the
halr-the coincidence in opinion
with "A stupid iatl,or---the family dim
ncrs, where the host shows doubt
Of his own hospitality by insisting
on your eating tn surfeit-and last
but worse JHh1's soreness 10 beiieve
these form the second Misery Of
being in love
3. The third stage Of the misc
ries is the dOubDutHess Of that peri
cd, when the belle begins to ID kind,
but refuses to commit herself by a
reciprOcation (as the novelist say Of
your passion. To convince her Of
your sincerity. yon naturally are
forced tn pass the most OF the day
aud evening in the house. much To
the promotion of snappish"ess in the
lower departments Of the regime !;
az for instance. l heard Pomp,
I" Wish Massa Snipe 40 pend he
fourty hours Of ye day here, | guess
he had to clear ee rooms hibsell."
you are obliged tn converse with her
in whisper resembling ~ frog in
quinscy.' You are the body guard
to all oratories, theatres, debafing So
rietieS. and the like. You must IN
Aure her excuses Of chiidishness,
pctuiancc, and i'll feeling like a mar
| tyr. and TO SUM up all you must be
sci up like joint doll in chair to
be stared at as---0T S7Ceet heart.
a The acceptance. This, strange
as it may seem To the unuinitiated, ia
one of the most grie,ous miseries of
falling in love. Tier the fair lady
becomes perfectly tyrarfnicai. When
yon were sueing her favour she WAS
in state of abeyancc or suspense,