Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1827-01-06

a. na' enough OF aattery for the present
,s ''f u Hno way very gratifying to
e. ANN.
- HOME.
There is no trait, perhaps, NOR,
,t COMMON or more amiable in the hums,
i character, than the attachmeut which
:, each individual feels for hi, ua,;v.
> place. With what resistless. tende,
and soul subduing influence doe, tbe
remembrance Of past scenes and pleas.
ures rush upon the mind. Our native
hills and values, the mprrnuring riIJs
the groves, the meaIows aud the field,
which witnessed thciunocen, sportlnps
OF otr youthful years. arise before IN.
imagination arrayed in all their heau.y
we lood back with tender affection t.
the sacredspot where repsse the slum.
berlng ashes Of our departed kindred
and friends. In this chsgte and piou,
meditation, we feel pieasurable mel
anch"ly steal over our suuls which we
wonldn not exchange for all the spark.
Ing joys of transient and unsubstantio,
amu'ements. But awakening fiom hi,
pleasing reverie, we find that we ara
In distant land surrounded with strsp.
gers, In VAIN 10 we look al onnd for
the friends and companions of our youtb
but all is sad, lonely and disronsoI,,e
Tell us not that the gaIes which fan u,
are perfnnned with odoafs bat Tie
gentle zephyr brings hearth and bal,n
on its Hings thai roses and jessaoinp,
I'LL the soft air with fragrance, AID mat |,
the Nerdant mautle nf nature is s.nn. ,
g'~d with flowers OF he richest dyes. |
Fo' neither the spicy sales. the tlIn,, I
breath OF the genile zel.hyr. nor the
roses, nor the jessAinnes. nnr natures
!are.t livery, equal the air, the beauty
and tnchantmo / Of our native land
TO Us ;he whispers Of parental loyr.
tenderness and affection. wcG!,l be more
grateful and soothing than tie gen,l,
f'nnings Of the sou Il wind. o. the spi-
cy breeze. 20 Us mire pleasing would
be the light of our par ntaI mans On.
though hung with icices. and snrronr,
cd with the desc at. em1.ens of Wiz.
ter, than the be.niy anl ver;u. e a.
tached t. a distant laat !.
The Life Of Bacnarar,e, hv the "a. ,
thor o! Waver!y. is, We understand, 70
be completed in seven octave volumes.
We have had IN opportunity of pe.us.
ing the whole Of the first (except a
sheet at the cad Of the volume not sent :.
pu J and part Of The second, and hoped
10 hAye been able TO have given an
extract which might have served AZ a .
key to the gene al spifit uf the whole :
In his, howeyer, we are disappointed. c
This extract would have contained q I
criticism. on Burke's celebrated teflec Il
Ions, written with il temperance anil a I
Happy medium Of prise and censure. /,
shich strikes Us as a..iDicab., illgslra- o
i've of The good ana Common sense \
which blends so remarkably with the c
,reat genius OF Sir Wal er Scott. The I
,art Of the work which we ptrused. :,
vas summary of the causes and events -
# the French kevoiution, as far as the
ofthe Swiss Guards Two
IT three chap ers more would have
'rought US to the kings death, which
heHpwcriul and graphic hand of the III
ulh6r mast have made extremely st,ik c,
ng and imposing. We are compelled il
0 say thar the feeligns with which we c,
cad the first part of the work, were h
hose Of disappointment. So many works l.
ave been written. and by men So well h,
cquain,ed with and able 10 pour'ray "
he causes of the French Revelation, Il
hat even the author Of Waveily can Il
Ind little of novel or original to chain t.
'ur attention.. Conscious Of the te-
|iousne.s Of the beaten track, he has 81
Employed in great profusion and most s
,tten neither naturally nor originally, C,
and SMILES which howev- Il
" well they may suit the style Of nov S,
4, take from the dignity Of a historical Ia
discussion. The SMILES drawn from ia
lassical stories, are often Of the tritest in
lind, and in one place We observed no p
ever than three successive sentences Ct
n the same page. which contained as A
many laboured comparisons. With re- III
ard TO the spirit of the work, II is lib h
raj yet decidedly loyal. Tbs author NJ
, wiilingto give due credit 10 the mo-
ives oftbe Constitutional and Rcpub- aI
Icon leaders Of the Revolution hnl The a