The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-01-18
From knights Quarterly Magazine.
MY FIRST FOLLY.
n the ar Of seccnfcen.


81 upon Lady Molley's Al Home.
Yes said, lineup away tho card
with auaeedy twist ol the fngrts,--
yes | VIII be there. For one evening
| VIII encounter he ledium and the
taste Of yllagcha For one evening
| will doom myself to figures thai are
out of date, and 6ddlcs lhat arc on of
tune, dowaCors who mako embroidery
by wholesale, and demolscllcs who maxi
/ conquestS by profession for one eve
nng | will endure the inquiries about
Almaeks and st. poul',, the tales Of
the weddings that have been and the
weddings thai are to be, the round 'oi
curtsies in the hlll foon aud the round
OF beef at the supper table for one
evening | will not complain Of the ever
lasting hostess aud the everlasting Bou-
linger, of he double duty and the dou-
bile bass, Of the great heiess, and the
! great plun-puddng
! Come GA come all,
Come dance IN Sir Rogcr'sgrcai hail.
And thus, by dinl Of clvlliiy, indo-
lence, quotation, aud antithesls, bent
up each corpureal agent TO the terrible
feat, and would have the honor Of
waiting upon her ladyshlp, '---in due
form.
went; turned my unclc's one-horse
chaise into the long old avenue about
an hour after The time specified, and
perceived by the lights flashing from
all the windows, aud the crash OF chains
and carriages returning from tho door,
that the room was most puncmaIty full,
Spcriormers most pastorally impatient,
The first face | encountered on my en-
trance was that Of my old friend Nilars
Twas delighted 10 meet him, aud OK.
pressed my establishment at finding hIu
IN situation for which his inclination
one would have supposed, was SO Iitl'
adapted.
s BY Mercury he exclaimed, | am
mctampOrphosed, my good Nyvyan
have been detained here three months
by fall from Sir etcr, and have anus.
ed myself most indefalieably by hum
ming tunes and reading newspapers
winding silk, and guessing conundrumS
have made myself the admiration, til,
alteration, Inc very worship of all til,
coteres Ia the place a; am reckoued We
ry clover ut cross purposes, and yer,
APT al what's my thought like = Iho
'squres have discovered | can carve
but the matrons hold me indispensable
at loo. Come ! | am Of lfte seryic,
to-uieht, and my popularity may be q
use 10 you: you don't know a soul -
: thought 50 read IL in your face tn,
moment You came ln--never saw sucI
a--------there, Nyvyan, look there
viii introduce you. And 50 saying ms
, companion half lmped, half dance,
with me up to Mss Amelia Mcsuil, an,
presented me in due form.
When look back to any particula
scene ofmy existence, can never kcel
the stage clear OF suconG-ratc characters
. | never think Of Mr.. Lcaus OthoIl
d without an intrusive reflection upon the
: subject OF Mr.. Cooper's Cassie | ne.
= yer call to mind gorgeous scattcrin
d forth OF roses from Mr.. Canning, with
r 9ni painful idea OF some 90 cmporar
J. ei'uslon oil peoples from MIR. Hume
:, And Illus, beautiful Margaret, it is il
vain that cndeayour TO separate you
/ fascination from the group which wa
collecting around you. Perhaps tina
dominion, which at tins moment feel
Il almost revived, fccurs more wildly l.
n mi. . 4
figures Of all by whom il WIS conles tc,
arc associated in It's renewal.
Prs CONES Amrin he magnificent
> the acknowledged bells Of the country
> very still mad very dumb in her unheed.
ed and uncontested supremacy anc
next, the most black-5rowed Of foxhun
tiers, Augusta, enumerating the names .
hertathor's stud, and dancing as if sh,
inflated them and then the most &c
Il compished Jane, vopiug that for tn
last month She had endured immens,
; ennai, lhat she thinks Lady Olivia pro
digiously fadc, that her cousin Sophy i
!, quite brettante tonight, and that Mr.
; Peters plays the violin mr1pcjHe.
, am bored, my dear ViIars,-pos
itively bored the light is bad and tn,
: music abominable there is no sprinl
in the boards and less in the conversa
; ton it is lovely moonlight night
r and there IS nothing worth looking a
in the room
! shook hands with my friend, bow
ed TO three or four people, and wa
moving OF. Ash PASSED to the door
. | met two ladies 10 conversation j.; Don
you dance any more, Margaret 2 sale
one. 'Oh no. replied the other, 4
am bored the light is bad aud the mu.
sic abominable /; there is no spring il
the boards and les, in the conversation
it is lovely moonlight night, and there
is nothing worth looking at in the room.
! Inever was distanced in "a Jest.