The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-09-04
MISCELLANY

MEBIfATI0ss oS A. OLD CnAr-t t..
new coat. Ii Is like a troublesome STRANGE, "a =.
sticks 10 YOU most ifrpertinrnils .bste.., ~
20, einharrasses all vcul notons, and tho,,,,.t
y couf"aads your sell possessinn.
with ne" coal Is not hi home even in hi. n,a
house abroad be Is uneas, he can neitb., -
stand, hoi z" n 4 reasonable mortal All M.
of SENSE hate ne" coats, btu 4 fool rejoe. m N
new coat Without looking AT his person. ga,
eau tell If he has one aAtD coat ~ writl., 49,
his face. II hangs like a libel eni of his can
mouth. There Is an odinus harmony b.twe.,,
his glossy galg ~ ana his smooth and s.r.o..
phiz:s disgusting keeping in the portrait M
all vile exhibitions, defend me from fool /,
new blue coat with brass buttons! An oil on.
is favorable To retirement aud study Wb..
your coat is old you feel no tendency 10 nanpt.
ing abroad 81 dissipation. Button, they Tell us
used to sit dowa IN his dress wig. and nayd.,
10 compose 10 nov coal and fuilles. canno,
conceive how they could niauageit Icon1s
no more write an article in new coat Ihanin
Z II STRAIT "aisicoAt Were TO attempt il, my We
~ good friends, the public, would be severe suc
terers. happy thought. hy the way, just strikes
me You may tell 10y the manner Of an author
now he Is usually dressed when composing.
am convinced ST. Walter Scott writes in an oil
coat. Lord Byron wrote without any coat as
all. Barney Cornwall III an elegant morning
gov n and red slippers. --Geofiry Grayon IN the
ordinary dress of a gentleman, neither new nor
old. Goblet IN coat very often turned
Moore in handsome brown frock aud nan
keen troHseTs.-Croly in tnlldress--LPigh Hunt
in fashionable nighi-gown, OF n fantastic nat.
tern, and somewhat shabby. Woodwork in a
freeze jacket and leather gaiters, The late MIR
Shelly wrote in dreadnought Coieridse in
careful dress half lay. half clerical. iIazlitt
IN .nIi fh..ft I.fts bod
ford wrote in hne pepper and salt andS'''
in iustian jacket. Your old coat is gentle mo-
rast calls your iuind from external pomns
aud vanities and bids yon look within.
No man ever thinks of drawing the eyes Of
! the ladies IN AN old coat their hattery is not
likely 10 turn his head az long as his coat re-
mains uniurned a friend asked me to 20 with
lin last night TO the opera; consulted my old
coat aud stayed at home to write for the benefit
| ofposterity.
Bank Of England Ctock.-" The clock. in
building immediately over the Hall, or Draw
ing office, is very ingenious piece of mechan-
ISM aud intened as il fully does. to obyiate The
difficulty experienced il the various stock off
cos, from the difference of clocks. This with the
dials at the bank cannot occur for the hands
OF all are moved by one piece OF machinery, and
the whole, sixteen IN number, indicate the pre-
! eisely similar hour and second. The commune
| caton between the machinery and the hands
is made nv means of brass rods arranged with.
IN the roof, aud thence continued TO the differ
ent apartments in the offices. 1 he length ef the
whole vi these various rods is nearly 100 feet
which weigh at Leaf 81 cwt. There 300
wheels in notion the principle weight is about
100 lbs and the clock is wound up twice
week II also strikes the quarters and hours Ola
large bells. IHomaSs HWdsgt London
Loss Of brains The present Dske of Mau-
chester met with an accident, by which a piece
OF his skull was kicked away by horse, with
portion of the BRAIN also AID yet his Grace has
made very excellent Governor OF colony
Notwithstanding. 1t is now well known, that
the outer, or as il is called the corttedt part OF
the brain, is entirely devoid of feeling when IN
| a natural and healthy stale; and that any Por-
ton OF il may be lost by accident, Gas in this in
stance) or by disease. without auy interference
with the intellect of the individual. II IS only
when the medullary, Or innermost portion ofthe
brain, is compressed or injured, that life aud i'll
leiIect are affected
| FachoiR-Voltaire thus describes the facility
with which mankind are divided INTO factions
=" Two rival actresses are capable of dividing
! a town. Men have a secret propensity for fac
lions five cannot caba. pursue, ana do one
another a prejudice Tor crowns, tlaras, and mi
tres, fall together by the ears Tor dancer or
musician
/ antiquity Of an Audit9r's O0ice.-There are
! four or Eve auditors IN the L. 5. Treasury De-
par,ment. The Office is OF ancient date, aud can
boast Of one distinguished character, JrvENAL
was 1t seems, an auditor, and aspired to a high
rr office, il We may judge from the first line vi
! ms FIST Satire
ssnperego auditor tan,nm'"
Which meas Shall never be any thing more
than an Iudiior = History does not say whe
Their Jlrea1fs soaring ambition was or was not
gratiiied with Secretary SHIP.
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