Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-09-24

be as easy as i, is undoubtedly agreeable. The
egg lies under many disadvantages. III you
leave the egg-cup on the table, you nave 10
steady it with one hand, and carry the hoaiing
nutriment distance of about two feet VITA 'he
other, and always in confoundediy small
spoon, and sometimes with rather unsteady nm
gers. To avoid this, you take the egg-cuP IN
your hand, and every spoonful have to lay 1t
down again, in order TO help yourselfto bread;
so, upon the whole, We disapprove OF eggs
unless, indeed, you take them in our old mode
at Oxford; that is two eggs mashed up with
every cup of tea, and purified with glass oil
hot rum.
But the glass of wine can any thing be
more easy! One would think Eot-but II you
take notice the next time you empty gallon
with friend, you will see that, sixteen to one
he makes the most conyulsve efforts 10 do
with ease, what a person would naturally sup
pose was the easiest thing in the world. DO
you see in the first place, how hard he grasPs
The decan,er, leaving The misty marks Of five
hot fingers Oh the gli,terng crystal, which
ought TO be pure as Cornela's fame? Then
remark at what an acute angle he holds his
right elbow as he were modtating an assault,
on his neighbours ribs, then see how he caPs
the bottle down again as il his object was to
shake the pure liquor and make 1t muddy az
his own brains. Mark how the animal sezes
his glass,-by heavens he will break 1t into a
thousand fra acments. see how he bows his lub'
berly head to meet half way the glorious car
90: how he slobbers the beverage over his un'
meaning gulet, and chucks down the glass so
as almost TO break its stem alter he has emp
tied It of its contents as # they had been JalaP
or castor oil! Call you that taking glass OF
wnei Sir, it is putting VINE INTO your guiiet
as you would pu, small beer into barrel, but
it is not oh =, no! it is not taking, SO as TO en-
ioy, a glass Of red, rich port, or glowing, warm
tinted, beautiful cavona! Nights OF enjoyment
dear, hee,ing bot the more loved then, anu OH
the more regretted now that ye were SO fleet
ing and so dear! do not the feelings OF our old
heart grow warm again, aud the Dea!ing OF our
thinn'd blood start at once from 81 up TO rs,
when we recal your bright and beautiful and
eyanescent cxstence Where are ye now
companions Of our joyous hours, when we drew
round our blazing fires after the drudgery oi
hall dinner was over, when we became serious
over port or maddened over de!irious cham
paiyne. Is thy long nose, oh Thomas, shining
with as rosy a tint III the precincts.oi the md
die Temple as it dId when It's appearance al
our wine parties was hailed-as tho watery
peiads were by the sailors on tho painless
deeps. Art thou indeed Il Barrster oil stand
ing, almost as long as tiny long thin body! Or
hast thou left the forensic for more c0n5en-
ial bar, and married the synosure OF some
country inn, the captain Of her bewilchng
smiles as we'll as Of her brandy punch! Thou
too, my Barnacles. couldst dstingu sh between
sherry and strong ale. which halt the cognos-
cent? in Oxford could hardly do where art
thou gone. Hast thou become steady aud ac-
pargnn--On puVIable LOT
and snilcst thou with i'll. disguised satisla ction
when thou catchcsi glimpse, the first perhaps
for wears. ofthy once boasted foot, which has
been hidden from thy once admirng vision by
the increased ro,undity of thine anterior contig-
uralion- while we! but comparisons are odo-
rferous- and we return TO the point we started
from IN this irresistible fit Of enthusiasm and
regret. Men are decidedly more awkward
than "all commanding women," every where.
except on the road.
A newly married couple are invited to a
wedding dinner, Though the lady, perhaps,
has run Off with person below her IN rank
and station, see when they enter the room
how differently they behave How graceful
she waves her head in the fine recover from
the Withdrawing curtsy, and beautifully ex-
tends her hand to the bald pated individual
grinning to her on the rug! While the poor
spoon, her husband, looks on, with the whites
Of his ewes turned up as If he were seasck, and
his hands dingle dangle on his thighs as If he
were trying to lift his own legs. Sec how he
ducks TO the lady of the house, and smpcrs
across the fire place to his wife, who, by this
time are giving a most spirited account OF the
state of the roads, and the cvity Of the pos
tilions near the borders.
Isaman little. Let him always, if possible
stoop. We are sometimes tempted to lay
sprawllng in the mud fellows Of from five feet
to five feet eight, who carry the back OF then
he ads OF the extreme summit Of the back bone
and cape up to heaven as if he scorned the vo-
ry ground. Let no little man wear iron heels
When we visit friend Of ours in Queen street
we are disturbed from our labors or conyersa'
ton by a sound which resembles the well TIM
cd marching OF a file OF infantry, or troop o
dismoun,ed Dragons, We hobble as fast as
possible TO the window, and are sure to see
some chap of about five feet high stamping
on the pavement with his most properly nam
cd cuddy heels: and we stake our credit, we
never yet heard u similar clatter from o
his Majesty's subjects Of a rational and gentle
manly heght-We mean from five feet eleven
(our own height) up TO six feet three.
Is n man tall? let him never wear surtou,
III Is the most unnhtuTdi, anu iueioio'o 'hS
most awkward dress that ever was invented
On tall man, if lie be thin, ii appears like
cossack trowser on a stick leg; if II be button
ed, i, makes his leanness and lankness stiI
more appalling and absurd if It be open, II "p
pears to be no part Of his costume. anr leads
us to suppose that some elongated habit ma
kor is giving US specimen Of that rare bird
the flying tailor.
We 90 on visit 10 tho country for few
days, and the neghborhood is famous fer III
beautiful prospects. Though, for our Own indI
vidual share, wo would rather go TO the cata-
combs alone than TO a splendid view in troop
we hate to balk young people; and as even
now a walking stick char IS generally carried
along for behoof, we seldom or never remain
at home wkon all the rest Of the party itudge
of to some 'bushy bourne or rnossy dell y On
these OCCASIONS how infinitely superior the ie-
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