Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-04-05

STAND, anu nave ielt II must De an early
love; it is only during that season Of
youth when every one is more or less
romantic, ere the realities Of life have
been proved, ere the mind has been
habitualed 10 the control Of those
rules and measures of conduct to
which imperlous necessity compcls
our submission in commerce with thc
word, that the passion can be enter
tanned.
Having thus explained what | mean
by first love, | proceed TO my own
tale:
had not in my youth grown famll-
lar with the beauties of the sex. /
was born, and passed my early years,
in remote and sequestcrcd district,
in bleak and dcsolatc country, EN-
bosomcd in mountains. The only
women knew, were the rude peas
ants who surrounded my home, with
the exception Of an antiqnated aunt,
who presided over our household, and
the pert, saucy, tawdry daughters OF
the poor curate of our parish. If |
had seen others, | had yet no acqnaIn-
tancc with them, or they were objects
which it was equally impossible to TX
regard. Twas educated by my father.
who was an elegant aid accomplished
scholar, and had been driven to the
scclusion have described by peculiar
circumstances but it is beside my
present purpose to relate his story /;
| that may be reserved for a filter oc'
casion. was well educated; | had
read all the Greek and Roman au-
| thors which usually fall in the course
Of instruction. ! had also read the
best English books selected from my
| fathers library. In these books !
have read much Of love and ! well
remember the wonder with which ]
pcruscd the account Of the powerful
effects ascribcd to it. could never
understand what was meant by the
witchery of woman, by the potency of
beauty, by the transports of love, by
its asccndancy over the reason and
other passions: all this was to me mar
vel and riddle. My father died: Twas
just seventeen, and under clrcum-
stances which it is not necessary for
me to explain, left my home early,
and was fixed in the family Of a near
relation of my mother in one of the
richest counties Of England. There
| passed the short interval from my
fathers death till my entrance on the
profession to which ! was destined,
and now belong. Between what ]
was then and what am now, it would
perplex the most subtle investigator
| to discover point Of resemblance.
| was an awkward, artless lad, unac-
quainted with life or manners, and
bearing about me, in mnumerablc
particulars, the characteristics of my
solitary, studious boyhood, passed in
recluse and barbarous district. am
now not old. | have yet keen rel
ish for the joys of gaiety and dlsslpa-
ton. am to be found in the crowd
ed haunts of pleasure and fashion. |
nm, in outward form, in aspect, and
demeanor, and my general modes of
thinking, acting and speaking. what is
termed a nian of the world. | should
not be found so ready to make this
avowal, were not screened while |
do it. cannot suffer from it. may
be the first man the reader meets ai-
ter pernsing this page, yet | am sale.
Stat nomias umJra. The saline mask
hides my face which has done the
same service to mighticr men. have
said, should not be ready to avow
myself man of the world. Who will
explain why this is so, as no man can
receive a greater aifront than to be
told he is not a man of t:Yc world
have travelled through most of the
countries Of Europe. | have been
the willing yotary Of Partisan spright-
lines. and vivaci,y, Of Spanish coquct-
ry, and of Italian voluptuousncss.
am a hacknied gallant, practised
man Of pleasure, adroit, confident
unbenchIng, yet my memory loves to
dwell on my sensations when first, a
raw STRIPPING, | was introduced tc
Anna IIervcy.
The effect which an apartment stu
diousIy accommodated to all the pur
poses Of luxury, and cmbellshed will
all the voluptuous rciinemcnts art il
capable of producing on the mind o
novice, has been frequently dc
scribcd; but what is it to my sensa