Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-11-05
NIISCELLANY.
THE FIRST TINE OF ASKING.


brazen-iaccd varlet in Christcndom.'
looked in my unclc's face, and well
discerning through the veil OF rcproof
that acquicsceni smile, for which hc " az
So iaEous, | began to consider not on.y
| ihat there was some truth, but also some
merit IN the possession OF this chafac-
ter. The most b~.Zeu-taCed---that could
hardly be; yet to be one OF the most
was high privilege, and ] thought ]
possessed It. Some men are born with
faculties which prove curses, some arc
born without, and are cursed IN the
seeking for them ! know not how i,
| was.
'Uncic,' said TO my sage and siaunch
counsellor. two or three years after this
time, 'you are aware that ] have fee
ling that IS, II youthful bias, or other
wise expressed sensation towards Ju-
| lia-'
"A whm;'-inquired my uncle, and
| yet he was not deaf; but a man with
corns is always trodden upon.
"A deiintiou, uncle is hard, you know;
n hint is bad enough, and surely you
who have lived pueIis idoncus can meas
uro the first advances, without any other
guide than your eye.
do! hol' chuckled the soldier, lis it
so, my boyi is il the God OF arrows, or
rather of qulvcrs, that has shaken your
citadel! and what oi It, my man Ot brass;
why stop short with that silly halt, and
pu, on so complete blackholc express
ION of countenance"
'uncIe,' replied, 'yon are a married
man. Che nodded sageIy) Il want the
bcLcii. Of your experimentation am 1
to ask her in marriage"
My companions face fell beneath its
I Notification of neckloth, looked ruelul,
| iam'-hcartcd, aud bilious; in one Sec
ond It recovered its former level only
by very harsh efforts and forced convul-
riOns.
Brothers son. said he, 'you astound
me by your hypocrisy; you, man pro-
verbally undaunted; you in matters of
the sex, nor less aptly termed brass than
| bcl-metal, to come with 50 pulling a
question as tho form of an ordinary
prop"saI'- PISA! man, you ure disgust
ing
The former stateliness Of nostril re-
turned to my relative with this explosion,
and ! vcnlurcd to follow UP my fiji st en-
qnIry. | declared that ! was thrown
aback by the situation; that ! had med
itatcd long and useessIy; that ! had
framed thousand intentions, but had
not succeeded in vanqushlng my irres-
oIution before my julia, and that, in
short, he would much oblige me by re-
collecting what he did in a similar case,
that ] might benefit by his precedent.
This last sentence was gall and worm
wood. lie fell away, like IA ship TO lee
ward, and in spite of much skiliul man
Uuvrlng, did not work up To his former
point; but after many minutes of pain
| iul physiognomic distortion, great trav-
| all, and lranscendcnl hidcousncss,-ev
| then could elicit nothng-he assured
| me Il was dOit-go to,-that ! was
| degenerate and unkInd; a 1ash-in.tbe-
pan, jauniy, "ily-mouthcd, tail, specious
fool, and not to be dealt seriously with;
that might fish for myself, and take
care not 10 annoy him by any more con-
lidcnCc.' 'Ileavcns what fuss about
little piece Of pork as the furtive Mus
sulman cjacuIatcd during violent thun-
der storm, caused, as he supposed, by his
criminal mourhful ofswnc's flesh. Was
mine uncle seized by sudden megrim, or
wherefore did he llnter SO? could not
learn, aud betook myself TO my room.
Either the delicacy, or the shame, or
the iorgcluIncss OF our predecessors, oh!
ye bachelors and spinstcrs, has led to
the conccament Of the most suitable tai
sman for our emancipation from our en-
cmles. The sparrows have frequent
penchants, and tho tender oyster, that
divides its heat with some blcst inmate
OF the mudbank, cutters upon It's matri-
monial engagements with no forms but
squeak, no pauses but Of nature, no
lengthy preliminaries but a note of inter-
rogation aud one Of admiration But for
us,--l set aside the cooing and the WOO
ing, 1t Is enough that we have still loft
the SUING. ls not the whole cour,ship
system of diplomacy tending to one
question, and is il not SO framed and
conducted as to lead 10 the particular
form, mode, and circumstances of that
qucsllon?-Dons not the procipiiate low
er crown a three days admiration with
sentence Of three words? VIII not the
spouse, allianced for years, hasten mat
ters at last, by II continuous, close, and
well-distendcd blockade Of at least a
fortnight! Would a silent inamora.o
so far forget propricty as to give vent
to his final interrogaiive in ariiculate
language; and for your phlogmatic non
chalant would ho dare exhibit one spot
more Of color, one beat more of pulsa-