Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-09-24

ped and shady walks have been lons a..
down, which takes away much inters,, 'Tsa
and the.stupid Fleming to whom i, h.1e
cut down the young frees IN front Of !, lug
they had been wounded by bulle,, r ,e''s
was informed would cause them Ing, T"N
death ! The nobleman Who now no...
has, with better taste, repaired the eh,. ,.A*
will not permit any alteration in its ann.'rS
Son our return 10 the evening IR
his LorJship to dinner, which he dseI,ppa 10y
ing have long abandoned the ,Is,l'M
the table He, however, promised 10 ,,t.
coffee with my wife, provided there nv
party. He came at niue o'clock, and 60
her mos, cordially, again expressing Nv s",S
sure he felt in meeting he friend Of hism,pN
Notwithstanding the introduction, y.
invited two accomplished gentlemen n
him; one Of them Hanoverian in our ... ne
had travelled in Greece, and being r,,,..'
intelligent, most Interesting cun,e,,'"
on tina, classical country now Struggling E
liberties, took place. The poet was !, 81 81
spirits and good humor, and he rh,ro, T
with anecdotes and descriptions of h.
countries in the Archipelago and AE.,
which he had just visited. He nei!h,,
drank, and the only r.freshmsn, h. con.
persuaded 10 take was an ice; but h PM.
with US until TWO hours aast midn pn -
wife exhibited her scrap-bonk, in shi,h {,
w. Scott had, a few months befire, Will,
few stanzas on the battle. Sh, Lepc,o =
Lordship to do her a similar ron r J., vi
he readily consented, saying, 1T SIZE w. a
trust him with her book, he would ,,, ;,
verse il it before he slept He marchd :
with il under his arm, and nex' monit p.
turned with the two beautiful stanza, Nm
year after, he published 10 his Third Can,
of' Childe Harold with liule variation.
stop, for thy tread is on an Empires dust
81 consider these as being highly ,aIu,B,
being the prime pensiest OF he splendid Sam,
on Wa.e"loo.
81 asked Byron what he though, Of Y,
Scouts Field Of Waterloo Jus, pLbli.h,d-
if i, was fair to ask one poet his opinion Of
LIVING contemporary. 'Oh.' said he quite Ii.
besides. there is NOT much subject for c,r,
cism in his hasiy ske,ch. Tie reviewers en-
ii falling of: bu, l am sure there is no voc,
! living VINO could have written SO many GOOD
| lines on so meagre subject, in SO short atm,
Scott he added is fine poet and nea
amiabIe man. We are great friends. Az
a prose writer he has no rival, aud has no Dr.,
approached since Cervan'gs, in depicting m.c
ners. His taies are my constant compsni,R.
1t is highly absurd his denying, what every OF.
thai knows him believes, his being the auha
of those admirable works. Ys. no man is obi
ged TO give his nams 10 the public, pxcep, s
chooses so 10 do; aud Scott is no. likely to v
comprlrd by the law, for h. dres not wrs
libels, nor line of which he may be ashamed
He said a great deal more in praise Of h!
friend, for whom he had the bighes, respect
aud .regard. 81 wish added the poet viii
feeling, i: had been my good fortune TO han
had such mentor. No author, he obsrst,
had deserved more from the public, or 5n
been SO literally rewarded Poor Million 20
only Isl. for his Paradise Lost" vhlh !
modern poet has as much for s;aoza.' lkoOT
not il he made any allusion TO himself IN lht
remark, but il has been said tha, Murray pax
him tina, sum for every verse Of Glide Ia
rold
"Lord Byron, in reading aloud the Hiui'
OF MIR Scott,
'For high and deathless is the name,
oh Hougomont, ,hy ruins claim
The sound of Cressy none shall own
And Agncourt shall be unknown,
And Blenheim be nameless spot
Long ere thy Slories are forgot &c
he exclaimed striking the page with bis DID:
en- he id if they will Mr.. Scott be fore