Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-04
IRON ne Massachusetts Daily Journal
SIX ETCHES OF SOCIETV


Who IS Ste'-'Phere is no question that bot-,,.
greater anxiety than "Who is she?" ANY thing beau,
t"ui III f~ir stranger instantly strikes and eponir
Is everiastlngIy hummed. The ideas of beauty ny
almost as various the different lines of tho hyn
Couh'chance. Feeling does not follow nj all tine.
those ideas, but the secret spell of svrnnotbv me-
Ns H' Hed[.' ana we are oilentimes in love wtbou,
suinrlhg. Some amateurs there are who nrefar H.
display OF well turned uncle to all other cons;J-
lions "nl!e many are IN raptures al the ..dgnitv
love OF action the graceful step the beum;ng evo
VI 'e smile; but there are thousands whose
S"Icn souls IKE "aPms in sepulchrcs," are unmove5
oy either Peace 10 all SUCH the power of attraction
grows with the intensity of heat and those that hnve
II not, cannot expect to be entertained when tbav
cannot contribute TO enjoyment
UIto is she2 PUSHES into the tender boson, rrbo L
views dangerous rival WhO is She2 plances fron,
the eye OF the gallant, when he is cheered bv rho
prospect ot an agreeable change, or a charming va
rety, and the fortune hunter when hint is Iro5neJ
teaZes You with opportunities. ..Who is sbe1, 70
peats the scandal nearer and the newsmonper tho,
ne may entertain the next acquaintance with his
fresh acquisitions. ''Who is s1e? flashes fror, ,h
provoking stare OF the dandy, when he PODS his eve
through the quiz glass upon strange chn,,uonfe,
and 'Whois She'" rushes from the eoger oostmro
or Old Teazle when his shrivecd ND heart is snbdu.
ed by graces that despise his imbeciiitv IT, r.,
to live and the love of sway are passions thu, tor
ly interest the female bosom. Age and desnair 90,
their only oPiates. And though we are aI,arn.taI
tantaled by cold repulses and soft invitations tbe-o
is not an angel living but who in decorating borsic
VI
fhc celebrated Segur, on female education. iuetI,.
remarks. "lleavcn in creating woman scnp,cd 80,
I" man OchoId either the torment delight of vour
present and future existence. Give n diroctio1 -
tins being, calculated by the extreme ploncy, - H.
nnhd' to receive all the Impressions you NAV v;sb ~
D'sow upon her. II is another self thar 1f;,r o,
~ '"InE chorLe 81 aor' you ought IN a certain de-
STreto identity her with Yourself Her breast s,s,a;
ana nourshes us; her hands directs our earliest It,,
her gentle vice teaches to lisp our first cxnres
S'ois' shc wipes away the first tears we shed EorH
10 her we arc indebted for our chief nIeosuro. r.
I"' "tu'G seems TO nave confdcd man TO her sontin
ua care the cradle of infancy is her peculiar cbar
ana HeE KING compassion soohes the bed of death
C""ese Gcography-Tll latcly the Cbincse i,
tneH maps OF The earth, set down the Celestial Fin
r ~ ,G niuule OF large square, and dotted round
IL the other Kingdoms of The world supposed to bo -,
III number assigning to the latter ridiculous or CON
tomptuous names. One of these for exornplo NO,
SSlq9o-gn-qne or the Kingdom ofDwarfs, whose in.
haOltants thcy imagine TO be so small ~ IN no -
the necessity tying themselves together in b,tt
20 Pervent their being carried away bv the kifos ~
I'D I6o8' the Viceroy of Canton in memorial 10 a.
emperor on The subject of the Portuguese embassy,
say we ind very plainly that Eurone is only o I,f
Islands IN the middle of the sea "Eyitb s,cb 49,.
VI O''er nhuohS IT IS not wonderful that thcv sbouIJ
consider the embassies and presents scn toibon ~
Id'NS OF suOiniss'on' and hasten TO write down the
Empire. " VIC O"'"e'c
Itre hn Libeus.-"Comrndes" said ono of IN,
french Generals, addressing his soldiers "tho oues.
t!on Is whether General Bonaparc shall be elect cd
Consul for life or not. Opinions arc free, porfectI1
rec; but 1t may be proper 10 acquaint YOU thai The
hrst man who vote against the perpetual Consnlsbin
shall DC shot at the head Of the regiment Vive IL
lbcrte" "' 10
Every man, has in his own life, folics onouob--in
his own mind, troubles enough-in the nerEoTmonca
OF ms duties DEFICIENCIES enough-n his own fortune
oSps enougI--wlthou being curious AFTER the affairs
4Hegofy'-Every fly, and every pebble and every
iowcr are tutors in the great srhool Of nature 10
instruct the mind and improve the heart The four
elennns are the four volumes, in VIII ich all her works
summary Jtsiice.-Deacon A. is n deacon in ,
CalVonlstic church. lie is merchant; does n con.
siderable bus ness; is much respected as an homo,
man Ceca"se he deacon, and looks ps serions and
detected as hhe did not care pin for all this world
was worth Farmer G. came into his store the other