The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-09-05
No. THE TUMKlNSES in ITALY.
FROM Miss Rosa MATILDA ToMKINs TO john Tom
KINs, ESQ.
Row., April LIST. 1929.


place like home and talks of nothing when we lunges
in tile Corso but of sweet home and dear Tooy-street
But this comes of her not knowing foTen Languages
SO that she cannot scold the cook for doing what she
calls poisoning u.s. Now the Italians, Pa call cook
cocoa and on Wednesday last. Ma having commando
une epaule de mouton, (Which MEANS Pa shoulder of
mutton, she intended to have single joint for dinner;
but only iancy Pa the sent IT up in thirteen diff
feren iricasees Ma angry she got into aster.
les, and continued in them two whole hours. learns
Italian from such nice young man, Pa, you would be
quite rGrt to see how beautiful he teaches He saws
as how he has system of his own for teaching with.
out grammer-declining conjugations is quite obsit.
Ii is enough know the gendeTS, and distinguish the
single from the plural number His mode of traduc-
ton (Which means translation, Pa) is so very sedwee-
song, we never consults dictionaries It's all done
by sympathy of the with the memory and hesa
unless the pupil is sympathicd am She never can
learn par cure (Which means by heart, Pa.)
We reads every evening Les Sonettcs Of IetrGrcb,
bv Laurey, so very lovely author, and full Of la
endreSse Ell la sentiment Laurey must have been quite
bee jeaD (Which means jewel, Pa,) OF poet. And
then for exercises bave Rosina and evers sweet
est songs we does EN- into English-Kee dee chce
mule dam hoGsy dec chez an fall sat ta-and Opess
ken tor del hum da fddle inland Dee tom lite poll
petit and several other of such sweet hairs. amin
deed, Signor Amorelo says, great parcient. "Ahi
Sgnorina Rosa Matilda he sometimes eXcaims,--
Che duLchet&d mel rostG pronunchiO yours IS indeed
the lingo Romano mel bucco IuScanO." You've no
dear Pa, how sweet master he s-hls face is
tmental,. and there is much expression when he
speaks Besides Pa he writes contemporaneous po-
etry so beautiful, he has just finished ode on the
dinpe of my upper lip, but he says he must touch it
little before tomorrow he has been all over
the world, and is really, for young man, remarka
bly, well constructed. We visits none but the gentee
est people lady Mary Dewhurst had all her routs
Sir VIM Gill has called twice he is very nice man,
and uncommon witty he only visits the very first peo
pie; he makes puns every except us he asked
us, why our friend, Miss Smyth, the taors daughter
was like the lady of the lake and said, because she
was the Donna del ago (the lady of the needle)-hes
very pleasant gentleman Why, says he to ma, is
lady Eastmoreland like Diana? Because, says he, she
has been chased abroad-what a very pleasant man;
and, why said he is that little tarter Miss l.. Kelly,
like fused potash Because, he replied, the latter is
Icaustic Al Ke-he's such witty gentleman; and
why said he he hoped his crutches towards tho
door, is lady Cometom, that large lady at the sandwich
tray like thunder Because, said he, she is going to
bolt. Sir WINS such a very pleasant gentleman, Pm
sure, Pa, you his likes in Tooleystreet tie
frightened the wits out of Lady Dummond when he
met her at her morning ride What lady d., said he,
at your day-canter early, oh fie He doesn't know
how you're wholesale cheesemonger but other eV-
ening, when tapped him on the shoulder with fan,
he cried out slain slain, ocheeSo ocheeso! Poor Mann
ma hearing only the last words, and thinking of Too
ey-sreet, exclaimed, :" how much 2? cannot tell YOU
Pa, how blazed up. The nasty people tttered butt
said ma was going to say how much she was frighten
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