Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-23
THE Gu B-No. XIX.

Hee s,,oqve terra psissi. quod ame', dare.-OvID.
1nsye .a,eiy been thinking over the chaIac-
ter, Of several of my female friends, and am
A, on;shed TO find thai SEE so much in them
% ,dmire and so little TO condemn. Unlike
DR. E,char, z um . grra, advocate Of the sex,
and never hear he ladies asprfssd without
taking tAeir parts
have fri-nd nam, CoNsTASrIA, who
oupb, o be- held up as model fnr the imi'a,
,ion of Others. She is Young aud beautiful,
ant n, the anne line arIless md amiable.
kn,s no, which most % aimis-, the charms Of
her person OF her MUD Devoid alike Of envy
ar concsi,. she is ,el,vrd by every one VIII !,
know her, and especially by her female friends.
never hard aughI Of de'rs, non or s. .ndsl
fall from her lips. Where She canno; speak
E, ably, she rather chno>es Ia BE- sil. n and
~, sne is Arm Of purpose and rrsoluts IN her
onniops re hlandishments Of haI,ery can>
NO, move her sentiments, when she has once
decided I ioox upon this trait If character 10
be m. s,ims biz, and The more to be prix a. il
is no, common, a great poet has sung that
"women, in our hours Of ease
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please,
And variable ~ the shade
By the light, quverirg aspen made"
go, i, is no, 80 with CoNsrANTn She is al.
WAYS the ssme-can6id, sincere. and deter
mined.
I.EoSoaA is as open ard guileless in he, dispo-
siuo;, as Cons anita, is 6,m and decided. !
confess am more pl,asrd with this d"velope-
men, of character than with almos, any other.
To me, an old bachelor, there's is some hing
in,xpressiby charming in the manners Of Leo
no,a. She wears her 'hrar' upon her sleeve"
MT "for DAVIS 10 peck Al" bu, for others 10 adj,
mire and wander at. In il there is no spot or
bl. mish-all Is purity aad innocence Can
lis,en To her conves sstiun with pleasure and de.
light, because know she only speak, what she
think, and hat her tongue does no more han
give ut erancs 20 her frelin ss-snd ;hesr el
ings are the M, Ut al &c, - Of heart overflow
ing with he milk Of huma kird"ess
or CAMILLA I have spoken in = previous
numbrr, mo XIV win many engaging snd
amiablc qualni 5, she has Dash # Envy III her
di,2osii lou, which is MOI so pie 'sing need
no; rope a, my opinion concerning Envy do n":
think, however, that Camm;tla has n.iu, ally y
bad hear, DiveN her Of this trai, ofchsr4cter,
andit one bu, herself can b, her parallel"
EppoLiNIA 10 the most learned Of my female
fri~nds Her understanding OF Of itself any
way. uncommon, has been dilig'nl y improved
bv reading the best authors. She is far from
being pedantic, is noth,ng Of IN eeo,is., and
laws no claim to the u,lr Of 6he sioek,ng -
Yet she i. well read, and has reflected mus b
upon her s,udiss Her companions might learn
from her this imporan, fact, thar knowledge
can be acquired so silently, and worn 20 mod.
es,lv, a. not 10 a,trse, the curious gaE' Of he
world, AMI yet sdnrn rhe Characters and BE- The
admir- ,uiou Of the domestic enele.
IxosIss is liyriy and sensitive Her dispo-
sim 10 like an April day - shower, and sun
Anime. have known hrr to b- hour n
tears and the o & laughing in all the gale y
OF youth. health abG spirits Some Of her
fr.epcs 6nd { ul, with her character, do not
agr-e vim them.
But NV Iimi sdmo"ish me to atop ! must
reserve = further driinearion Of tn Characters
of INV frna,e frieod, f,r another numbe'. h-
gallery or postr.i's is small, bot the paintings
are rue 10 IN. lif-
Dslsrs j eoneisde, ma.t say, however, that