Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-05-13
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human nature he so preposterous, 90 efrs,.;S
nate, so dssgraceful9 a truly great mind
spurns the bare idea Of such sls very: hence.
according TO the 'Subaltern,n Wellington n.
oerated Spain IN red coat, extrsyagantla
loVer-esunaitd at sixpnoe. and Napoleoa
entered Moscow ~ green one out at the els
bows.
An old coat is the apiest possible .vn.,or
OF socIlity. IA old shoe il not to be de.pisa.l.
an old hat, provided il have a crown. Is nct
emlss; none buta cynic would speak irrevsr.
emily OF az old slipper; bot were | called un.
oo to put forward the most unique inperso.,
nation OF comfort, | should give y plumnerivl
favor Of all old coat. The very mention Of
Tins luxury cogJures up thousand images Of
enjoyment. II speaks Of warm fire. sides--l
long flowing eultaiss--a dowuy arm chair,
a rlcely trimmed Tampa black eat fast a.
'ieep on 'he hartl ruS-a bottle Of old PORT
Nlht-Se - -l----a snuif hox--a ciaar--a
scotck novel land above all, social. inde-
'pen@eut, uuemhaIrassed attitude. With a
new eoat tii's last blessing Is unattains 5la,--,
imprisoned IN this detcsiahle tunic--oh. bour
unlike the flowing toga Of tie ancient.i--wU
Are perpe'ualiy haunted With consciousasss
al tic necessity Of our eondii,sn A ,usssn
pheh ~ Tie waist dIspels "a phosophic re-
NtHes another in the einsw Withdrawn us frzm
The contemplation Of the poet ~ the reeo!lec.
ton vi the taylor: Ships goose yanouisAes
Anacreon's dove; While, IL regards orr nosi.
ton, 10 lean forward, is inconvcnent: to-
lean backward. extraFogance; to lean sids-
Mays, impossible. The " eat secret of ham
p.ness IS to merge self in the contemplatien,
oihooief ohleco, Ibis q new coat, as have
now hinted. tofbids. II keeps NECESSARILY in
trudisg itself on our attention. While Il aat-
ters our sease of the becoming, il compromis-
es our freedom OF thought While il insin-
yates that 10 afe tie idol ~ a ball room. IN
neutralizes the compliment by a high pres
sage power on the sbori ribs. II bids az b~
easy, at The expense OF respiration; eomfor,t
table, with elbows on the rack
l!iereis yet anothey hight in which the old
coat may he Waved: lnean Is chrsnicIsr, Of
the pas,t, asvouchers TO particular events
AgosiIaus, king ofSparta, always dated from
iis last new dreas. oliowing 10 the wake Of
SO Dlustrious precedent, date from my last
(sase one nce coat, which was first ushura1
iato beng during the memorable psriod Of
the Queens trial Do rememhey thatepoeM
from The agitation itcalled fcrth9 From the
loyalty, the radiealisnl, tie wisdom, and The
folly IT qulckened into hlep-- AssussdIy not. Z
gaiasd nothing by thu aisdosn.--i lost as much
by the tuliyi--l was neither the better nor the
worse for the agitation. Why then do stiin
remember that penodg simply and selfishipf
rom the circumstance Gifts having ocea sion.t
ed the announcements most caInmitons to-
4 poor annultanu-of the very coat in which
have the honor Of addressing this essay to
the pubic.-ln an olfactory crowd. whsmr
her Majesty's wrongs" bad congregsted a
HammeTsuith, my now invalid habilameno
was Transformed alter the fashion Of an OyiA'
dan netamofrhoss, where the change 10 usup{
ally from the better 10 the worse. from n eoaG
I "A In .sf Il. u
yeyancef cioped with the hinder flaps, andS
by so doing. secured snuff box which plaTsl
ed two waltz tunes.
The same coat, on which subsequently, BIZ
sort OF TalidcoGon process, pair Of art,kS
c,al skerts were grated, accompanied ssmsn
through Wales, among mountains whe re thu.
eagle dHeils alone Ia his supremacy. II waa
the sole aJunct who was Nth me. when r
ramhled along The banks of the Swatby .,ha.3
the lark was abroad ard singing in the .kyT
or the Shy nightingale flung her song to the
winds from among tl~ pushed dells Of keyenI
grounds. II was at nay back when climbed
tbe ioltiest heak of Cader- idris, and when
with feelings not TO be described, / Iook.cI
dowR upon sal hire clouds floating in uuainG
huge masses al al immense distance beloyw
nae, and saw through their fmly chinks thu
gatherings Of thirty lakes. the faint updulak
ing line ola thousand billowy ridges, or lib :.
blue e1pansc OF the crowny ocean. dotsy =
bere aad there with passing sail, and bord -
ed far away Oh the horizon by the dim bo w. !
daries of the liish coast Moreover, il -
at nlg back when plunged chin deep -
the Isle OF Ely boys. in which pietv rs.,'..~
condition was shot at. (and of eoiy. sc -
cd by Coeaney sportsman, who, had ~.
tsken he Tor a rare aadhandsorpe SO .e;s. -
the wild duck. e' %