Delaware gazette and American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1837, 1830-12-14

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the several strstagems prac'iscd BY the
moderns, 70 entrup our tOO susceptible
heats.
The young gentlemen Of GteeCe were
very fetre in devices. and ingenious in
cnnuisancps 10 discover how far their
1--we was likely 10 meet ga sweet re-
tutn" MuIilaiiUus were their arts a.
obtain areciprnoiiy II allyctinn; apong
these the pkiitra, o. iuve.putinn, stood
pre.en'inent. aud never failed, in one
iFstpPrf uf having the effect that 81
idrau- ht nfuna,Iulieratp,l love oten p,O.
dUce.. ,iz: il commonly deprived Of ,eq.
soa thnse WIN drank If il. Various hhdl
strange indeed were the ingredients, but
| shall omit these, as mysleris danger.
Gus 10 be diVuleed.
shall next observe, upon the methUdI
pursued by the calmucs; ! say "puisv-
ed" since this equesliian people wooI
a cherdL. When ooe al thrsa amiahle
savsges is inspired by love. aud make.
ibis mlnd known To his inamora'a, the,
mount their hurses, aud away they 20 !!
/! the lover oveilakes the mai,l, he wits
her; but il she uutsttips him in ;hr cha,e,
he is discarded. Now 1t requires no
deep Stndy in Italian politics to feel As.
sDred, that It the pulse Of their hearts
beat il unison, The Camuc ladies' take
especial care not to idr too fast!
so iynx eyed are Spanish parents, that
pniii they dispose their daughters in mar.
riage. they sre scarcely ever permitted
out Of their sight; suitors are lhus com
pelled to pay their deY IRIS publicly --a
woeful restraint, msthinks on the Youth.
full pair. \ fancy can peiceiy ia the
cuunienahces Ui s0nie Of my hearers an
depression, which, in fashionable phras.
eology, votes this method bore.
How enthusiastically opposite 10 the
WEIGH plan Of Courtship, Tor there they
make loss al Iibitum; and Cambrisn
latitude surpases even lbvrian restraint.
| BunGiihg. in my ennseiehee.i is eolnicoi
process, snd--but pause, for maxim
Of RoehetacAult's that "true eloluence
consists III saying all that is proper. and
lnoihlng mure.
,lare lie modes ssisths God. Some maa !
'fisSe ike petiagug uss,sonc like IakrE; bpI
.lthat war ssairst-- for have suifered
much iroui ils elects Glas!-is that abunli.
! nahle bai barous eusidm emitted. flirting;
land, STANCE 80 say, have gisen It the
lepithel ui bdr6aroRS, It is onlJ IN cis,lil.
> ell nations ihnt il il tolerated for who
ever beard OF kamschatkan " whisper
ling soft uoihings ia iady'o euli" W hat
u traveller describes an Esquim4ux pill
IaRdPr. or Calhbau dang i,ri Ur in Whsl
. latitude (saVe our o~n) dwsiis Ihe cav
age, whose pas,i'ue CONSISTS in trifint
N with the feu,ale hearth
You may smile, .oung gentlcmani bu
let he tell you, this practice is at bcs
contemplate, Snti il is olleniines dan
e &c ruus. Bear IL mind the fable 81 III,
boys and the Frogs--it may be sport l,
you, but il is death 10 us.
There is certain period of life, per
II haps, when the effects are not TO be h,
much dreaded, when the arrow fall
N bIunled fran the heart, or slamccs OF
having merely msLe slight SCI alch, AM
il caused no dangerous ihllanmaiuIy sJ mp
:, tous; but | wish lhsl that one IL Ibos'
senators, "h0 have Ol late undertaken I,
correct all ADJUSTS, would procure al
y Act Uf Parliament to suppress this dan
seTUus propensity, TO which, It caBnu
he concealed, both sexes are tuO mvcl
addicted, and that a committee would sit
with fall powers to determine The pre-
,. else Ass al which firtins becomes harm
less.
Male cOqueltes have been so far con
lsidered under The head Uf illItHg, tina
h although mucl. GemaiHs Ia be said on thi
anOmaly ~ tue human sIroi"s. sAal
not nuw irespass further Un YOUR tins
my fair sisters, but dismiss them viii
! hint, that We
"Beware, III infectious sigh, the plead
ing lu0k,
Downcast and low in meek submission
dIest,
But full Of guilt"
1t would be as curious as interesting
: to analyse the various modes which ex
isl of paying and receiving addresses
but Few instances, BY way Of ilIuStra'
ton, must suffice.
= Snme proceed by delicate attentions
+ aud tender insinuations; every look i.
watched, every wish anticipated; like 4
!, ! steam.vessei urging its course against
wind and tide, the assiduous lover viii
a work his way through a closely wedgeC
multitude, TO reach his fair ones shaw
J or tippet He will quit the heated ball
. room (the thermometer at COY and rusl
into an arctic atmosphere TO call th'
D. coach, there will he stand his teeth chat