The Arkansas advocate., 1831-08-17


 take the difference then to conss IL fhis; that formerly when there were ieWer periodicals, each one comprised q greater variety of topics, and employed larger amount of talcat, while now. when every department has ifs separate periodical. the most of them are fritted away Into mere triiies. To remedy the evil, the literary world must act as Me people do, when a crisis occurs in poli- llilse,s-they II, must reeur to first principles. The poets, philosophers, critics, novel, ist, WIts and so forth, who arc now par eeiled out into separate coteries. must call convention; they must agree 10 be DO longer ashamed of each others com. pany, and combine all their talents. and exertlons for the amusement and ediIi- cation of their country.
 .4necdotes and Bon .aIots of He Prince .of
 0safes, (late Georgh IFz.) Fog, sheridaa, From cro1y's L5fe aaR Times of George
 IF.
 The Princes table afforded tie dis Ply of men too independent hy both thelrpiaee iasoeiety and ndtheireonseious- ness ot intellectual power, to feel them selves embarrassed by the presence Of superior rank. Hare, Jekyll, lsItzptst- rick, Erskine, with the great parlia- mentary leaders, were constant guests; ]; and the round was varied by the intro duciien of celebrated foreigners, and other persons capable of adding 10 the interest of the circle.
 Hare, ssthe Hare and many friends. y as lie was called by the clever Duchess Q! Gordon, iii aliusioil to Gays fable and his own universal favoritism. was then Tt the head Of conversational fame. Like Johnson's objection to Topham beauelerk-ssSir, a mancahnot dine with llim and preserve his selfapplause; Sir. no man who gives dinner should so oyerwheim his guests. .'-Hare's eheif fault was said to be his superabundant Pleasantry a talent which suffered noth- Ing among his friends or enemies to cs- safes which had the rare good fortune of being pointed without ceasing to be playful.
 Some of the sayings of the circle are still remembered. But ifthcy are giy- en here in the miscellaneous and acci- dental order of their transpifing in the chances of society, 1t is by no means without sufficient feeling that the rep etltIon of a ber mot can seldom give more than proof of the fading nature of pleasantly. The occasion is all.
 The merit of Hare's jcu d'esprit was their readiness and their oddity. Fox, after the fall of the coalition, coming to dinner at the Pavilion, just as he had re- turned from London, and apologizine for appearing in his d,shabiLe and with out powder:
 'sOh,' said Hare, "makc no apology l, onr great guns are aiseia,gea, and now we may all do without pouder.''
 Fox was more celebrated for fulness of conversation, for the outpouring of an abundant mind, than for piquancy of phrase. His animation was unequal. and there were periods when stranger might have pronounced him even taci- turn. But those times were generally brief; a sudden influx of ideas would seem 10 fertilize his mind, and he then overbore every thing by the richness and variety of his conceptions. Yet the chicfremembranccs of Fox in private society are some little poems thrown off with the carelessness of the moment, and deriving their principal value from his name.
 The Dutchcss of Devonshirc applied to him for charade. ssOn what sub ject2' said Fox, "fhe happiest of all subjects-myself," was the laughing re- ply. Fox took the pencil. and on the back of Il letter, wrote the lines so often made the property of wits and lovers in distress:
 My frsf is myself, 1T, a very sisor: word,
 Ny seconds a plaything,
 And golt are my third. idoi.1 His lines oh the rose are pretty and pa
 thetic.
 The rose, the sweetly blooming rose,
 Ere from the tree Us torn,
 Is ike the charm which beauty shows
 In life's exulting morn.
 Bnt all, how soon its sweets are gone,
 The rosebud withering lies,
 So long, ere life's pale eve comes on, The flower of beauty dies. But since the fairest heaven .e'er made Soon whitening we shall find, Be thine, sweet girl what ne'er shall fcde The beauties of the nsig9.