Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-03-11

be melancholy; speaking trumpet 'rohDitd VIVA
an asthma; a funeral in IT,; Il bass-viol im'tat-
inc Sir Anthony Absolute.-Its modulations re-
minded one of the creaking of dungeon door.
He smoke as il he had thunder-bolt sticking III
his throat, that occasioncd sort OF supernatu
raj hoarseness. We have heard comic songs ana
cabbages cried in the most eccentric tones, we
have communed with hackney-coachmen' anu
heard the notes of watchmen at all hoars OIL inc
nioht; but these-they were merely the roarihSs
of a nightingale, or the hoarseness OF CRICKET
con:nared to the full, deep, Internal. ana sepu'-
chral sound that issued from the mouth OF our ira
yelling fingerpost, as, with an eye dartiis re'
proach, and lip ming ling something like scoth
with civility, he said "You are going wrong
| told YOU TO keep the road round the ruined
walI., As he paused minute to explain the
way to one of our party, had an opportunity OF
observing him. ~
He looked like a romance in one volume. lie
was above the middle size, rather thin, and with
nothing remarkable in his dress but white
slouched hat, and pair of boots that seemed to
have been made for satyr. His face, howev-
err, as we'll could Judge of its character,
through the dark shadow thrown across 1t by the
overhansing brim of the hat, betrayed one OF
those expressions which, to use phrase no less
convenient than original. ''are more easily con-
ceivcd than described" 1t was compounded
from whole library of horrors. lie had taken
his nose from the :. Monk" and his eyes from
:. MeImoth.' THE Minerva press was m Nm
nou III. and Mrs. Radcliffe frowned fercely from
his vaulted brows. 1.-The Italians" slept in the
hollow of one cheek, and " The Robbers IN
the other He was a composition Of Middleton
and Michael Angelo-the spear of Satan and
the broomstick of Hecate -Lon Mon. Nag.
-se2En-
Naples. The burst upon Naples from the
mountain side, as YOU approach that beautiful CT
" from Rome. is one OF the ovcIiest sights in the
whole world; and the only thing that can be COM
pared with it mot as to similarity, but the exqui
site emotions which it awakens. is the first view
of the sunny Alps, the laughing valley and silver
lake Leman, as you issue from the defiles OF Jura,
and gaze from the hc .hts on the glorious prospect
beneath YOU.
81 stood en,ranced anil mute, as they
OF Israel think the assembled world
viii stand Hpon that awful day
When the ark's light aioft unlur!ed
Amomg the opening clouds shall slime,
Divinity, own radi,nt sign!
Nor ever, were de stintd yet
TO live my If: twice o'er again,
Can 1.-The deep fth awe forget
Tile exstaoy that thrilled me ,hen!'-DIooTe
This magnificent view is gained by taking the
strata nuOra the work Of Murat,) which turns Oft
to the LETT, at little temple about two miles
from Naples: fact worth knowins;-as the post
lions prefer the old road, which is something
shorter; but il enters the city at once, you lose
what. in my opinion IS worth every thing else
the first impression. We got out of the carriage
to contemplate the lovely prospect at our leisure.
On the right lay the white houses of the city,
tier upon tier, climbing the hill side, mtersected
by terraces and gardens, and forts, and crowned
with the lord!y and commanding ST Elmo. Be-
fore us spread out the blue unruhcd surface of
the unequalled bay, in the midst Of which lay
the fair. noupta ned isle of Capra. The whole
sweep of this delightful expanse was cinctured
with villas, cleaning OH the edge Of its blue va
tiers. and seeming to carry on bright Naples in
unbroken continuity to sweet Sorrento, lying like
a white speck at the foot of the azure tinted
Nearer to US, and trowning like 4
spirit of evil, broodcd Vesuvius-a huge volcano
brown, shelving and concal; and immediate
Iy beneath US, smiling in softest contrast, were
gardens and vineyards of the liveliest verdure.
1t was, in sooth scene to gaze on for hours, with
unsated qualification. But Naples has thousand
charms besides. The city, on a nearer approach,
does not disappoint expectation. 1t is a place Of
fun and festvity. Such dark-eyed women-
such brown-Iegged men-Ioveliness and lazaro-
nj. The Strada di Toledo is my hemisphere,
whether by night or day There is the true To-
Gala for variety of costume and diversity of char
acter-there you way read the book of life in all
its pages and chaptcrs-therc you behold Naples
proper.