Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-08-06

Was she married? Could 1t De! imposSlDie'
Yet there was q richness regaluy IN her CO.'S
tune, which was not usual for unmarried women: |
A diamond arrow had pierced her clustering anu
auburn locks; she wore, indeed, no necklace
with such neck it would have been sacrhese)
no earrings, FOR her ears were literally loo
small for such burthen; yet her glrdle was Ell
tirely Of brilliants, and diamond cross "or-
thy Of Belinda and her Immortal bard, hung up
on her breast.
Dir. Israeli, son Of the gentleman who has al
ded SO much to the value of English literature, Is
the reported author Of the Young Du&e-and
the following episode from the first volume Is
beautiful tribute to gifted father from gifted
son.
"After all, all conversation is an effort, and
all efforts in the long run, are wearyins' Inc
only exception is when we intercnahse Iued'
with some ind, idual with whom we deeply sym
pathize This perhaps IS even superior 10 re'e-
RE; for we express, without art'tce, all that we
feel, and guage at the same time the value OF
our ideas But such communion must be ever
rare What delightful hours have not passed
in this manner when pacing the terrace at -,
with ,he amiabIe and interesting y How
readily does his learned spirit supply, at all times,
facts for al! pecuatons-deelopth the imperfect,
confirm the doubtful. illustrate the obscure!-
How beautifully does the calm candor OF his PHI
losophic mind repress the passionate interference
or the prejudiced conclusion! How asreeao'y
docs his deep experience of all his great and
good cotemporarias mingle with his unrlfalled
knowledge of the great and good OF all ages: In
"a lot with which am not altogether dissatisfied.
there is to me, no subject of more thorough sell
congratulation, than that the being who Is entitled
to nv most devoted affections, should not be
bore.
Oh, my father. in these refined regions, where
breathe clear and classic air. think Ut thee
A Door return for infinite affection And yet, our
friendship is hallowed joy;-it is my pride, and
let it be my solace. Ger the waters that cannot
part our souls, I breathe good wishes. Peace
brood DER thy letered bowers, and love smile IN
the cheerful hail. that shall not forget upon the
swift Symplegades, or where warm Syria, with
its palmy shore, recalls our holy ancestry"
IIr. McIntosh's History Of England-Vo' l..
Carey & Lea, Phi!ada.-this forms No. OF
Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopadia, now in the course
of republication BY Carey & Lea. OF the quail
ifications of Sir James M'Intosh to write popu-
lar History of England none will doubt; Of his
success IN imparting interest to his subject the
volume before US. which opens with the wars OF
the Roses and closes with the death Of bloody
Mary, will afford more striking example than
that which preceded it; which necessarily treat
ed Of subjects more remote and less attractive.
1t would be idle by any brief extracts, land for
longer ones we have not space.) to convey just
impression of the manner in which Sir James
M'Intosh has executed his task: we therefore
subioin single short passage, as much for the
sake of introducing the fine passage from Sou
they's book Of the Church, as any thing else:-
Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, an ardent, aus
tere, and scrupulous Protestant, inclined 20 some
of the opinions afterwards called purltanlea,
and Rogers. clergyman of Essex, were the hrst
martyrs in this persecution. Rogers, on his ex-
animation, said to Gardiner, g Did you not pray
against the Pope for twenty years!' " was
forced by cruelty" answered Gardiner. Twill
you," replied Rogers, IS use cruelty to others!"
After his condemnation, he besought his judges
to grant him an interview with his wife, help
less foreign woman, who had borne to him ten
children So much had the sophistrIes OF ca
nonst silenced the feelings of nature in the breast
of Gardiner. that he had the brutality to aggravate
bis refusal at such moment by saying. " She is
not your wife," On his way to smithfieid, on
the 4th of February, 1855, lie met his faithful
and beloved wife. with her ten children, one OF
whom she was sucking. He was mistaken by
that sad scene, aud he breathed his last triumph
anly in the midst of suffocating flames
=" The married clergy were observed to suffer
with most alacrity. They were bearing testimo-
ny to the validity and sanctity of their marriage;
the honor Of their wives and children was at stake;
the desire of leaving them an unsulied name and
virtuous example, combined with sense OF re-
Isious duty; and thus the heart derived strength
from the very ties which. in other circumstances,
might have weakened it, Southey, Book OF
the Church ii. Isl.
These, says Sir James Mcintosh, are the just
and beautiful reflections of fine writer, who
should have transpanted into his writings more
Of the bencyolence of his nature and Of his life.
A stereotype edition, upon beautiful paper, of
the Life of John Wesley, the founder of the Me-