Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-06-15
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! The London Atlas. in noticing Sir James Nc
o,i', History Of Finland, has the following Gu
O, parallel:
= The records of history. perhaps, can scarce
furnish parallel so curiousiy exact as that
ch exists between the portraits of Henry VIII.
! d George ". If the resemblance extended
|iy to habits and dispositions, or to those acts
BAL "a, system of conduct which necessarily
i,q,lIy arise, our cf similar habits or dispOsi-
aa, o; mind OF BODY, sill the coincidence
vol De remarkable. Bar IN this instance II
tcnes much more so, by the addition of what
|ay, perhaps, be regarded as accidental likeness.
Ne arc (ar from desiring to wound the memory
I GeOrSg ". by lnstituting an offensive com
wilson With the worst vices OF Henry. They
ned IN different ages, the one coming after the
0er at period when the world had undergone
|liuOrdinary revelations, when the indulgence
nyal humOrs was much restricted, and when
- people had arrived at such sense of their
N0shtS, aud had, indeed, obtained, posses
"n oi such molety of them, as TO preclude the
'slblIity ct the kingly violation of the open
ocences Of life, aud the ordinance, of pubic
''alpn. In SD far, therefore, as the ages were
atrent, these Kings were different, But in ma
p Of the circumstances Of their reign, and in all
he PARTICULARS OF their individual characters,
ere existed 4 conformity, the more surprising
'-en We remember in what a period Of licen-
.ol'aess, self will and rank despostlsm, the
,elIlS OF the eighth Henry was matured
10 MS youth Henry is described BY foreign
Nal'ier then al his Court, as exceeding fair,
Ga As we'll proportioned in every part as posi-
8e He's an excellent musician and composer;
N admirable horseman and wrestler; and pos
,',ts good knowledge of modern languages.
ieh a prince Of ROYAL carriage, and rather
An ne aIil miss or want any part of his will or
fPt,Ue' ne will put one halt of ms reign in dan
er Apassion for dress. and spiendor of all
'ad', was remarkable element IN his charac-
e. rOur aloust. or a tournament, or a field OF
ON OF god, he would have sacrificed the nigh
v interests OF the kingdom. Does not this par
'.e' FUN without single exception? From his
"'oNers he exacted the most unbounded deVo-
cn' but was himself incapable of lasting
'endshlP. Sir Thomas Moore died on the scat
40 Hcw did Sheridan die? Ii he treated
y ministers Or his friends with apparent famil-
''y or Kindness, it was merely as the instru-
'sa'' ct his amusemens, his pleasures, or hi:
Olcy. II Is now believed that George ~. GALL
l'O"anee being made for the spirit of the times,
as likewise glider of the surface of cOurte'
ieS.
'nese two mOnarchs also passed through sim
At Ordells OF feeling it we may 50 use the ex
'e's'On, IN their relations with women. The
@Iy OF Anne Of Cleves is. in part. that OF thu
iry scenes between George Nv. and Caroline
: T'naI OF Lady Catharine Howard also, in part
y, as up the latter. They both married womeI
'ey had not previously seen; they both charged
POn their consorts offences. which. whethe
,ue or not, failed of proof. We should, perhaps
use the parallel here, but can hardly omit it
u" coincidence. BY the unreshained indal