Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-04-04
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and uneasy prsten sions. In the highsat walk Of
society, amongst those whose born rank or
worldly consideration 10 unquestionable, it might
be expected that nothing further being to be at.
tanned and every thing possessed being secure,
there would be found at last the charm Of conf.
dence and quiescence.
But here. as il it were fated that no portion Of
the community should be exempt from vulgarity,
fashion interposes, snd those who cannot but
have satisfactory assurance Of their aristoerati
cal station, are assaied by distressing doubts and
surmises as to their position in fashionable life;
the class is ascertainsd, but the clique 10 still to
be commended for. The pretenders to fashion ex.
hiblt over again the affections and jeaIousies OF
the pfetenders to consequences; and, in short, hu-
man nature, wherever it is' wanting in worthy
pursuits, benevolent feelings. and independent
resources, presents the same Indifferent appear.
ance.
There is an occurrence mentioned BY George
Alexander Stevens, Of fashionable frequenter
Of taverns 10 his time, who threw the waiter out
of the window, aud told the landlord to put him
into the bill.
Whosover shall pursue through life single oh.
IcCS WIN du IHtdTtdutt cucTSy duu uutby " pugs
pose, and resolute sacrifice of every other OBJ.
ject, aud Of every feeling which stands 10 the
way of it, will be almost always ultimately sue
oessfu. The efficacy Of this imprisoned per.
servance for the attainment OF any accessible oh.
ject can scarcely be over.estimatsd; and one
which is utterly mace essabls will not bs 50 stri.
ven for, because it will not inspire the hope
which is the essential condition OF enduring Ell
forts. Success will be still more certain when
! the medium to be pushed through 10 Of the pas.
sive and yielding consistence which general so.
ciety or average human nature prssents. No
one who has passed the frst stages in the .jous-
ney Of life, and kept an ubservant eye, UP.
on his fellow travellers, can have failed to per.
ceive, that brave, vigorous, and consistent for.
wardness, guided by just such quantnm Of
fact as may have it from being signaIly offensive,
will always ensure certain degree Of advance.
ment.
never knew person Of strong talent who
| had small nostrils.
| The decided tendency of all these cheap pub.
locations is to generate taste for reading in the
minds of the middling, the lower and even the
lowest orders. For while they will be salts.
fed with the imperfect glances which they are
enabled by these publications to obtain at most
subjects of an interesting and useful character.
But let their curiosity be once excited, and they
will not rest satisfied with the baby.fo which
the penny works afford them. They will seek
| more substantial nutriment in higher quarters, I.
and it will be supplied to them on eqasablsferms.
| They will soon enough End out that wen OF real
talent and information cannot afard to give their
time to a "penny" journal. Snowy and 90.
perfical pretenders to knowledge may continue
to delade them for year or two; but q better
era will arise, when, abandoning the extrNa.
gan,ly high prices Of former days, and the pal.
tty pennyism Of these. fair compromise will be
entered into by all parties.