Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-07-12

they have been contributed to the improve
ment of mankind-Madame Malibram,
who recently died; has done society less
real good than many plough man or com.
mon soldier.
THE DEA or rHrnrraoFwf
Burke, the statesman, used repeareuy
to declare, that every care vanished tho
moment he entered his own roof. He
wrote the following beautifully descriptive
prose paper. "The idea Of aperfect wife"
which he presented to Mrs. B. one morn.
ing on the anniversary of their marriage,
delicately heading the paper as below,
leaving her to till up the blank:
"THE CHARACTER Or"
"I intend to give you my idea Of o woman;
ifit at all answers an original, shall be
pleased; for if such aperson as ! would de-
scribe really exists, she must be far supe.
rior to my description, and such as /
must love too well to be abe to- paint as !
ought.
"She is handsome: but it is a beauty
not arising from features, from complexion,
or from shape; she has all three IN a high
degree, but it is not from these she touches
the heart; it is all that sweetness Of temper,
benevolence, innocence, and sensibilny,
which a face can express, that forms her
beauty.
"She has face that just raises your at.
tention at first sight; it grows on you every
moment, and you wonder it did no more
than raise your attention at first.
"Her eyes have mild light, but they
awe you when she pleases; they connand.'
like good man, out of office, not by au.
thority, but by virtue.
"Her features are not perfectly regular;
that sort of exactness is more to be prais.
ed than to be beloved; for it is never ami.
mated.
.Her stature is not tall: she is made to-
be the admiration of every body, but the
happiness Of one.
sShs he's slI dsppass that IA. dess aat sl[; Ell
does not imply weakness.
"There is often more Of the .coquette
shown in an affected plainness than in q
tawdry finery; she is always clean, without
preciseuess or affectation. Her gravity is
a gentle thoughtfulness that softens the
features without discomposing them: she is
usually grave.
"Her smiles are inexpressible.
"Her voice is low, sof music; not
formed to rule in public assemblies, but TO
charm those who can distinguish com.
rany from a crowd; it has this advantage,
you must come close toher to hear it.
ITO describe her body describes her
mind; one is the transcript of the other.
Her understanding is not shown in the
variety Of matters it exerts itself on, but in
the goodness of the choice she makes.
She does not display i. so much in saying
or doing striking things, as in avoiding such
as she ought net to say or do,
"Shs discovers the right and wrong of
things not by reasoning, but sagacity; most
women, and many good ones, have a
closeness and something selfish in their
dispositions; she has true generosity Of
temper; the most extravagan: cannot be
more unbounded in their iberality, the
more cautious in the distribution.
"No person of so few years can know
the world better; no person was ever less
corrupted by that knowledge.
"Her politeness scenes rather TO flow
from natural disposition to o!sge, than
from any rules on that subject; and there.
fore never fails to strike those who un.
derstand good breeding and those who do
not.
"She does not run with a girlish eager.
ness into new frindships; which as they
have no foundation in reason, serve only
10 multiply and embitter disputes; it is long
before she chooses, but then it is fixed
forever; and the first hours of romantic
friendship are not warmer than hers after
the lapse years.
"As she never disgraces her good ma.
ture by severe reflections on any body, so
she never degrades her judgment BY i'm.
moderate or ill-placed praises; for every
thing violen! is contrary to her gentleness
of disposition, and the evenness Of her yir.
| tue.
''She has steady and firm mind, which
takes no more from the female character.
than the solidity of marble does from its
polish and lustre.
"She has such virtue as makes US value
the truly great of our own sex; she has all
the winning graces that make US love even
the faults we see in the weak and beautiful
Of hers.
ARULE WITHOUT AN EXCEPTION.
| II is often said there is mn eule v,;tAo,