Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-12-06
rs MISCELLANY Y.
BROKEN HEARTS.

clovkmakers. "What SIR" methinks
hear some green sentmcntalist eXclaim, ",lo
you then attach no credit 10 the histories of
Sapp!.o and Phaon, Hero aud Leander, and
burdre,l others that could mention, who
, died, beyond all possibility Of cavi., Of bro
Ken hearts" UnQnestIunab!y not, I be.
iieye. indeed, that such people lived, and
/ that IN process of time they were gathered
Ia their kindred earth !; hut deny that they
died, either directly or indirectly, O! The
pathetic malady attributed Ia them. i'or
who are our authorities on this point. The
pnets-a set ni fellows whose Indifference 10
facts is notorious, and " ho tell such prepos,
ferrous lies, and with such a grave lace too,
that there is actually no believing a single
word they say. The case of Sappho, who,
thSSe inventive gentry assure US, flung her
sell from 'l.eucadia's Steep ia consequence
oi having been deserted Ivy Phaon at time
when she babe lair To increase the parish
burdens, take To lie reiiler more nor less
than this: Being of an imaginative temper
nncnt, as young women are apt 10 te al her
age, she was one fine day watching, from
The r"Ck in question, the rich glory Of Gree
cian surset when in the ardor Of her enthu-
siasm, leaning forward To Catch glimpse OF
the rudy waves that hroke with a dull
heavy Crash upon the shingles, she lost her
balance, and threw an undignified summer
set from The top Of The precipioe To the bot
tom. There was no sentiment in the mat
Ter u WIS purely an acCident-Bu affair
not oi broken heart, but of a broken neck
The case ui Hero conceive fu he Just as
clear as thu. ofSap:.hn. She "kep. compa-
ny, l; Is veil known, with Leander, but
her ia,her who vas respectable man, and
IN large way OF business, disapprovea OF
The match, Tor the fellow had nothing TO re-
an m
The funds no landed estaies--no Investments
Ia h"uses-nnlhing, in short, hut ii passabie
face and intrepid impudence. Still, not
withslandng these objections, Hero stuck
To her sweetheart" aud persisted in having
stolen interviews wilh>him whereupon her
venerable parent, like sensible mar as he
was, threatened 10 lock her up in coal
hole and ii was in running away from him
Jlst as he was about 10 put his threat INTO
execution, thai the sYi,aied young woman,
who had rushed out upon the leads ei the
mousse, ME fehecca " len she flew from the
? Knight emplar-made one step too many
pitched head over heels into the ReIIes>
! pont, and met that death which has mmor-
!aiiZed her memory. These | contend are
The true versions Of The stories of Sappho and!
Hero, hioh are now Tor the first time strip
ped ct the sentimental Embellishments that
HE poets have flnng round them, and v Jew :
ed hy We sober day liz hl OF common sense.
But dlsmissing The ancients, take modern
! Instance or two If "btoken heart as they
pass current in The SOCIAL circles, aud see
what Is 10 he made OF them. " hat more
cnmhGo in the boudoir or the drawing room,
Than such conversation as this ?-"Do you
-. know Miss SIMS Yes" "Ah, poor
thing, she is greatly TO he pi!ied. She was
TO have been married 10 Captain Dobbs of
lawyers had i;,,;.hed ! 49,. ~ ..,,ia
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orr o,her tho ,,a,cI ''T :,
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! from the sweet ,;,i ms, Ye.Ia,d,r ,,aro;n
she solt.mnIv assnr,s ono IN ,,ns,, ~ -,
! she shall never ,u,Y;y,, H. 81 h.. go;
I bilit,-hr sh. was ali coil on, len h,s
sustained and d. ,bn',.,i ~ ..'
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malsdjes. and creating in ,on.sc,s,,a' q CO..
sstion ~ bere,er her n,r,o !; ,,or,;,,,.o ~,
plucks up spiri,.enouoh few vents ,,ter'
ward. to ran oG with her l,,bsrs C,,,,,n
a smart Young fellow with , c,;l tc,yue
/ round. lauohjru face unirre.cLai,le ca;,es
SET off 10 The best ADVANTAGE j, while cotton
/ stockings. and s,andinp SIX fee, in his shines
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