Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-01-31

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siver--as the branch Of the gharled oak anC
the tender stalk ofthe most delicate Of myrlles
The gentleman's fit to WELD the sword !tsel
a weapon-whose beauty is in the frmpess o
its grasp, and in its powerful symmetry. Thu
lady's daintiness, made only to bear flowers
and such fairy and beautiful things as will no
harm its dcIicacy or poute the perfect chastity
Of its hue-to iondle the strings Of the lulc o
the ivory tongues of the piano forte-to coo
with its kind palm the heated forehead OF be-
loved one-whose pressure bringeth years
10y and hope--over whose fingers love seem,
Ito have shed warm bloom.
Lord Byron tcls US that there is, perhaps
nothing more distinctive ofbrth than the hand
lit is almost the only sign Of blood which aris
Itocracy can generate. There is a little OF self
Hove in the motive his lordship had, in making
this remark, because, as we believe, it is very
well known he had u beautiful hand himself
although, since It was much more what wo-
mans should be than mans in relation with
his sex, we always regarded it as a dclormity
as the most fertile and finest cooured mustach.
los on the lip of a lady are generally regarded
as something having an aspect bordering on
mark, land we will not alludc to any other,) is
that tho our female aristocracy have, scarcely
with exception, very beautiful and delicate
hands, there may be found hands among the
Iigno5e quite as capable Of setting off Il ring,
land marke white handkerchief look objection.
Iably black.
One of the most beautiful hands we ever saw,
lis that of the fair authoress the most fearful
and German Of English romances, and the wild
ow of one of oar greatest poets. Her hand it
seems shameful to use, even for the advance
ment Of the worthest object-gem, as it is,
which milk even might poIlute, and the pureS
snow might irremediably tarnish.
We have also seen many beautiful hands
wearied at the needle in the showrooms and
shops, into which merclless women drag even
the best of men. Hands, we contend are wo-
mans most irresistible charm 10 persuade u.s.
against our most excellent and most powerful
resolutions, on matters most intimately connect
ed with our interests.
Eyes can look a great deal, especially blue
ones, (Which we pronounce the finest of any,)I
lips also smile us into compliance with con-
siderable case-but there have been men found
With hearts sufficiently strong to resist BOTH
We are not aware Of any man whose heart,
however, could resist the pressure ofhs own by
he hand Of his beloved one-the printing press,
ms done great deal, but nothing can press
With such certainty as Iady's hand.
This assertion admits of no correction what
rer-lI any person mogines that it does, they
re, we inform them, mistaken. The hand
My is the most secret medium Of intercourset
Mn loVers--lheir eyes not only look, but are =
'oked at. Iii impossible to place them behind 4,
lelr shoulders. Smiles, when love awakens y
lem, are apt to be so beautiful, that they are d
Ire to be remarked by more than her or him 5
n whom they are intended; but the hand can
ring about a reconciliation or renew affection,
steathlly as well as vehementIy, that while
enables the parties to understand one another
9lter than any other means, nobody is at all
ware that the lady's has squeezed the gentle
lan's or his hers;a sort Of amatory pistol,
cry effective in its effects, and all over in an
Stant. The hand, also, it should never be for
often, bears the sweetest Of all bonds-the
arrlagc ring, the emblem Of the perfect union
two human beings. To It's custody is this
easuro which gives 10 it its chief beauty
vely as itsel!'-whch sheds around it the
10 ola thousand associations, and makes it the
'eper oil the hearts regalia