Litchfield enquirer., 1839-08-08

Just as he turned again into the street, he
unexpectedly encountered an old college |
chutrl. 10 whom ne impaired his good fortune
in terms OF such extravagant rapture ina.
his friend sedate mathematician, Iookea
at him, not without suspicion that has lntel-
lect was impaired. And let no one blame
his transports, for an authors first work-es-
pecially il it be of an imaginative character,
and he who penned it a green enthusiasts
always an affair Of prodigious moment in his
estimation! The lover who hears his mis- |
tress falter out "yes," when he feared she
she was going to say no." the father, who
sees in his darling frst-born the reflection of
himself, even tothe snub-nose and unquestion-
able squint; the hungry leader of opposition
who finds himself suddenly transported from
the comfortless region on the wrong side ofthe
speaker, to the Canaan OF the treasury
bench, flowing with milk and honey the
turtle-shaped alderman, who, on the glorious
day of his metamofphosis into lord mayor,
hears his health drunk and his virtues laud-
ed at his own table by a real first minister OF
the crown; these, even in the height OF their
ecstacy, feel no more intense qualification
than does the young unsophisticated author
on the success of his first literary enterprise
But how changed the scene, when, the gloss
of novelty worn off, he takes to writing as q
task The instant composition becomes
matter of necessity, it ceases to be pleas
.ure, Fancy flags, and must be goaded on
wards like an unwilling steed; invention, that
once answered readily to ones bidding,
stands colby aloof; the fine edge OF feeling
grows dull; thought refuses longer 10 soar.
but creeps tamely, instead, along the dead
flats of commonplace; and the mere act OF
stringing sentences together comes to the
most thankless and irksome drudgery.-
Charles, however, had not yet reached this
pass. AT present he was in the honeymoon
of authorship. s
After strolling about some time with his
Cambridge friend, Charles went back to ms
chambers, where he occupied himself till the
dinner hour in perusing SCOTS splendid ro-
nance of Old Mortality; and in the evenings
which set in wet and stormy, he drew forth
from its modest hiding place his last remain
ing bottle Of wine, closed his shutters, wheel.
ed his sofa round to the fire, which he coax
ed and fed till it blazed like furnace, and
then, in the true spirit of that luxurious i'd
Jesse" which Thomson has so well described
allowed his skittish fancy to run riot, and,rapt
in delicious revery, began building castle af-
ter castle in the air, whose imposing splendor
increased in exact proportions to his pota-
4ions. asrk ,s3s9 85se4 ~. s'e
"Lucky fellow that am," mentally ex-
claimed this sanguine day-dreamer, as his
CyCS tCll Ou ShO iiS1P Va UttAN@uOSSS AAus AAy
close beside him On the table, here are the
fruitful seeds from which am destined soon
TO reap riah harvest of wealth and fame!
The sum now inmy possession will afford me
moderate competence till have brought
my next literary production to close, when,
of course, my means will be extended for IT
get three hundred pounds for my first work,
it is as clear as the sun at MONDAY that, for
my second, which will be twice as good, and
therefore twice as popular, shall get twice,
or perhaps thrice, the sum. Then, who so
fairly on the road to fame as /? My second
flight of fancy being successful, my third will
still further increase my renown, when pub
lie curiosity will be strongly excited to know
who and what am. Mysterious surInises
will be set afloat respecting my identity
The press will TEEN with "authentic partic-
'ulars" ofmy birth, parentage, and education;
this journal asserting, "on authority" that l
am Sir Morgan O'Doherty another, that |
am young Irishman who withhold my
name for the present, in consequence of hav-
ing killed my uncle in a duel; and third,
that am no less parsonage than the PIesi-
dent of the Noctes! AT last the whole NIGH
ty truth will be revealed, and an agitated
world be claimed by the appearance Of my
name in the title-page Of my fourth histori-
cal romance From that eventfui period
shall become the leading lion of the day
My best witticisns will be repeated at every
liable, and, under the head of Mcredth's
last" circulated in every Journal; my like
ness, taken by an eminent artist, will be ex-
: hibited in my publishers shop window
great booksellers Will contend for the honor
of my patronage; invitations to dinners,
balls, and Conversations, will pour in hour
by hour throughout the season; when enter
a drawing-room, q whisper will go round,
especially among he ladies, of There he is /!
What q dear creature !-how interesting he
looks !"-and at length the general entbusi-
asm will reach such height, that, one night,
as am in the act of quitting a crowded con-
versazfone, one Of the most ardent Of my
male admirers, anxious to possess some me-
mortal of me, will walk offwith my best hat
and cloak, just as q similar literary cnthusi-
asst absconded last autumn with Christopher
North's celebrated sporting jacket.
And what will be the result of all this en-
viable notoriety Can doubt it mo. The
sunny future lies spread out before me like a
map. A beautiful young girl of rank and
fortune, fair as a water. lily, with pale Gre
clan face, slender figure remarkable for its
symmetry. and foot so exquisitely and aris-
tocratically small, as to be hardly visible,
except through q microscope this refined,
graceful. and sylph-like creature. attracted
" lne blaze Of my reputation, will seize the
favorable opportunity of my being invited to
a,ball at her fathers house. to transfer her
affections from the author to the man. The
consequences may be anticipated. / shall
reciprocate her feelings: sigh whenever she
approaches, throwing fine distraction into
my eloquent dark eye; and, finally, one fine
gay, when there 10 no one in the drawing
room but herself make direct avowal Of
my love. Grateful creature She Just
clasps her fairy hands-utters TREMENDOUSLY
on goodness, gracious !"-ard then sinks
INTO consentlng swoon on my BOSOM But,
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