Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-09-03
Greece and Turkey.

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EngIiSh Travellers. g. Zante ]
sailed for Patras in an English steamer,
and have seldom been more amused than
bv the contrast between English manners
and those of the Islanders among whom |
had been lately sojourning The uncere-
monious vivaci,y Of the Greeks makes
even lively Frcnchman look dull by com
parison. Judge then my establishment
when found myself in the midst OF En-
glishmcn. recently come from home. |
could never sufficiently admire their sub
lime tranquility, or rather, that wonderful
Iris D,er,ip. which seemed sufficient of IL
sell to keep the ship steady III storm,
and which would no doubt have made G.
ven sea->lckness a dignifed condition. !
Irazod almost with awe at their smooth
brushed hats, which the Egean breeZes
hardly dared to rJttle--their unbicmlshed
icOats, and immaculate boots, on which
several of them gazrd more atennveiy
ihan they would have done at the Lurad-
AN Lock. Happen what might, their
magnanimous Indifference 10 all chances
I l..o, 49,, ,,,,,,,.tcJ with business
,,,,,. ,,s9osorvod then, from, aIl astonish-
ia rhoIo ,;so, cIose hesido us
,I s,o,,oJ ;,s Gam, n ,b.ir C,ces thev
na,IJ Ih.J,o,o Loro cor,enIsd ,homsplve,
with observing that ii was not in good
taste To one of them spoke by way
of experiment, of Sappho's Leap and the
I ID ~ I,nr r,rI,al Il No
I,...J :, ,,.a. tho scor.' or., di.,rcs.;no, ,c-
.riJnn,, Imo.ts,v. however, in iuslicc to
,,,,. no,v ocouoiu,,ncss ,ha, rh,v annqared
,,orouoh gentlemen. Inan,louirjps. they
,rorn f., indeed from heinz yprsed. but in
,ho ,r,rc;,,I,s anc;en, bu, ever vonno. of
;o,;. du,v ord hon.r they Bad nroba.
liz. I;,L, ,o Iaorp
JHo groo,oruo TLcro i ono sno,
..I,,no ., A,l,onS which claim. Loenor
rororor,o ,b,n the cave which i assoria.
,oJ with the last davs or Socrates The
an or ,ho Aroo,arn. l.; a,,ronri,,e-
:,,,..l L,,,,o.7, 10 .nJ ,,o ,or,-
I.,,;oo. ,,,,,s s,.,,j,n,r ,r;,I, RaI;c-
.;,,. L..Io,,l L,o ,l,.oa -
WV o. t,nsIaf, w. t-a.,
,,,'r,l ,s ,rnarJaL h,. ve, aro,her local
laa r"s"S " T,n c,r r,,o, !, ,,,s ,Lo sacreJ
onnIos,,ro ,yLera shadnwed over bv rock.
amd ye;led IN -, Grave ordu.l,v trees stood
,na. ,bs awful Shrine Of tho Eumenides
,,.Lo .i v,ro IsJ ,b;,Lo, from, rbc ,reonaoos
aGnr heir ;mneachmen, Of Orrs,cs No
,,, ,aa,ar;.I or ,ha rnnor,hIo Goddossos 70.
,mv;n. IN tho hin or tho Aroon,ous wc
I'm ,raoo tho rocLv s,ons bv which the
;,,a,o. ,,,' n,oIo 40 ,Leir sscen, ,Tboir deI,ber-
J ,;nns r.ro conJnc,od N tho dark lest
,La;. ;uI,,.noo, sLonIJ no swaved bv ,he
,so.c, nf Gestures Of ,be nersons tr,ed: =
.,,r,I,r illustration o( the degree in which
,,n .n.co,,ivo ,eo,ner,mert orIbe sou,h
= ;oCrerrpd bv visible o.iects. Their
aars .ro - ,bs,ipan, as ,bcir ewes. and
,ha,. oIIo,,ed mn snccies or ora,orv fo he
;n,roJnc.d into the nIradiucs before them.
/, is also IN illustration oC ibe character
of 4,hcnian law thai. among the offences
,r;od hv them. ialpnps,. which no doubt
L,or accounted the ..rcnt or All evil" was
ono Al Athens if WAS those only who
had nre cmincu,Iv deserved well of their
country ROT the idle or the imnroyident.
who were maintained at the public charge
and at the Pryrauium.