New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-08

In her plan Roman tunic and Elizabeth Fry in her stern
Quaker garb. Others are nun.llke, as was asa tne
uyon rejoicing the loss OF that beauty wnicn ie
her her pure spirtussms, ana 70 De the suae anu
the friend Of Feneon.
Others demand different sphere. Nature abhor'to
repeat herself as much as she abhors vacuum there
are no two leaves OF tree alike, and no two human
bein,s identical in character There is the rich. full
woman whose afuent nature delights IN sort OF or1en
tai mas nifcence she is joyous in bright hues and
snepdd adornings Why should she not be INDUCED Ia
these prompngs at home IL Il the place ior lavish
beauty and the surprise cf elegant contrast To ni-
ture such As have described these things are essential
The eve becomes & second palate, and gorgeou, nues
affect II like the luscious fruits Of the tropics ana woos
from India and gems and pearls feed her Imagination,
t she is not only more beautiful but happier in such
have more than once said every period Of life has
its beauty beauty IN which we should repose conlen
edly That of the q is symbozed by toe bud, the lily
ii In the nature of promise. II Is youth, ana
health and dormant energies-t wears an onward
and upward look, touching to the eye, and love
" and most sacred to the heart Nothing In the shape
of costume is amss at this period for converts all
things nio pretriness 49,
The chaste Madonna halfveis her loveiness, as did
Penelope when choosing between the coDusai and the
The Tior,, DIM the I'D, Of Juno. eyes,
svmbolizes the grace and cusion of this period AZ
we recede from the Eden of our lives, and become
scorched by passion dimmed by grief made holy by
suffering our habiments should follow the experience
of our ves The great mystic has said that the angels
know to which sphere we belong by the infonanons Oh
our voice and should the observer know sphere
we move by the tone of our dress There then wout1
be majestic consistency ia external and internh
lives Niobe, massive and grand, would fold her am
pie robe about her beautiful and Impressive TO the last
The austere matron would affect the gossamer OF the
coquette and old age with its lines fallen In peasan.
places, " ould become august
The salient vvacity of style dipayed in this little vol
ume az well as its uncommon vgor ofthought does us-
tice 10 the guished literary reputation OF the writer
and renders it gracious Offering to worthy cause
~ The following announcement opens
the volumnous Gossip of Tie Knick1bocsr Magazine
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numerous other journals over the country that are
welcoming the venture in the most cordial terms, we
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the favorable judgment of several of whsm would do
f.r al VT
years sitting alone with company in the sancum, or
circulating in society have and heard much to
awaken mirth and felt much that has awakened tears
Looking back upon these records almost orgotteu,
find that they seem new even 10 u.s. and the old emo
tons with which they were originally jotted down, come
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$50 thinking al d 20 hoping we have gone back over
the long, long period during which we have goss'ped
with readers and have segregated from our pages
such passages interested us most when we wrote
them and there will be at least no lack of variety,
and abundant contrast we trust to be able to make our
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ing that may Offend while in the character of its execu
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r. HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN VERSE"
by HANNAH TOWNSEND. This is decided novelty in
literature Hume and Smoett done into doggerel poetry
10 the tune of The Babes in the Wood" VIII you
have specimen Listen.
In Henry Seventies marriage, were
The houses both combined;
But hatred unto that of York
Was rooted in his mind.
And from the mass two men arose
In kingly rivalry
Perkin Warbeck, who protested
The Duke OF York to be-
And Lambert Simnel who assumed
The Earl Of Warwick's name.
Some of the mobiles urged the one,
And some the other claim
warbeck, surrounded by a force
The Scottish king supplied
Net Henry troops, but was suodued,
And, for his treason died.
Again. Here is London in the time of Charles IL
In s sslyyssssi s! plague s. snd fire
OfLondon City. full threefourths
In utter ruin laid
But Wren, the famous architect,
Rebuilt the town again
st. Paul's Cathedral, too, he built
In this and the next reign.
The famous Habeas Corpus act
Was at this time produced;
Turnpikes were first established then,
And tea introduced.
Then Waller, Cowley, Bunyan lived,
And Baxter wrote his Call
And Milton his great work composed,
OF the first sin and fall
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