Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-05-26
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"The Pleasures Of uOpc.''

Town Register, very elaborate encomium
upon the beauty, accomplishments, and
attractions Of ''lhe ladies' of Shepherds
town." Being an individual of The hum
bier an ! more gentle sex myself, ANA not
having the good fortune 10 lie located m
the Town must confess lh1t irtI some
little chagrined at the first glance took Il
that elaborate proiusIon, that the author OF
that epjStolary correspondence had not
stretched his encoGum so as TO include
the ladies of the Town and vicinity but
upon lille cool reflection and closer
scrutiny of that very singular productions,
my zeal to be included in that famous
panegyric somewhat abaled, | al first re-
ally did ,hink that Mir. Hope intended to-
pay the ladies Of the Town very hand
some compliment, aud was sorry to
think that the mere accident Of locality.
placed me beyond the possibility of shar-
ing the honors of the eulogy, until came
to the passage in which he speaks OF "his
late visits and intimacy with some," then
inadvertently soliloQuised 'that If ever it
should be my unfortunate lot TO be thrown
into the society of Mr.. HOPE, whoever he
may be, (and Of whom should be likely
TO Judge, ii he shor,d ever have the auda.
city 10 attempt NilIl me similar viola
lion OF the rules Of etqGete,) that for
one should be under the Gisagreeable ne
ceAsity, at a certain hour, of attracting the
said genIlemans' attention 10 the laws of
propriely, and demanding his immediate
departure; the more particularly, as ms
sense OF honor does not restrain HIM from
giving publicity 10 his breaches of deco
rum. Now MIR. Hope, if were gen.
leman, and accustomed to the violation OF
the laws of pr0priety, by imposing upon
courtesy and good nature, in the way OF
late visits" and indiscreet "intlmacy,'
&c. &C., should never for moment,
think Of limiting at it, much less 10 publish .
it in the Register. You also intimate 10
the ladies that You are in melancholy
mood, that tie tiles OF your loImer asSo-
Citations are completely severed and that
YOU are &C., &C., and we do not wonder
at it Mr.. Hope.
After you have convinced the commit 4
My in general, and Shepherdstown in
particular, that yoa are the very love sick
gentleman that YOU pretend 10 be, You
take very awful aud most dangerous leap
from love to literature, and commence in ,
right good earnest lecluring both male
and female OH the subject Of physiology
and metaphysics, by telling US that "the
great aggregation of learning is but united /
molecules, gathered from the Celebrations ,
Of the numerous minds of successive gen
eraUons,' without ever comforting upon
the latter clause The dignity Of a quota
tlon. But If MIR. Hope claims the orIgl-
nalliy OF the phrase, we do not feel The
least disposed TO quarrel with him as to
the authorship, but we really DO think
Mr.. Hope, that we once read something
in the works of celebrated author, very
much Ike the clause we have just done
You the honor 10 quote, but cOnceedIng
TO You Mr.. Hope the undispUted author
ship of the clause jus, quoted, and for tear
of misunderstanding we do sOlemnly |
aver and asseverate, that we DO bele7e
You 10 be the author of that sentence, as II
appeared in the Register, and shall we be-
iicye it to be no body else, and that we be-
lieve YOU further TO have said something
in regard 10 the "moicular aggregation OF
the huinan intellect" And now, having
made these concessions TO you in the true
spirit Of generosity, would yoL tie So
kind my dear Mr.. Hope, as to indulge us
in the enquiry (tor yad know the ladies are
sometimes nquistve and prollX) what
YOU near when yon say that tie most
limited capacity may contribute a molely
to IT. general fund of human knowledge
The most limited capacity might contrib
ute particle TO the general fund, bat 10
say that il may contribute noleiy, IN
wolves an absurdly of The gIossesl nature,
for we believe he word molety TO SIGNIFY
the one half of the aggregate of any sub
stance 10 which the term may he applied.
In the present case, Mr.. Hope makes the
word synonymous with the widows mite,
and therefore he destroys lis true and lit
eral meaning, and lis synonyma with the
word half Such innovations and en-
croachments upon the English language, !
by men o! authority, must, eventually, 4
produce such state of ambiguity as 10
create q necessity fora new edition Of our
English Lexican, with copious appen-
dix and notes attached 10 say nothing Of
the necessity ii will create for the altera-
ton Of numerous other works, now in
daily use, in which tina, term is still used
according 10 It's literal meaning. But we
will waive the question as TO the real
meaning of the word moiety, and pass on
to your assertion that the mos. limit /.