Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-10-09
Beauty not Necessary to Love.

a'No W llIC SululllS vi IL woman y neart. AT
any rate the idea of great personal beauty is
inSeparably allied in t,onoyel-red-brain With
the idea of Il successful lover. Whether this
notion with regard to personal advantages
produces much despair in the minds of those
not blessed with them we are not sure. Still
az it is liable to do so, we have wished to
bring together few facts proving that Miss
Bronie wrote not against nature when she
made Eyre love the homcly, distigured aud
disgracod Rochester,.
The celebrated Lady Hamilton, was proba-
bly, the most beautiful, fascinating aud NC
cOmpIished English woman 0f her time But
this woman gave her heart sinfully, it is true.
hut unservctly and overwhelmingly to Lord
Nelson. Aud What We're Nelson's personal
adyanta1cS? lilo was AN inferior humelv,
SlcNiy looking man, and the advantages of
the loss of an eye and arm, never ulienated
Lady llomilton'S love. Such were the per-
Sonai gifts needed to cAptivate and retain the
most dazzling woman other time. No man
OF his age WAS more successful in captivating
wo,nan's heart than john Wilkes, and vet
his portraits is irightful, and his own face must
have been hideous. Rogers speaks of his
diabClica spirit"
Equally successful, in the same way, was
Mirabcau. And he, too, was man utterly
devoid of any pretensions to personal beau
ty. la speaking OF himself to a lady, he
described his appearance as that ofa tiger
who has had the smallpox. George the
or | J. of England had daughter, who,
for reasons of ambition, was betrothcd to
continental prince, who came to marry her
He was found to be so inexpressibly ugly
the king told his daughter he could not ask
her to marry him, and even, at this late date,
he would find some 1retext for breaking OFF
the match. The princess declined the
proficred service, married the prince, and
proved one of the most devotedly loving
wives of her time.
In Granmont's Memoirs we learn that
even in the artificial Court OF Charles III,
the man whom the correct, fastidous and
universally sought Frances Jennings most
eagerly wished to marry was Jermyn, of
whom Grammount says: AS to his figure,
there was nothing advantageous in it, He
was little; his features were not agreeable;
he was affected in his carriage and bcha-
viour. lie heard of Miss Jennings, went
to court that he might see her, and our au-
thor continues In the meantime Jcrmyn
quietly enjoyed the happiness ofsccing the
inclination of the prct.icst and most extra
ordinary creature in England declared in
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with him. ia marry him"
We make great mistakes in these things
Love is one thing; mere optical admiration
is very much another thing. The most
beautiful valentine that ever was pcnncd
has this instructive stanza
What 'tIIH tbon n,.,S maYnst o@'%"rniy "" nn Soon
If only thou cams't inwardly '
Answer this bright dream"
That is true philosophy of n truc w nan
The woman who will marry YOU because Of
your beauty, would about MS readily trans
Ter hef ahectlons to your carriage, if its var