The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02
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4 SS"y uskuss Au CVWp1Uy VIII TWO 0lue
" gentlemen, could not bat observe youn
clergyman, who being near her at the OF
chestra, during the performance, and .,
peclaily 60 at the last song, eazed upon he
with the utmost attention. He earncstl
hopes, II unmarried, she will favour hir
With line directed to v. v, ut the bar {
the Temple exchange coffee house, to in
form him whether fortune, fam lly, character
and profession may not entitle him, upon fal
ther knowledge, to hope IN interest in be
heart He begs che will pardon the II,
cd he has taken to let her know the stu,
ton Of his mind, as being IA stranger, h
despaired of doing it in nny other way. Q
ever seeing her more As his views ar
founded on the most honorable principle,
ne presumes to hope the occasion may Just
! ", II she generously breaks through thi
triiiing iormaiity of the sex, rather than b
cruel silence, render unhappy one VIII
must ever expect to continue so, if debarre
from nearer acquaintance with her, i
whose power alone it is to complete his fe
llcity"
unluekily, the advertisement was eithe
not seen by the young lady. or, if seer
the young gentleman had been unnoticed
Or If noticed she had not found in hersel
any corresponding desire toward him. NJ.
grandfather was SO solemnized by this sud
den love, and the hopeless issue Of it, tina
he could find no pleasure in theaters, gar
dens or rout s, and actually sought his ex
element for the next fortnight in attendin,
daily prayers at the Abbey, Temple Church
st Andrews, on Holburn Hill, or St Pauls
After that time he began to reason with
himself that she might 60 often to the place
whittier the town resorted, and that another
chance meeting at the theatres or ut Ranc-
leigh, if not very likely, was still not quit,
impossible. This was the last straw il
sight of his rapidly sinking hope.
Accordingly he went, at first blind ano
dumb to whatever was played or sung be-
fore him, unmoved alike by Garrick or Mrs
Olive in tho merriest farces, and by the
compositions of Handel or DR. Atne; but by
degrees, those re-interested him; next he
glanced at the bright faces with their
mighty capris les, their post chase,. and
horses, chair and chairmen on their heads
in the boxes; he began to find himself cur.
able; and he returned to Nottingamshire
though a slightly altered, still a very merry
man; he amused himself reading on his
road, the two new volums Of Tristan Shandy
by his brother in orders, the Reverend
Laurence Sterne
My grandfather had been absent from his
cure exactly Two months, during which time
his light and easy duties were taken by
an unbeneiiced friend, schoolmaster in
Nottinghamshire, and a man Of high repute
at Cambridge. These consisted in reading
over on Sunday morning, putting on cleri-
cal wig kept in the sacristy, and a surplce
much more like smock frock than thar
habiliment recognized by ecclesioloeist as
officiating costume Of an English priest, and
reading a sermon of Dr. Sherlock's On the
evidence Of Christianity, to few old women,
dozen frame work knitters, and number
OF children, who, as they perceived neither
the draft nor the need of it, thought it mighty
learned Pastoral visitations was an exer-
else my grandfather at this period of his life,
conceived quite unnecessary; and frequent
non residence was not only not sin, but a
laadible and gentleman-iike habit in the
town season; and, il funds permitted, ia the
Bath and Maliock season also
10 those not onerous duties my grand |
father returned with heart almost whole |
There was lust scratch in that organ--I |
can scarce!y call it wound-which gave
him little SMART at eve and in solitude, in
all such Idle times and conditions as court
memory 10 get rid of this he made twi-
light lively ~ inviting an old friend, coun-
try captain Or one OF the pupils of the Not
.ingham tutor, to stay with him and, when
40 visitor was to be had, by smoking his
pipe at the Lord Ligonier Arms He also
sdded to his light clerical duties the heavier
vocation OF an angler, aud often, when
us parishioEers were taking their dogs rat
ing aion. the 1rentsiae ON summer eve
llnss, they came upon their solitary priest
fith his fishing rod, who although he looked
pom apostostal succession in the sense in
Which non Jurors and the Romanists held
!, as quite beneath the notice Of a man Of
lste and ton, very frequently found himself
heir successor III the piscatorlal act Of toll
ne all day ard catching nothing.
just at titis time some leading political
SEASONS In the county We're using great eff
orts to start new church and anti "a Iiean
newspaper, Tor the midland district Tor
OF ITS hamc, like so many of modern date
was Just got to move, struttel little way
ragged OF is power aud vitality. as.a sud-
emily dropped down dead. The promoters
nanny depended on the support u the
dulrearchy and clergy; letters were ad
ressed to all those persons; amongst otaefs,
Consequently, to my grandfather lie was
ehghted-lt came to him in the iieht Of
hat deliverance from ennui which he had
ing been looking for. He not only prom
sed to use his utmost efforts to further the
regulation among his clerical brethren, but
$50 volunteered his services as contlibu-
Dr.
! have in my possession book of printed
lips from this newspaper being the entire
cries of my grandiather's contributions to
They consist mainly Of panegyrics on
frederick the Great, at that time tie most
opular man in England. These are spec
len titles:
A Sketch OF the Life ofthe Grand Charac.
r who is tie hope of Europe, (the kins,
Prussial the Protestant Hero. (the King .
Prussia an Essay on the Literary La i.
RS OF tn" great Philosophical Monarch, t
be King OF isussia); the Scourge Of Su i
rstition: an Ode to the King OF Prussia t
-i5ulator Galiia; an Ode to the Great +
Cesar Outdone, or y History of i,
e Battles OF our Magnanmous Ally. (the c
ing OF t'russia) c
To these were appended series Of pa q
RS, some n' print, and some only in man J
Crypt, Imagined by my well meaning Grand
'hFf W ~ an Tile StNio VI the la.t4Sf ana
'ectaror; bat they are not 0. that rs for o
e Illustration of the middle OF the ii 1ht- i
nth century which those initabie @3.ers r
e for that OF its commencement, or / 3u.a :
her have published them or presented
EN- to our nationa! library al the Ma Ii
1m. n
Every Thursday morning, if M grand Il
her had not started very much carrie to II
ch It, a TAD came over from the printer II
Nottingham, with lis paper Ia February, G
90, the twentieth year after his berti, ana D
zenith before his death, the boz brought Il
9 small qnarto, as the young rector was Il
essing himself for a day shooting in Lord 7
rons Park at Newstead, the owner OF n
lich SIX years afterwards. killed his d
ishbor, Mr.. Chaworth, in duel. With L
n in his bedroom, making sarcastic re- al
lrss on every article of dress as Inc puts L
on. at every glance he gave toward his I'll
5, or in the mirror, were his friends Cap. al
n Clay ton, that renowned mar ssnan. and to
J Nottingham tutor, who had been con- st
sor and adviser in that delicate matter OF ii
heart which occurred to my relative bl
en- in London. He heightened the al 70
dy too extended and TOO interrupted Ia
ssing time, BY occasional chances 1T the
SsDuupr. !: paraprauh and than Il tt,r,, IA