Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-27
QUESTIONS AND AsswERs.-Tn this weeks

QUESTIONS AND ANswERs.-In this weeks
number of Noah's Times and Messenger, we find
the following questions and answers:
Query:-What is your opinion of Shelley as
apoets Does not his play Of The Cenci' COM
dayP
4fswer:-s Shelley, as a poet, displays more
intellectual quickness and fancy than 9imagina-
ton. OF one hundred lines, therefore, written
by him, it will happen that eighty may be pleas
ant to read, but are unSatiSfying, as falling to
reach the poetic ideal In single productions,
however, such as the odeto The Skylarks and
the dirge of s'AdonaIs," there is completeness
which imparts the highest pleasure 1t does
tandis to be excepted from the general estimate
| of Shelleys poetry rs being dreamy, over fanci.
/ full, and gossamar in its style 'gThe Genci'' is
written in compact, nervous languages full
of condensed and forcble expressions, and ,as
drama, is wrought out withSki strong sympa-
| thy, and energy.in the deineation of character
Nothing but its repulsive subject, almost too
hideous to contemplate in the silent text, has
prevented its successful presentation on the.
stage, where, if unexceptonable, it would not
have failed to take high rank
| sne7ty:-Who were the "Lake Poets, /" and
why so called?
Anssoer:- Coleridge Wordsworth, and South.
ey were especially knownas the Lake Poets''
"a name given to them from their principal
being in the neighborhood of.the lakes in the
county of Cumberland, England.
Query:-A few Sundays ago, was in the
Rev. Mr.. CorOetts church insGreene street. and
in his discourse he used this expressions: Tho
lsuphurious pillows ofhell!' Do you think it n
proper or decent remark to use in puIpit9-
Are we to take it in its literal SENSE and believe
that hell is composed Of suIphurious pillows, or
is it only one of the gentlemen's Characteristic
Expressions?
Ansa0er:--We do not regard such expressions
as that you quote as in good taste, nor are they
justified by any language in Scripture. We
cannot enter upon the subject of the future world
of punishment, on which a great variety of
| opinions is entertained by learned men, some
holding that the Bible is to be taken literally,
others that it is figurative and has reference to
the condition of the sonl-Co leridge, for exam
| pie, suggesting that it may consist in the yiyi-
| flying of the memory and the contemplation of
all our past life; and others, that the future is
but the continuation of the present, and that
We suffer, in spirit, if not in body, according to
the deeds done here. You will see thatthe field
| is too wide to allow us to enter upon it in this
department of the Sunday Times.''
Query:l7What prospect has a New York me.
chanIc got to make money in the city of Colao
or other parts ofSouth America {?
/ AnStoer:-We reply first to the general con-
slderatlonS, coupled with your specific queries;
that it is to borne in mind by you and other cor
respondent that the power which can be wiel-
ded in great city like this is greater when
| orce acquired than can be attainedi i'll smaller
communities; and it. only nplaces where capi-
tai is collected that frstrate ability can secure
ladVancement. AS you, however, claim less,
you are probably wise in looking elsewhere. If
man ofsAil, and with considerable talent in
adapting himself to the kind of.work he would
find an excellent chance. - ase
| Query:-Will you inform me how person
can ascertain whether or no he possesses mag
netic power, and in what way it can be develop
led? - 80, =
A1sloer:-Sit down before the, object to be
affected, reSoutey determine thatyou will ac-
complish your purpose, and the moment your
MIND becomes so perfectly concentrated on that
purpose as to lose all other consciousness, the
electric, odlc, psychologist, or magnetic force (or
whatever else you may please to. denominate
willtbegin to deyelope ITSELF Everyperson pos.
sesses the mysterious power in question, but TO
an extent varying something in proportion to
health and temperament, and more in proper
ton to the capacity of each to superinduce
state ofcomplete mental abstraction. Any one
who has ever "magneised" another, will com.
prehend us; to those who have not, we car only
make our meaning ineligible by saying that
the electricity latent in their systems can be
thrown out, at pleasure, by an energetic
exertion of the will, and the resultswill nl.
tlmately be an effect which practice may modi-
~ to suit the taste, the inclination or the char
acter ofthe experiment proposed.
Q1ery:-I frequently meet certain lady,
with whose appearancoI am very much pleased
and am DESTROYS of making her acquaintance.
Not knowing any mutual acquaintance who
could introduce me, i wish to know if.there is
any way, consistent with propriety, forsme to
introduce myself?
Aaso0er:-If you enjoy, as we presume you
youdo, good character, you can procure an in
troduction to the father or guardian of the
young lady, who viii determine whether it be
agrceableto have you visit the house. The
very fact that you adopt course consistent
with propriety and good principle will belikely
to commend You to, favor E -
gueTy:-s Wishing to go out west this fall, /
would like to ask you few questions, whether
Illinois is not about the best place for young
man at present; also, if the LIST of September is
Ia good time to start!
Ansseer::- As among the growing States, and 5
particularly as afording an excellent opportu.
nifty for. speculation in the neighborhood fof the
principal towns and cities, a young man, with
small capital, OF even with nothing but indus
try and g fair share of tact and {sgo:ahcad-a "a
Inverness, /" would do well. The time you name
would be suitable.
Qaery:-sWhat;do you think of.the proprie.
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