The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-11-26
DletionnrY of Lovo.


great baHo and torment Of lovers Every lo-
yer writes 90 his beloved that when absent
from her, the time hPs on lradeu wings
minutes are tortured into hours, hours into
days, days into weeks, weeks into months,
months into years, and years into intcrmlun-
BILE ages Existence has become o burden,
aud he j. kept alive only by the sweet hope
Of meeting the dear Object again
ATTACL-A brisk attack Is O fayoHte
phrase experienced a. the business Of love
making. They have probably taken % hint
from The play "fhlut Heart Never Won
Fair Lady Maobiayel gives the lover o. oge,
in biz lesson 90 politicians "lt is bollorF
says be, 60 sln through Too much Niyacly
than too much tmidity. Fortune is % woman,
and requires brisk attack. She grants VIC
tory uilener 20 rash impetuous chgutlcrf,
than 10 the cold and clrcumspcct
BRuW,- Beauty has been called "tho
power and arms Of woman" Dogeuos cali
ed IL "woman's most iurcible letter Of recon-
mendauon" Carneades represented it as "a
queen without soldiers" and Ihcocritcs gnys
it IL O "Acrpent covered with flowers" while q
more modern author humorousy defines IL
~ bait that-uH often catches the fisher o. the
tsh,- Nearly on The old philosophers de-
nounced and rdiculod beauty as cyauosocnt,
worthless, and mnchicyuus But alas while
they preached against h., they we're none the
less 10 slaves, None of them were able 90
Withstand "sly smooth wllchcran Of % fair
young face
"Iar ttcssrs mans imperial race cusuHrrs,
Aud beauty draws ua by single hair"
a truly beautiful woman r. natural queen
100 the universe Of love, whore OH pay glad
tribute 90 her reign. But, il is upycrthrlcss
true, that ne geographical standard Of bcau'
~ u various and unstable. As CuWlCy sugs
"Bcaup.. thou wild fantastic ape.
Who dost in C,en country change tLy shape
Urrc black, there brown, here tawuy, aud
CoNsrNCy. There Is scarcely "a virtue iu
the whole code OF love which Is more admir-.
able than cunslucy aud coujugnl devotion.
Without this, all the other fharms even Of
female lovcllnc,s, seem worthless Whntcv-
cr beauty she may POSSESS, even though she
may have the tugc Of llchc on Ink Chcpks,
nUd the grace OF an Ariel ia her sioh will go
for nhught, if she is destitute of this chief cx.
cSlenec Of lovely woman.
CHAHSls-Ths word was once of great
power In the language OF love, and NguiGcd
lunumcrhhlc devices which lovers invented
90 win the opposite sex and keep them true,
As uu example Of the Kind Of charms rcsortcd
90 in ancient times ! may mention that lo,.
crs were in the habit Of making a little image
10 began 70 melt it was imagined 10 have tbc
power of notifying the hard heart of,au cs-
rdugcl lover, This rick ~ alluded 70 hy
the Greek poet iu the following lines:
"As rd, devoted wax mclts DER the fire.
Lot Mludlau DrIphis melt with soft d,slrr."
Rustic lovers Of the present day are Boo the
Raoi' Of pcrlor!.miing similar ghaa.rms win op.
they become heated, are attracted to each
other, IL is sign OF successful lo,ci but IL
they tiy apart it Us the reverse.
CuQrirrE-A coqucitc hns been defined a
woman who wants 90 engage the men without
engaging herself She is q composition Of
lcylty and vanity whose chief aim IL J., tu Dee
thought agreeable, handsome, aud amiablc.
whether she really is so or not. 4 witty uu-
thor compared such a woman 90 % Grc.cat,f.
who makes a show of handling and even
chewing live Goals, without receiving any
danger from the fire. She is always playug
the part of love- without realizing its passion
HANDS s--Ihe hands are the tongues Of Il.
mid lovers Many a bashful swain, who
could never find courage TO open his mouth,
has, by gentle prcssHc of the hand, bc.
traycd the secrets of h,Shcart to the beloved
object. When the hands Of two such lovers
are locked together, their hearts start into
their hsgers' ends and every finger is trans
formed into a tongue. which discourscs most
cloqucnty Of the bliss which is burning with
in.
Loyr At First SiGuT-All the poets who
have written on love have admitted fact
which is apt 20 be disputed by prosaic ma
lures ! mean the possibility Of instantly
falling in love at the first sight Of charming
woman. II the poets are good authority, a
man may fall in love as suddenly as he may
lose his balance and fall from precpicc, or
from the stecple Of a Westinghouse.
MoDrsrY. -Mlodcsty in woman is the charm
Of charms-it is lisc the mantle of green To
nature without which she is desert or a
morass. 1t is modcsty which supplies the
very norves and soul 70 beauty. "a fair wo-
man without virtue" saith the Bible, "is like
palcd wine" 1t is a womans point Of honor
which she can never allow to be insultcd with
impunity Her honor, like the snow, is mel.
ted with the slightest touch. IL is like rose
water in n beautiful glass; break but the
glass, and how doth the fragrant essence en-
brace The bAst, and loso forever its charming
sweetness
No-For a little word this is a trcmcn-
dous one in love. When it is really n mega
tive, it is funeral bell rung with one ruthless
blow over the departure of the Jast hope in "A
lovers breast. but no often means yes in
love. "A refusal may SO be spoken as to
amount to promise. a chas,isement may
be so administered as TO be really carcss.
PorPrNG THE QUEsrIoN.-Ths is Il terrible
business to a timd loycrs-u thing which he
breads more than tooth-pulliug, A long
time after he knows that his fair one has
made up her mind to have him, and alter ;e.e
has shown him that her soul, If not ain arms"
is eager for the wedding, still he approaches
the finally business OF formally popping the
question, covered with bushes, and trembling
with fear.
TAXING TIE Giving and taking the
hint is q sharp practice in love, which often
puts to the stretch the utmost ingenuity Of
rustic swans and maidens. There are
thousand ndcscrb1ble little ways in which
love can dclicatcly show itself without tho
formality of words and declarations The
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