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Dictionary of Love.

ABsEyCE-Absence is considered the great ban,
and of lovers Every lover writes to his be
loved that when absent from her, the time lags on
leaden wings-minutes tortured into hours
hours into days. days into weeks weeks into months
months into years, and years into interminable ages
Existence has become burden, and he is kept alive
orly by the sweet hope Of meeting the dear object
again.
arrAcK-A brisk attack is n ftvorite phrase ex-
perenced ut the business of love making They have
probably taken hint from the play, Faint Heart
Never Won Fair Lady" Machiavel gives the lover
cue in his lesson to politicians :-'' 1t is beter''
saws he, TO sin through too much vivacity than too
much timidity. Fortune is woman, and requires
brisk attack. She grants victory oftener to rash
impetuous characters than to the cold and circum-
spect. l.- 49,
BEAurY.-Beauty has been called the power and
arms Of woman" Diogenes called it '' woman's
most forcible letter ofrec mmendation Carnsades
represented it as '' queen without soldiers and
Theocritus says it Is n serpent covered with low
ers" while n more modern author humorously de-
Snes II bait that often catches the fisher
the fish," Nearly all the old philosophers denounced
and ridicued beauty evnnescent, worthless and
mischievous But alas while they preached against
IL they were the less It's slaves None Of them
we're able to withstand 80 the ely smooth witchcraft
Of fair young face"
.Fair tre.ses mans imperial ensnare,
And beauty draws Us by n single hair"
.ruly beautiful oman is n natural queen in the
universe Of love, where all pay glad tribute TO her
re;ra But, il Is nevertheless true. that the geo
graphical standard Of beauty is various and unsta-
e.
Beauty thou will fsnristic ape.
Who do-t n every c1untry change thy shape:
Here black there brown, here tawny, aud there white
CoysrAyCY-There is scarcely a virtue in the
vbole cole which is more admirable than constancy
and copugal devotion. Without this all the other
chs-ms even of female loveliness. seem worthless
Whatever beauty she may possess, even though she
NAV have the tinge of Hebe on her cheeks. and the
vrace Of An Ariel in her STEP will go for naught, if
she is destitute of this chief excellence OF lovely
woman.
CHARNs-This word was once Of great power in
the language of love, and signihed inumerable de-
vices which lovers invented to win the opposite sex
and keep them true. As an example OF the kI-f OF
charms resorted TO in ancient times, may mention
that lovers ir the habit OF making little image
of wax lnd holding it the FIRE, and when II be-
gan t, u.elt it was imagined to have the power OF
notifying the heart of an estranged lover This
trick is alluded by the Greek poet in the following
q A t,is devoted wax mes DER fire,
Let Myndian Deiphis melt with soft desire"
Rustic lovers Of the present day are in the habit OF
performing similar charms with apple seeds on hot
shovel II the SEEDS they become heated, are at
frace to each other it is sign of successful love
but if they hy apart, it is the reverse
CoeUErrE---A coquette has been DEFINED woman
who wants to engage the men without engaging her
self She Is n composition of levity and vanity,
whose chief aim is TO he thought agreeable, handSome,
and emiable, whether she really is so or not A
witty author compared such n woman to fre-eater,
Who makes show Of handling, and even chewing
live Goals, without receiving any danger from the
fire. She is always playing the part Of love, without
realizing its passion
Many bashful swain, who could never find courage
to open his mouth, has, by gentle pressure OF the
hand BETRAYED the secrets OF his heart to the below
ed object When the hands OF two such lovers are
locked together their hearts start into their fingers
ends and every finger is Transformed into tongue,
Viii n .iscourses most eoquenty OF the bliss which
Is burning within
Low AT FIRST srGHr-AH the poets who have
written on love- have admitted fact which is apt to
be disputed by prosaic natures1 mean the possbil-
ity Of instantly falling in love Mt the first sight OF
charming woman. II the poets are good authority,
q man may fall in love suddenly as be may lose
his balance and from precipce, or from the steeple
Of n meeting house.
--MopEsrr-Moiesty in woman is the charm Of
charms-it is like the mantle of green to nature,
without which she is desert. or morass- Ii is
modesty which supplies the very nerves and soul to
beauty. "a fair woman without virtue" saith the
Bible, '' Is like pallet wine- It IS woman's point
Of honor which she can never allow to be insulted
with impunity Her honor, like the snow, is melted
with the slightest touch IL is like rosewater in
beautiful glass break the glass, and how doth the
fragrant essence embrace the dust, and lose Forever
Its charming sweetness
No.-For little word, this Is n tremendous one
in love, When it is really negative, il is funeral
bell rung with ruthless blow the departure
OF the last hope in lovers breast. But no often
means yes in love refusal may so be spoken as
70 amount to a promise "A chastisement may be so
administered rs to be really caress
-PoPPIsG rHE QuEsrIoS.-This is terrible busi-
ness to q tmid lover-a thing which he breads more
than tooth pulling. 4 long time after he knows that
his fair has made up her mind to have him, and
after she has shown him that her soul, If not $ in
arms. is eager for the welding still he approaches
the inal business Of formally popping the question
covered with bushes and trembling with fear,
TAKING TIE HIsT-Giying and taking the hint is |
q sharp practice in love- which often puts to the
stretch the utmost ingenuity Of rustic swains and
maiders- There a thousand indescribabe little
ways in which love delicatey show itself without
the formality Of words and declarations The eyes,
and every expression Of the face, gire the hfnf,
while the young people sit demurely in church, lis
tenng to another prompter than the parson and
On the way hcme, the plucking Of simple violet by
the roadside, and giving it to particular lad or
las, is very loud hint that somebody thinks good
deal Of somebody.
Yes-Yes is the lovers password TO the kingdom
OF heaven, into which it permits him to enter and
md the angel his heart has sought for.