Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-17
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Dictionary - Love. as "a
ABsENoH.-Absence is considered the
great bane and torment of lovers. Ev-
cry lover writes to his beloved :, that,
when absent from her, the time legs on
leaden wings minutes are tortured into
hours, hours into days, days into weeks,
weeks into months, months into years,
and years into interminable ages. Ex91
istence has become a.hurden, and he is
kept alive only by the sweet hope of
meeting the dear object again. so,a
ATTAcK.-A brisk attack is . favor.
tie phrase of the experienced at the
business Of lovs-making. They have
probably taken hint from the play,
ssFaint Heart never won Fair Lady"
Machiavel gives the lover a cue, in his
lesson to politicians cit is BETTER
says he, t'to sin through too much Vi
vacity than too much timidity. For
tune is woman, and requires brisk
attack. She grants victory oftener to
rash, impetuous characters than to the
cold and circumspect.'' t.4
CoNsTANcY. - There is scarcely .
virtue i'll the whole code Of love which
lis more admirable than constancy and
coniugal devotion. Without this, all
the other charms, even female lowell
mess, seem worthless. Whatever beauty
lshe may possess, even though she may
lhave the tinge of Hebe on her cheeks,
and tho grace Of an Ariel in her steps,
will go for nought, if she is destitute
! Of this chief excellence of lovely wo'
man. -...-..
i CoouErTB. A coquette has beer
| defined woman who wants to engage
the men without engaging herself.
iShe is q composition of levity ane
VANITY, whose chief aim is to be though
agreeable, handsome, and amiable
whether she really is so or not. Awitty
author compared such woman to .
fire-eater, who makes q show of hand
Hing, and even chewing live Goals, with
cut receiving any danger from the fire
She is always playing the part oflove
without realizing its passion. y
i HANDs.-The hands are the tongue
of timid lovers. Many a bashful swain
who could never find courage to opel
his mouth, has, by q gentle pressure 0
the hand, betrayed the secrets Of hi
9 heart to the beloved object. When th
8 Hands of two such lovers are locke
together, their hearts start into thei
fingers ends, and every finger is trans
E formed into tongue, which discourse
most eloquently Of the bliss which
e Turning within. g ggg,
J. LOVE AT FIRST SIaHT.-All the pc
cts who have written on love, have ad
$ mitted fact which is apt to be dispu
q ted by prosaic natures - namely, tn
e possibility Of instantly falling in Low
$ at first sight of a charming woman. l
: the poets are good authority, ma
e may fall in love as suddenly as he ma
a Hose his balance and fall from a preci
pice, or from the steeple of a meetin;
q house.
VI Motor little word, this is
tremendous one in love. When it i
really negative, it is funeral bel
n Irung with one ruthless blow over tn
: departure of the last hope in lover
a breast. But no often means yes i
r love. A refusal may so be spoken a
y to amount to promise. A chastise
b ment may be SO administered as to b
: really caress. l. /.
e POPPING THE QUEsTIoN.-This is
9 terrible business to a timid lover
: thing which he breads more than {
J, tooth-pulling. A long time after b
e knows that his fair one has made u
a her mind to have him, and after sh
r has shown him that her soul, if not eli
arms" is eager for the wedding, still
t ne approaches the final business 0
e formally popping the question, cover
g ed with bushes and trembling wit
fear.