Daily national Democrat., 1861-04-07


epcct them as those of virtuous man. After .
ter my wife's death would not remain an
other day upon this earth so stained with .
crimes" 1t was the body of Roland
The sketch of Lady Mary Wortley Monta-
que, first loved then hated by the poet Pope +.
(vho made love TO her in fact aud was not /
approved. she being already married, etc,,) |
who was satirzcd hy Horace Wa|Pole and
idolized by hundreds more Of the witiest ana |
noblest is highly entertaining. Most OF our
readers are probably familiar with her wrl-
tings but not entirely so with her private
history. They will find their curiosity great
~ graliiied by obtaining this book, She |
married Wortlcy Montague against her faith |
ers will and the match was not altogether a |
happy one When her husband was made |
Commissioner of the Treasury in the reign |
of George she went to court and there was
prosecuted by the attentions Of the Prince OF
Wales who was no less vulgar than dissolute
At this time, she is described as possessing
attractions of the following character: Her
face was not absolutely beautiful but was so
mobile and expressive that her quick and pow
crful mind shone through in every feature
aud lighted up her eyes with peculiar
brightness. There was thought, eminence
and dignity in her look. Her face was oval,
and her head freely set on neck perhaps
not quite long enough The nose was sharp
and slightly rctrouSse, the mouth small well
formed and firm set Her eyes were not large
! but very bright, and her complexion exceed
| iugly fair and fresh. The only effect the at
tentions Of the Prince of Wales had on her
was that of nausea. She maintained her posi-
tion while she remained at Court, without
difficulty, as wit and beauty, and after she
left, greatly distinguished herself by her
writings. Returning from her travels, she
resided at Twickenham., where she had the So
ciety Of Pope, Gay and Swift, and where she
was induced to sit or rather stand to Sir
Godfrey Kneller for her portrait in Turk
ish costume which she had described in one
OF her letters. Pope was in rapturcs over
the portrait, and addressed to his idol the
following verses:
"Tho playful sn lies around the dimpled mouth,
The happy air Of majesty and truth,
SO would draw but oh It's vain to try,
My narrow genius does the power deuy)
The equal lustcr Of the heavenly mind
Where every grace with every virtues joined
Learning not vain and wisdom not severe,
With greatness easy and with wit sincere,
With Just description show the soul divine,
And the whole princess in my work should shine.
That was when he was making love to her, |
and when she Arted with him. Afterwards !
the little, crooked poet got down on his knees
to her, and in his rapture was describing in
love, when Lady Mary, overcome with the
righteousness of the figure before her, broke
out into a fit of uncomfortable laughter.
Pope arose in wrath and never forgaye her.
lie commented in fact the mean business Of
lampooning her, and she retorted on him with
such lines as these:
at was the equity of righteous heaven
That such a soul to such form was given
"If limbs unbroken. skin without a stain,
Unwhipt, unblanketed unlocked, unslain,
| That wretchcd little carcass yon retain;
/ The reason is, not that the world wants eyes,
But thou'rt so mean, they see and they dcsplse. e"
]
"But as thou hatst, be hated Of mankind
And with the emblem of thy crooked mind
MarAed on thy back, like Cain by Gods own
hand,
Wander, like him, accursed through the land"
Pope sent-back verses the most cruel, we
suspect that were ever penned hy man
against a oman, for his genius was gigantic,
and it was no child's play to encounter his
weapons of satire,
OF the Dutchcss Of Devonshre, about
whom and the celebrated orator and states
man, Charles Fox there scandal "L. f.
L., the poetess and beauty end the lest of
tie beauties and wits mentioned in this work,
we had intended to speak, but time forbids
and we refer our readers TO the work itself |
assuring them that they will find luxury in
its perusal So far can judge 10y our
own reading of general history, &c, cotem-
poraneous with these Queens Of Society, the
biographies are very reliable.
PORTRAIT OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE.-Motley's