Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-03-02
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anchor it never comes to wharf again; that
hghtnlngs have not such swift feet as opportu-
mites when they go away from us; that when
he right moment for personal repentance or
Christian deed comes, we have our only chance
at 1T. Let it go by the thousandth, yea, the
mllllonth part of a second, and man cannot
overtake it, fre-wlnged seraph cannot come up
with it yea, God himself cannot catch 1t. L
stand before men and women of glorious birth
right. Esau's was not so rich birthright as
yours The world wants to buy it. The devil
wants to cheat you out of it. Sell it once, and
YOU sell it forever Listen for one moment to
the brilliant bid that earth and satan make for
that birthright, and it is going, going GONE!
Spanish Beauty.
| have heard very much of the beauty of
Spanish women, but indeed the halt OF the
truth was not and cannot be told. Sometimes,
heretofore, when standing half ontranced be-
fore Murillo' pictures, have wondered whence
came his idea of inspirations but his Madon-
mas and Magdaens only walk the streets of
Madrid and other cities of Spain. He had but
to paint the portraits Of his friends. Often
have [ stopped in utter establishment at such
ravishing beauty. The features, the form, the
movement, the expression, are Roman dignity
combined with Moorish grace; the stateliness
of Zenobia with the voluptuousress Of Cleo
patra. Can it be that such summer evening
twilight of repose can ever give place to the
dark, stormy night of demoniac passion? That
vice, treachery, falsehood, Turk under that an
| gelic exterior?
The statue of the Venus de Milo, in the
Louvre of Paris, and the statue Of the Venus
de Medici, in the Tribune, at Florence, have
divided the admiration of the world They
represent two types of womanhood differing
as night and day the former strong, sensuous,
affecfionate and faithful friend, the constant
wife, the devoted mother the latter light, vo-
lathe, spiritual brilliant, impulsive. The first
typifes the English woman; the last the
French. A combination Of the two constitutes
| the perfection OF womanh0od; as found IN
| Spanish Sonora. She is evidently the result
of many generations of the first culture. The
| climate, the scenery, the romance, the chlval-
ry, the grand and stirring scenes OF Spanish
history, have perfectly matured and developed
the Roman and Moorish blood that flows in
her veins into being finer than poet or paint
er ever conceived Those brilliant dark eyes
and raven hair, coral lips, pearly teeth, the
delicate complexion the shading and penciling
of her eye-lashes and brows, the shapely fea-
lures, the expression of affection and warmth,
the repose and dignity blended in her express
sion, the grace Of manner, are indescribable.-
Her flowing black dress, mantilla, veil, and the
fan, set off the beauties of her person, and her
ease of movement seems without effort and
more like gliding than walking She is not
seemingly offended or affected by the extrava-
CANT hattery Or compliments paid her, but &C
cepts it in apparent innocent Inconsistencies
of its being anything improper, any more than
if it had been addressed to the lily, the rose
picture or any work Of art. If she be art
full, she possesses the higher art Of concealin&
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