The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-12-20
ss,se NOVEL of tue Ages-An Ola Aaae
Ever New.

From the New fcrs HtSri
Thackerav once said there was notning
now under and including the sun. hlnS
solomon made similar remark. - mover
lately published illustrates Inc Saying, VINO
arer originated it. 1t is called by variety
os names, and is familiar to every novel
reader.
The principal characters arc our time
bonored Young friends Charles and Auge-
lima, formerly Lubin and Chloe, once C 9lt
don and PhfIlis dlicS Romeo and J""e'
and so on to the remotest antiquity.
Their principal speeches are rs ioiiu"S =:
He" Adorable creature! WIN sou ~, W
mines I offer you my hand anu ne Snr W. W.
cether with superior induceihet's hronsn
ccptiug the same, consis,t,uSs '.ai estate
stone front, an unencu!ipeAe" Ae''i o''
and frst-clasS securities. x-r
Sbc@@0biect of my affections! Your
farms aro entirely satisfactory to me, ana
NO donbt will be equally so to my papa, 70
whom beg leave to refer you. (faulhs
into his arms. ..
TbcSe are plagiarisms more or less direct
from the same old story, published ri any
time during the worlds history between
this and the invention Of letters, when Is
not due to Professor Cadmus, oy-the-Way;
but to Aam- Ah-Kim-B 30, twenty thousahu
wears before his time. BE published tue
nsSl cQllpE VI ShS s'SA 80 ~NN-''
venerable tradition.
In the edition of 1900 it appears as fol-
lows: .5
with thy love thy lover true, who pledges
thee his hand and heart. Certes, oter
thee no UNEQUAL dover. These goodiy
towers and these broad domains shall cali
thee mistress. and gold shall I'LL tiny col
fers." ,,,o,os,
Is well deserving my poor love, ana well l
trow will win my sire's consent, 5000
faith, in heavens name seek him." LEES
dozen her bcck hair and s,coonS. =,
Similarly in A. d. 1000, they courted
Hee-" Fayre LadYe, bend thyme eyne
on thy true knight and reward his deVolr
with Inv love. By'r Ladye hee layes at
thy feet guerdon meet for prize so high.
Nv castles strengthe shall bid defiance 10
We caitiffe toe, and gallant knights on yon-
der broade demesne lay lance in reste to
WHINE thy smyles, while churlish Doors and
mysbelieveings Jewes shall furnish they're
broad pieces for thy lsrscSse."
Shee.-" Alack, Sir Knight,..I yielde NEE
true captive to thy wordes, succour or noe
succour. My ranSome is thy dowrie richie.
HE thee from my bouerre to We Knight
nv sire, and bid him greet the Some"
IShe stcounes IN the knight hyS Grnses.]
And in like manner through the early
Saxon and ancient British dialects (Which
would be more unintelligihle than lovers
speeches generally are) the Latin ana
Greek, up to the original Chinese as afore-
said.
The Irish version is:
aMusha darlint, it's dvin' | am for We
this blessed minnit, glory be to God! The
shebang is lonely widout you, Judy, come
acushia, there's an iDigant patch OF two
dirty acres or SO, with praties and pigs ga
lore, and maybe q pound or two IN his
riverance's hands, waitln' to call you mis-
thress."
.sBe aisy, Pat: ye're the diviPs own boy
for blarney, God knows. Sure the ould
mans beyant, and when we're dacent and
sober you might Ak him."
The Scotch version reads thus:
"Eh, lassies will We tax Inc for your ain
doe? There's nae luck ABBOTT the til We blde
int; and the bonnie farm and the wee bit
siller is nae sic bad investment"
"Hoot ava, man dtnna fash me WI your
speerin. ] doot We mean weel, sac. blde
away mon, bde away; the aud mans by,
and We may cen settle the clse WI him."
The display of emotion is omitted by the
last two ladies, but their sentiments are the
same rs the others, and the fortunes OF the
gentlemen not different. Charles goes to
Parliament and Pat to the Common Coun-
Gil. Sir Reginald is elected TO the Round
Table and Romeo TO the Council OF Ten
Tor would have been if he hadn't poisoned
him>elf), while Donald sits with the elders
in the kirk, and is as fat, respectable, and
uninteresting as any Of them.
The chapters from which the foregoing
specimens are taken wind up with these
words "ro be continued (which is true
in every sense of the word. The rising
generation will please take notice.