The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-28
SCgTT'S FIRST LOVE.
The Romance in tho Liro Of tic Great
Romanci9t.
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| IL IL mn old aaying "Whom fiipt wa love
| wa mover We'd and tilia. though not atrietIy
| ililN may bo applied H. Scott Byron George
| Washington and many 0thnr mon of note it,
| ~ ihtorMiing 10 Observe how poetR generally
present th0ir loVn matter to the public Thn
| personal experience of aticIl mon W III crop ont
| Scott, Tor instance. foil deeply In love IN early
| ltfn with girl Of ar8ioeratie family. ana Ill
| M Was then merely u poor hnrrlator there
wa4 no prospect OF alrCeE{. lila father know
| ing thiH, anh being dostrouE toh hiring tle INIT
lnf to ~ close suggested IT, tho pnranla
tha pIaprlety ST terminating tho
acquaintance nnd this wan dpne Id tha inau
painful manner Ihn lady was tho only
daughter 81 Sir John Stuart. Of Forfnrsl,irc,
nnd she aitarwnrd married Sir WiIiiain
Eorh9R. til" noted Edinburgh baulttu All
Scott was " we'll aducnt9i young man. Of linn
personal appearance anl agreeable manners
thnre could lie hut ittl, reason FOR giving tlin
'ank"r pteioroncr, except his wealth Hud So
cial rank, Scott felt ibis hocnly through lifn
IN "Isoltohy' he revtvet the episode ~ aotnn
lrngth Matilda. tho hnrtiun ~ thN I,t,,,ti,.
represents tho 0hjeCt oi Iia IoVc, who tl,ln
rejects n poet III favor ~ ono nr
higher rank and ttsiu Hnono brrpme4
do'lhiy Interesting a. a picture of scotia
curly "xpeliece. ~ ISL lady FolhNt died
but ah" ItE'si long enough tn anotha oncn pell-
nirRa hArtistrr the iitat pant in scotland lInr
,ieRth WAS deeply tnt Is scott, iot. although
no had bnen married for twelve y"ara. tho Old
ltano Waa not "Sttnguiahed "Rateby' au-
nGHlGd next year. aud tlaekhart Say 'tflut |
there f. nothing wrought out in all SCOTS |
prose. more eNquiRto tbru thr cpntrDet bc-
twnrn thNrirHl4 iNr the hand of the heroinn"
Sts years aiterward Scott wrote thus ~ Mis- |
EdTeWntth. Matilda wac attempted for tho |
person of Il latly who ~ now np more. 50 that |
am iiattormi with your distinguishing IT, Az
This took place nearly twenty years uItnr the
disappointment. II illustrated tho tanarity /
with WHOA the author ipld to his lirat Iuvt
When bndy Foihma tlind Scott waa 50 alartrl /
shat ha called on hhr rethar ana hoth fell to
weoning oVnr he ltad affair IT. IL u curious
Incident IN domestic hi-fOrv to SEQ a man car
ryitg hig frat love t"ndcrly through lifo
while mnliietl 10 another woman to whom hc
always showed great attachment Scott owl
dfntlJ nlaio Matilda tile ideal or drcgnz Wifi,
vino accompanied him to lhe last II eying
from tho worst cIfneta of a dr.
appointment. he moi i French GIRL wIrer
father had saved both HIS and tnIunn nv
uating from tho dauEera ~ tha tnvnIutinn |
At thc tune relcrrEd e. Miss Carpenter (or
CmpenhTl Waa an orphan. HHi tu her Scott
transferred ht5 affections. So tlr aa thi- wa4
noA8ihlA. lie appeared. ~ iHR been said,
much attached 10 his wife through lifa aud
monrnod her death. She was. how
ever. intellectually and physically, tnfcrior
t. tho Scottish ladies' Of that city ana the
rapid degeneracy ot The family mny i'll SOME
icEIeN, be- asCrib"d to ~ unfny0rnhlN n union