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t 9 AH" trS'- r-' ' f ' J- - m v-.r-V i S3 T. B. KINGSBURY, f, Editor. V , Proprietor. OXFORD, N. C. JUNE 17, 1858 h XT YOL. i-NO. 19i y & STUOTHEE 1 v. Mi - ' 4 V- .-I- "i & Fpr the Leisure Hour. The Combatants. There Light and Shadow meet And mingle and retreat; IJeantiful Hope and wan DcspftftOi" Wage a fearful conflict there ' "vy.. Fur an era pty throne : -There is no Nishu there is no Day Nor hare they, alternate sway, .One mast reign alone, j Bat neither of tin twain Wcarcth yet ; J " The coronet, . ' j Or ruleth the proud domnin. . Faith and Mercy Troth and Hope With the "powers of Darkness" cope, AH the pure and all the bright From the radiant 'realms of light' Serried stand upon " the right. On " thj led" in grim array Seel the bannered host of Hell Ra&hin? to the dread affray Marshalled by the Fiend who fell lly that gloom, a gloryerst V by by fool ambition first Lost Ins estate and fell t : Him the Outlawed the Accursed j Y ho dare th still , And ever will Vainly iadly to rebol. O'er tho legions of the Lost1 By each wave of battle tossed . The oriflamnie of Hell, i Roso alternate rose and fell t Hither thither wildly driven With the ebb and flow of tide, Streamed the holy flag, of Heaven l'inljlem'of the Crucilied! i Hrighter than the morning Star , lieumed that sweet sgn afar ,. On tho scowling front of War I Half light half cloud the sky .that stooc Aboyo that fearful field of blood c Forth from the cloud flashed the red levi Stars gemmed tho other half of heaveajj ' Hut where the beams with shadows meet As thi'.soine pallid cun had set A livid -lurid ghastly glare Or lit, or gloomed upper air ! When hark I a wild, despair yell , Of baflled rago of deadly tear ' Hurts from the frantic fiends of Hell Upon the universal ear. t V . i i. ! . Their crested leader calls iii vain 'His claiirtiiien to the charge again, .Death, Destruction, Pain and Woo Struggling, battling to and fro Fruitlessly urge their ruinous ranks To form, once more the proud phalanx. The Cross more brightlv gleams on high 1 1 They fly! hey fly! the Demons flyl Like lightening, rivqa ; Storm clouds driven Athwart a midnight skyi They fly!they flyl they fly I Like the shifting sand of the desert plain Or the feathery foam of the angry main, "When uplifted Winnowed silted Swept in frantic fury on lly those harvesters of Dpom Dy thoso reapers for the tomb - Tempestuous Luroclydoh! i , ' i The Holy Babe of Uethlehem The Lamb of God tho Cruncified ; kThe Bridegroom of the ready Bride Hath wou and wears tho diadem I will, and shutting the street-door emphatically behind him. ' ! " I Mrs. May bury was alone, leaning an arm on the centre table beneath the yet unlighted chandelier. The flush; faded on her cheek faster than it had from the autumn sunset sky; the light of her 6oul passed rapidly into mid night. Her frarric quivered and shook with I the, tempest of emotion within, i whose forked lightnings pierced her brain. Thus she sat long, yet no fears relieved the. aching of the. surcharged eyes nor moistened the lashes with the ridgidiy clasped fingers before them. j Two wretched days went by, and Arthur Maybury and his. wife had not looked in each other's fuce nor spoken together save in the briefest and: coldest manner. To spirits like ..theirs a quarrel was all that the w orld implies. Both regretted it bitterly, very bitterly ; yet, so far, both were too' proud to begin concessions Annie, thought and knew herself injured; and dwelline on this tide mostly, overlooked the - , sarcastic and offensive language she had utter ed a thing .her husband did not. He felt abased and peculiarly vexed at having exposed to himself and her that money could influence him in the choice of a wile. , It woulu ;never have happened, had she proved rich, as lie and others expected. Once, about the time of his marriage, when a friend spoke rallyingly to him of his having drawn a golden prize, he replied that Annie .Clyde with6ut a peony; would be the same to him as Annie Clyde with a million; and he would have been much hurt had the other seemed to dLscredit,the kssertionk Till pressed hard by circumstances, jie had continued In the happy delusion; but his finances iwere now in a state seldom known to soothe a man's mind, or improve his temper. traced it in the tremulous hand that gave- him J with his ring-finger, u is decidedly all the go in I to the grotmd unpluckedj Adelia, anxious lest recogni2d the; germ of the flowers, howeTtf his cup of tea, and la the meeker expression of! all the ali principal I may say, fashionable! she was exposing her health, had sought her Koerislnble they be,, that I now bind up and lay ner downcast eye8;wnen ne veniurea to iook j cuius. Aie uarcnioues8U Avuua lastmaiiu i vui. ,j ,? ; ,. j: ; ipjvu o.umc uhwww j iuwu:ou ujcuiv in them. He traced it with pitv and remorse, creature!) declared in my presence speakmgj Thus Ihbaght Annie, but with a tremor of her j Vies of unspeakable a Cation. Happy, whila for the fondness in jbis' heart was; waking! from of. another individual you know that a gentle- j unstrung nerves, and a gasping of the breath Jfj borrowed from your taste, could I have found its terrible trance, and that moment the cry of man was unfinished without an imperial. 2&n I that was, more and more drawn in painful sihs. lit' not more difficult to imitate your vtrtaei hia soul was for the impassable boon of Hiving finUJthos were her words. Why, laith! ito I bhe had n.-en, with a hastyjputtingbackof her j&our spirit of active and extendea benevolence. over again the last two days. - J wear! the entire beaVd is awfully hideous. I can; dishevelled hair and taken up the mantle which naf cheerrul piety, your considerate justice, In some natural wav. th frt iwa a& Unrth invent no excuse for you.5! my dear Maybury, had fallen from her shoulders unheeded The hfour UndJy charity and all the qualitlea that rumored abroad that his wife was portionless i I except it be that in your profession ! you are j v'nes and" branches were cleft asunder by at frighten a nature more free from the thought and one had that eyemng, without much stress ui uuueacy, appeaiea io mm lor eiiner conurma tioa or denial. Hej had replied j with haughty v v u uuu 0U1 tiiLL sii2 xj iiio u uu uauii iu iii vat i n - j t s - , homeward. " Portionless ! and if so is she! the various styles of mutilated beard came into Speechless as herself! Arthur, knelt before herw Liese linea might remain,, a-record of the excel . ' a I I - - - v -i i '1. , i -- -.- i i . i , A . . .a. a A. took both her hands in his own, bowed his fore- j lence oi tne motner ana tne graUtade ol w ueau io uer Knee,, ana resiea u mere. - one of I bent her head upon his; and thus their humbled a date when 'the beard was universally worn las spirits communed together '-'baptizing them selves with contrition before heaven, and rising to newness of purpose and a higher apprecia the worse for. it ? " was the question, that had risen to his lips before'. .'his inquisitor ; hut hef turned it upon himself, and the sequence was that riches and virtue appeared in their true r lative value. s t Arthur attempted some conversation on incH vogue ? " ' Ton my honor,! no. How ? " " Another Beau Brummell, " said Arthur, 4- 5- - ue rfr 1 nature designed jt, conceived the project of as- lumsning me naiion oy appearing snaveiu ni repaired to a barbe r's, accordingly ; but tne wfa dents of the day, and Annie seconded his;effort4 as well as she was abie.'i !-As soon as the tea latter, knowing his man, before v his task things were removed, and the room more -secure; against intruders, they 'put off restraint with1 unanimity, arid, amid weeping and retractations sous in his pocket, having parted with the 1 tion of the mortal mLsion. Stars jighted their pathway out of the grove, 1 From the London Journal. ' ' ' iSoetor Jblmsoa.' -v .'"" 1: Dr. Samuel Johnson was one of the brightest literary ornaments of thft eighteenth century lie was born at. Litchfield in Suffordhire; in and seemed an alphabet cf love which they had Jeptcmber, 1709, and died in December, 178, never: learned rightly till now. A few- days M Cfte advanced age of nearly seventy-six years. He had finished the g udy of medicine only a very short time, and his' patients wero ;yet. to fall sick when he first met Miss,Clyde3'Vith in three months he proposed, was accepteaana.- the marriage took placel The son of a poor man, Arthur had of necessity contracted debts in his course, which he trusted to success in Jhis profession for discharging; j - j He was presented to Miss Clyde at the hQ.u.sc; of her sister, who was recently married, ai.rd came to reside in his nanxe town. His eyes beheld in her a marvel of beauty nr.d accom plishments. Her manyjengaging qualities wers the admiration of the acquaint a ices she made ' And their, " some onO would not un frequent, ly be heard to remark, ' there is the fortune;--" for somehow the unquestioned supposition was was com st I later the broken band of nymen was reunited j ijii" father wats'a bookseller, and from him b sought to revive the withered wreath of vi edded for a glass of brandv as he came to the shejp. I with deeper significance,! with better hopes and Inherited political prejudices and a morbid me! affection. j ! . I He promised, but promises were not current 1 holier aspirations on the part of those whose a, ticboly, which had a baneful influence on hia But, alas, for human pride and passion ! alas1 there ; he raved, he j implored, but the operator experience apart had been so; rife with unhappi- -Iffe He was troubled with scrofula, which dli alas, for them I Arthur Maybury and hjs wife was inexorable. No pay no more work. Mkd ness.;.i; it T;! : ' ured jus face, and deprived him of the sight destined tnemse ves to suner the.nntmt ?atpd wiin x,ne numuiauoq is invoivea, tne acicnow- . it was on ine anniversary, oi tneir . aivorce i a ; uub i . eves. iwiwiukouuiuS nenaltv of deDarthu? from the vows rq ricentlv ledjjed leader of the1' ton went forth never to that Arthur and Annie chose' their seats on the 1 1fttural and constitutional defects, he rose to dnoken at the altar. I Demons miffhthavd eloati barefaced, save a patch on his lower lip. v hjat f deck on the Go'den Fetre', about to weigh 1 me, highest eminence in tne world oi meraiure, ed in triumph over that scene. beun with pro-! then? Vliy the whole retinue ot apes apfd anchor tor tne shining shores of Uamornia J jrr me patient ana aoggea inaustry, wiucn,u mise, but relapsing into only elements bf dis4 mm ana ne. s00n iQna that short tunas nad tneir cnosen iuture nome.i . . i goi in reaiuy gemus, is one u iu ut buwu- cord. The estrangement between the nair was wider than; on the evening when their honey moon. ha.d. "so suddenly set in gloom ; and! there after it'eemed as though, seek ns they Would no time of repentance could be found byj them Weeks lingered away, and the sweets of love in that dwelling had turned to wormwood'and gall, j Annie had gone with her griefs' to ? her sister, ana aeiia ana ner nusoana naa, in tneir indignation against Arthur, mistaken their ad vice to his wife. It was jind for oil to the troubled waters, caustic! for balm to, the; open wound.. And their prescriptions were, bjut tooj faithfully followed.- Arthur likewise had bad advisers, who checked (wiseand generous separate magnifying helped him to make the h:t of a lifetime. Now, " One jyear, " said the wife, softly, " since our 1 Jtes for it that can be found. He to me, half shaving is always more suggestive hopes perished so violently.! Our hearts' term fcjoner at Oxtord for three years, and was driven of stringency in stnal 1 coin,, than of makiag of mourning is over, for ihose hopes have burst bm his Etudiea there through extreme poverty I their cerements, and come forth T as by a 1 las hrst- literary attempt was a translation, xor miracle.'' '. ' - I 'hich ho received five guineas. In his twenty 'Again and again," returned the hushand, lxth year he married a widow nearly double one's 'self agreeable to the! gentler sex; and confess that "my finances? must v be improv before I shall , think hideous custom." tt of changing my present i' Ah. truly." the exauisitc reioined. u I per ceive how it is. You do not believe ' in the ah predilection which the fair ladies have for the imperiah Come1 nowLllet lus" refer' the case. Here U Mis ClVdeM-a beautiful creature I "! he cannot des whisjed. Uj;Arihur's earl' perfectly beautifijl. at last I 'di 1 ODTiiea arjniroaucuon tne nrst momen its your heart in secret as I had never been able to do in public, and see if it shared anything of the regret Which was consuming my life. Words describe the joy of that moment, when dared to woo you to be my - bride a 'second' time." -..'. ,! :--'X":, '- ' -' There was a murmured interchange of endear ing words, and an interval of silence.. 4f Do you remember," said Arthur again)1 " did I follow you, Annie, to your wildwood his own age, whose fortune wa3 less than eight retreat. Watching (oh, how earnestly !) to ftad blmdred. pounds sterling. He was a fchoot- aaster fot a year and a half, and during this period he wrote the most of his tragedy called o London, with one of his In 173T he came nils, the celebrated David Garrick. Hia that Adelii inherited her money from :her criticise every one of i Annie's faults. L lcussion, Miss Llyrte I praVi put .me under ; tBe The establishment it jwas not possible to' exceeding;, bbligation of hparing your ' opinion suddenly met eye to eye maintain, nor was there i longer occasionits respecting; imperials. 1 ; i r . ? unhappy mistress halving at length takenlfbrmal w As he spoke, with1 his &rm through that leave, and returned to a home at So her sister'siPruurle wheeled the latter by a moveme tragedy was refused by; the managers of the theatres in London, land for some years he was Wholly dependent for support on his emplyment kl a writer. in the Gentleman's Mjxine. The ?' the evening in the gay company, when we so I ost remarkable part of Dr. Johnson career What an impulse 1 1 was certainly that of his contributions to this revenge myself on the miserable fop who l agazine, consisting of the fabrication of the father, an4 that tho sisters had shared equally J sterer in his, estate. After a brilliant -wedding, Arthur and his bride set ofF on a toiir, which was condensed into three weeks; at the end of which time they returned to their own house, now ready for occupation on their arrival. It was a house of elegance, suited tt their taste, -.; if not to their imans. Then immediately followed a great iibetl&mestics were discharged the uphoWwn,fch fought him tace to tace with Annie. --irtiOns on claimed his Effects, for want ofipros4 f 'f1 think, sir, theimperal may.be pecuMy thvs jsj n i'o kiiicil sui ed to vOuastvIe of beautv.v tne.Iadv rePH-l things tnat .." . J '.'-.if . . - i . . vil '.j C:isr.fcf Lr- k iwi.i.-'UikUi.t.L. i.Vi'Lt;-.- posted on either side of the door whicni . yif.?.-Pt r 5; sr -V-.'i.lr-S"" pf j referred to you with such' bold admiration hti-."' Ahnielsmiled as she recalled her own emo- l the occasion, and compared them with ow confessed. Then forgcttiug the were behind, they talked r hopefully speeches of the most eminent memljers of both ouses of. Parliament 1 1 Those Imaginary ora ns induced Voltaire to 'compare jUie British eloquence of the senate with the eloquence of te ancient orators of Greece and Rome; but opened so hopefully id the train of! guests' even the Dnctuestipaer saw. he bridal-party. 1 - N "I - : I irony aiid confmpt,,;arid:anged t wa? before. And when evening came sf.ey were the Creations of Dr. Johnsons mind. party and now, as dv induk'snces had to bil Arthur to say that the his lavish expenditure, his bride, and a- being; tr, the cost ot alt these met. It is but just to orders he had given, and were all for the sake of appropriate to her irna- The next moment AhnieV sister of .the Golden Petrel, their J gpg, not for. distinction or literary fame,-but nse earned ui vbpforF u1P! from the room for air, with a face 'whiieias in ajsong whose burden 1 far existence. These speeches, whicV, he put tei petition was granted.! h8"16310! It was a j momentary' famtnef w is all untneasured by . IfSto the mouths pf the members of both Houses, From the London Family Herald. Married Twice. ginary position ; and all were enjoyed by Annie with the inconsiderateiiess to be expected of her years and situation." and society saved its sympathy,' regarding it as! all very comfortable--the most agreeable thing! under the circumstances. ' 1 i ! I .. , r ' ' . I 1 '' I Annie Clyde for her brother-in-law with a; For a time it had appeared a beautiful dcli- Well, sir, 1 am glad it has come out what cacy on the part of Mrs. Maybury, considering yon married me for. It is charming to the the contrast of her husband's poverty, that she bride of a montll to find .herself despised by her refrained from any reference to her fortune ; pect; were had at the bridal-party. 4 'r V irony and confmpt,,;a One day, a petition for divorce. u Arthur P!aCc atruP"Jh MaybUry rei$us Annie .Maybury, " was filed: according to law; the case' court, and th uncontest er s it r - . o--. 4 . -f - : 11 . i r-i - ..-- --: - rrtr . ' 1 . i -- - - i l.'l - . -V i . , i . What God had joined! together, man had lightly! she said, from standing there bo long.m the par- ocean, and which;'though suns set and moons re- composed from scanty notes -lateen uy and sne hastened back, as though fearful thkt amid the encores of 'their' fellow-passengers,'! Ug givien. to him but the names bf the speak tion would it have created I The judge did it,! Yo ipne else siiouid nqterthe vacillation.! j their hearts -responded ureaa I wo have buu uie pari. .iuy.iu u uewic . lie-entering the festa. scene, her eye inyoluh- lound it ! " ' . ? : ! j . !. : . - ".v - aooui una penoo, sever, puimcuous o vr. Urily: sought around till it fell upon ArthJr. - Where west winds bear the Pacific spray like .Johnson attracted the notice1 of the public . He was in another part bf ;the room,1 addressing rainbow, clouds, is a little! Eden home, with the particularly i poem entitled 44 London,' in imi- with the grace fori which'-he was eminent a tree of love, zealously 'guarded, growing in the t!oa of the third! satire of Juvenal, which re- . kind of congratulating smile, addressed' her by! beautiful, young lady, tfa belle of the evening J midst - Two cherub children of twin birth Reived t! approbation of Pope. His-friend. fh.-if nntnfl tlm vorv nwmont Via mniA hurrv Annie observed that the young lady: blushed, toddle lortn, canain nano, to gamer Diignt m'h w home after the decision-passed one night, of and her luminous eyes, sofiened beneath ; th,e flowers that cover the, landscape misery so intense, that next morning she al-i I look triat was upon tbepri;; anc: a pang of jea-l costly splendor the person ot husband because she did not bring him a iniue of gold truly it is lM ! - ! It is not for want of the ' mini of goliV Mrs. Maybury, but I protest j ogalnst being o deceived. I hate deception you know U," 1 41 Who deceived you, pray t Not I ; for Use could not be laid except by a , chinking sound idea that you were merely seeking a fortune in bank vaults, and a substance, which looked never entered my mind, nor would I have be- like the consolidation f sunshine, having pass- lie ved it, had any one told me so. If you chogc 1 ago from hand to hand." but after that, his sentiments ion the .subject varied, and he became secretly anxiods to know where an amount oi tne readiest money was ac cessible. Those ghosts of dead pleasures, debts, were narrowing their circle around him. They: most expected to seel in i her mirror her hair! ousy a sensation of j injury swept her bosoni. monarch... ' turned -gray. It seemed as though her very It was difficult in that moment to feel herself steht misht have washed away, in the i torrent onl7 a aivprced wite; but she roused her se"I- of tears she had shed over her disappointment' command tior' rxtrilntmn TVAn rnr..fn,.W IfwUirKT tipr! more brill sensibilities from other eyes, she may have ap- "There peared happier for rellease from the ties which rve side, a quarter of a mile from the family had so briefly bound her. : 1 as a robe of uf his literary history and his life orthal nn- some : eastern 1 Krtunate man has, been both admired and con- t I emned: As a literary production, it ranks i : I cannot ask the reader, Do you 6nd this a I wry high. Jn 1749, be wrote his ceieoatedpro pleasant fiction I for it is no fiction. : It is a gue lor his pupiiAjarricK, wno naa unaenaaen , rallied her spirits, and was gayer and sketch from real life, which! some who peruse J&e mauagemeni w xury iane , xneaire, anu iant for th rest of the eveninjr.1 i . it will surely recognise,! and pay, 44 Here are iie cpmmencea nis immortal woric, xne xio- was a lonelv. wooded dell close bv the old'friends. onlv with new'names." ; 'u s. cJ ' nary of the English: ; Language."; His-eon. &ict towards his pretended patron, Lord Ches ' L '" ; . i - j - i -t -- i.' I " ".-'" 1 , '" ti? k-. t country seat, whose carpet of moss, when sum- C ! Bulwer's Dedication,of a Book. - 1 frl!fcI?n,intomPie iice a A-fi,J r,v i,x, w.m mer lime came, vie ded oiten to a mournlul 4 ' " AIT dkar mother. in lnscnoinsr wiin .w'W?v . to imagine that because my sister was an heii-- i Mere intimations touching the state of affairs meeting as months went by. One evening, at -.11! i . r . .. . i.i . .. .. ... the reason that they were poor man with riches, I should do the same not understood so, shortly, Arthur was fain to by you you deceived yourself. - An aunt f apply to his wife, in distinct terms, for pernrs- ours adopted Adelia when wewere left orphan's, sion to use the resources which were1 theirs and dying two years ago, bequeathed her te jointly now, he supposed. The surprise and whole of her fortune. It was ray lotto become chagrin awaiting both when it came to this, the ward of Ono in humbler circumstances, who need no description beyond what is included in used such resources as there were to give rue the mutual rccriminationsvvith which the inter- a complete education, which was the only for view closed. tune I ever had to anticipate. I thought tjll ; but, of course, jit The two days that flow that that was ROmethin . . 'r U nothing I Arthur Maybury, the high-mum ed, make this decision." ' - 41 You are like all the rest of youi sex fro tho beginning, " said Mr. Maybury ; 44 1 have do more to say." '')-' I 44 Nevertholcss, heSdid-ay more, and his speech waxed none' the les bitter and accusa- followed, Arthur ,.; kept himself from homo as much as possible, on visits to re d and , imaglnaryj 'patients, while Annie Rhut herself in, and throngh the servants, shut overy one else.out The hutise and, everything it contained was the bitterest mockery to the sight of the young and so lately happy master and mistress.- . Time enough there had been for passion to Subside, and reason to exercis.e her vocation- the same spirit she had already displayed. Mr. and Mrs. Mavburv sat at their 1 table once ,. . m w " V i Strange words, and more strango tones, were more, and alone. ' She had come from her yet to be exchanged between the young biidf chamber partly at - the suggestion ; of pride, groom and bride. The scene had opened, with afraid that an indisposition, which demanded Arthur' coming into th'elittle parlor and sitting less than usual ' attention- from- her "husband; dow in the twilight, and Annie , beside' hiri might nbt serve her as a plea more permanently, saying, rejoicingly, At last we are to have an. and prevent scandal among the servants. , evening by ourselves, I hope; w to which he - But, beyond this, the unforgiving spirit had " responded, 41 At last, I hope.n It ended, how passed from her bosom, and a , tender longing ever, with his seixinff his hat with a world of for reconciliation taken its place." Herliusband an entertainment which she attended along with her sister and her husbandj Annie found herself; shddenly thrilled by the tonesof a voice shei once had not dreamed. could ever be less than music to her ears.- She had not known of Mr. Maybury's presence sooner ; but determined on preserving not merely an external composure, but an impenetrable indifference also, she con tinued where she was, admiring a flowering moss-rose from the conservatory, which had brought her to the spot. , - j , Arthur was attempting to sustain himself in a bantering conversation respecting the style of wearing the beard. ' His . challenger -I was a school-day acquaintance, albeit never esteemed a prizo in that way, who. having been abroad for Borne years,- only ret-entering port that day, was hot familiar with Arthur's ? history ! during the interval. ' --'" , " 'Pon honor, now, my dear fellow, ' said the traveller," affecting a Parisian swell, j44 this dia guising yourself from an old friend with amak of hair, is what I caU ah-objectionable, very quite ungenerous.1 -Besides I do assure you, you are out of the mode"; 's- ; ,:v "-- . Arthur was looking away, not appearing to fihart anv deep feolins on the subject' and the other went on. . , ? 44 The imperial, 7 J said, he, caressing his own tread. Its wild flowers! Were wet with nightly your beloved and honored name this collection olished asperity with which it was accompa- dews, but more by daily ' tears. Oh ! Annie of my works, I could Wijh thattne' first; fruits fed. He rejected his lordshp's advances after Clyde was in secret very wretched. . . pf my manhood were worthier ;.; of thei'tender .2pii: had. received thearrobation of the i ' So the season waxed and 1 waned, "and thjf and anxious pains bestowed upon my education hlicy letting him, know, in .-very polite tefics, household prepared to return to town. Annie inyouth.' - ;- --'. -l": -that he was uriwiiling r that the pnblic : should dreadinff the removal for v the chan- in h -"Tftret voun?. and ! with no ordinary ac I Consider -him to be owing -to a patron mat , CJ .i J- . " I i . i. - " J - J C , , m habits which it must demand id, despising society complishments and gifts, the sole guardian of hihich Providence had. em now more than she had ever esteemed it, paid I your sons, to whom you devoted .the best years J wmsen. - -- ' .f - a farewell visit to the spot where she hadhiddeh of your useful and spotless T life ;! and any suc-iliHis wile whom, notwithstanding the disparL hs one might hide a thing coveted cess it maybe their- fate to ittain in the paths 1 Ity of years, ha appeal to have sincerely loved, had enabled him to do' for her anguish It was a sombre afternoon; fitful winds1 rent they have severafly cfyseri; would have its prin- did In 17o2, and be lamentea ner was as ion2 of faded leaves from the" bouehst cipal sweetness in the thdnght that such sue. 1 be lived.- bile the dictionary war aavane- of birds sent forthwaiUng chirp. hWlccss was the over flowpr-italk dd and rustlinV: the vPrV strule. and whose heart sympatized in. Uera penedtea! of. wonderful merit, and the handfuls flocks ing river frowned back to ! the . frowning o ..T coursing on- between i Its sere banks. : Annie took her familiar seat at the foot of a giant 4. si- lil,an!iuin i aimilar wntt lb !Hr vtlh . every care. . - ' ., j . - 1 7rJrl 'rn :r: i "From your graceful and accomplished tastes, . the assistance ot menus. m i n c, ne puonso I early learned that affection for literature which 4 Id!erM ither;perio&caVbttt.of mf ! tree, w hich seemed deep rooted Uke her sdrrow has exercisfed s large an influence over the for menu w me loruier. :a wuu;rw and there -fur hodrs enioyed the sympathy pursuits' of my Hfe; HtjK er? 'ror guide were my earliest criUc Doyottremem- J Seiasj or, me rnnce ct .aoj .'. uu w w kMmmpr vs which seemed "tb'me as rdkray. hy its sale,!the expenses of his mother short, when you repeated to me $nd to greaterchirity ihan the doctor. lln 1762, he obtained from Government a pen. ilbn of three hundred pqunda per annum for his st labors- f In 1764, he instituted J44 The Lite jy Club,! wliichj'met at the'Turk Head, in Gerard street, ttoho; and: in 17G5, rave to tb brld hi ; w&qn of Shak speare. ' . In " 1 773 h . ' which nature offered. i ; . , A last she heard (did she not hear a sound) a sound like a near i footstep i She had some times thought she heard tho same when : here on other. days; but, listening to the -stilhiess: had thought it mere' fancy--or,if niofej still but the bounding of a hare or a squirrel among the leaves, -.This" time, however, the sounds were repeated, and there was a sudden agitation of the encircling shrubs densely festooned with I wild grape, whose burdening clusters had failed lads with which ' Percy revived the decaying spirit of our national jm use, or the smooth coup lets of Pope, or those gentle and polished versesj with the composition1 of which you had beguil ed your own earlier leisure ? - It was those' easy lessons far more than the harder rudiments learned subsequently in schools, that taught me to - adtniro and to imitate ;;and,inithem!I i '- -t 5 ' -I - -t s . A ' hi - it: . 1..-. f -. " ' i .-
The Leisure Hour (Oxford, N.C.)
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June 17, 1858, edition 1
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