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.ihI with pain I persuaded myself that it was
any thins? hut a I'riirhtful dream.
" At Lahore 1 saw a most beautiful vmin;
"'.'low sacrificed, who could not, 1 think, have !
been more than Id years of a ire. The poor ;
httle creature appeared more dead than alive
when she approached the dreadful pit. The
■yonvut her iimul cannot he described >|te
' re in bled and w ept bitte.i Iv ; hut three or four of
’he hruhnuiit. assisted by an old woman, w ho
h< hi her under the arm. forced the unwilli:i”
Tictim toward-, tlie total .--pot, seated her on the
worn!, tied In r hands and feet, lest she should
run aw ay. and in that situation the innocent
1 eature was burnt alive." 1
I
SKr. l t ll OF \ I'll l'.\s.
i he women ot Athens, altliouirh thev new have j
cn p\Mr,si s in ancient tine s, are by no means j
■ui!same at pt esent, and use s’oveulv in tticir dress,
ia walk with a stoopintp trail. I he oe.lv petiod
, ien a i .ret. k female is beaut did is from fourteen
’ etutntv 1 e.u s ot ajre ; their forms are then \erv
u i fiil ■ u! s;. Ipit-hko, and their lont? Iilac.k Inir,
’ ‘1 ')!o 111 fcise and h'ailed tre- a s in. hilul, in come ■
,, :il athiiua’oy. lint trout this tunc their ch trnis
■a ■: to tail atr.it last, and a (.reek woman of a eer
■1 i!'F, !s a !u litre of man , If iOs|\ tow attr.irt ions— i
Cc.era’C, and (-fieu ot \ mi. nt ' mpt r and passimis, ■
eld in p.-: ...it di.-pnv d to The beau
■ od lainIm, the being thnt-the iane\ loves to pic
mrc, full of genius and fascination, and gliding with
'.cT step amidst the glorious rums |K r lulk|,
•’ dl be looked for and sighed after in won.
•'tiers- :,t\ tluvr ladies ,.t A’iti ns, i. a . ,, whose
: d attract im.. have hern eeli-Urat ■ d ... a,..
\ ampyre earl's imaginan ones- the this c »i;itiltIi
t rsuftlit- Consul, > »;—i!It-v ulv n,,w,
! •.<•11 the one to whom the \«T-t-s ..f I on!
UIU' addressed, .strange to , in a or
V":A' hlesn nhuss I'.\ i n .tii.- --ill of Ad.cits know |
U! tin- sear and \ c )lnw kali wim was tir siihji ct cjt
‘ ■ ic boaiitdid iinc —
“ i’.v those :!i] iyes like the roe,
( an i cease to love tiu-t No.”
-he is tin- second daughter of the Consul, and still
;- !,‘ -I looking of Ike three ; his lords!.ip vms ven
t lid ..f her come! s.it ion, and 1 :r attiactions were
probably, derm d more fit,.t. the animation of her
manner!) and sallies of wit t o n am eminent
personal charms, it one mat ,V( : m ,,re.
-I 'it appearance; th.ogh time makiS s-e! huvoe,
and ih.c.ii -hills im h<,city mo; - sv. ddv in (, , , <,.
than ill I'.ngl ,nd. The mantlets of these lathes ate
i 'I'-is.n^, and thi;ir i ■ int cts.itn.n more inti-llertnal
'o.in that of tin- re-,' i ; t:n-;r com:': \ v. omen ; ;!i: \
■•.re often to he met wd!. in the at Athens—
lh<-' tV'v> at I' ast, t! it ..le e:ij ml a.u:d-t the gene
ral w reek an.I '-nnlnsion of the times.
I In- \thenUn women still preserve their ev • :•
’ :1,‘ m (lane an ! in the quickness of ti.v:e
"n rstti ; , and ta( d.q of learning lat.giuigt
teii.nl.. or, ; and in fickleness and io
' ”t '' n:aete;- list, i:,*- same may he said
t;i Hi.
’I • u"M- > i '■! t- (;- , t!,v banker v.\
A ; -- n-. he fore tl . :.r . t!l,
i
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must agreeable resort in Athens fur travellers. His
wife was a young and handsome (ireck, and of a
good figure, though rather short, spoke several lan
guages, and conversed with great vivacity and
shrewdness. A rich Knglish merchant, who often
vis ted at the house, where he met with the great
est hnspituhtx, fell in love with her; the passion
happened to he mutual, and madame (i-s, f r
getting her husband and family and Athene, and j
;.l! its attractions and associations, tied with the tea- j
v. Her to Constantinople. Abandoned 1 >\-her litis- j
‘.'.o,,!, s.ne experienced irom her lover an unhounded |
generosity. A relative «.f tlie t tiuilv followed him j
to the 1 in kish capital, ami s<-nt him a challenge to
tn* i t loin in the “ tieh! of ihe dr :ir 1,that immense j
burying ground covered with cvpress, that covers !
t io Inll above lVra. The traveller was there at >iin- !
r.sc, according to the appointment, hot tin- dial- j
letiLp r - con nee e having* tailed him, he never ap- |
poared; the Unglishman died, lmwcvi r, not many
months afterwards, of a li ter, and the lacly now
hvrs in (hmstantnmple in \erj good style, in the
i oj I, ment ol an e\ci llent inennn*, and a sullieient
circle ol (.reek acquaintance ; for the very Creek j
relatives who abused and upbraided her at first, I
finding she possessed plenty of mont-v, true to t!,eir ■
snpph and tickle* character, soon flocked about
bet again, nut without any censures or frow ns.
THE ZVXOjMITCR.
MH\(, I.AIlll'S
Nr\1 tu mothers, the younu; ladies have tin*
i ~t a .■■■net in running tin- characters of
t!h‘ otlt.-r m-\. Their influence eointnenres ;tt
a period v. In n it i. inn,t mailed. \ ,,iiilir in,-,,
;1111 n>»iu 11 their characters are in a an al men
-u,r l.innetl, ijtiire i-.itue powerful ,••>!raiuts
fi^l at the In.ie u ..(it t!ic\ arc hcriiiiim;r ae
• )'i:>in1> (1 with tin- w ill I. ami are beuiiminir to
iii'irc hey.aid the inspection ni a mother s eve
Tiic younc- females t\ iih u (mm thev nsmci.ite.
ate tin' "itartlians of their tiitues. ;.ml ae
Cn'intnhie for most of the ctd practices into
" • i1 11 !‘h'\ fall. It it rjui:» shut littleohserr aiiou
fo lie com iuceil that imi’titiah s of voting men.
who are oeslituti* o! rrhs'om, principles. pursue
that hue ol conduct n hieli is most jdcelv to meet
tin; views of the ..v' ladies with whom thev !
associate, am] t\ lie-e. a|>;>roli:iti.m tie \ desire \
[ < oiitain. There is not a vice pieval- nt aiming I
them that tvould not he r. limpd'h d.ttcir it re '
I'rohated, and the perpetrators of it avoided hr
the youtier. the fisli'oiinMe, and the intelliirent
ol' the sr\. >. me hut the must hardened am!
impudent I■,a«phrmer. te ill even now utter an ,
oath in tlie presence, ol any tr-p, eiuMe female, j
ll toe omission to do ‘rood or to prevent evil, !
ttm n in one’s potter, he. a crime, tthat a tic
tinut’ou s account we shall have to render on the |
semi ol profit!eiless, internperanee, eamhlin,:. !
a ml nm iiiu a' 1— 1 hr prnet ires, tt hieli f hs ur!i the
peace of society, mar the happiness if families. !
imirt moliiludes ti> death and perdition, and
ma-t iiltm-alely call down tlie indignation ol'
1 leaven on our count! v. niiidii he aeeailv if not
entirely, < xtcrniinatrd. Iiy a x isrorous ami jinii
cions crtoit on tlx- part of our sex. I.et tlir
practices thrinsi lx es ho unilbrmlx mentioned in
terms ol reprobation. anil let im avoid those xx Iio
pursue them asxxe would tin- midnight assassin
or the yri'at ndxcrsarx* ol (md and man.
| Fiitiuhf 1 i.' itw .
Some I inal- x Irm tin- power ol .-lehvmv, to
extract Irum tin- dross ol' ordinarx occurrences,
much ol the sterling ore of happiness. 'NInv
more it may he lea red. how oxer, ronxer Mo dross
all the little ore that an humhln or nlneine sta
lion may ath-rd. ft should he a stamlard rule
with ex ei \ ilo me sta- xx oman, to xx :-teh the pass
in-' incidents (,| each day or hour, for such
sxxeets as may flavour the monotonv of retired
hie, and sutler none such to escape her well r
imlated mind. On the other hand, she should
|iass li-htly over the in, vitalde mixture of p, ,
x erse vexatious occurrences xvhieh Ihux It,m
the 1 • ■ i tili; sources of domestic, trouble //,
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I’.xerx ixoman should know her oxvn ixS at,
points.and employ all In r reason and m.- imitx
to sfren-tln-n them. It she is passionate, or it ,
patient, or Iretlul. or hahituallx' di-contented,
xx o to the liU'hand xxho is doomed to In r soeietx .
if she does not eorreet tie s,- defects. Hut
slide xxoinan will subject the irrea'iilarities of
her temper to tin- strong; restraints ol n :wni an !
religion; and her hushand xx ill admire here ,a
slant siihtmssion to the severe ohii- dian ol !l‘
emit rol.—' //<.
I here is another distinctive eli.irarteri-tir. of
finales, w I lie 11 often sheds a lilin'lit i'll «! > n ii < ■ --! i
!i.t|i]iiiifss. This is (In- w.-ll known <!i fret o|' ;l
C-.IJH ii-i iij-s |. inpr-r. Sad indeed is tl, fat,- i I
th.it nn, n, w Ini e:i mint possibly conjecture w . |
h.nne „r II, I lid In- partner mav In- m. when !.
n turns f . her lv fVmn the r,r, s i \
hi". II" 111;i\ ;ts Weil . \j.eet In e alrli th it, , |
me ("■: i-- in the ruin how. to hriphteii hi- ii-.j
lie -lie hnuj's, .is to h;t-k ill the eiane-ernt rays
"• her swift ( h: 11! e i 11 e- Inner . I’.ot a uoi.ull) in'
l.!'<■!. ■■ t eoud sense, seller i nleiBCllt. altd V.I h
regulated temper, may confer 'idid and pern,a
in III happiness oil an anuahle, iuteliij,. nt in . ■
W leui the troid.les nl hie collie, tin \ are pro
j.ared to meet them with steady fortitude ; , m l,
e.intiiliiitme; to the support of the other micIi
powers as may not ire common to hoth- -then
interest- ate inseparably intei twin; d, nor «]-•*
tie v ever lee] a v.i-h to s-p >> ite them. 'I le ,i
alleytions llow forth in the sain: id,a:.m l ; ; . I
ttiit'ule in u stream that toll- hark to tin .r .
ted hearts a rich tribute. nt conninni . i : . -
It pleasure mines to one, it i : foil , ■ .
iml.l tile period of pa; tieip t'imi aim, Y\
temporary s, parad a:- t.do | '.. , ., I, |. ., ,
employed in i :i ' no , hlth- , ; . ; .
merit ay;aii;-i tie l.ou: ol i, i; ; '■ ., - p
benefits of -neh an:,,,, 1 i ,
fire It; of ptivate hi . ! ... . , ; ,