diance over the plainest features. and will al
ways charm, when beauty has perished. Cor
: ''h t's hie was long and happy. She gladdened
the. In-aits of all around her, forming a striking
contrast to the short career of her unfortunate
i>ter, wh >se guide was impulse, and who sacri
‘•ced duty and priucijdv at tiie altar of passion.
BIOGRAPHY.
Maria is the daughter of Richard
I.ovelt Milgeworth, Kup of Kdgewor'.h-town, Ire
land, a gentleman distinguished in the literary
world for his talents and writings. The daughter
is s-.i 1 to eve! her parent in talents ; site has devot
ed herself to li'ciwry pursuits with real and ardor.—
One of h„r objects has been to pert bet the system
d female education, in which situ ha-in part suc
ceeded. As a novel-w 1 iter, she ranks among the. most
("'.incut; and the Irish character has never been
d: .'in with equal truth and spirit by any other wri.
tci Her publications, which are numerous, have
been well received on both sides of the Atlantic.
Mrs. Otiit .—This lady was born in 1771 She is
the daughter of l)r. Alderson, an eminent physician
ci Norwich. She early evinced superior talents, In
composing poems and descriptive pieces, at an age
v. he; young ladies have not usually hnisln-il the::
education. In 1798 she married Mr. Opie, a cele
brated painter ; and, soon after his death, in I Sod,
-he published a memoir of his life, prefixed to the
lectures he had read at the Royal Academy. By this
and other publications, she has acquired consider
able reputation, both as a prose and poetical writer,
Vrs, Sii!.'on* is the daughter of Mr. I!. Kemble.
She was born about the year 1749. This lady com
menced her career as a singer, but she soon relin
quished that enipl'wmenf, and attempted tragedy,
t In her appearance at Drurv-Lane theatre, 1784,
her success v. us complete : the public were aston
-bed at her powers, and she was a know lodged to
. c the first tragic, actress of the age. Tor more
• ban twenty years she retained her high rank as an
actress, and continued during that period, to en
aaut the lovers of the drama. >hc also possesses
considerable merit as a sculptor. Mrs Sibdons has
'accumulated at: ample property, with \v Inch silt- lias
retired from the stage to the quiet of domestic life.
• Inna 1titiu Barhauhi.— I his lady is the daugh
ter of the Kev. .lolin \iken, at; J'ngli-h diwnting
t lergyman, and wife of the Kev. It. lt.ubuuld, mas
ter of a school in Norfolk. She was born ,n the year
]~}-lj and was early instructed in the Latin and
flreek languages by her father, she is distinguished
Ibr her learning, us well as for her nuinc-r.ms writ
ings which have gained her great celebrity. She
■ now* far advanced in life, and vet retains great
vigor, both of intellect and b- !v. As a writer of
y:r.) e she has surpassed almost every female of her
time, and is equalled, for elegance of diction, ai.d
soundness of sense, by few of the other sex.
Joanna. Bui Hi* is a single lady, who resides chief
ly in her native country, Scotland. She is distin
guished for uer talents and writings, and has pub
i.sheu a scr.cs of plays in several volumes, illustra
tive of the strong passions of the mind. She lias
also written a collection of metrical legends of emi
tnent characters, in one volume.
1 * Mrs. Barbauld is not not now living.]
Muj't: D'.l-h/iU', better known by her maiden
name, ot Miss Frances llurney, is tiie daughter of
Or. llurney. Tliis lady has deservedly attracted
public attention, and gained a high reputation for
herself, by her writings. She unquestionably ranks
among the first female novel-writers of the age.—
Her fust work was Kvelina, published in 1777.—
1 o th.s succeeded Cecilia and Camilla : she has al
so written a tragedy, which has been performed on
the Knglish stage, and recently a novel, called the
Wanderer, or l'emale Difficulties. Madam D‘Ar
bi.«y is now a widow, and reside0, since the death
u! her husband, in Knglaml.—1 .V. 1. Mirror.
DF.SClill’TIOX Of WASHINGTON 111V1NC,
. t’lllior of (hr Skitch JJook, \c.
He is a very well dressed, good humored look
i mg' man ; il nut handsome, at least very prepos
sessing in appearance, though his countenance
has nut that intellectual expression which his
I writings woujd lead one to expect. The most
: remaikahle feature is his eye : it is large and
lull, with a very soft,dreamy expression—a look
I of indolent repose in il, w hich strikes one at first
sight, very forcibly. 1 - canned it. and fancied
that Mr. living could newer be accused of earlv
using ; and I have suspected that he admired
Cray s description of Paradise, •• to lie on a sofa
I and read new novels.’’ Hut with all this he pos
susses a keen perception of the ludicrous, and
.1 any object or phrase presents itself w hieh ex
cites his ha-ling, Ins eV(. lights up twill astonish
mg brilliancy ; the dreamy, dozing louk gives
| tv ay to an expression of wit and humor, of talent
I 'And irresistible mirth it is not ill-natured enough
I fw satire - which makes one readv to laugh with
| him.
VARIETY.
Cami'la. — “The character of Camilla,’’ sat-. Mr.
l’rooks, “the beloved of Foseuri," is admirable
drawn. It is a beautiful embodying of the noble
and generous qualities of a woman, firm and con
stant in lur affection, when man forsakes foscaii,
she clings the closer to him. When man persecutes
him with unworthy and injurious suspicion ; when
circumstances combine in confirmation of that sus.
pinion, her unchanged and unchangeable love as
serts his innocence, with warm ami well-placed con
fidence. Woman only is capable of this. Man is a
much more scliish being, and he deserts the unfor
tunate and the oppressed in the hour of trial—
when woman comes forward, to shelter and to save.
We have all proper respect for the male part of
creation ; but in friendship, or in love, one woman
hai more soul than a whole regiment of men.”
7’/n fur^iciwj: boy.—In a school at Yougal an
instance lately occurred, in the master's acciden
tal absence, of one hoy being provoked to strike
another, (in hearing the complaint, the mas
terdetennined on punishing the culprit.when the
aggrieved buy entreated pardon for the otl'en
der. On being asked why he interposed to pre
vent so just a punishment, lie said, “ I was read
in.r .n the new Testament latclv, that Jesus 1
Christ said we should forgive our enemies and
I wish to forgive him. and beg he may not he pun
ished for my sake.” This Christian plea was loo
powerful to he resisted. The oilender was par
doned, and the parents of the poor hov were ,
highly pleased at the circumstance. ,
knowi l.uiii:.
The following1 extracts are said to he from the
pen of Mr. liroughum :—
“ It may easily lie demonstrated, that there is an
advantage in learning, both for the usefulness am!
the pleasure of it * * * There is somethin .■
positively agreeable to all men—to all, at leas',
whose nature is not most grovelling and base, in
gaining knowledge for its own sake. When you
see any thing for the first time, you at once deri\e
some gratification from the sight being new ; ymn
attention is awakened, and you desire to know
more about it. If it is a piece of workmanship, as
an instrument, a machine of any kind, you wish to
know how it is made ; how it works ; and what use it
is of. If it is an animal, you desire to know where it
came from ; how it lives, what are its disposition -,
and generally its nature and habits. This desire
is felt too, without at all considering that the ma
chine or the animal may ever be of the least use u
yourself practically ; for in all probability you may
never see them again. Hut you feel a curiosity t >
learn all about them, because they are new arid un
known to you. You accordingly make inquiries ■
v ou feel a gratification in getting answers to yom
questions, that is, in receiving information, and ir.
knowing more—in being better informed than you
were before. If you ever happen again to see the
- a me instrument, or animal. \ on find it agreeable to
recollect hat ing seen it before, and to think that
you know something about it. If you see anothc
instrument or animal in some respects like, hut d.i
b ring in otiter particulars, you In 1 it pleasing to
compare them together ; and to note in what tin i
| agree and in what they differ. .Vow, all this kind
of gratilication is of u pure anil disinterested nature,
and lias no reference to any of the common purpo
ses of life ; yet it is a pleasure—an enjoyment. You
are nothing the richer for it ; you do not gratify
your palate or any other bodily appetite ; and yet
it is so pleasing that you would give something out
ot your pocket to obtain it, and could forego some
bodily enjoyment for Its sake. The pleasure deriv
ed from science is exactly of the like nature, or ra
ther it is the very same. For what has just been
referred to i.~, in fact, science, winch, in its most
comprehensive sense means only / nT.ilnlf’r .• and
in its ordinary sense means 1 /ivu lr<f"c rn/tic'i! lu a
•V '/' i/i , that is, arranged in a regular order, so as
to he conveniently taught, easily remembered, and
readily applied.”
rOl.OONR WATf.lt.
(tin female readers who arc disposed (o prac
ticc a litth' domestic economy, will find I }.<; lb I
lowing preparation of Cologne water, a very
cheap substitute for the Cologne water of the
shops, lor which they pay three or four hundred
per cent more than the cost of this. The pi in
eipal ingredient is worth one dollar per gallon,
at retail, by the druggists, and the perfumery
costs very little. To one pint of alcohol, add
sixty drops of lavender. .ixty do bergamot,
sixty do. essence o< lemon, sixty do • range wa
ter. To one gall, alcohol. put two hundir d and
forty drops of each of the perfumes.
Good nature is the very air of a good mind :
the sign of a large and generous soul, and the
peculiar soil in which virtue prospers—OV'"
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