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Article THURLOGH, THE MILESIAN. ← Page 14 of 17 →
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Thurlogh, The Milesian.
all in all in some , yet , if awkwardly conducted , it will blight the prospects of many a flattering scheme , where , by a different course , success was inevitable . I once saw a maid , lovely as she was fair , and surrounded ivith the magnificence of all but regal grandeur : and I saw a youth , interesting and kind , lacking , it is true , the appendages of worldly magnificence , but on all the
other endowments , as well of body as of mind , as man could pretend to . I saw them together—I can never forget the sight : but how shall I find words to describe it ? It was at the young lady ' s house , on a summer ' s evening , about the middle of the month of August , that a party of visitors was convened . The groups were scattered every where around the room . Emma retained her position near the tea-table , and Henry , of course , was stuck beside her .
Between them there intervened but one , and that one was her father . Every eye was fixed upon the acknowledged lovers , and the most touching anxiety manifested in every face . The conversation turned upon the sceneiy of a certain watering-place , well known to all lovers of the beautiful and picturesque . Henry took share in it with the impassioned eloquence of love , heightened by the associations of his early days having been spent there , but much and unspeakably more
so by the consciousness that this was to be the very spot where that portion of human life , most unalloyed by worldly care , and exclusively consecrated to hymenrel pleasure , should , ere long , be exemplified in his own happy instance . This was a light that kindled up his soul and imparted its inspiration , not more to his words than to his looks—nor was it lost upon the sensibilities of the charming Emma , whose heaving breast evinced the fulness of her reciprocity .
They sat upon either side of the large arm-chair , upon which the father was reclining , each bearing upon an elbow of it , and by their gestures and their deference alternately acknowledging his approval . The father , on his part , was far from severe . He would fix his eyes now upon one , now upon the other , while the Wandness ofhis manner indicated all encouragement , and identified his own happiness with that of the pair beside him . Nay , to remove every doubt from the young aspirant's
mind , he rose from his arm-chair , left the room for an instant , and returned with a splendid and a blooming rose , which he offered to the lover's hand , emblematic of his intentions as to another fairer flower , which he would as willingly transfer to his care . Nothing could exceed Henry's rapture at this thrilling thought . A gleam of sunshine diffused itself over his soul ; for independently of the proverbial acuteness of a lover's apprehension , he had known that this was a favourite mode with the old gentleman , to intimate his sentiments by
actions . The party were now beginning to withdraw , and none of them departed without congratulating the intended bridegroom . The aunt , in particular , put into his hand a copy of lines , composed , as she declared , on the eve of a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Thurlogh, The Milesian.
all in all in some , yet , if awkwardly conducted , it will blight the prospects of many a flattering scheme , where , by a different course , success was inevitable . I once saw a maid , lovely as she was fair , and surrounded ivith the magnificence of all but regal grandeur : and I saw a youth , interesting and kind , lacking , it is true , the appendages of worldly magnificence , but on all the
other endowments , as well of body as of mind , as man could pretend to . I saw them together—I can never forget the sight : but how shall I find words to describe it ? It was at the young lady ' s house , on a summer ' s evening , about the middle of the month of August , that a party of visitors was convened . The groups were scattered every where around the room . Emma retained her position near the tea-table , and Henry , of course , was stuck beside her .
Between them there intervened but one , and that one was her father . Every eye was fixed upon the acknowledged lovers , and the most touching anxiety manifested in every face . The conversation turned upon the sceneiy of a certain watering-place , well known to all lovers of the beautiful and picturesque . Henry took share in it with the impassioned eloquence of love , heightened by the associations of his early days having been spent there , but much and unspeakably more
so by the consciousness that this was to be the very spot where that portion of human life , most unalloyed by worldly care , and exclusively consecrated to hymenrel pleasure , should , ere long , be exemplified in his own happy instance . This was a light that kindled up his soul and imparted its inspiration , not more to his words than to his looks—nor was it lost upon the sensibilities of the charming Emma , whose heaving breast evinced the fulness of her reciprocity .
They sat upon either side of the large arm-chair , upon which the father was reclining , each bearing upon an elbow of it , and by their gestures and their deference alternately acknowledging his approval . The father , on his part , was far from severe . He would fix his eyes now upon one , now upon the other , while the Wandness ofhis manner indicated all encouragement , and identified his own happiness with that of the pair beside him . Nay , to remove every doubt from the young aspirant's
mind , he rose from his arm-chair , left the room for an instant , and returned with a splendid and a blooming rose , which he offered to the lover's hand , emblematic of his intentions as to another fairer flower , which he would as willingly transfer to his care . Nothing could exceed Henry's rapture at this thrilling thought . A gleam of sunshine diffused itself over his soul ; for independently of the proverbial acuteness of a lover's apprehension , he had known that this was a favourite mode with the old gentleman , to intimate his sentiments by
actions . The party were now beginning to withdraw , and none of them departed without congratulating the intended bridegroom . The aunt , in particular , put into his hand a copy of lines , composed , as she declared , on the eve of a