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College Musings.
are made by families for famil y aggrandisement . She and her spouse were betrothed to one another when babies . I can hardly judge which were the greatest babes , they or their parents ! It poignantly grieved me to learn some years afterwards that the most heart-rending and miserable consequences to one of the parties had been the result , perhaps , of this ill-assorted connubial contract . But no more ! The reflection is in the hihest degree painful to him who though he could not love
g , them , for they never tried to cultivate his affection , yet preserved , in recollection of some particular acts of kindness , a sense of gratitude . I could never comprehend her—changeable as a cameleon—sometimes very affable—redolent of sincerity—at others distant and formal . I often suspected , may she forgive me if I judged uncharitably , her demeanour so fluctuating was the impulse of temper , which the effort to screen it from vulgar made her manners sometimes forbiddingI
eyes . enjoyed a sweet moonli ght walk home afterwards , listening to the singular chirping of the Corn-crake , or Land-rail , and ruminating upon the people I had just quitted . June 20 th . —The whole morning passed away as monotonously as usual . I relished an exquisite dip in the sea , but found the temperature of the water cooler than hitherto . Uneasy after dinner from my old intestine tormentor . If it can be called satisfaction to one ' suf
any s own - ferings , all literary men , from the great Dr . Johnson downwards , have experienced the pains and torments of dyspepsia , with all its hideous train of nervous maladies . After an earl y dinner , which my fashionable readers in the south may denominate , a luncheon , I adonised for a tea-party at three o ' clock ! . ' You may sneer , my lady , but now suppose
I alter names a little , and you will perceive what slight reasons you have for putting your lovely face out of countenance by that satirical expression of the lips , formed for every action but that of ill-nature . Fashionabl y speaking , you never dine til ! nine , but you lunch or tiffin at two . I have seen lords and ladies , and many of the leaders of haut-ton , eat at that meal what vulgar folk would call a dinner , and when their dinner appeared , was it surprising that they should afterwards be able to taste nothing , unless trifle
a , or a condiment equally meagre and vapid ! In my situation , without a being of my own caste , either in thought or circumstances of life , I was anxious , sojourning in a dull and comparativel y solitary quarter of the world , to have some variety for my amusement , ancl therefore equipped myself for the party , though arranged at so unfashionable an hour . Contrary as it was , however , to all established ideas and rules of town society , I never spent so charming an afternoon the whole period of ray rustication . Miss B was very ouizzical . a talent 1 think verv
unbecoming in young ladies- I played several rubbers at whist , and hatl her for my partner , but never held worse cards . The circumstance looked ominous , and I thought if I really entertained any serious , idea on the subject , it foreboded no future good to our acquaintance . We all bade our friendly host and hostess farewell for the evening , equally delighted with their entertainment and with each other . Bending my steps homeward aloneI halted to contemplate the silent grandeur of the
, moon ¦—that just emblem of calmness and solitude—rising in all her silvery lustre from the bosom of the ocean . Oh ! celestial are such contemplations to a forlorn and melancholy soul like mine . Beauteous orb ! thou art oft the companion of my midnight wanderings . She guided me to my couch . By the way , I must not forget to mention exerting my musical talents for the entertainment of the company during the
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College Musings.
are made by families for famil y aggrandisement . She and her spouse were betrothed to one another when babies . I can hardly judge which were the greatest babes , they or their parents ! It poignantly grieved me to learn some years afterwards that the most heart-rending and miserable consequences to one of the parties had been the result , perhaps , of this ill-assorted connubial contract . But no more ! The reflection is in the hihest degree painful to him who though he could not love
g , them , for they never tried to cultivate his affection , yet preserved , in recollection of some particular acts of kindness , a sense of gratitude . I could never comprehend her—changeable as a cameleon—sometimes very affable—redolent of sincerity—at others distant and formal . I often suspected , may she forgive me if I judged uncharitably , her demeanour so fluctuating was the impulse of temper , which the effort to screen it from vulgar made her manners sometimes forbiddingI
eyes . enjoyed a sweet moonli ght walk home afterwards , listening to the singular chirping of the Corn-crake , or Land-rail , and ruminating upon the people I had just quitted . June 20 th . —The whole morning passed away as monotonously as usual . I relished an exquisite dip in the sea , but found the temperature of the water cooler than hitherto . Uneasy after dinner from my old intestine tormentor . If it can be called satisfaction to one ' suf
any s own - ferings , all literary men , from the great Dr . Johnson downwards , have experienced the pains and torments of dyspepsia , with all its hideous train of nervous maladies . After an earl y dinner , which my fashionable readers in the south may denominate , a luncheon , I adonised for a tea-party at three o ' clock ! . ' You may sneer , my lady , but now suppose
I alter names a little , and you will perceive what slight reasons you have for putting your lovely face out of countenance by that satirical expression of the lips , formed for every action but that of ill-nature . Fashionabl y speaking , you never dine til ! nine , but you lunch or tiffin at two . I have seen lords and ladies , and many of the leaders of haut-ton , eat at that meal what vulgar folk would call a dinner , and when their dinner appeared , was it surprising that they should afterwards be able to taste nothing , unless trifle
a , or a condiment equally meagre and vapid ! In my situation , without a being of my own caste , either in thought or circumstances of life , I was anxious , sojourning in a dull and comparativel y solitary quarter of the world , to have some variety for my amusement , ancl therefore equipped myself for the party , though arranged at so unfashionable an hour . Contrary as it was , however , to all established ideas and rules of town society , I never spent so charming an afternoon the whole period of ray rustication . Miss B was very ouizzical . a talent 1 think verv
unbecoming in young ladies- I played several rubbers at whist , and hatl her for my partner , but never held worse cards . The circumstance looked ominous , and I thought if I really entertained any serious , idea on the subject , it foreboded no future good to our acquaintance . We all bade our friendly host and hostess farewell for the evening , equally delighted with their entertainment and with each other . Bending my steps homeward aloneI halted to contemplate the silent grandeur of the
, moon ¦—that just emblem of calmness and solitude—rising in all her silvery lustre from the bosom of the ocean . Oh ! celestial are such contemplations to a forlorn and melancholy soul like mine . Beauteous orb ! thou art oft the companion of my midnight wanderings . She guided me to my couch . By the way , I must not forget to mention exerting my musical talents for the entertainment of the company during the