Sketch of a Man Poem Fragment
A partial poem muses on human complexity and the mind. It suggests man blends matter and spirit, drifts between ideas, and fears the future. Self love and envy shape his cautions as he seeks pleasure and happiness.
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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1830
Page
4
A partial poem muses on human complexity and the mind. It suggests man blends matter and spirit, drifts between ideas, and fears the future. Self love and envy shape his cautions as he seeks pleasure and happiness.
In a fierce frontier encounter near PomIGewussett and the Pemigewasset, Captain Baker and his New Hampshire hunters drive off a Parker-size Indian raid. Long Gun and Lang Gow of the party duel with the enemy. a swift night attack and deadly ambush conclude with the rangers retreating and burying their dead.
The piece reviews Levasher’s travelogue on Lafayette and America, noting errors in names and places such as Port Royal and Greek as a transient language. It discusses views on Boston churches, religious exclusions, preservation of revolutionary relics, and comments on New York’s public houses and drunkenness.
A Boston Courier piece notes crowded public inns with noisy walls and racing dinners. It tells of a French general who landed after his passport was forgotten and hid for a week to avoid arrest. The Charleston entrance and a garden visit are described, praising clergy unity among diverse faiths amid the book’s light satire.
An 1822 Paris social set tale recounts Mrs de L and her daughter Emily amid marriage schemes. Emily wed Mr de V under pressure to imitate an Egyptian mummy bound in linen for his amusement, with a brother secretly observing. The ritual ends tragically as Emily dies, bound for the husband’s perverse titillations.
A string of light verse riddles jokes comparing printers postmasters and a horse to human traits and gambling terms. It uses simple wordplay and pun based humor centered on common professions and actions.
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