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t c Itt1accustomed to receive al oar hands : nor ^v nuUI their inclination lead them to desire it.Their love of power consists in entwining ilum-elves around the heart, by arts of kindness nml idTertion. The untold tenderness of their gentle natures is always bestowed on objects wmthy of their love, and exerts n far .more powerful influence over the minds of i.icu,. limn vvouhl the omnipotent sceptre of le- { gal authority. This, then, being tin* ease, ; your correspondent has nothing to apprehend i v.ii that hcud. But he has something to fear t from the imputation he lias oust upon the gra- |f tiiude of the ladies ; and feeling as 1 do sentiments of the purest friendship for all the young«Mutlcmen of Athens, 1 am that, who.ever 1m may hi1, and notwithstanding his great-yflein c, he mav escape the witheting blast olbeauty’s frown. To this end. therefore, I wnild earnestly recommend him to retract theMops he has taken, and bowing m humble adoration before the slirino of beauty and ofvirtue, throw himself upon the mercy of the offended fair ones.'• Pure is the flame wliicli oYr the nllar burns ; Fimii grosser incense witti disgiiHt she lurns :Yd, Kind to youth, this expiation o’er, Sim bids tl.ee ‘ mend thy line nml sin ino more.’ ”The propriety of discussing the merits of a lady’s wurdrobo in a politie.nl newspaper, i-, in the most favorable view of it, at least ques-tineable. Tito task of criticism on Unit subject, belongs exclusively to that class of publications devoted to the use of the female por-tmn of community, of which a number arc extant in this eoun'ry. But cren there, it is no part of a gentleman’s business to offer his rc-ointks. We. have our own fashion*. and asTom: an ilie ladies refrain from visiting them !irwi f: that ridicule to which some of them are very pmporly entitled, it would manifest n|a res.* departure from generosity and gallantry in n*. to interfere with theirs. The fact is, | * I’aohilettes will he worn as long as the directors.TP-'of the fashions prescribe, and no longer, with-uit tegard to our praise or censure. For one, I conceive them very tasteful and highlyIntlt;1ivrpmpcr—others may nut admire tlmm; hut whatever may he said against them, the charge of indelicacy cannot reasonably tie urged tj* 1Your correspondent has taken us his “ m.xt, the poetical etTusion of some captions rhvnie-.-ter, who stylus himself “ Pliilo Ituller.Blt; fore closing 1 hnve a few words to say to him; but Iv.-t dull prose should not suit In.- harmonious , t ■ear, ! have resolved to rrv my baud at poetrv.srof although ‘I rnriy no'f success folly imitate |f o neat a prototype in shjle, 1 will at le si doit r measure ; conlideiitlv tru-ung tlutt Ins he , rjiign iut tnmd will duly appreciate thy effort. ,|
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Athans Athenian
Athens, Georgia, US
Tue, Jun 07, 1831
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