ORIGINAL MISCELLANY.

voR rRE ronrLAsp GAZETTE.
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BOR THE PO2TLAND GAZETTE.
Nature ha'h formed sirangs }sllosc, IL her time !.
Some Ma pi ersr more pep through heir ,ys,
.4nd Tough lake Parrsfs al a bagp,Per;


And others Of rseb rinegay aspect,


Thai M,y'u moi show their is III in 'oay Of smile,
Though Ne tor srsar the jsa be iaughable."


Mn. PRINTER L perceive the Bachelor has
discontinued his labours; ! regret it, for he af-
forded me and many oilers no little qualification /;
and why he should so soon rest his pen | cannot
imagine, unless il be. a reluctance to incur the
further animadversions Of some Of his female
friends, whose favor kn,w he highly values, or
to wound the delicate sensibility Of some young
gentlemen, whose nerves are, AZ present, in 4
be his reasons, as he does not choose again 10
give us his Tuesday morning lecture, permit me
for once to occupy hs place, and 10 follow " the
bent Of his humour." have lived long, sir, in
the world, and may perhaps he pressing and quer-
ulous, for | have seen much Of its vauities, and
am almost wearied with the endless variety of its
folies; still believe it good world and capable
Of vast improvement. W. have only to listen to
the admonitory whisperings Of experience, and
follow the lessons Of her teaching to become all
that the wisest and best would wish US. have
been conversant more than fall, to the ordinary
share Of men, with the customs and manners Of
manknd-l have seen worth and merit and ge-
MUS glowing through homespun, and ignorance,
stupidity and vice hid under jewels and a furred
robe; it may not therefore be surprising, that !
should have learnt to put little estimation upon
superficial appe arance, with how much fascina
ton soeves it may present itself; but rather to
prize that unobtrusve modesty, which seeks not
to bask in the broad blaze Of fsvor and fashion
that delights ever TO be the brightest gem in the
domestic crown-- and to respond the warm touch
es Of feeling, OF friendship aud Of love.


am fond admirer Of nature, and am grevea
to see her so masked, hand cufled, aye, sir, and
even laced in strait waistcoat, as is the Irevaii-
ing custom Of these times. II seems 10 me thai
we labous hard to Transform ourselves from the
simple objects of our being, aud make education,
ghith was intended 10 pr,ue and give drectici


. our luxuriani powers frittor them AL away. -


Ike the bed Of Procrustes, make them all cor
lorm to one standard-the present fashion. | love


, see nature burst through all the shackIes, which
he degs neracy Of circumstances would impose
upon her, and msintsn with unsubdoed Inde-
pendencc, proud eminenoe, above the locality.
Il may so cali il. of time and situation: and not
cut aud squared like the shrubhery of an old
Dutch garden, into thousand grotesque shapes
to grow just so high, extend just so far, and
look just so prim. How high does he arise in our
estimation. who bends no, down in alteration to
this idolatrous image Of fashion.-I do not he an
here simply the fashion Of drcss, hut AS we'll oI
opinion and Of all the mult;farous properties and
accidents, by which tins .nghty and heteroge
necu. Colossus is composed how high does be
arise, who does no, cast hls modes of thinking IN
another mans mould, nor adapt his principle. oi
action to another mans measure or in short ana
homcly language, who does rot pin his fai,l
and practice on another mans sleeve.' Nhe
find spch a person, whichI am sorry to say is o
rare occurrence. do esteem HIM beyond al
va lue; he is the only one, who is truly great


he embodies "a II the quai,ie. of greatness, aud i,


indeed the hero Of the tpick Of life. II is niterl,


impossible for man to be great, who is merel,
an initiative animal he is not great poet, VIII.
only translates, travesties, or whites Psrodies