ecame her pet and plaything, he was sadly disgusted with the animalculæ creeping out and in from her cheeks, and no more visible to those of her own class than worms are upon the cheek of beauty.
If we were a great man-- a poet, or a historian, or any of the things that are wont to run men and women mad — we should prefer to live as secluded a life as possible.
Certainly we think Shakespeare loses nothing by the twilight, in which his personal entity is enveloped, and we are not sure that Johnson gains much by the full glare of noonday in which his huge figure stands.
Byron is the great pet of all young ladies and young gentlemen.
The time has gone by, to be sure, when the latter were in the habit of shaving their foreheads and limping in their gait, to be as much like him as possible.
His personality now makes much less impression than his genius, which certainly was very great, since Milton, we think, unrivalled among the poets.
Still, it is customary with the class to whi
General Assembly of Virginia.[Extra session.]Senate.
Tuesday, March 19, 1861.
The Senate was called to order at 10½ o'clock, Mr. Johnson in the Chair.
Bills Reported.--A bill amending the charter of the town of Union, in the county of Monroe; a bill establishing a Board of Claims.
A resolution proposed by Mr. Paxton, changing the hour of meeting from 10 to 11 o'clock, was voted down.
A joint resolution was proposed by Mr. Pats, suspending, for 12 months, the judgment of the Circuit Court of Richmond city against Wm. Stratton and Henry Farley, of Logan county, upon a note for $1,950. Laid over under rules.
Virginia Canal Company.--On motion, House bill to incorporate the Virginia Canal Company, and to transfer the rights and franchises of the James River and Kanawha Company thereto, was referred to a committee, with instructions, to report as early as possible, Committee: Messrs. Neeson, Paxton, August, Logan, Douglass, and Brannon.
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