The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. II., No. 6, May, 1836

The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. II., No. 6, May, 1836

CRITICAL NOTICES SPAIN REVISITED: by Lieutenant Slidell SALLUST'S JUGURTHINE WAR, AND CONSPIRACY OF CATILINE: by Charles Anthon PARIS AND THE PARISIANS IN 1835: by Frances Trollope A LIFE OF WASHINGTON: by James K. Paulding DIDACTICSSOCIAL, LITERARY, AND POLITICAL: by Robert Walsh SKETCHES OF SWITZERLAND: by an American THE MARTYR'S TRIUMPH; BURIED VALLEY; AND OTHER POEMS: by Grenville Mellen Mr. Gazetteer,I was highly pleased with your last week's paper upon SCANDAL, as the uncommon doctrine therein preached is agreeable both to my principles and practice, and as it was published very seasonably to reprove the impertinence of a writer in the foregoing Thursday's Mercury, who, at the conclusion of one of his silly paragraphs, laments forsooth that the fair sex are so peculiarly guilty of this enormous crime: every blockhead, ancient and modern, that could handle a pen, has, I think, taken upon him to cant in the same senseless strain. If to scandalize be really a crime, what do these puppies mean? They describe itthey dress it up in the most odious, frightful and detestable colorsthey represent it as the worst of crimes, and then roundly and charitably charge the whole race of womankind with it. Are not they then guilty of what they condemn, at the same time that they condemn it? If they accuse us of any other crime they must necessarily scandalize while they do it; but to scandalize us with being guilty of scandal, is in itself an egregious absurdity, and can proceed from nothing but the most consummate impudence in conjunction with the most profound stupidity. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 68997
Author: Various
Release Date: Sep 16, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: T. W. White, Publisher and Proprietor
Publication Date: 1836
Publisher Country: United States

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Editor: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849