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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction + Volume 10, No. 274, Saturday, September 22, 1827 + +Author: Various + +Release Date: February 27, 2004 [EBook #11330] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MIRROR OF LITERATURE, NO. 274 *** + + + + +Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Elaine Walker and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team. + + + + + + +</pre> + +<hr class="full" /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="page193" id="page193"></a>[pg 193]</span> +<h1>THE MIRROR<br /> + OF<br /> + LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.</h1> +<table width="100%" summary="VOL. 10 No. 274 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1827. PRICE 2d."> + <tr> + <td align="left" width="30%"><b>VOL 10. No. 274.]</b></td> + <td align="center"><b>SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1827.</b></td> + <td align="right" width="30%"><b>[PRICE 2d.</b></td> + </tr> +</table> +<hr class="full" /> +<h2>ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATIONS.</h2> +<h2>No. II.</h2> +<div class="figure" style="width:100%;"> <a href="images/274-1.png"><img width="100%" src="images/274-1.png" alt= + "THE TEMPLE CHURCH" /></a> <h3>THE TEMPLE CHURCH.</h3></div> +<p>The Temple Church,<a id="footnotetag1" name="footnotetag1"></a><a href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a> + London, was erected in the twelfth century; but among antiquarians considerable + difference of opinion at various times prevailed as to who were the original + builders of these round churches, which form the most striking and beautiful + specimens of the architectural skill of our Anglo-Norman ancestors. In England + there are four examples of round churches, almost in perfect preservation, namely, + the church of St. Mary, Temple; St. Sepulchre, Northampton; St. Mary, Cambridge; + and that of Little Maplestead, Essex. It was long thought that they were of + Jewish origin; but through the ingenious and learned essays of Mr. Essex and + of Mr. Britton, this erroneous notion has been entirely removed. Mr. Essex, + in his Essay, observes, in support of his opinion, that "their Temple at + Jerusalem was not of a circular form, neither was the Tabernacle of Moses; nor + do we find the modern Jews affect that figure in building their synagogues. + It has, however, been generally supposed that the round church at Cambridge, + that at Northampton, and some others, were built for synagogues by the Jews + while they were permitted to dwell in those places. But as no probable reason + can be assigned for this supposition, and I think it is very certain that the + Jews who were settled in Cambridge had their synagogue, and probably dwelled + together in a part of the town now called the Jewry, so we may reasonably conclude + the round churches we find in other parts of this kingdom were not built by + the Jews for synagogues, whatever the places may be called in which they stand."—It + has been generally allowed by these and other writers on archaeology, that the + primitive church of this form was that of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, and + that the Temple Church at London was built by the Knights' Templars, whose occupation + was the protection of Christian pilgrims against the Saracens. It has been further + urged by <span class="pagenum"><a name="page194" id="page194"></a>[pg 194]</span> +a correspondent (Charles Clarke, Esq. F.S.A.) in the first volume of + Britton's "Architectural Antiquities," that two of the before-mentioned + round churches, namely, Northampton and Cambridge, were in fact built by "affluent + crusaders, in imitation of that of the Holy Sepulchre;" and in support + of his opinion he cites several historical notices.</p> +<p>The late perfect restoration of the Temple Church ought to be proudly recorded + in our architectural annals. The excellence of the workmanship, and the native + purity of the detail, evince not only scientific skill, but also a laudable + motive of preserving this antique specimen of pure Anglo-Norman architecture + from the ravages of time. Let the architect's attention be directed to the western + doorway, and also to the interior of the church; and here, in good preservation, + he will see excellent specimens of their mode of ornamenting the moldings by + the cable, the lozenge, the cheveron, the nail-head, the billet, &c. &c., ornaments + peculiar to the <i>round style</i>. The circular-headed windows, with their + slender columns, also show, that in the restoration the style has not been tampered + with; but substantial authorities have been quoted to perfect this praiseworthy + attempt of the architect. That part of the church which has been added at a + later date than the circular part, and for the convenience of divine worship, + is lighted by the beautiful proportioned triple lancet-shaped windows, so justly + admired. A writer in the <i>Gentleman's Magazine</i> for May, 1827, after making + some judicious remarks, seems to think the crosses on the ends of the building, + "as not in character with the building." Now as to architectural propriety + in the decorations of a Christian church, no ornament could be better devised; + and if we proceed to the antiquity of such ornament, I would observe, that the + adoption would be equally correct, that being the insignia of the banner under + which the Knights' Templars originally fought.</p> +<p class="source">C. DAVY.</p> +<hr /> +<h3>BRIDGET TROT AND TIMOTHY GREEN.</h3> +<h4><i>(For the Mirror.)</i></h4> +<p class="quote"> "'Tis a common tale,<br /> + An ordinary sorrow of man's life;<br /> + A tale of silent sufferings, hardly clothed<br /> + In bodily form."</p> + +<p class="quote"> WORDSWORTH. </p> +<div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Miss Bridget <i>Trot</i>, a "<i>wo</i>"-man was,</p> + <p class="i2">Of excellent repute,</p> + <p>Who <i>kept a stand</i> in Leadenhall,</p> + <p class="i2">And there disposed of fruit.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>And though in features rather <i>dark</i>,</p> + <p class="i2">No <i>fairer</i> could be found;</p> + <p>For what she sold, like <i>ringing</i> gold,</p> + <p class="i2">When <i>peeled</i>, was always <i>sound!</i></p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>She had moreover notions <i>high</i>, </p> + <p class="i2">And thought herself above</p> + <p>The very <i>low</i>-ly common way </p> + <p class="i2">Of <i>falling</i> into love.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>And therefore when to her his <i>suit</i> </p> + <p class="i2">A <i>Snip</i> did often press</p> + <p>With vows of love, she <i>cut</i> him <i>short</i> </p> + <p class="i2">At <i>length</i>, without <i>re-dress</i>.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Yet nothing odd was there in this </p> + <p class="i2">One case, it must be said;</p> + <p>For who that wish'd a <i>perfect</i> man </p> + <p class="i2">Could with a <i>ninth part</i> wed?</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Not she for one, whatever he </p> + <p class="i2">Might do to make him <i>smart</i>,</p> + <p>And howsoe'er her saying "Nay" </p> + <p class="i2">Might add it to his heart.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>'Tis very strange, (yet so it is,) </p> + <p class="i2">That vows should go for naught.</p> + <p>But she who <i>strove</i> to 'scape love's <i>toils</i> </p> + <p class="i2">Quite unawares was caught!</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>For though so <i>hard</i> to Snip <i>at first</i>, </p> + <p class="i2"><i>At last</i> it chanced that she</p> + <p>A sort of soft emotion felt </p> + <p class="i2">Towards one Timothy,</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>A butcher—<i>Green</i> by name, but <i>red</i> </p> + <p class="i2">In face, as was his cap,</p> + <p>And though he seldom tasted <i>wine</i>, </p> + <p class="i2">A <i>port</i>-ly sort of chap.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>This man one day in passing by, </p> + <p class="i2">In taste for what she'd got,</p> + <p>Saw Biddy's stall—and 'twas her <i>fate</i> </p> + <p class="i2">To sell to him a <i>lot!</i></p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>She thought his manners very sweet, </p> + <p class="i2">He gave so fond a gaze;</p> + <p>(But dashing <i>blades</i> of such like trades </p> + <p class="i2">Have ever <i>killing</i> ways!)</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>And whilst he paid the <i>coppers</i> down, </p> + <p class="i2">He had the <i>brass</i> to say</p> + <p>Her <i>fruit</i> was sweet, but sweeter still </p> + <p class="i2">The <i>apple</i> of her eye.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Besides all this, he looked so neat </p> + <p class="i2">Whilst shouldering his tray;</p> + <p>So what with <i>steel, et cetera,</i> </p> + <p class="i2">Her heart was <i>stole</i> away!</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Lo! <i>shortly after</i> both agreed, </p> + <p class="i2">They fixed the wedding day,</p> + <p>But <i>long before</i> that day arriv'd </p> + <p class="i2">He took to stop away!</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>From that same time her peace of mind </p> + <p class="i2">And comfort were at <i>steak</i>—</p> + <p>She did so <i>lean</i> to Mr. Green, </p> + <p class="i2">Her heart was like to break!</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>At last she went one morn to see </p> + <p class="i2">What he could be about,</p> + <p>And hoped, alone, to find him <i>in</i>, </p> + <p class="i2">But he had just popt <i>out</i>.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>She ax'd, "Is Mr. Green at home?" </p> + <p class="i2">Of one who, with a laugh,</p> + <p>Replied, "He's not! but if you please </p> + <p class="i2">I'll fetch <i>his better half</i>."</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"His what?" scarce <i>uttered</i> Bridget out, </p> + <p class="i2">With <i>utter</i>most dismay;</p> + <p>And <i>there</i> she stopt, she could no more, </p> + <p class="i2">And nearly swoon'd <i>away!</i></p> + </div> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page195" id="page195"></a>[pg 195]</span> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>But when at length she was herself, </p> + <p class="i2">And saw her faithless clown.</p> + <p>She straightway went to blow him <i>up</i>, </p> + <p class="i2">But got a good set <i>down</i>!</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Oh, cold and faithless Tim," quoth she, </p> + <p class="i2">"You vowed you couldn't <i>smother</i></p> + <p>Your <i>burning</i> love for me, but now </p> + <p class="i2">You're married to another!"</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Is this the way you treat me, sir? </p> + <p class="i2">Too <i>cheaply</i> was I bought!</p> + <p>I loved you <i>dearly</i>, but it seems </p> + <p class="i2">That that <i>all went for naught</i>."</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>She sighed, and gave one parting look, </p> + <p class="i2">Then tore herself away</p> + <p>From her false swain and Mrs. Green, </p> + <p class="i2">For ever and a day!</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>And <i>very</i> soon got <i>very</i> ill, </p> + <p class="i2">And <i>very</i> quick did die,</p> + <p>And <i>very</i> truly <i>veri</i>fied </p> + <p class="i2">Her love for Timothy!</p> + </div> +</div> +<p class="source">W.R.H.</p> +<hr /> + +<h3>GREAT BELL OF GLASGOW.</h3> +<h4><i>(For the Mirror.)</i></h4> + +<p>In the steeple of Glasgow is a great bell, which is twelve feet one inch in + circumference, and has a grave and deep tone. In 1789, it was accidentally cracked + by some persons who got admission to the steeple. It was, therefore, sent to + London, and cast anew. On the outside of it is the following inscription:—</p> + +<p align="center" class="center"> In the year of grace<br /> + 1594,<br /> + Marcus Knox,<br /> + a merchant of Glasgow,<br /> + zealous for the interests of the reformed religion,<br /> + caused me to be fabricated in Holland<br /> + for the use of his fellow citizens in Glasgow,<br /> + and placed me with solemnity<br /> + in the tower of their cathedral.<br /> + My function<br /> + was to announce, by the impress on my bosom,<br /> + (Me audito venias doctrinam sanctam ut discas;<a id="footnotetag2" name="footnotetag2"></a><a href="#footnote2"><sup>2</sup></a>)<br /> + and<br /> + I was taught to proclaim the hours of unheeded time.<br /> + 195 years had I sounded these awful warnings,<br /> + when I was broken<br /> + by the hands of inconsiderate and<br /> + unskilful men.<br /> + In the year 1790,<br /> + I was cast into the furnace,<br /> + refounded at London,<br /> + and returned to my sacred vocation.<br /> + Reader,<br /> + thou also shall know a resurrection,<br /> + may it be to eternal life.<br /> + </p> +<p class="source">MALVINA.</p> +<hr /> + +<h3>FANCY.</h3> +<h4><i>(For the Mirror.)</i></h4> +<div class="poem"> +<div class="stanza"> +<p><i>Me</i>, oft hath Fancy, in her fitful dream,</p> +<p> Seated within a far sequestered dell,</p> +<p> What time upon the noiseless waters fell, </p> +<p> Mingled with length'ning leafy shade, a gleam </p> +<p> Of the departing sun's environ'd beam; </p> +<p> While all was hush'd, save that the lone death-bell </p> +<p> Would seem to beat, and pensive smite mine ear </p> +<p> Like spirit's wail, now distant far, now near: </p> +<p> Then the night-breeze would seem to chill my cheek, </p> +<p> And viewless beings flitting round, to <i>speak!</i> </p> +<p> And then, a throng of mournful thoughts would press </p> +<p> On this, my wild-ideal loneliness. </p> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<p>Me, oft hath Fancy too, in musing hour</p> +<p>Seated (what time the blithesome summer-day </p> +<p> Was burning 'neath the fierce meridian ray) </p> +<p> Within that self-same lonely woodland bow'r </p> +<p> So sultry and still; but <i>then</i>, the tower, </p> +<p> The hamlet tow'r, sent forth a roundelay; </p> +<p> I seem'd to hear, till feelings o'er me stole </p> +<p> Faintly and sweet, enwrapping all my soul, </p> +<p> Joy, grief, were strangely blended in the sound. </p> +<p> The light, warm sigh of summer, was around, </p> +<p> But ne'er may speech, <i>such</i> thoughts, <i>such</i> visions tell, </p> +<p> Then, perfect most, when <i>indescribable!</i> </p> +</div> </div> +<p class="source">M.L.B.</p> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>FINE ARTS</h2> +<hr /> + +<h3>THE PROGRESS OF PAINTING IN FRANCE.</h3> +<h4><i>(For the Mirror.)</i></h4> + +<p>Whether the French were first indebted to the Roman school for their knowledge + of the art of painting is a matter of some doubt; indeed, several celebrated + French writers affirm, that they first had recourse to the Florentine and Lombard + schools; while others very strenuously declare, on the other hand, that the + Venetian artists were alone resorted to, on account of the remarkable splendour + of their colouring. A late author, however, observes, that the French do not + appear to have imitated any school whatever, but to have adopted a style peculiar + to themselves, which though perhaps not a noble one, is nevertheless pleasing. + Though it is acknowledged that the French have a particular style, (i.e. a style + of their own,) yet their progress in the arts has been exceedingly fluctuating + and uncertain, so that it is actually impossible to ascertain who was the first + reputable artist amongst them. Cousin was a painter on glass, and certainly + obtained a good reputation amongst his countrymen. But he in fact possessed + very little merit, and his name would not doubtless have been known to posterity + had he not lived in a barbarous age, when the people knew not how to + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page196" id="page196"></a>[pg 196]</span> +discriminate + his errors and defects. He was supposed to be the best artist of his day, and + consequently gained a reputation as such, though his works are far beneath mediocrity.</p> +<p>Francis I. was a great encourager of the fine arts, and the artists themselves + were liberally paid for their productions, until that king was unfortunately + taken prisoner at the battle of Pavia, in the year 1525. After the death of + Francis, the kingdom was distracted with civil wars, so that painting was entirely + neglected by his immediate successors. In the year 1610, however, Louis XIII. + recovered the arts from their languid state. In his reign, Jaques Blanchard + was the most flourishing painter; although Francis Perier, Simon Voüet, + C.A. Du Fresnoy, and Peter Mignard, were equally gifted.</p> +<p>Of Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy, author of a Latin poem, entitled <i>De Arte + Graphica</i>, I shall attempt a little account. This painter was born at Paris + in the year 1611. His father, intending him for the profession of physic, sent + him to the university of Paris, where he made great progress in his studies, + and obtained several prizes in poetry. He had a great inclination for painting + as well as for poetry, and, though much against his father's desire, resolved + to leave off the study of physic, and commence that of drawing. The force of + his inclination subduing every measure adopted to suppress it, he took every + opportunity of cultivating his favourite study. Leaving college, he placed himself + under Francis Perier, from whom he learned the art of designing. He afterwards + thought fit to travel into Italy, where he arrived in 1633. Being abandoned + by his parents, who were highly incensed at his having rejected the study of + physic, he was reduced to the utmost distress on his arrival at Rome, and was + compelled to paint trifling pieces for his daily subsistence. After two years + of extreme toil and difficulty, he was relieved by the arrival of Mignard, the + artist, who had formerly been the companion of his studies. Mignard evinced + the warmest regard for his friend, and they were afterwards known in Rome by + the name of the <i>inseparables</i>, for they lived in the same house, worked + together, and united the produce of their labours. They were employed to copy + all the best pictures in the Farnese Palace, and every evening attended an academy + of drawing. Mignard was superior in practice, while Fresnoy was perfect master + of the rules, history, and theory of his profession. They communicated their + sentiments to each other, Fresnoy furnishing his friend with noble ideas, and + the latter instructing the former to paint with more ease and dispatch. Fresnoy + painted several fine pictures in Rome, and, in 1653, he left that city, in company + with his friend, travelled to Venice, and then to Lombardy. Here the two friends + parted,<a name="footnotetag3" id="footnotetag3"></a><a href="#footnote3"><sup>3</sup></a> + Mignard returning to Rome, and Fresnoy to his native city. After his arrival + in Paris, he painted some beautiful historical pictures, which established his + reputation. He perfectly understood architecture, and drew designs for many + elegant mansions in Paris. During his travels in Italy, he planned and composed + his <i>De Arte Graphica</i>, an excellent poem, full of valuable information, + and containing unerring rules for the painter. This poem was twenty years in + hand, and was not published until three years<a name="footnotetag4" id="footnotetag4"></a><a href="#footnote4"><sup>4</sup></a> + after the author's death, which took place in 1665. It has been observed, that + Fresnoy possessed the genius requisite for forming a great master; and had he + applied himself more strictly to painting, and educated pupils, he would doubtless + have proved one of the greatest painters France ever produced. But, possessing + high literary talents, he chose to lay down <i>precepts</i> for his countrymen, + rather than to present them with <i>examples</i> of his art. He adhered too + closely to the theory of painting, neglecting the more essential part—practice.</p> +<p>In the reign of Louis XIV., Nicholas Poussin distinguished himself as a painter, + by displaying exquisite knowledge and great skill in composition. He generally + painted ancient ruins, landscapes, and historical figures. He was likewise well + acquainted with the manners and customs of the ancients; and, though he educated + no pupils, and never had any imitators, his pictures are universally admired + in every European country. Charles le Brun<a name="footnotetag5" id="footnotetag5"></a><a href="#footnote5"><sup>5</sup></a> + established the French school,—an undertaking which Voüet had previously + attempted. Le Brun drew well, had a ready conception, and a fertile imagination. + His compositions are vast, but, in various instances, they may justly be termed + <i>outre</i>. He possessed the animation, but not the inspiration of Raphael; + and his design is not so pure as that of Domenichino, nor so lively as that + of Annibale Caracci. Eustache le Seur, Le Brun's rival, possessed remarkable + dignity, and wonderful correctness of style. Indeed, by some he has been called + the Raphael of France. Had he lived longer, <span class="pagenum"><a name="page197" id="page197"></a>[pg 197]</span> +(for he died at the age of thirty-eight,) + the French school, under his direction, would most probably have adopted a manner + which might have been imitated, and which might have established the arts on + an eminence to vie with even imperial Rome. But, by the concurrence of extraordinary + circumstances, Le Brun was the fashionable painter of the time, and it therefore + became necessary to imitate <i>his</i> manner, rather than the more simple and + more refined one of his rival. As Le Brun's imitators wanted his genius, his + faults not only became current, but more glaring and deformed.</p> +<p>After Le Brun's death, which took place in 1690, the French artists degenerated + greatly, their productions being decorated in a gaudy and theatrical way, without + due regard to taste or decorum. Their school, some years ago, altered its principles, + under the auspices of the spirited Count de Caylus, who possessed considerable + merit as an artist. The count, by his high rank and fortune, had the means of + encouraging the imitators of the ancients, and of procuring the best models + in Italy for study. He, in conjunction with Monsieur Vien, first formed the + design of restoring a pure taste in France; and if his countrymen had followed + the path thus marked out for them, they would now have been equal to the greatest + of the Greek painters. But it appears that they are incapable of rising to any + very extraordinary height in the arts, for, with the exception of Le Seur, and + one or two others, they have ever wanted that elevation of mind which so eminently + distinguished the Romans. Though De Caylus greatly purified painting in his + time, yet his precepts and examples had little or no weight after his death, + for the art again retrograded into its original state—a state from which + the French professors, as before observed, seem incapable of rising.</p> +<p>In our own days some few French artists have distinguished themselves, particularly + Lefevre, who was the chief painter to Napoleon. A full-length portrait of the + emperor in his coronation robes, for which Lefevre received the sum of five + thousand Napoleons, and which I have lately had the pleasure of seeing, is very + correct in drawing, and extremely rich and harmonious in colour; but it wants + freedom and boldness of execution.</p> +<p>To conclude—the French are acknowledged to do pretty well within the + precincts of their own country, though few of their pictures will stand in competition + with those of the Italians, or with those produced in our own school.</p> +<p class="source">G.W.N.</p> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS.</h2> +<h2>No. XIII.</h2> +<hr /> + +<h3>SINGULAR JEWISH CUSTOM.</h3> + +<p>Burckhardt, in his "Travels through Syria," &c. informs us, that + at Tiberias, one of the four holy cities of the Talmud, the Jews observe a singular + custom in praying. While the rabbin recites the Psalms of David, or the prayers + extracted from them, the congregation frequently imitate, by their voice or + gestures, the meaning of some remarkable passages; for example, when the rabbin + pronounces the words, "Praise the Lord with the sound of the trumpet," + they imitate the sound of the trumpet through their closed fists. When "a + horrible tempest" occurs, they puff and blow to represent a storm; or should + he mention "the cries of the righteous in distress," they all set + up a loud screaming; and it not unfrequently happens, that while some are still + blowing the storm, others have already begun the cries of the righteous, thus + forming a concert which it is difficult for any but a zealous Hebrew to hear + with gravity.</p> + +<h3>CHARACTER OF THE KARPIANS, (ARABS.)</h3> + +<p>They are such consummate thieves and rogues, that, according to an ancient + tradition still current among them, they once tricked the devil himself. The + story is as follows:—The devil had acquired a right to their fields, on + which they agreed with him, that when their crops were ripe, they should retain + the upper part and the devil should have the lower. They sowed all their lands + with wheat, and the devil of course had nothing but the straw for his share. + Next year the old gentleman, fully determined not to be again so bamboozled, + stipulated that the upper part should belong to him and the lower to the Karpians; + but then they sowed all their grounds with beet, turnips, and other esculent + roots, and so the devil got nothing but the green tops for his portion.</p> +<p class="source"><i>Memoirs of Artemi.</i></p> + +<h3>THE MODERN WELSH.</h3> + +<p>The people of the principality are clean and industrious; there is, however, + in the nature of a Welshman such a hurriness of manner and want of method, that + he does nothing well; for his mind is over anxious, diverted from one labour + to another, and hence every thing is incomplete, and leaves the appearance of + confusion and negligence. The common exercises of the Welsh are running, leaping, + swimming, wrestling, throwing the <span class="pagenum"><a name="page198" id="page198"></a>[pg 198]</span> +bar, dancing, hunting, fishing, and playing + at fives against the church or tower; and they constitute the joy of youth, + and the admiration of old age. The convivial amusements are singing and versification. + In these favourite exercises the performers are of humble merit; the singing + is mere roar and squeak; and the poetical effusions are nonsense, vested in + the rags of language; and always slanderous, because the mind of the bard is + not fertile in the production of topics. The Welsh character is the echo of + natural feeling, and acts from instantaneous motives. The fine arts are strangers + to the principality; and the Welshman seldom professes the buskin, or the use + of the mallet, the graver, or the chisel; but although deficient in taste, he + excels in duties and in intellect.</p> +<p class="source"><i>Jones's History of Wales.</i></p> + +<h3>ITALIAN WOMEN.</h3> + +<p>Italy and England are undoubtedly possessed of a greater share of female beauty + than any other country in Europe. But the English and Italian beauties, although + both interesting, are very different from one another. The former are unrivalled + for the delicacy and bloom of their complexions, the smoothness and mild expression + of their features, their modest carriage, and the cleanliness of their persons + and dress; these are qualities which strike every foreigner at his landing. + On my first arrival in England, I was asked by a friend how I liked the English + women; to which I replied that I thought them all handsome. This is the first + impression they produce. There is an air of calmness and pensiveness about them, + which surprises and interests particularly a native of the south. They seem + to look, if I may apply to them the fine lines of one of their living poets—</p> +<div class="poem"> +<div class="stanza"><p>"With eyes so pure, that from the ray</p> +<p>Dark vice would turn abash'd away;</p> +</div> + <hr class="poem" /> + <div class="stanza"> +<p>Yet fill'd with all youth's sweet desires,</p> +<p>Mingling the meek and vestal fires</p> +<p>Of other worlds, with all the bliss</p> +<p>The fond weak tenderness of this."</p> +</div> +</div> +<p>The Italian beauties are of a different kind. Their features are more regular, + more animated; their complexions bear the marks of a warmer sun, and their eyes + seem to participate of its fires; their carriage is graceful and noble; they + have generally good figures; they are not indeed angelic forms, but they are + earthly Venuses. It has been supposed by some, that the habitual view of those + models of ideal beauty, the Greek statues, with which Italy abounds, may be + an indirect cause conducing to the general beauty of the sex; be that as it + may, I think the fine features and beautiful forms of the Italian fair have + a great influence upon the minds of young artists, and this is perhaps one of + the principal reasons why Italy has so long excelled in figure painters. A handsome + female countenance, animated by the expression of the soul, is among the finest + works of nature; the sight of it elevates the mind, and kindles the sparks of + genius. Raphael took the models of his charming Madonnas from nature. Titian, + Guido, Caracci, and others, derived their ideas of female beauty from the exquisite + countenances so frequent in their native country.</p> +<p class="source"><i>Italy in the Nineteenth Century.</i></p> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>MY COMMON-PLACE BOOK.</h2> +<h2>No. XXII.</h2> +<hr /> + +<h3>A LINNET AT SEA.</h3> + +<p>It has been often observed, that birds, in the course of their flight from + one country to another, will frequently resort to the rigging of a ship, as + a resting-place in their transit across the wide ocean. Mr. Gray, in his "Letters + on Canada," gives the following instance:—Among the extraordinary + things, he observes, one meets with at sea, it is not one of the least surprising + to observe small <i>land birds</i> several hundred miles from land. I was sitting + on deck, when, to my great surprise, my attention was arrested by the warbling + of a bird. I looked up, and saw a <i>linnet</i> perched on the rigging, and + whistling with as much ardour as if on a bush in a green meadow. It is not a + little astonishing how these little birds should be able to continue on the + wing so long as is necessary to fly several hundreds of miles, particularly + when the usual shortness of their flight is considered. They continue sometimes + with a vessel several days, and are frequently caught by the sailors; but it + is remarked that they seldom live, though every care is taken to give them proper + food. When the vessel rolls much, they find it difficult to retain their footing + on the rigging, and you see them forced, as it were, to resume their flight + in search of a better resting-place.</p> + +<h3>THE ADVANTAGES OF AFFLICTION.</h3> +<div class="poem"> +<div class="stanza"> +<p class="i2">Behold this vine,</p> +<p>I found it a wild tree, whose wanton strength</p> + <p>Had swollen into irregular twigs</p> +<p>And bold excrescences,</p> +<p>And spent itself in leaves and little rings;</p> +<p>So in the flourish of its outwardness</p> +<p>Wasting the sap and strength</p> +<p>That should have given forth fruit;</p> +<p>But when I pruned the tree,</p> +<p>Then it grew temperate in its vain expanse</p> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="page199" id="page199"></a>[pg 199]</span><p>Of useless leaves, and knotted, as thou seest,</p> +<p>Into these full, clear clusters, to repay</p> +<p>The hand that wisely wounded it.</p> +<p>Repine not, O my son!</p> +<p>In wisdom and in mercy heaven indicts,</p> +<p>Like a wise leech, its painful remedies.</p> +</div> +</div> +<p class="source">SOUTHEY.</p> + +<h3>WEATHERCOCKS.</h3> + +<p>Weathercocks do not always show the real direction of a very gentle wind. The + strange figures of them, usually the productions of capricious fancy, is one + cause of their imperfection as vanes to indicate the wind. Griffins, half-moons, + foxes, or figures of St. Margaret and the dragon, are not good shapes for weathercocks, + which ought to be plain fans, the large surface of one side being counterbalanced + against the weight of the other.</p> + +<h3>THE VALUE OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.</h3> + +<p>A general, though superficial acquaintance with such subjects as well-educated + men and women talk about in mixed society is absolutely necessary. A practised + eye will easily distinguish the silence of modest attention from the mute weariness + of ignorance. The most inveterate talker, if he be not quite a fool, desires + to be listened to as well as heard; and a "yes" or a "no" + may be placed and accented so as to show intelligence, or betray stupidity. + Grace in action and deportment is so essential, that it may almost be said to + make all that is beautiful in beauty. We do not mean that a lady should, in + dancing, walking, or sitting, display attitudes worthy of a painter's model. + In walking we, however, recommend something between the listless saunter of + a she-dandy, and the bustling gait of a notable body, who perhaps saves three + minutes out of four-and-twenty hours, by doing every thing throughout the day + with a jerk and a toss.—Dancing, unless it be done quietly and gracefully, + without the fatal results of a shining face, and red neck and arms, it is far + better to forbear altogether, it being a very superfluous quality in a gentlewoman; + whereas <i>to please</i> by all honest means is her proper calling and occupation. + A high degree of <i>positive</i> grace is very rare, especially in northern + climates, where the form is degraded and spoiled by ligatures and by cold; but + every woman may attain to <i>negative</i> grace, by avoiding awkward and unmeaning + habits. The incessant twirling of a reticule, the assiduous pulling of the fingers + of a glove, opening and shutting a book, swinging a bell-rope, &c. betray + either impatience and weariness of the conversation, disrespect of the speakers, + or a want of ease and self-possession by no means inseparably connected with + modesty and humility; those persons who are most awkward and shy among their + superiors in rank or information being generally most over-bearing and peremptory + with their equals or inferiors. We are almost ashamed, in the nineteenth century, + to say any thing concerning personal neatness; but cannot forbear hinting, that + clean gloves and neat shoes aid the captivating powers of a lady much more certainly + than pearl ear-rings or gold chains—that clean muslin is more bewitching + than dirty <i>blond lace</i>—and that a pocket-handkerchief should be + like a basilisk, a thing heard of, but never seen; we mean in the capacity in + which our cold-catching, rheum-exciting climate calls it into action.</p> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>SELECT BIOGRAPHY.</h2> +<h2>No. LVII.</h2> +<hr /> + +<h3>KARL THEODORE KORNER.</h3> + +<p>Korner is one of the poets of whom modern Germany is justly proud. His was + not the mere theoretic heroism which contents itself with celebrating the deeds + of others. His own conduct embodied the most noble conceptions of his imagination, + and his life and death exhibited a splendid example of the patriotism which + breathed throughout his verse. He was born at Dresden in 1791. His education + was of the most careful kind. He was not only instructed in various branches + of learning, but the elegant accomplishments of the fine arts were added, and + the exercises of the body were not less attended to than those of the mind. + Called upon to choose some occupation, he determined to apply himself to mining, + and took up his residence at Vienna, where he enjoyed the advantage of a familiar + intercourse with William Von Humboldt, the Prussian ambassador, Frederic Schlegel, + and other eminent literary and scientific men. Here, within the short space + of fifteen months, he produced a rapid succession of dramas, operas, and farces, + as well as several small poems. The success of his works obtained him the appointment + of poet to the court. He was now in the enjoyment of all that could render life + happy—competence, distinction, esteem, friendship and love; but he resolved + to sacrifice them all "for that greatest mortal blessing, his country's + freedom."</p> +<p>"Could I," says he, in a letter to his father, "could I, think + you, stand aloof, contented to celebrate with weak inspiration the success of + my conquering bre<span class="pagenum"><a name="page200" id="page200"></a>[pg + 200]</span>thren? I am aware that you will suffer much anxiety,—My mother + too will weep—may God be her comfort!—I cannot spare you this trial. + That I simply offer my life is of little import; but that I offer it, crowned + as it is with all the flowery wreaths of love, of friendship, and of joy,—that + I cast away the sweet sensations which lived in the conviction that I have caused + you no inquietude, no anguish,—this indeed is a sacrifice which can only + be opposed to such a prize!"</p> +<p>He left Vienna in March 1813, and joined the free corps which Major Von Lutzow + was then forming. This was a voluntary association, and the corps was remarkable + throughout the war for its valour and enterprise. In the midst of the most active + campaigns, Korner continued to pour forth his verses. Other poets have written + of battles in the retirement of the closet, but he sang his song of war on the + tented field, and amid the din of conflict. Nor was this all: he collected too + the strains of other poets, and adapted them to appropriate airs, to animate + the ardour of his companions in arms. We cannot follow him through his career, + brief as it was; but the subjoined incident is too striking to be omitted, and + is especially adapted to our purpose, as it affords an opportunity of giving + a passage of his unpremeditated verse in a moment of pain and danger.</p> +<p>On the 28th of May, Major Von Lutzow had determined on setting out on an expedition + towards Thuringia, with four squadrons of his cavalry, and fifty cossacks. Korner + earnestly entreated permission to accompany him, and his desire was fulfilled + by his being appointed adjutant by Major Von Lutzow, who highly esteemed him, + and wished to have him near his person.</p> +<p>The expedition passed in ten days through Halberstadt, Eisleben, Buttstadt, + and Schlaitz, to Plauen, though not without encountering great danger from the + enemy, who were dispersed throughout these districts, but, also, not without + effecting some important results. Intelligence and information were procured, + ammunition was captured and seized, and couriers on missions of importance were + taken prisoners. The gallant troop acquired considerable renown, and harassed + the enemy much, especially by cutting off his communications. A plan was in + consequence laid by the French emperor for the extirpation of the corps, that, + as a deterring example, no man should be left alive. The armistice, concluded + at this moment, afforded an opportunity for putting it in practice. (The Duke + of Padua, it is observable, particularly profited by this armistice; for being + shut up in Leipzig by Generals Woronzow and Czernichef, with the co-operation + of two battalions of the Lutzow infantry, he was only saved by this cessation + of hostilities.)</p> +<p>Major Von Lutzow had received official information of the armistice at Plauen. + Without expecting to meet with any opposition, he chose the shortest route to + rejoin the infantry of his corps, having received the most confidential assurances + of safety from the enemy's commanding officers, and proceeded along the high + road, without interruption, to Kitzen, a village in the neighbourhood of Leipzig; + but here he found himself surrounded and menaced by a very superior force. Theodore + Korner was despatched to demand an explanation; but, instead of replying, the + commander of the enemy struck at him with his sword; and it being now twilight, + a general attack was made on the three squadrons of the Lutzow cavalry before + they had drawn a sabre. Several were wounded and taken, and others dispersed + in the surrounding country; but Major Von Lutzow himself was saved by the assistance + of a squadron of Uhlans, who being in advance with the Cossacks, formed the + van-guard, and consequently were not assailed at the same moment. He reached, + with a considerable body of his troops, the right bank of the Elbe, where the + infantry of his corps, and a squadron of its cavalry, were already collected.</p> +<p>Korner received the first blow, which he was not prepared to parry, as he approached + close to the enemy's commanding officer to deliver his message without drawing + his sabre, and was thus severely wounded in the head: the second blow only inflicted + a slight injury. He fell back, but speedily recovered himself, and his spirited + steed bore him in safety to a neighbouring wood. He was here occupied, at the + first moment, with the assistance of a comrade, in binding up his wounds, when + he perceived a troop of the enemy, who were in pursuit, riding towards him. + His presence of mind did not forsake him, but turning towards the wood, he called + with a loud voice, "Fourth squadron,—Advance!"—His stratagem + succeeded—the enemy were appalled, drew back, and thus afforded him time + to conceal himself deeper in the wood. It had now become dark, and he found + a place in the thicket where he could remain undiscovered.</p> +<p>The pain of the deeper wound became very severe, his strength was exhausted, + and his last hope was gone. It was in this extremity that he composed the <span class="pagenum"><a name="page201" id="page201"></a>[pg 201]</span>beautiful + sonnet, of which the following is a translation:—</p> +<h4>FAREWELL TO LIFE.</h4> +<p>[Written in the night of the 17th and 18th of June, as I lay, severely wounded + and helpless in a wood, expecting to die.]</p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> +<p>"My deep wound burns;—my pale lips quake in death,—</p> +<p>I feel my fainting heart resign its strife,</p> +<p>And reaching now the limit of my life,</p> +<p>Lord, to thy will I yield my parting breath!</p> +</div> + <div class="stanza"> +<p>Yet many a dream hath charm'd my youthful eye;</p> +<p>And must life's fairy visions all depart;</p> +<p>Oh surely no! for all that fired my heart</p> +<p>To rapture here, shall live with me on high.</p> +</div> + <div class="stanza"> +<p>And that fair form that won my earliest vow,</p> +<p>That my young spirit prized all else above,</p> +<p>And now adored as freedom, now as love,</p> +<p>Stands in seraphic guise, before me now.</p> +</div> + <div class="stanza"> +<p>And as my fading senses fade away,</p> +<p>It beckons me, on high, to realms of endless day!"</p> +</div> +</div> +<p>During the night he heard the enemy searching the wood near him, but afterwards + fell asleep, and was saved in the morning by two peasants. He was conveyed secretly + into Leipsic, which was then under the French yoke, and where the concealment + of any of the Lutzow free corps was prohibited, under severe punishment. He + subsequently travelled in safety to Berlin, and having recovered from his wound, + rejoined the corps of Lutzow on the right bank of the Elbe. Hostilities recommenced + on the 17th of August; and on the 28th an engagement took place near Rosenberg, + in which Korner fell. He was in pursuit of a body of the enemy, when the riflemen, + who had found a rallying-place in some under-wood, sent forth a shower of balls + upon their pursuers. By one of these Korner was wounded in the abdomen, the + liver and spine were injured, and he was immediately deprived of speech and + consciousness. He was carried to a neighbouring wood, but all medical aid was + vain. He was buried under an oak in the village of Wobbelin, about a mile from + Ludwigslust. A tomb has since been placed over his remains, and enclosed by + a wall. He died at the early age of twenty-two.</p> +<p class="source"><i>From a Critical Notice of The Life of Korner, New Monthly + Mag.</i></p> +<hr /> + +<p>Cannot he that wisely declines walking upon the ice for fear of falling, though + possibly it might carry him sooner to his journey's end, as wisely forbear drinking + more wine than is necessary, for fear of being drunk and the ill-consequences + thereof?—<i>Lord Clarendon.</i></p> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>THE NOVELIST.</h2> +<h2>No. CX.</h2> +<hr /> + +<h3>THE RESCUE.</h3> +<h4><i>By Miss Roberts.</i></h4> +<p class="quote"> +"King Stephen was a worthy peer." +</p> +<p>The hall was lofty, sculptured round with armorial devices, and hung with gaily-embroidered + banners, which waved in the wind streaming from the crannies in windows which + had suffered some dilapidation from the hand of time. Minstrel harps rang throughout + the wide apartment, and at a board well covered with smoking viands—haunches + of the red deer, bustards, cranes, quarters of mutton, pasties, the grinning + heads of wild boars,—and flanked with flagons of wine, and tankards of + foaming ale, sat King Stephen, surrounded by the flower of the Norman nobles, + whose voices had placed him on the English throne. In the midst of the feast, + the jovial glee of the wassailers was interrupted by the entrance of a page, + who, forcing his way through the yeomen and lacqueys crowding at the door, flew + with breathless haste to the feet of the king, and falling down on his knees, + in faltering accents delivered the message with which he had been intrusted. + "Up, gallants," exclaimed the martial monarch, "don your harness, + and ride as lightly as you may to the relief of the Countess of Clare, she lies + in peril of her life and honour, beleaguered by a rabble of unnurtured Welsh + savages, who, lacking respect for beauty, have directed their arms against a + woman. Swollen with vain pride at their late victory, (the fiend hang the coward + loons who fled before them,) they have sworn to make this noble lady serve them + barefoot in their camp. By St. Dennis and my good sword, were I not hampered + by this pestilent invasion of the Scots, I would desire no better pastime than + to drive the ill-conditioned serfs howling from the walls. Say, who amongst + you will undertake the enterprise?—What, all silent? are ye knights? are + ye men? do I reign over christian warriors, valiant captains who have been sworn + to protect beauty in distress; or are ye like the graceless dogs of Mahomed, + insensible to female honour?" "My ranks are wonderous scant," + returned Milo Fitzwalter, "I may not reckon twenty men at arms in the whole + train, and varlets have I none; but it boots not to number spears when danger + presses; so to horse and away. Beshrew me, were it the termagant Queen Maude + herself, I'd do my <span class="pagenum"><a name="page202" id="page202"></a>[pg + 202]</span>best to rescue her in this extremity."—"Thou art + a true knight, Fitzwalter," replied the king, "and wilt prosper: the + Saint's benizon be with thee, for thou must speed on this errand with such tall + men as thou canst muster of thine own proper followers: the Scots, whom the + devil confound, leave me too much work, to spare a single lance from mine own + array. We will drink to thy success, and to the health of the fair countess, + in a flask of the right Bourdeaux: and tell the lady that thy monarch grudges + thee this glorious deed; for by my Halidom, an thou winnest her unscathed from + the hands of these Welsh churls, thou wilt merit a niche beside the most renowned + of Charlemagne's paladins." Fitzwalter made no answer, but he armed in + haste, and, leaping into his saddle, gave the spur to his gallant steed, and + followed by his esquires and men at arms, rested not either night or day, until + he reached the marches of Wales. The lions of England still proudly flying over + the castle walls, assured him that the countess had been enabled to hold out + against the savage horde, who surrounded it on all sides. The besiegers set + up a furious yell as the knight and his party approached their encampment. Half + naked, their eyes glaring wildly from beneath a mass of yellow hair, and scantily + armed with the rudest species of offensive and defensive weapons, their numbers + alone made them terrible; and had the castle been manned and victualled, it + might have long defied their utmost strength. Drawing their falchions, the knight + and his party keeping closely together, and thus forming an impenetrable wedge, + cut their desperate path through the fierce swarm of opposing foes, who, like + incarnate demons, rushed to the onslaught, and fell in heaps before the biting + steel of these experienced soldiers. Pressing forward with unyielding bravery, + Fitzwalter won the castle walls; whence, with the assistance of such frail aid + as the living spectres on the battlements could give, he beat back the Welsh + host, and in another quarter of an hour, having dispersed the enemy with frightful + loss, gained free entrance to the castle. Feeble was the shout of triumph which + welcomed Fitzwalter and his brave companions; the corpses of the unburied dead + lay strewed upon the pavement; the heroic countess, and her attendant damsels, + clad in the armour of the slain, weakened by famine, and hopeless of succour, + yet still striving to deceive the besiegers by the display of living warriors, + by this stratagem retarded the assault which they could not repel. Fitzwalter + took advantage of the darkness of the night, and the panic of the Welshmen, + to withdraw from a fortress which was destitute of all the implements of war; + and with the rescued ladies mounted behind them, the brave band returned to + the court of King Stephen; and the charms of the fair one, and the valour of + her chivalric defender, formed the theme of the minstrel in every knightly hall + and lady's bower throughout Christendom.</p> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.</h2> +<hr /> + +<h3>THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH NOVEL READER.</h3> + +<p>How shall I describe the emotions with which I read the first novel I ever + perused! A school-fellow had secretly brought with him from home after the holidays, + the novel of Peregrine Pickle, which he carefully concealed in his trunk. He + at first lent it to some of the elder boys, who read it, and enlarging on some + of the most despicable incidents to be found, disgusted my meek spirit of it, + by their report. It seemed to violate all my cherished ideas of beauty and soft + luxury. I was then about fourteen years of age, and my companions persuaded + me to a perusal. I took it up listlessly, expecting but little pleasure, but + what language can paint the manner in which I was entranced by it? I read it + over and over with increased delight, my entire soul and frame of mind and passions + seemed to be suddenly changed and remodelled. I forgot Ariadne and Telemachus, + and Tom Pipes and Hatchway became my idols, the undivided objects of my admiration.</p> +<p>I had hitherto been a remarkably quiet and inoffensive boy; Telemachus I considered + never took delight in robbing orchards. I had the confidence of my teachers + from my uniform rejection of any participation in the rude affrays, the catastrophe + of which dramas was in general an almost universal flogging match. My admiration + naturally led to its probable result, a desire to imitate—I firmly resolved + to become a Peregrine. I soon promoted myself to be the leader of every mad + prank that the wit of a spirit suddenly excited to activity could devise. In + the first fortnight I got flogged for tying a huge mass of brown paper to the + tail of the favourite cat of the master's lady, with which she rushed with an + insane and terrifying distraction into the drawing-room. We owed a spite to + a neighbouring milkman for tale-bearing, and we rendered his pump, the great + source <span class="pagenum"><a name="page203" id="page203"></a>[pg 203]</span>of + profit, useless, by filling it with soot and mire. The old woman who served + the school with tarts, and who, in her endeavours to please all palates, brought + some varieties heated over a charcoal fire, had her apparatus blown to atoms + by an ounce of gunpowder, insinuated with so much art, that although done before + her face, she could attach no one with the offence. All became riot, waste, + and destruction under the guidance of my beloved Peregrine.</p> +<p>But, ah! the poor Count—amiable, patient, and long-suffering Gaul! He + was an unhappy refugee, who had sought a home, by becoming the reviled, insulted + teacher of his native tongue to a mob of heartless ruffians. How well do I remember + his neat but thread-bare coat and pigtail; his stooping gait, not the decrepitude + of age, but as though it sprang from the abasement of his fortune; his endurance + of injury to a certain point, when patience suddenly forsook him, and his, to + us, irresistibly comic rage and exasperation! What would that generous seaman + Pipes have thought a defenceless Frenchman fit for, but as the object of spirited + and well-conducted pranks? Nothing cruel or revengeful, but only to show our + own superior wit and address in concerted and premeditated annoyance.</p> +<p>I had gained with a most surprising rapidity upon the confidence of the most + conspicuous rioters in the school. There was something so noble and daring in + all my designs, that they seemed to yield willingly to so superior a spirit. + The sudden alteration in my manners had been noticed with secret wonder by the + masters, and they, thinking to check my fatal tendencies at the outset, had + inflicted on me several severe and well-merited chastisements. I converted even + these into means of extending my influence. I had borne them like a hero, a + very Peregrine. No groan—no sigh—no bellowing promise of amendment, + had lessened my dignity. Under the torture, I was sullen and silent. The stoutest + heart in the school envied my manhood and composure.</p> +<p>The poor French teacher had been the hereditary object of annoyance for several + generations of boys. The meekest and most chicken-hearted scrubs in the school + tried their apprenticeship to mischief upon him, and were tutored to more noble + game by beginning with the Count. They split and cut his pens into a thousand + fantastic shapes during a momentary absence; they filled his snuff with the + most odious pulverulents. They placed on his desk rude, but expressive designs + of a guillotine, with a meagre fellow in ruffles and no shirt, running in the + extremity of speed from the spot. These, and a thousand exhibitions of budding + genius, and original sin, were our daily subjects of merriment and applause. + I taught them nobler arts, or rather the spirit of Pickle which spake within + me. It was nothing to annoy on such a petty and momentary scale; let the art + and forethought of Hatchway be exhibited.</p> +<p>The amiable Frenchman was a zealous Catholic, and upon certain festivals always + received from a Catholic gentleman of rank and fortune in the neighbourhood, + an invitation to visit him. On these occasions his dress was the most ludicrous + imaginable, being compounded of remnants of pristine finery, such as his wardrobe + could afford, without attention to uniformity, or consistency of colour. Above + all, he possessed a pair of light pea-green small clothes, on which he much + prided himself, and I swore by old Trunnion to be their murderer. His custom + on the aforesaid visits was to dress early, and then hastily to dismiss his + lessons, and proceed immediately.</p> +<p>Having gained intelligence of an approaching field day, we prepared a strong + solution of gum, with which we varnished the bottom of a leather chair upon + which he sat in the school. The morning came, his green <i>media</i> and white + silk stockings were hailed with the most extravagant but secret exultation. + He seated himself, and let us run as we pleased through our tasks, with an unusual + portion of smiles and pleasantries, and then looking at his watch, he attempted + hastily to rise! in vain—there seemed an indissoluble bond of union between + him and the chair; the most grotesque series of strugglings ensued, and by one + desperate effort he was erect, a thin coating of the black leather which he + had torn off, firmly adhering to his dress! Nothing abated my delight at my + success, but the thought that my magnus Apollo, Pickle, was not there to enjoy + it; to see the poor Count stand mute with a mixed passion of rage and distress + for several seconds, and then to witness his fruitless attempts to view the + full extent of the injury, which, notwithstanding the surprising flexibility + of his vertebrae, he was unable to compass. Tom Pipes I felt certain would have + died on the spot, he must have split.</p> +<p class="source"><i>The Inspector</i>.</p> +<hr /> + +<h3>CONTRAST OF CLIMATE.</h3> + +<p>Suppose yourself to have spent the first half of a foggy, sleety, chill, moist, + melancholy, English winter at some misera<span class="pagenum"><a name="page204" id="page204"></a>[pg + 204]</span>ble country village in Kent. Suppose about the first of February, + while the whole landscape around is still floating in mud, buried in snow, or + fast bound by frost, and the atmosphere so thick with fog, that one can scarcely + point at mid-day to the spot where the sun stands in the heavens,—that + your catarrh grows so alarming, that in a fit of despondency you trundle yourself + aboard a ship in the Downs getting under way for a warmer climate. Suppose, + that after a smacking run of about eight days before a fresh gale, (during the + whole of which you are of course too sick and qualmy to leave your cot,) you + awake one morning, and find yourself snugly at anchor in the bay of Funchal; + and the romantic, sun-bright mountains of Madeira, gorgeously crested with a + mass of brilliant clouds, looking in at your cabin-window. It seems downright + enchantment! You leap up as if there was a new soul in your body. You hurry + ashore in the first boat. Your cough, lassitude, and qualmishness have altogether + left you. Your step is elastic, and your spirits as buoyant as a lark in spring. + You luxuriate amidst beautiful gardens glowing with roses, jessamines, honey-suckles, + and a thousand other odoriferous shrubs and flowers in full bloom. You wander + through a boundless maze of rising vineries curling their budding tendrils around + the trellis-work, and terrace above terrace up the declivities of the mountains. + You recline among orange-groves bending under the load of ripe golden fruit; + and as you stretch yourself at ease by some clear, gurgling rill, in the midst + of all this loveliness, you ask yourself, is this a dream—or are these + indeed the gardens of the Hesperides? Reader, if you have the blue devils at + Christmas, you may realize all this, and reach Madeira, as I have done, in eight + days from the Downs.</p> +<p class="source"><i>London Weekly Review.</i></p> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF <i>NEW WORKS</i>.</h2> +<hr /> + +<h3>ANECDOTES OF THE FACULTY.</h3> + +<h4><i>Quacks.</i></h4> + +<p>We are not without plenty of ignorant and impudent pretenders at the present + day; but the celebrated Mrs. Mapp, the bone-setter of Epsom, surpasses them + all. She was the daughter of a man named Wallis, a bone-setter at Hindon, in + Wiltshire, and sister to the celebrated "Polly Peachem," who married + the Duke of Bolton. Upon some <i>family quarrel</i>, Sally Wallis left her professional + parent, and wandered up and down the country in a miserable manner, calling + herself "Crazy Sally," and pursuing, in her perambulations, a course + that fairly justified the title. Arriving at last at Epsom, she succeeded in + humbugging the worthy bumpkins of that place, so decidedly, that a subscription + was set on foot to keep her among them; but her fame extending to the metropolis, + the dupes of London, a numerous class then as well as now, thought it no trouble + to go ten miles to see the conjuror, till at length, she was pleased to bless + the afflicted of London with her presence, and once a week drove to the Grecian + Coffee-house, in a coach and six with out-riders! and all the appearance of + nobility. It was in one of these journeys, passing through Kent-street, in the + Borough, that being taken for a certain woman of quality from the Electorate + in Germany, a great mob followed, and bestowed on her many bitter reproaches, + till madame, perceiving some mistake, looked out of the window, and accosted + them in this gentle manner, "D——n your bloods, don't you know me? I am + Mrs. Mapp, the <i>bone-setter!</i>" Upon which, they instantly changed + their revilings into loud huzzas.</p> +<p class="source"><i>Wadd's Mems., Maxims, and Memoirs.</i></p> + +<h4><i>Dr. Radcliffe.</i></h4> + +<p>Among the many singularities related of Radcliffe, it has been noticed, that + when he was in a convivial party, he was unwilling to leave it, even though + sent for by persons of the highest distinction. Whilst he was thus deeply engaged + at a tavern, he was called on by a grenadier, who desired his immediate attendance + on his <i>colonel</i>; but no entreaties could prevail on the disciple of Esculapius + to postpone his sacrifice to Bacchus. "Sir," quoth the soldier, "<i>my + orders are to bring you.</i>" And being a very powerful man, he took him + up in his arms, and carried him off per force. After traversing some dirty lanes, + the doctor and his escort arrived at a narrow alley—"What the D——l + is all this," said Radcliffe, "your colonel don't live here?"—"No," + said his military friend,—"no, my <i>colonel</i> does not live here—but + my <i>comrade</i> does, and he's worth <i>two</i> of the <i>colonel</i>,—so, + by G—d, doctor, if you don't do your <i>best</i> for <i>him</i>, it will + be the <i>worst</i> for <i>you!</i>"</p> + +<h4><i>Duels.</i></h4> + +<p>Many medical duels have been prevented by the difficulty of arranging the "me<span class="pagenum"><a name="page205" id="page205"></a>[pg + 205]</span>thodus pugnandi." In the instance of Dr. Brocklesby, the number + of paces could not be agreed upon; and in the affair between Akenside and Ballow, + one had determined never to fight in the morning, and the other that he would + never fight in the afternoon. John Wilkes, who did not stand upon ceremony in + these little affairs, when asked by Lord Talbot, "How many times they were + to fire?" replied, "just as often as your Lordship pleases; I have + brought <i>a bag of bullets and a flask of gunpowder</i>."</p> + +<h4><i>William Hunter.</i></h4> + +<p>Dr. William Hunter used to relate the following anecdote:—During the + American war, he was consulted by the daughter of a peer, who confessed herself + pregnant, and requested his assistance; he advised her to retire for a time + to the house of some confidential friend; she said that was impossible, as her + father would not suffer her to be absent from him a single day. Some of the + servants were, therefore, let into the secret, and the doctor made his arrangement + with the treasurer of the Foundling Hospital for the reception of the child, + for which he was to pay 190<i>l</i>.—The lady was desired to weigh well + if she could bear pain without alarming the family by her cries; she said "Yes,"—and + she kept her word. At the usual period she was delivered, not of one child only, + but of twins. The doctor, bearing the two children, was conducted by a French + servant through the kitchen, and left to ascend the area steps into the street. + Luckily the lady's maid recollected that the door of the area might perhaps + be locked; and she followed the doctor just in time to prevent his being detained + at the gate. He deposited the children at the Foundling Hospital, and paid for + each 100<i>l</i>. The father of the children was a colonel of the army, who + went with his regiment to America, and died there. The mother afterwards married + a person of her own rank.</p> + +<h4><i>John Hunter.</i></h4> + +<p>Hunter was a philosopher in more senses than one; he had philosophy enough + to bear prosperity, as well as adversity, and with a rough exterior was a very + kind man. The poor could command his services more than the rich. He would see + an industrious tradesman before a duke, when his house was full of grandees, + "you have no time to spare," he would say, "you live by it; most + of these can wait, they have nothing to do when they go home." No man cared + less for the profits of the profession, or more for the honour of it. He cared + not for money himself, and wished the Doctor [his brother William] to estimate + it by the same scale, when he sent a poor man with this laconic note:—</p> +<p class="quote"> +"Dear Brother,—The bearer wants +your advice. I do not know the nature of case. He has no money, and you +have plenty, so are well met."</p> +<p class="quote">"Yours, J. HUNTER." </p> +<p>He was applied to once to perform a serious operation on a tradesman's wife; + the fee agreed upon was twenty guineas. He heard no more of the case for two + months; at the end of which time he was called upon to perform it. In the course + of his attendance, he found out that the cause of the delay had been the difficulty + under which the patient's husband had laboured to raise the money; and that + they were worthy people, who had been unfortunate, and were by no means able + to support the expense of such an affliction. "I sent back to the husband + nineteen guineas, and kept the twentieth," said he, "that they might + not be hurt with an idea of too great obligation. It somewhat more than paid + me for the expense I had been at in the business."</p> +<hr /> + +<h3>BURMESE BOATS.</h3> + +<p>The Burman war-boat is formed of the trunk of the magnificent teak tree, first + roughly shaped, and then expanded by means of fire, until it attains sufficient + width to admit two people, sitting abreast. On this a gunwale, rising a foot + above the water, is fixed, and the stem and stern taper to a point, the latter + being much higher than the other, and ornamented with fret-work and gilding. + On the bow is placed a gun, sometimes of a nine-pounder calibre, but generally + smaller, and the centre of the boat is occupied by the rowers, varying in number + from twenty to a hundred, who in the large boats use the oar, and in the small + ones the paddle. A war-boat in motion is a very pleasing object. The rapidity + with which it moves, its lightness, and small surface above the water, the uniform + pulling of the oar falling in cadence with the songs of the boatmen, who, taking + the lead from one of their number, join in chorus, and keep time with the dip + of their oars; the rich gilding which adorns the boat, and the neat, uniform + dress of the crew, place it, to the eye of a stranger, in a curious and interesting + point of view: and in regard to appearance, induces him, when contrasting it + with an English boat, to give the former the preference. In point of swiftness, + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page206" id="page206"></a>[pg 206]</span>our + best men-of-war boats could not compete with them; and of this superiority they + generally availed themselves when an action was impending.</p> +<p>The boats we had captured at Rangoon, and were cutting down for the transport + of the army, were totally of a different nature. These, built on the same plan + as ours are, but with flat bottoms, belonged to traders, and were solely adapted + to the transport of merchandise. The stern, fancifully ornamented, rises two + or three stages above the deck, and is the seat of the helmsman. The inside + of the boat is filled with goods, and thatched over, leaving sufficient room + underneath to accommodate two or three families—men, women, and children—who + promiscuously take up their abode there.</p> +<p>This description of boat is not propelled by oars, but by long poles, the ends + of which being placed against the shoulders of the boatmen, they run the whole + length of the boat, and push her forward with considerable velocity. The space + on which they act is formed by strong outriggers on either side of the boat, + which answer the twofold purpose of preventing her upsetting, which she otherwise + would do from the excess of top-weight, and of increasing her width and accommodation.</p> +<p>The third class of boat is that used throughout the country, and which, to + those who inhabit the banks of rivers, becomes a necessary appendage, and to + many a home. It is a mere canoe, decked with split bamboo, and partly covered + in with mats, so as to afford shelter from the sun by day, and the dews by night. + One man steers, and two others either row or paddle; but, when the wind is favourable, + they use a sail. This is generally made at the moment, with the scarfs they + wear over their shoulders, tied together. Two bamboos constitute the mast and + yard, the sail being fastened between them; yet, with this fragile rigging, + and with the gunwale of the boat almost under water with every puff of wind, + they stem the most rapid currents at all seasons of the year, and, such is their + skill in steering, seldom meet with an accident. It was in these boats that + the majority of the inhabitants of Rangoon, and the adjacent villages, fled + upon our approach; and these formed their only habitation during the many months + they kept aloof from us.</p> +<p class="source"><i>Two Years in Ava</i>.</p> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>MISCELLANIES.</h2> +<hr /> + +<h3>SONNET.</h3> + +<h4>ON A YOUTH WHO DIED OF EXCESSIVE FRUIT-PIE.</h4> +<div class="poem"> +<div class="stanza">Currants have check'd the current of my blood, +<p class="i2">And berries brought me to be buried here;</p> + <p>Pears have pared off my body's hardihood, </p> + <p class="i2">And plums and plumbers spare not one so spare.</p> + <p>Fain would I feign my fall, so fair a fare </p> + <p class="i2">Lessens not hate, yet 'tis a lesson good:</p> + <p>Gilt will not long hide guilt; such thin wash'd ware </p> + <p class="i2">Wears quickly, and its rude touch soon is rued.</p> + <p>Grave on my grave some sentence grave and terse, </p> + <p class="i2">That lies not as it lies upon my clay,</p> + <p>But, in a gentle strain of unstrained verse, </p> + <p class="i2">Prays all to pity a poor patty's prey—</p> + <p>Rehearses I was fruitful to my hearse, </p> + <p class="i2">Tell that my days are told, and soon I'm toll'd +away!</p> +</div> +</div> +<h3>THE VEIL OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.</h3> + +<p>Maria Stuart has been canonized, and placed among the martyrs by the Jesuits. + Of course there are relics of hers. Her prayer-book was long shown in France; + and her apologist published in an English journal a sonnet which she was said + to have composed, and to have written with her own hand in this book. A celebrated + German actress, Mrs. Hendel-Schutz, who excited admiration by her attitudes, + and also performed Schiller's "Maria" with great applause in several + cities of Germany, affirmed that a cross which she wore on her neck was the + very same that once belonged to the unfortunate queen. Relics of this description + have never yet been subjected to the proof of their authenticity. But if there + is anything which may be reasonably believed to have been once the property + of the queen, <i>it is the veil with which she covered her head on the scaffold, + after the executioner</i>, whether from awkwardness or confusion is uncertain, + <i>had wounded the unfortunate victim in the shoulder by a false blow</i>. This + veil still exists, and is in the possession of Sir J.C. Hippisley, who claims + to be descended from the Stuart's by the mother's side. He had an engraving + made from it by Matteo Diottavi, in Rome, 1818, and gave copies to his friends.</p> +<p>The veil is embroidered with gold spangles by (as is said) the queen's own + hand, in regular rows crossing each other, so as to form small squares, and + edged with a gold border, to which another border has been subsequently joined, + in which the following words are embroidered in letters of gold:—</p> +<p class="quote"> "Velum Serenissimæ Mariæ, Scotiæ <span class="pagenum"><a name="page207" id="page207"></a>[pg + 207]</span>et Galliæ Reginæ Martyris, quo induebatur dum ab Heretica + ad mortem iniustissimam condemnata fuit. Anno Sal. MDLXXXVI. a nobilissima matrona + Anglicana diu conservatum et tandem, donationis ergo Deo, Societati Jesu consecratum." +</p> +<p>On the plate there is an inscription, with a double certificate of its authenticity, + which states, that this veil, a family treasure of the expelled house of Stuart, + was finally in possession of the last branch of that family, the cardinal of + York, who preserved it for many years in his private chapel, among the most + precious relics, and at his death bequeathed it to Sir J. Hippisley, together + with a valuable Plutarch, and a Codex with painted (illuminated) letters, and + a gold coin struck in Scotland in the reign of queen Mary; and it was specially + consecrated by Pope Pius VII. in his palace on the Quirinal, April 29, 1818. + Sir John Hippisley, during a former residence at Rome, had been very intimate + with the cardinal of York, and was instrumental in obtaining for him, when he + with the other cardinals emigrated to Venice in 1798, a pension of £4,000. + a-year from the Prince of Wales, now King George IV.; but for which, the fugitive + cardinal, all whose revenues were seized by the French, would have been exposed + to the greatest distress. The cardinal desired to requite this service by the + bequest of what he considered so valuable. According to a note on the plate, + the veil is eighty-nine English inches long, and forty-three broad, so that + it seems to have been rather a kind of shawl or scarf than a veil. If we remember + rightly, Melville in his Memoirs, which Schiller had read, speaks of a handkerchief + belonging to the queen, which she gave away before her death, and Schiller founds + upon this anecdote the well-known words of the farewell scene, addressed to + Hannah Kennedy.</p> +<p class="quote">"Accept this handkerchief! with my own hand<br /> +For thee I've work'd it in my hours of sadness<br /> +And interwoven with my scalding tears:<br /> +With this thou'lt bind my eyes."</p> + +<h3>DREAMS.</h3> +<div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Oh! there is a dream of early youth, </p> + <p class="i2">And it never comes again;</p> + <p>'Tis a vision of light, of life, and truth, </p> + <p class="i2">That flits across the brain:</p> + <p>And love is the theme of that early dream. </p> + <p class="i2">So wild, so warm, so new,</p> + <p>That in all our after years I deem, </p> + <p class="i2">That early dream we rue.</p> +</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Oh! there is a dream of maturer years, </p> + <p class="i2">More turbulent by far;</p> + <p>'Tis a vision of blood, and of woman's tears, </p> + <p class="i2">For the theme of that dream is war:</p> + <p>And we toil in the field of danger and death, </p> + <p class="i2">And shout in the battle array,</p> + <p>Till we find that fame is a bodyless breath, </p> + <p class="i2">That vanisheth away.</p> +</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Oh! there is a dream of hoary age, </p> + <p class="i2">'Tis a vision of gold in store—</p> + <p>Of sums noted down on the figured page, </p> + <p class="i2">To be counted o'er and o'er:</p> + <p>And we fondly trust in our glittering dust, </p> + <p class="i2">As a refuge from grief and pain,</p> + <p>Till our limbs are laid on that last dark bed, </p> + <p class="i2">Where the wealth of the world is vain.</p> +</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>And is it thus, from man's birth to his grave— </p> + <p class="i2">In the path which all are treading?</p> + <p>Is there naught in that long career to save </p> + <p class="i2">From remorse and self-upbraiding?</p> + <p>O yes, there's a dream so pure, so bright, </p> + <p class="i2">That the being to whom it is given,</p> + <p>Hath bathed in a sea of living light— </p> + <p class="i2">And the theme of that dream is Heaven.</p> +</div> +</div> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>THE LECTURER</h2> +<hr /> + +<h3>AN EXCERP FROM ABERNETHY'S LECTURES.</h3> + +<p>When I was speaking of the cure of the digestive organs, I spoke of stomachic + irritation, and said it was occasioned by some morbid peculiarity. It is difficult + to find out the exigents; it must be done by experiment. We give a medicine, + it answers. The digestive organs have such a sympathy with contiguous organs, + that no wonder if such contiguous organs are affected. The liver, for instance, + cannot perform its office aright if the bowels are uncomfortable. Violent drastics + are wrong, they do not do good; you cannot go on giving physic every day, this + will teaze the bowels and not tranquilize them, The cure is to repeat the excitement + of progressive action. People in general will not find out that what may be + an adequate excitement one day, may not be an adequate excitement on another + day. As to these things, they are easily managed, and you should attend to them. + Every person advanced in life knows this, and attends to it. Doctor Curry, whom + I used to call the poetical doctor, says, very justly, "It is in medicine + as it is in morals, you must break bad habits, and establish good ones."</p> +<p>Where the liver is primarily affected, small doses of quicksilver act in a + wonderful and a prodigious manner. How the stomach, when wrong, disturbs the + head, is apparent to every one. How a faulty action of the liver disturbs the + head is also well known; but the liver, in an especial manner, disturbs the + head.</p> +<p>A Yorkshireman came three hundred miles, as he told me, on purpose to see me, + and he said he was going back again by the mail the same night. I asked him + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page208" id="page208"></a>[pg 208]</span>what + could induce him to come so far. His reply was, "Why you once set up a + friend of mine, and I thought you could set me up too."</p> +<p>I would have you keep your eyes open to this, that we are perpetually putting + wrong our digestive organs by our absurdities in diet. These organs, if long + wrong, will affect the spinal chord, producing lumbar numbness. Now, then, I + have surveyed the influence of local maladies in disturbing the nervous energies, + and now I say there is a reflected action in them, and they become a fruitful + source of a numerous and dissimilar progeny of local diseases.</p> +<p>People are disposed to say I am apt to exaggerate too much; but I merely relate + what I have seen in my time, and you will all have numerous instances by and + by of making the same observations, and I think at last you will come to the + same conclusions.</p> +<p>I now speak of local diseases; and, first, of phlegmonous inflammation. I do + not much like the term phlegmonous inflammation, because phlegmon alone is inflammation. + That the vessels, particularly the arteries, of inflamed parts are disposed + to receive more blood, is manifest. Mr. Hunter froze the ears of rabbits, and + the arteries inflamed and were filled with blood, throbbing, and pain. When + there is great disturbance of the arterious system, with throbbing, there is + always acute pain. In common whitlow of the finger, how the arteries of the + arm, the brachial in particular, throb, is well known. In proportion as arteries + are excited to vehement action, some difficulty occurs to the transmission of + the blood into the veins. Dr. Phillips found that inflamed blood is slower in + cooling than common blood.</p> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>THE GATHERER.</h2> +<p class="quote"> "I am but a <i>Gatherer</i> and disposer of other men's stuff."—<i>Wotton</i>.</p> + <hr /> + +<p>Sir Boyle Roche, was arguing for the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill, in Ireland:—"It + would surely be better, Mr. Speaker," said he, "to give up not only + a <i>part</i>, but, if necessary, even the <i>whole</i>, of our constitution, + to preserve <i>the remainder!</i>"</p> +<p class="source"><i>Barrington's Sketches</i>.</p> +<hr /> + +<p>A short time since the manager of Sadler's Wells, wishing to make an alteration + in his bills, sent an old one with the corrections made in the margin, to the + printer. In a few days a proof was forwarded to Mr. T. Dibdin, when it read + thus—"Under the patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, + Lord High <i>Patron of England and Admiral of this Theatre</i>."</p> +<hr /> + +<h3>A WELSH INVITATION.</h3> + +<p>Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys' compliments to Mr. + Charles Morgan, Mrs. Charles Morgan, Miss Charles Morgan, and the governess + whose name Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys do not recollect, + and Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys request the favour + of the company of Mr. Charles Morgan, Mrs. Charles Morgan, and Miss Charles + Morgan, and the governess whose name Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, + and Miss Sandys do not recollect, to dinner on Monday week next. Mr. Walter + Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys beg to inform Mr. Charles Morgan, + Mrs. Charles Morgan, and Miss Charles Morgan, and the governess whose name Mr. + Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys do not recollect, that Mr. + Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys can accommodate Mr. Charles + Morgan, Mrs. Charles Morgan, and Miss Charles Morgan, and the governess whose + name Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys do not recollect, + with beds, if remaining the night is agreeable to Mr. Charles Morgan, Mrs. Charles + Morgan, Miss Charles Morgan, and the governess whose name Mr. Walter Norton, + Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys do not recollect.</p> +<p>Llandillon Castle.</p> +<hr /> +<div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Bob sick—thought life was drawing to its end, </p> + <p class="i2">His cheek grew pale, his tongue began to falter,</p> + <p>Justly alarmed, he begg'd a rev'rend friend </p> + <p class="i2">Would send him "<i>a companion to the altar.</i>"</p> + <p>His friend forgot, Bob grew from worse to worse, </p> + <p class="i2">(A state to which he's always sure to alter,)</p> + <p>When he received a <i>night-cap</i> from his nurse, </p> + <p class="i2">Who thought it a <i>companion to the halter</i>!</p> +</div> +</div> +<hr /> + +<p>An Irish paper, in noticing a coroner's inquest on a young woman who had drowned + herself, says, the jury, after an hour's deliberation, brought in a verdict + of <i>wilful murder against herself</i>.</p> +<hr class="full" /> +<div class="quote"> +<div class="footnote"> + <p ><a name="footnote1"></a><b>Footnote 1</b>: <a href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a></p> + <p >The circular part.</p> + <p><a name="footnote2"></a><b>Footnote 2</b>: <a href="#footnotetag2">(return)</a> + </p> + <p>Come, that ye may learn holy doctrine.</p> + <p><a name="footnote3"></a><b>Footnote 3</b>: <a href="#footnotetag3">(return)</a> + </p> + <p>When Mignard returned to Paris in 1658, he again went to reside with his + friend.</p> + <p><a name="footnote4"></a><b>Footnote 4</b>: <a href="#footnotetag4">(return)</a> + </p> + <p> It appeared at Paris, in 12mo., with a French translation by + Mons. Du Piles, 1668.</p> + <p><a name="footnote5"></a><b>Footnote 5</b>: <a href="#footnotetag5">(return)</a></p> + <p> Le Brun was the pupil of Simon Voüet, and afterwards of + Poussin.</p> +</div> +</div> +<hr class="full" /> + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, +and Instruction, by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MIRROR OF LITERATURE, NO. 274 *** + +***** This file should be named 11330-h.htm or 11330-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/1/3/3/11330/ + +Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Elaine Walker and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team. + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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