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+<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 11411 ***</div>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page177" name="page177"></a>[pg
+177]</span>
+<h1>THE MIRROR<br />
+OF<br />
+LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.</h1>
+<hr class="full" />
+<table width="100%" summary="Volume, Number, and Date">
+<tr>
+<td align="left"><b>Vol. 14. No. 390.]</b></td>
+<td align="center"><b>SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1829</b></td>
+<td align="right"><b>[PRICE 2d.</b></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+<hr class="full" />
+<h2>CLIFTON.</h2>
+<div class="figure" style="width:80%;"><a href=
+"images/390-1.png"><img width="100%" src="images/390-1.png" alt=
+"Clifton" /></a></div>
+<p>Clifton is the Montpellier of England, and is associated with
+all that is delightful in nature: of this, the Engraving before us
+is a true picture, whether we contemplate the winding Avon; the
+sublime beauty of its rocks&mdash;</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>Clifton's airy rocks,</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<p>(as Mr. Bowles poetically calls them), the picturesque scenery
+of the opposite shore; or the abodes of cottage comforts which
+cluster into a rural village beside the cliff till the eye reaches
+a splendid range of crescents and terraces which art has reared on
+the stupendous brow above.</p>
+<p>Clifton is situated on the south and west of the cliff, or hill,
+(whence its name), one mile westward of the city of Bristol, over
+great part of which it commands a very pleasing prospect, as also
+of the ships that, on the flood and ebb tides, sail up and down the
+Avon. From the opposite shore the richly cultivated lands of
+Somersetshire present themselves in a very beautiful landscape,
+rising gradually four or five miles from the verge of the river to
+the top of Dundry Hill, whereon is a high tower, esteemed the
+Proteus of the weather, as being commonly enveloped with mist, so
+as scarcely to be visible, against rain; but, on the contrary, if
+it be seen clear and distinct in the morning, it denotes the
+approach of a fine day.</p>
+<p>The salubrious situation of Clifton has long since attracted the
+wealthy. Hence, the hill is nearly covered with superb buildings,
+(for which the freestone of the country affords peculiar
+facilities), till the village has almost become an elegant city.
+The Downs are covered with verdure all the year, and the turf
+abounds with aromatic plants, growing wild, which are not to be met
+with elsewhere in England. Here are also discernible ancient
+fortifications and intrenchments; and coins of the later Roman
+emperors have frequently been found about the camp; there are other
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page178" name="page178"></a>[pg
+178]</span> military works opposite, on the Somersetshire side of
+the Avon. Besides the above remains, on Clifton Downs, is an old
+tower with a brick floor, but without any roof. (<i>See the
+Engraving.</i>) From three open spaces, formerly doors, are
+exquisite views: in front an extensive prospect of Gloucestershire;
+on the right, part of Clifton, and in the background Dundry Hill;
+and on the left, King's Road, with the ships at anchor, the Bristol
+Channel, and the mountains of South Wales. At the end of the Downs
+stands the mansion of Sir William Draper, once so conspicuous in
+the public mind from the severe chastisement he received from
+Junius. To the left is an expensive monument erected by Sir
+William, who was colonel of the 79th regiment, to the memory of his
+soldiers who fell in the East Indies, in 1768; and to the right is
+a pillared tribute to the patriotic Earl of Chatham, with a brief
+Latin inscription by Sir William Draper.</p>
+<p>Our view of Clifton is from the Ferry, and is from an effective
+lithograph, of very recent date.</p>
+<p>Added to the charms of the romantic scenery of Clifton are the
+attractions of the Bristol Hot Wells, in the vicinity; upon which
+fashion has conferred too great celebrity to render description
+needful. The richness and grandeur of the scenery of the Hot Wells
+are almost inconceivable; in some places the rocks, venerably
+majestic, rise perpendicularly, or overhanging, craggy and bare;
+and in others they are clothed with luxuriant shrubs and stately
+trees. From the bottom of these cliffs, on the east bank of the
+river, issues the Bristol Hot Well water. The spring rises out of
+an aperture in the solid rocks and is computed to discharge about
+forty gallons in a minute.</p>
+<p>The author of the <i>History and Beauties of Clifton Hot
+Wells</i>, in describing this scenery, says, "One of the sublimest
+and most beautiful scenes in nature is exhibited by those bold and
+rugged eminences behind the crescent, known by the name of <i>St.
+Vincent's Rocks</i>, which appear to have been rent asunder by some
+violent convulsion of nature." They are misshapen and massy
+projections, nearly 300 feet in height. Pieces of this rock, when
+broken, have much the appearance of a dark, red marble; and when
+struck by a substance of corresponding hardness, emit a strong
+sulphureous smell. It is sometimes used as a substitute for foreign
+marble for chimney-pieces; but principally for making lime. In the
+fissures of these rocks are found those fine crystals usually
+called Bristol stones, which are so hard as to cut glass, and
+sustain the action of fire and of <i>aquafortis</i>; this, however,
+is only the case with such as are tinged. The imperfect ones, in
+which there appears something like small hairs, white specks, or
+bubbles of air and water, turn white when calcined.</p>
+<p>On these rocks, the Rev. W. Lisle Bowles has the following
+lines:&mdash;</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>How beauteous the pale rocks above the shore</p>
+<p class="i2">Uplift their bleak and furrow'd aspect high!</p>
+<p>How proudly desolate their foreheads, hoar,</p>
+<p class="i2">That meet the earliest sunbeam of the sky!</p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>Bound to yon dusky mart, with pennants gay,</p>
+<p class="i2">The tall bark on the winding water's line,</p>
+<p>Between the river cliffs plies her hard way,</p>
+<p class="i2">And peering on the sight the white sails shine.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr />
+<h3>LITERARY PROBLEM.</h3>
+<h4>(<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4>
+<p>It is not perhaps generally known, that in the writings of
+Sodates, a poet of Thrace, many of the verses may be turned and
+read different ways, without either losing the measure or sense;
+for instance the following, which may be read backwards:&mdash;</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>"Roma tibi stibito motibus ibit amor</p>
+<p>Si bene te, tua laus taxat, sua laute tenebis</p>
+<p>Sole medere pede, ede perede, melos."</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<p>His writings are nearly extinct, and are for the most part of a
+very immoral kind. He wrote some verses against Philadelphus
+Ptolemy, and was, in consequence, put into a cage of lead and
+thrown into the sea.</p>
+<p>K.K.</p>
+<hr class="full" />
+<h2>MANNERS &amp; CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS.</h2>
+<hr />
+<h3>THE GENOESE.<a id="footnotetag1" name=
+"footnotetag1"></a><a href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a></h3>
+<h4>(<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4>
+<p>The Genoese women, are almost without exception
+<i>beautiful</i>, and many of them retain their loveliness for a
+longer period than is usual in warm climates; I have seen very
+handsome females turned of forty. They are excessively fond of
+adorning themselves on Sundays and all festive occasions, with a
+profusion of rich and expensive gold ornaments; indeed the married
+women cannot be seen without them, for they are an essential part
+of their hymeneal dower. A young woman, upon the occasion of her
+nuptials, is obliged to purchase a <span class="pagenum"><a id=
+"page179" name="page179"></a>[pg 179]</span> set of gold trinkets,
+should the existence of her mother prevent her inheriting those
+which are already in the family; and in order to make this
+important purchase, no small property is required, since as much as
+three or four hundred francs are often given for a pair of
+ear-rings, seven or eight hundred for a necklace, chain, bracelets,
+or other articles individually; a few more trifling ornaments
+complete the set, with a curious kind of gold filagree cap, or net,
+for the head. These trinkets are in fact <i>necessary</i> adjutants
+to Genoese domestic economy, since, though as heir-looms they are
+never sold, except three or four sets should, from family
+casualties, become the property of an individual, yet there is
+neither law nor prejudice against pawning them; and, in pawn they
+generally are, from the week's commencement to its end, being
+redeemed on the Saturday night, only to be worn on Sunday, and
+pledged again on the Monday morning. There are shops in Genoa
+expressly for the sale of these bridal ornaments, which are worn
+there, exclusively by the inferior classes; for the higher orders
+of society if seen in such, would forfeit, whether foreigners or
+citizens, all pretentions to rank and fashion; however, the Genoese
+gold trinkets, may be, and are, much worn by the <i>Hidalgos</i> of
+many a place afar from that of their manufacture. These ornaments
+are not wrought into more than four fashions, which never vary. The
+Genoese women marry at fifteen or sixteen years of age, and it is
+impossible to imagine a creature more innocent, childish-looking,
+and perfectly beautiful, than a young bride in her nuptial
+attire.</p>
+<p>The female children of genteel parentage are, in Genoa, allowed
+to visit amongst themselves in balls and f&ecirc;tes, until they
+have attained the age of fourteen; when, being considered
+marriageable, instead of "<i>coming out</i>" as in England, they
+are kept strictly at home; allowed indeed to see a little company
+there, but there only, except when taken <i>per favour</i>, once or
+twice to the opera, to which they go purposely in an undress, sit
+at the back of the box, so as not to be seen, or if accidentally
+beheld, they are not to be recognised. When a girl reaches the
+appointed years of discretion, the sole consideration of her
+parents is, to <i>marry</i> her, and in this matter <i>she</i>,
+poor thing, has no voice, as I shall proceed to prove. Negotiating
+matches, making proposals, and arranging marriages, are affairs
+confided to the prudence and mediation of certain busy old ladies,
+who find their account in bringing about weddings, since they
+receive a regular <i>per centage</i> upon them. One of these
+emissaries of Hymen will call on a parent who has a son, reported
+to be an eligible match, and open the business by talking of the
+young man, until an opportunity occurs of inquiring whether he is
+not soon to be settled, and how much will be allowed him? These
+queries being answered to the good lady's satisfaction, she
+proceeds a step further, and enumerates the principal families of
+her acquaintance, who have daughters to <i>dispose</i> of, adding
+an accurate description of each Signorina's person, connexions,
+property, expectancies, and other advantages. A lady having been
+selected as an eligible match for the youth, the parents on both
+sides being agreed, and the young gentleman duly informed of their
+arrangements for his happiness, he is allowed to commence paying
+his addresses to the fair one, by sending her a large, and
+peculiarly constructed bouquet, the acceptance of which, is in fact
+an acceptance of himself, and the girl is immediately considered a
+<i>Sposina</i>, or betrothed one. The bouquet, and herself, in full
+dress, are forthwith carried to the opera, where the former is
+laid, and the latter seated, immediately in front of the box; when,
+numerous are the eyes and glasses levelled at the new
+<i>Sposina</i>, upon this her first appearance in public. On this
+interesting and trying occasion, her accepted lover stands during
+the performance behind her chair, and is assiduous in his
+attentions. The next amusement at which, according to etiquette the
+<i>Sposina</i> appears, is a ball, to which she goes attended by
+her lover, and one or both of her parents. The bouquet, the emblem
+of her engagement goes with her, which never quits her hand, except
+when she dances, and is then laid on her seat, until her return.
+She is not allowed to dance with any one but her brother, intended
+husband, or his most intimate friend to whom perhaps as a
+<i>favour</i>, he may choose to introduce her. The duty of the
+engaged man is, to present his <i>Sposina</i> every morning up to
+the period of their union, with a fresh bouquet, the size of which
+intimates the degree of affection and respect that he entertains
+for her. But should the lover's finances be slender, and his
+nuptials long delayed, he must find this elegant custom a very
+ruinous one, since the price of the best of these bouquets (and who
+durst for <span class="pagenum"><a id="page180" name=
+"page180"></a>[pg 180]</span> his own credit's sake present an
+inferior one?) is five or six francs. The <i>Sposina</i> appears
+everywhere and everyday with a bouquet in her hand, closely
+attended by her lover, and either or both of her parents; and a
+female, a stranger in Genoa, commits a breach of etiquette by
+walking through the streets carrying a nosegay, besides subjecting
+herself to the impertinence of a thousand eyes, that ask, "<i>Are
+you</i> a <i>Sposina</i>?" The wedding is celebrated with
+splendour, the fortune of the bride being sometimes expended in
+purchasing a magnificent dress, which is then deemed essential.
+Amongst the highest classes, the English custom of the bride and
+bridegroom quitting the wedding party immediately after the
+performance of the marriage-ceremony, for a tour, has commenced;
+but this innovation upon their established national manners, has
+not yet obtained a very general footing. The <i>match-maker</i> is,
+upon the wedding-day, presented with a sum of money adequate to the
+trouble she has taken to effect the alliance; for a lack of beauty,
+or fortune on the lady's side, mars her matrimonial prospects, and
+causes as great difficulties respecting her settlement in life, at
+Genoa, as in some other places I could mention rather nearer home.
+Once, being in company with an ancient dame, who had brought about
+a marriage that astonished all Genoa, she informed me, that she
+received as her <i>douceur</i> upon the occasion, 50<i>l</i>. This,
+I am to conclude, was a liberal recompense; for the <i>Sposina</i>,
+in that instance, was so plain, (a circumstance unusual with the
+Genoese women,) and afflicted with so bad a breath, as to be an
+object of disgust with all the men who heard of her. The
+<i>bouquets</i> which I have mentioned, are peculiar in structure,
+and beautiful in appearance: they are composed of the most
+brilliantly coloured flowers, disposed round a large central
+flower, in tiers, or rows, of the same colour; as, first perhaps, a
+row of red, then white, then purple, then yellow, then blue,
+&amp;c. &amp;c.; the stalks are cut short, curiously attached to
+wire by fine silk or thread, and being bound compactly together, so
+that the stalks and wires brought into a point, form a convenient
+handle, the petals of the flowers stand out in lines of the most
+vivid hues, making a kind of smooth, expanded, circular, and
+convex, surface. The manufacture of these bouquets, one of which
+takes a considerable time to complete, is a distinct occupation,
+and the sale of them, quite a trade; and though made elsewhere than
+at Genoa, those of that town are most esteemed, and sent over all
+parts of Italy. The flowers composing these bouquets, will keep for
+at least a fortnight as fresh and beautiful as when first gathered,
+and are capable of bearing long journeys, for they are constantly
+forwarded in boxes made expressly for them, to Turin, which is
+about a hundred miles from Genoa, where they arrive fresh and
+uninjured. An English nobleman indeed, not long since, having a
+quick conveyance, dispatched a Genoese bouquet to his family in
+England, who received it in its pristine beauty. Besides being
+presented by lovers to their affianced brides, they are the gifts
+of friend to friend on most festive occasions, such as weddings,
+christenings, birthdays, Saint's days, and holidays; and always
+upon New Year's day, which is as great an occasion for the transfer
+of gifts in Italy, as it is in France. The freshness and beauty of
+these bouquets, of which several were sent to me during my
+residence in Genoa, are to be thus preserved: at night put your
+flowers into a glass or vase, <i>without water</i>, since the
+stalks bound together in the manner described have lost the power
+of suction and could not be benefitted by it; then, lightly
+sprinkle, or water (with a watering-pot, the rose of which is
+finely bored,) the flowery head of the bouquet, and carefully cover
+it with a fine, light handkerchief, also moistened. This attention
+paid every night will preserve these beautiful nosegays, fresh and
+fair for many weeks.</p>
+<p>M.L.B.</p>
+<hr />
+<h3>THE NAUTILUS.</h3>
+<h3>WRITTEN FOR MUSIC.</h3>
+<h4>(<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>Hark! 'tis the song of the sailor shell,</p>
+<p class="i2">Sweet on the breezes swelling:</p>
+<p>Rearing its arms to the breathing gale,</p>
+<p class="i2">Over the billows sailing.</p>
+<p class="i4">Calm is the eve,</p>
+<p class="i4">The wavelets heave</p>
+<p class="i2">Their crests to the setting sun,</p>
+<p class="i4">Glitter awhile</p>
+<p class="i4">In his golden smile,</p>
+<p class="i2">And their brilliant course is run.</p>
+<p>Hasten, my brothers, our boat along,</p>
+<p class="i2">Off to our sea side dwelling:</p>
+<p>Haste; while the Nautilus' evening song</p>
+<p class="i2">Sweet on the breeze is swelling.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>Up with the sail! for the earliest boat</p>
+<p class="i2">Lies 'neath the world of waters</p>
+<p>Ceased is the wild harmonious note</p>
+<p class="i2">That melody's soul first taught us.<a id=
+"footnotetag2" name="footnotetag2"></a><a href=
+"#footnote2"><sup>2</sup></a></p>
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page181" name="page181"></a>[pg
+181]</span>
+<p class="i6">Over the sea</p>
+<p class="i6">The wind blows free,</p>
+<p class="i4">The spray in the air is hurl'd:</p>
+<p class="i6">Clouds in the wave</p>
+<p class="i6">Their bosoms lave;</p>
+<p class="i4">Then quick be our sail unfurl'd,</p>
+<p>Haste ye, my brothers, ere night comes on,</p>
+<p class="i2">Over the world of waters:</p>
+<p>Sing to high heaven, the mellow song</p>
+<p class="i2">The Nautilus' note first taught us.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<p>W. PEARCE.</p>
+<hr />
+<h3>PARAPHRASE ON BISHOP HEBER'S PICTURE OF HUMAN LIFE.</h3>
+<h4>(<i>For the Mirror</i>.)</h4>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>Life, like a mighty river, bears us on</p>
+<p>A rapid tide, we ne'er can rest upon,</p>
+<p>Adown the narrow stream, at first, we glide</p>
+<p>Thro' fruits and flowers that fringe the grassy side.</p>
+<p>The playful murmurings of its windings seem</p>
+<p>Soft, as the far-off music of a dream,</p>
+<p>Over our heads the trees their blossoms shed,</p>
+<p>Flowers on the brink their mingled odours shed.</p>
+<p>Beauty around, above us, Hope within;</p>
+<p>Eager we grasp each dazzling charm to win.</p>
+<p>But hurried on and on, we ne'er can stay</p>
+<p>Our little bark to anchor or delay.</p>
+<p>For now, how full, how deep, how vast the river</p>
+<p>On which we glide, that stays its journey never!</p>
+<p>As rolling years bring with them joy and woe,</p>
+<p>Dark, and more various, seems our voyage to grow.</p>
+<p>Buoyant we ride on waves of hope and joy,</p>
+<p>Down, down, we sink, when earthly cares annoy!</p>
+<p>Futile and vain, alike each hope or fear</p>
+<p>On, on, we glide, there is no resting here.</p>
+<p>For far behind is left each joy and woe,</p>
+<p>The mighty river ne'er will cease to flow!</p>
+<p>And, rough and smooth, it hastens to its home,</p>
+<p>Glides by each futile hope and pleasure gone.</p>
+<p>Until within our ears the ocean roars,</p>
+<p>And the bleak billows break upon the shores;</p>
+<p>Beneath our keel the bounding waves arise,</p>
+<p>And the land lessens from our aching eyes.</p>
+<p>The floods of "Time's wide ocean" round us swell,</p>
+<p>Earth take of us thy long and last farewell!</p>
+<p>For witness of our <i>future voyage</i> there's none</p>
+<p>But <i>He</i>, the Infinite, Eternal One!</p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p><i>Kirton Lindsey</i>.<span style="margin-left:3em">ANNIE
+R.</span></p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr />
+<h3>ON VEILS.</h3>
+<h4>(<i>To the Editor of the Mirror</i>.)</h4>
+<p>In No. 385, of the MIRROR, one of your Correspondents gives an
+account of the "<i>Origin</i> of <i>wearing</i> the veil," in which
+he attributes it to Penelope, the beautiful wife of Ulysses. Now,
+for my own part, I feel inclined to query this statement of C.K.W.
+first by his own account of the origin, and second by
+Scripture.</p>
+<p>Your Correspondent, speaking of the decision which the wife of
+Ulysses was to give, says, "the beautiful Penelope finding herself
+in this dilemma, <i>blushed</i>, and without making the least
+reply, drew <i>her</i> veil over her face," &amp;c. By this I think
+it is clearly understood that veils were common in Greece when this
+occurrence took place; or why say "<i>her</i> veil," which readily
+implies, that it was customary to wear them, and also that it was
+near her at the time; although, perhaps, she <i>might</i> have been
+the first to use it upon such an occasion, namely, to hide her
+blushes from the observation of her father when she decided upon
+accompanying her husband in preference to staying with her parent.
+2nd. In Scripture we find the veil used in Moses' time, and even by
+Moses himself,<a id="footnotetag3" name="footnotetag3"></a><a href=
+"#footnote3"><sup>3</sup></a> 1491 years before Christ; but the
+earliest <i>mention</i> of it which I can find in the Old Testament
+is in Genesis, xxiv. 65, (before Christ 1857 years,) where it says
+"Rebekah took a veil when she saw Isaac coming towards her, and
+covered herself;" it being customary even in those early times to
+wear them, especially with brides. Now, by referring to the History
+of Greece, it appears that Sparta, near which this scene of
+Penelope's is said to have taken place, was not <i>founded</i> or
+instituted till about A.M. 2650, or before Christ 1354, which alone
+makes a difference of 500 years, setting aside the time from the
+foundation of Sparta to the period in which Ulysses lived.</p>
+<p>I therefore come to the conclusion that your Correspondent is
+mistaken with regard to the origin of wearing the veil; for it is
+allowed by all that the Bible is the most ancient work extant,
+therefore to that we must go for such information as cannot be
+derived from any other source. I beg leave to conclude this paper
+with a few observations, and some extracts from different writers,
+on the veils worn in the East, which may not, perhaps, be
+uninteresting to your numerous readers.</p>
+<p>By perusing the various accounts given us by travellers in the
+East, it appears that great importance is attached to the veil. The
+strictness with which the ladies keep their faces covered and
+hidden from the sight of men, is common in the East, for they are
+generally of the most exquisite beauty; and would take it as the
+greatest insolence which could be offered to them, should their
+veils at any time be drawn aside.</p>
+<p>"Veil answers to the Hebrew word <i>tzaiph</i>, translated by a
+veil, a scarf, or mantle, with which the eastern women <span class=
+"pagenum"><a id="page182" name="page182"></a>[pg 182]</span>
+covered their head and face. The Hebrew has also <i>haradidim</i>,
+or veils to sit at table in. The veil was a kind of crape, so that
+they could see through it, or at least a passage was left for the
+light to come to their eyes." <i>Calmet</i>, vol. ii. art.
+Veil.</p>
+<p>Veils are usually worn both in the house and when abroad, and
+are of four kinds; one of which is a kind of handkerchief, which
+the Eastern ladies wear over the face and the temples. This
+handkerchief or veil has a net work at the place of the eyes, like
+point or thread lace, in order that it may be seen through.</p>
+<p>Chardin, in his <i>Voyage en Perse</i>, tom. ii. p.
+50, says, "The Armenian women, contrary to the Mahometan women,
+have, even when in the house, the lower part of the face veiled,
+even including the nose, if they are married. This is in order that
+their nearest relations and their priests, who have the liberty of
+visiting them, may see only a part of their face; but the girls
+wear this veil only to the mouth, for the contrary reason, in order
+that they may be seen enough to judge of their beauty, and to talk
+of it.... Girls are not <i>shut up</i> in Persia till they attain
+the age of six or seven years; before that age they go out of the
+seraglio, sometimes with their father, so that they may then be
+seen. I have seen some wonderfully pretty. They show the neck and
+bosom, and more beautiful cannot be seen."</p>
+<p>Hanway gives the following account, <i>Travels in Persia</i>,
+vol i. 185:&mdash;"The women in Ghilan are fair, their eyes and
+hair black; but here, as in other places, they often use a drug
+with which they blacken their eyes. In this province their features
+are small: these, as well as their stature, partaking much of the
+delicate. But in general the Georgians are most esteemed for the
+charms of their persons. The females who do not labour in the
+field, are seldom seen abroad, except in a morning before the sun
+rises, and then they are covered with <i>veils</i>, which reach
+down to their feet. When they travel on horseback, every lady of
+distinction is not only veiled, but has generally a servant; who
+runs or rides before her to clear the way; and on such occasions
+the men, even in the market-places, <i>always turn their backs till
+the women are past</i>, it being thought the highest ill manners to
+look at them; but this awful respect is a proof of the slavery in
+which they are doomed to live. The care which they take to conceal
+their faces, to avoid the imputation of acting indelicately, and
+contrary to custom, has made so strong an impression on them, that
+I was told of a woman who being accidentally surprised when
+bathing, showed her whole person except her face; to hide which all
+her solicitude was employed."</p>
+<p>From Volney, vol. ii. p. 481, we have the following:&mdash;"In
+Asia the women are rigorously secluded from the society of men;
+constantly shut up in their houses, they have no communication but
+with their husband, their father, their brother, or at most their
+cousin german. Carefully <i>veiled</i> in the streets, they dare
+hardly speak to a man, even on business. Everybody must be
+strangers to them; it would be indecent to fix your eyes on them;
+and you must let them pass you as if there were something
+contagious in their nature. The situation of the women among the
+Orientals, occasions a great contrast between their manners and
+ours. Such is their delicacy on this head, that they never speak of
+them; and it would be esteemed highly indecent to make any
+inquiries of the men respecting the women of their family. They are
+unable to conceive how our women go with their faces uncovered;
+when, in their country, an uplifted veil is the mark of a
+prostitute, or the signal for a love adventure."</p>
+<p>Pitt's account coincides with the above. "At Algiers, if there
+are two, three, or four families in one house, as many times there
+happens to be, yet they may live there many years and never see one
+another's wife." p. 63. "The women wear veils, so that a man's own
+wife may pass him in the street and he not have the least knowledge
+of her. They will not stop to speak with men, or even with their
+own husbands in the street." p. 67.</p>
+<p>Niebuhr says, p. 44. "A man never salutes women in public; he
+would even commit an indecency if he looked at them steadily. An
+Arab lady who met us in a wide valley of the desert of Mount Sinai,
+went out of the way, gave her camel to be led by her servant, and
+walked on foot till we were passed; another, who met us in a narrow
+way, and who was on foot, sat down, and turned her back towards
+us."</p>
+<p>We see by the above, the importance attached to this part of
+female dress in the East. The females of the Jewish nation, as
+referred to above, in the case of Rebekah, wore the veil as a token
+of modesty, reverence, or <i>subjection</i> to their husbands.
+Chardin also says,
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page183" name=
+"page183"></a>[pg 183]</span>
+(<i>Voyage en Perse</i>) speaking of a peculiar
+sort of veil, "Only married women wear it; and it is the mark by
+which it is known <i>that they are under subjection</i> or
+power."</p>
+<p>I will not enlarge further upon the subject, but leave it to
+your readers to draw their own conclusions.</p>
+<p>JOSEPH TEMPLE E&mdash;&mdash;K.</p>
+<hr class="full" />
+<h2>THE SKETCH-BOOK.</h2>
+<hr />
+<h3>A NIGHT IN A SEDAN CHAIR.</h3>
+<h4><i>From the German of Theodore Koerner.</i></h4>
+<h4>(<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4>
+<p>I came from a party where the wine had not been spared, and the
+guests had but just separated, in a state of tolerable elevation.
+It was a drear and stormy autumn night. On reaching the door of my
+abode, I first became aware that I had forgotten the key. As I
+could not imagine that any one would be awake at this late
+hour,&mdash;for it now drew near twelve&mdash;and, besides, as I
+lived on the fourth story, I had humanity enough not to alarm the
+whole street, by ringing and shouting, for admittance. As this was
+a circumstance of no very infrequent occurrence, I was not long
+perplexed for a shelter; but directed my steps, as usual, towards
+the sedan stand, at the market place, where of course I still met
+with society, though fast locked in the fetters of sleep. In the
+hall, lay stretched and snoring, the whole corps of the honourable
+company of sedan chairmen; and on a bench near the wall, lay, as
+usual, the sleeping guardian of the night. Without troubling myself
+much about my companions, I gently opened a sedan&mdash;crept into
+the corner&mdash;and slept much the sooner for "the good wine
+having done its good office" on me.</p>
+<p>I had slept but a very short time when I heard it strike twelve;
+the watchman now arose, and blew a blast upon his horn that
+thrilled through my every nerve, and sang:&mdash;</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>List&mdash;Christians list!&mdash;the passing bell</p>
+<p>Of twelve, has just now told its knell,</p>
+<p>And midnight is, when evil sprites,</p>
+<p>Scare the tired sense, with wild affrights.</p>
+<p>Now close your eyes in peace, and rest</p>
+<p>Till morning rays illume the west:</p>
+<p class="i10">Praise God the Lord!</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<p>A second time he blew his horn, and the sound re-echoed
+fearfully through the old Town House; the storm howled
+terrifically, and the rain pattered against the panes of my
+dwelling. In spite of the injunction of the watchman, I opened my
+eyes, and beheld him advancing towards the other end of the
+market-place, where he stopped to repeat his song; and again
+occasionally from street to street, till his voice died away in the
+distance. At this moment I was seized with an indefinable sensation
+of dread. I would have run after the watchman, but the rain
+deterred me. He, too, might have sung of something else than
+exactly of that fearful hour of night&mdash;</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>"When tombs do yawn and graves yield up their dead."</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<p>I did not feel at all comfortable. I was, notwithstanding, just
+about to nestle myself up again in the corner, and once more close
+my eyes, when they lighted on two, tall, meagre forms, whom I
+immediately recognised by their garb as chairmen. There was
+something mysterious in their movements, as if they were consulting
+on matters of grave import&mdash;of their discourse I could
+understand nothing&mdash;and their voices sounded to me, in the
+chair, something like the noise made by a brush when drawn over the
+surface of a sheet of paper. I was considering what might be the
+result of all this, when they suddenly seized hold of the chair,
+and marched off. I ought now indeed to have called out to them, but
+partly from a curiosity to discover the cause of this singular
+nocturnal ramble, and partly from a fear of being roughly treated
+for my obtrusiveness, I was induced to remain quietly in my corner.
+My weight did not seem to attract their notice; but how great was
+my astonishment on observing that my bearers were carrying me, in
+unvarying circles, round the market place, though at every turn
+they contracted the space they traversed&mdash;and that the usual
+heavy-sounding tread of the chairmen was changed for a noiseless,
+gliding pace. I looked out to see whether they had not drawn off
+their boots, but I was soon convinced by the evidence of my eyes
+that their heavy boots were in unison with the rest of the
+customary apparel of that class. Their evolutions now became
+gradually narrower, and I, in the same proportion, more anxious and
+excited. At length they stopped, panting, under the lamp-post which
+stands in the middle of the market place, and I was once more
+greeted by those low, hoarse sounds, which I have already
+mentioned, and it was only by dint of the most attentive listening,
+that I could distinguish the following words:</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>We are formed of the mist of the grave,</p>
+<p class="i2">We bear to the feast of the slain,</p>
+<p>There we carry the free and the slave,</p>
+<p class="i2">The host and his numberless train,</p>
+<p>Yonder we carry&mdash;to and fro,</p>
+<p>Nor end our labours e'er shall know.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page184" name="page184"></a>[pg
+184]</span>
+<p>At this moment a mist floated before my eyes&mdash;I endeavoured
+to shout&mdash;but although I used the utmost exertion, I could not
+produce a sound&mdash;I felt as if palsied and enchained&mdash;my
+situation was desperate&mdash;what species of civility could I
+expect from the spirits, (for that they were supernatural beings I
+could no longer doubt) of those chairmen who during their mortal
+career are so noted for their brutality? After a short halt, they
+recommenced their march at the same stealthy pace, through how many
+streets I cannot now tell, for fear almost deprived me of my
+senses. We came to the town gate&mdash;it opened&mdash;and my
+conductors bore me directly towards&mdash;the churchyard! I was in
+a fever of excitement. They no sooner reached this desired spot,
+than they stopped, and I heard their accursed voices for the third
+time. They opened the door, as if waiting for some one&mdash;I
+endeavoured to embrace this opportunity to escape, or to call out,
+but my strength had totally deserted me; every limb felt paralyzed.
+And now a whole legion of similar fiends swarmed around my
+conductors, and one after another, sprang in upon me, apparently no
+more remarking my presence than if I had formed part of the
+cushion. The first that fell upon me was a cold, heavy carcass that
+might have been buried, at farthest, about three days. I thought
+horror and disgust would have destroyed me. Then came a countless
+myriad of the skeletons of the defunct, all crowding into the
+sedan, as if it had been the ark of Noah. At length, to all
+appearance, the whole of the inhabitants of the churchyard were
+safely seated upon and beside me, and the tombstones which had
+pertinaciously adhered to many a greasy soul, added not a little to
+the load which lay rattling and groaning upon me. A monstrous
+skeleton which lay at my side&mdash;with its eternal
+grin&mdash;made the most horrible inroads into my right side with
+its bony elbow, and such a smell&mdash;even now I wonder that every
+sense did not leave me. The patience of my bearers seemed however
+now to be exhausted. They still battled at the door with hundreds
+of this amiable fraternity; at length they dashed the door to with
+a force that made the windows quiver, and made off with me and my
+noble troop. And now it was that the rattling, and groaning, and
+the elbow manoeuvre were first fully brought into action, and in
+their endeavours to seat themselves more conveniently, my accursed
+freight jolted from one side to the other till I thought my knees
+would have broken down under their burthen. One would imagine that
+in such numerous society I should have been warmly seated, yet no
+icehouse ever was colder. At every step that our bearers took, the
+icy mass of putridity before me, shook together&mdash;my flesh
+creeps even now at the recollection. The company, growing merry,
+began to sing&mdash;and with organs similar to those I had already
+remarked in our guides; but what airs! what tunes! The corpse
+before me seemed to be a leading singer; his soul-moving,
+heart-rending treble, sounded something like scraping slate pencil
+upon glass; the stave was of the following joyous
+import:&mdash;</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>See, how glows the deadly wine,</p>
+<p class="i2">Upon the bony lip,</p>
+<p>And arranged in spectral line,</p>
+<p class="i2">Our joyous numbers trip.</p>
+<p>See&mdash;attentive at her side,</p>
+<p>The ghastly lover woos his bride;</p>
+<p>Whilst sepulchral music flowing,</p>
+<p>Scares the dawning day from growing.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<p>To the latest hour of my existence, I shall retain a vivid
+recollection of this auricular martyrdom. After a ride of about
+half an hour, during which, my situation was more horrible than I
+can depict, our conductors stopped at another churchyard; the door
+was now opened, and as each passed forward to escape, a terrific
+squabble ensued between the cargo and my two attendants, probably
+about the fare. A third time I strained every nerve to call out,
+but it was absolutely impossible; at length, however, their quarrel
+seemed to have been adjusted; the chairman shut the door, still
+grumbling, and I was again, thank God, alone&mdash;could once more
+breathe freely&mdash;and by degrees became warmer. My conductors
+took their way through the gate back again, and I became more easy
+in the reflection that, in consonance with old habits of good
+order, they would probably replace the chair in its original
+situation; but, to my astonishment and terror, I now first became
+aware that the size of my conductors was rapidly enlarging.
+Instantly their statures became more exalted, their forms more
+aerial, and their strides more gigantic; and I could see distinctly
+into the first floor of the houses of the street through which we
+were passing. In the square where stands the monument of our late
+lamented monarch, their forms became really terrific, and as the
+foremost strode past, he swept the statue from its pedestal with
+his coat, with as much apparent ease as if it had been a wax doll.
+In the next street, I could, without difficulty, look into the
+third floor of the <span class="pagenum"><a id="page185" name=
+"page185"></a>[pg 185]</span> houses we were passing, and on
+reaching the market place, I found myself elevated to the altitude
+of the church-clock; my bearers having become as attenuated as the
+conductor. Here all consciousness left me, and what farther became
+of me, I know not. On recovering myself, I lay in the chair which
+stood in its old place. It was already near mid-day; I therefore
+crept softly out of my fearful tenement, and luckily escaped
+unobserved. My friends to whom I related my adventure, said, that I
+had dreamed&mdash;that I had been visited by the
+nightmare&mdash;but to me it has always appeared singular, that for
+the whole of the next day, my coat had a smell as earthy as if it
+had lain in a grave; and that the storm should this very night have
+thrown down the statue of the king from its pedestal.</p>
+<p>J.H.F.</p>
+<hr class="full" />
+<h2>SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY.</h2>
+<p><i>Waterproof Composition.</i></p>
+<p>Mr. Henry Hunt, the patentee of the "Waterproof Composition,"
+informs us that for the above invention we are indebted to the
+scientific researches of Baron Charles Wetterstedz, the brother of
+one of the ministers of state at the Court of Sweden, by whom it
+was employed to prevent the infection of the plague, by means of
+absorption through the pores of the soles of boots and shoes; but
+he accidentally discovered that it rendered them waterproof, during
+a thaw in Sweden, when his boots, being prepared with this
+composition, resisted the snow-water, and remained perfectly dry,
+whilst the boots of other persons were saturated, and resembled
+tripe.</p>
+<p>Mr. Scott, an experienced engineer, has experimented upon
+leather prepared with Mr. Hunt's Composition, and found it
+"impervious to moisture at all degrees of pressure that leather
+will bear." The best tannage becomes saturated at from ten to
+fourteen pounds upon the inch, whilst that prepared with the
+Composition, was not penetrated at 180 lbs. upon the inch. With
+such testimony, we need not add our recommendation of "the
+Waterproof Composition" as likely to prove of great benefit,
+especially to our sporting and country friends.</p>
+<p><i>Preservation of Canvass.</i></p>
+<p>The <i>Literary Gazette</i> informs us, that an inhabitant of
+Troyes, in Champagne, has discovered a method of preparing canvass,
+and every other description of coarse linen, so as to resist damp,
+and prevent the approach of insects and vermin, and that the
+inventor promises to make his discovery public.</p>
+<p><i>Bacon.</i></p>
+<p>An American journal says, that Elder leaves bruised in a mortar,
+with a little water, will destroy skippers in bacon, without
+injuring the meat.</p>
+<p><i>Ale.</i></p>
+<p>Ale brewers usually put into the bung-hole of each cask, when
+stowed away, a handful of half boiled hops impregnated with wort,
+the object of which is to exclude the atmospheric air by covering
+the surface of the liquid; but some brewers, more rigidly
+attentive, insert (privately) at the same time, about one ounce of
+powdered black rosin, previously mixed with beer, which swims on
+the surface, but after a time is partially absorbed.&mdash;<i>Lib.
+Useful Know.</i></p>
+<p><i>Beer Poisons.</i></p>
+<p><i>Cocculus Indicus</i> is largely imported into this country,
+considering that few know for what other purpose it is used than to
+adulterate beer. We suspect what was at one time generally sold to
+brewers for Cocculus Indicus was really <i>Nux Vomica</i> (used to
+poison rats), and that the brewers' druggists when making their
+defence, passed Nux Vomica for Cocculus Indicus, on the same
+principle as the forgers of bank notes plead guilty to the lesser
+indictment. <i>Opium</i>, we believe, is still in use; for we have
+known seizures of that article in the custody of ale brewers,
+within the last two years.&mdash;<i>Library of Useful Know.</i></p>
+<p><i>Bees.</i></p>
+<p>A Correspondent of the <i>Magazine of Natural History</i>, says,
+"the superstition respecting bees prevails in some parts, as to
+informing them of any great public event that takes place."</p>
+<p><i>Swan River Settlement.</i></p>
+<p>The soil of Swan River, from its moist state, is better adapted
+to the cultivation of tobacco and cotton than any other part of
+Australia. Both these articles are intended to be cultivated on a
+large scale, as also sugar and flax, with various important
+articles of drugs that the climate is peculiarly adapted to the
+growth of.&mdash;<i>Parliamentary Papers.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Harvest Bug</i></p>
+<p>Is so minute as to be visible only to the keenest eyes, and then
+only when on any very smooth white surface. Ladies and children are
+the first to complain of their attacks; and chiefly where
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page186" name="page186"></a>[pg
+186]</span> any part of the dress fits closely to the skin. There
+they seat themselves at the intersection of the lines, and lay such
+firm hold with their feet and jaws, that they cannot be displaced
+by rubbing, nor by washing, unless a powerful spirit or acid be
+used. By a microscope, the bug will be seen to have eight legs, two
+feelers, and an abdomen something egg-shaped; colour livid red; and
+in size no bigger than the point of a small needle. They lacerate
+the epidermis in some way or other, as a small hole is observable
+where they have been seated; and cause extreme itching and
+considerable inflammation of the part.&mdash;<i>Magazine of Natural
+History</i>.</p>
+<p>We should think <i>Eau de luce</i> or ammonia a remedy for their
+bite.</p>
+<p><i>Adulterated Flour.</i></p>
+<p>If flour adulterated with potato starch be sprinkled upon black
+paper, and examined by a powerful lens, or a microscope, the starch
+may be detected by the brilliancy of its grains.</p>
+<hr class="full" />
+<h2>NOTES OF A READER.</h2>
+<hr />
+<h3>A BOTTLE OF GOOD WINE.</h3>
+<p>The following (from the <i>Ramblings of a Desultory Man</i>, in
+the <i>New Monthly Magazine</i>) is in the best vein of a <i>bon
+vivant</i> and will be easily credited:&mdash;</p>
+<p>"After dinner we ordered a bottle of Sautern, which was marked
+in the carte at two francs ten sous. It was in a kind of despair
+that we did it, for the red wine was worth nothing. It
+came&mdash;people may talk of Hocheim, and Burgundy, and Hermitage,
+and all the wines that ever the Rhone or the Rhine produced, but
+never was their wine like that one bottle of Sautern. It poured out
+as clear as the stream of hope ere it has been muddied by
+disappointment, and it was as soft and generous as early joy ere
+youth finds out its fallacy. We drank it slowly, and lingered over
+the last glass as if we had a presentiment that we should never
+meet with any thing like it again. When it was done, quite done, we
+ordered another bottle. But no&mdash;it was not the same wine. We
+sent it away and had another&mdash;in vain;&mdash;and
+another&mdash;there was no more of it to be had.</p>
+<p>"It was like one of those days of pure unsophisticated
+happiness, that sometimes break in upon life, and leave nothing to
+be desired; that come unexpectedly, last their own brief space,
+like things apart, and are remembered for ever." We remember just
+such a bottle of <i>Grave</i> at Abbeville.</p>
+<hr />
+<h3>ST. SAVIOUR, SOUTHWARK.<a id="footnotetag4" name=
+"footnotetag4"></a><a href="#footnote4"><sup>4</sup></a></h3>
+<p>Among the fine old localities of London is the neighbourhood of
+the church of St. Saviour, Southwark; this is one of the noblest
+and largest churches in London, and when the new London Bridge is
+finished, might be made a noble object from the approach on the
+Borough side. It is a positive disgrace if it be suffered to remain
+in its present dilapidated state by the parishioners. The massy
+spaciousness of the structure, and the solidity of its walls,
+strike the stranger who first beholds it with admiration. In this
+church lies old Gower the poet, and there are several very curious
+relics of the olden time scattered about within its walls. Its date
+is believed to be anterior to London Bridge. All the ground along
+the river near it towards Blackfriars' Bridge is filled with
+remains celebrated in the annals of the church, and what is
+singular, also of the theatre.&mdash;<i>New Monthly
+Magazine</i>.</p>
+<hr />
+<h3>HUMAN LIFE.</h3>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>Human life is like a river&mdash;</p>
+<p>Its brightness lasts not on for ever&mdash;</p>
+<p>That dances from its native braes,</p>
+<p>As pure as maidhood's early days;</p>
+<p>But soon, with dark and sullen motion,</p>
+<p>It rolls into its funeral ocean,</p>
+<p>And those whose currents are the slightest,</p>
+<p>And shortest run, are aye the brightest:</p>
+<p>So is our life&mdash;its latest wave</p>
+<p>Rolls dark and solemn to the grave.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p><span style="margin-left:3em"><i>Ettrick
+Shepherd</i>.</span></p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr />
+<h3>SHUMLA.</h3>
+<p>The following description of Shumla, by an experienced officer,
+will at this moment, be particularly interesting:&mdash;</p>
+<p>"What is properly called the town of Shumla, is nearly
+surrounded by a rampart of Mount H&aelig;mus, or the Balkan, which
+descends on both sides in the form of a horse-shoe. The steep
+slopes of this great fence are covered with detached rocks and
+close thorny bushes. <span class="pagenum"><a id="page187" name=
+"page187"></a>[pg 187]</span> The nature of the ground makes it a
+most advantageous position for the Turkish soldier, who when
+sheltered by these inequalities, rapid steeps and a few
+intrenchments, displays all the address of the most skilful
+marksman. Like some orators, who cannot express themselves unless
+when partly concealed by a table or tribunal, the Turk cannot use
+his musket unless he can rest it on a stone or against the trunk of
+a tree, but then his aim is infallible.</p>
+<p>"The town is about a league in length, with half that breadth,
+and may contain from thirty to thirty-five thousand souls. The
+fortifications are of barbarian architecture; a ditch, with a
+simple rampart, partly of earth, partly of brick, flanked here and
+there with little towers, which serve neither for support nor
+resistance, and which contain not above seven or eight fusileers.
+But it is not the town itself which is to be considered, but the
+vast intrenched field in the centre of which it is placed, and
+which is capable of containing an immense army, with its magazines,
+its utensils and equipage, without the enemy having the power to
+throw a single shell into the place, or disturb it by any manoeuvre
+whatever.</p>
+<p>"The air is extremely healthy in the elevated positions of the
+Balkan and in the narrow valleys which lie between its ridges....
+On the other hand, there cannot be a more unhealthy country than
+that which extends from the Balkan to the borders of the Danube and
+Pruth. This difference between the climate of the mountains and the
+plain is the most formidable defence which nature has given Shumla.
+While the enemy is encamped in wet grounds and pestilential
+marshes, in want of wood, of provisions, and sometimes of men in
+health to take care of the sick; the Turks breathe a keen, dry air,
+and have an inexhaustible supply of fuel in the forests which
+surround them. In summer, Shumla is an agreeable abode; the town is
+surrounded by pleasant gardens, by vineyards, and a stream running
+from the mountains maintains the verdure of the fields. In time of
+peace it may be entered without hindrance, and the Turks allow the
+curious to walk about and survey all the posts. In this there is
+perhaps a secret pride, joined with the wish to communicate to
+others the conviction which they themselves feel, that the place is
+inexpugnable."</p>
+<hr />
+<h3>COURT FLATTERY.</h3>
+<p>Here is a draught of "delicious essence," proffered by the lord
+of the Burmese granaries to the British embassy:&mdash;"The most
+glorious monarch, the lord of the golden palace, the sunrising
+king, holds dominion over that part of the world which lies towards
+the rising sun; the great and powerful monarch, the King of
+England, rules over the whole of that portion of the world which
+lies towards the setting sun. The same glorious sun enlightens the
+one and the other. Thus may peace continue between the two
+countries, and for ever impart mutual blessings to both. Let no
+cloud intervene, or mist arise, to obscure its genial rays."</p>
+<hr />
+<h3>A BARGAIN.</h3>
+<p>The Archbishop of Saltzburg paid, in 1745, 995 scudi for his
+pallium, and 31,338 for his confirmation; <i>i.e.</i> (roughly
+speaking) about 7,000<i>l</i>. The pallium consists of two stripes
+of white wool, cut from two lambs offered up, in St. Agnes's
+Church, on St. Agnes's Day, spun into a sort of cloth by the nuns
+of St. Agnes, and consecrated by the Pope on the altar of St.
+Peter's.</p>
+<hr />
+<h3>CITY PAGEANTS.</h3>
+<p>In the reign of James I. the sober liverymen of London decked
+themselves, on days of state, with chains of gold, pearl, or
+diamonds. The wealthy merchant, Sir Paul Pindar, had a diamond
+valued at thirty thousand pounds, which he lent to the king on
+great occasions, but refused to sell. It was said by the Prince of
+Anhalt, in 1610, after seeing "the pleasant triumphs upon the
+water, and within the city, which at this time, were extraordinary,
+in honour of the lord mayor and citizens," that "there was no state
+nor city in the world that did elect their magistrates with such
+magnificence, except the city of Venice, unto which the city of
+London cometh very near." These exhibitions were more splendid,
+and, though quaint and whimsical, savoured more of intellect and
+invention than the similar "triumphs" of the present
+day.&mdash;<i>Quarterly Review</i>.</p>
+<hr />
+<p>Brussels is rapidly advancing in the art of printing; one
+individual published no less than 250,000 volumes in the year 1827.
+Books are published much cheaper than in Paris, which creates no
+small jealousy there. Didot projected to bring his press into
+Brussels, but found that he had been forestalled by the labours of
+more than one printer. Neither the type nor the paper equal the
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page188" name="page188"></a>[pg
+188]</span> printing of London or Edinburgh, or perhaps Paris; but
+they are daily improving, and an immense number of books are
+exported.&mdash;<i>New Mon. Mag</i>.</p>
+<hr />
+<p>Huber, a German priest, relates a curious instance, in his own
+experience, of the mischief done by hasty proceedings. When he
+first went to his parish, he found, to his great disgust, only the
+common books of devotion, viz.:&mdash;P. Cochem, the Great and
+Little Garden, the Spiritual Soul-watcher, &amp;c. The very first
+occasion which offered, he attacked these books publicly and
+vehemently from the pulpit. The people were shocked and offended;
+they said that their fathers knew how to pray as well as fresh
+teachers, and would not look at his new volumes of prayer. Taught
+by his ill success to vary his plan, on a subsequent occasion he
+took occasion to speak in proper terms of respect of the piety of
+the composers of those early books, but added that many
+improvements, as they all knew, were constantly making in
+agriculture, masonry, &amp;c., and so they must see that this might
+be the case with books. He then proceeded in the pulpit to compare
+the old and one of his new books of devotion, and before the
+evening he had numerous applications for copies.&mdash;<i>Foreign
+Quarterly Review</i>.</p>
+<hr />
+<h3>MOONLIGHT.</h3>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>When sunbeams on the river blaze,</p>
+<p>You on its glory scarce can gaze;</p>
+<p>But when the moon's delirious beam,</p>
+<p>In giddy splendour woos the stream,</p>
+<p>Its mellow'd light is so refined,</p>
+<p>'Tis like a gleam of soul and mind;</p>
+<p>Its gentle ripple glittering by,</p>
+<p>Like twinkle of a maiden's eye;</p>
+<p>While all amazed at Heaven's steepness,</p>
+<p>You gaze into its liquid deepness,</p>
+<p>And see some beauties that excel&mdash;</p>
+<p>Visions to dream of, not to tell&mdash;</p>
+<p>A downward soul of living hue,</p>
+<p>So mild, so modest, and so blue!</p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p><span style="margin-left:3em"><i>Ettrick
+Shepherd</i>.</span></p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr />
+<h3>PERILS OF TRAVEL.</h3>
+<p>Humboldt and his party, on their memorable ascent of the volcano
+of Tunguragna, in the Nevado del Chimborazo, at the elevation of
+19,300 feet, the highest spot ever trod by man, suffered severely.
+The air was reduced to half its usual density, and felt intensely
+cold and piercing. Respiration was laborious; and blood oozed from
+their eyes, their lips, and their gums. Another peculiarity of
+great elevations, noticed by travellers, is the astonishing
+clearness of the atmosphere. Captain Head was struck with it in the
+case of a condor shot, which appeared to fall within thirty or
+forty yards; but on sending one of his miners to bring it back, to
+his astonishment he found that the distance was such, as to take up
+above half an hour, going and returning. In Norway, a friend of the
+present writer stepped out of a boat to visit a spot, as he
+conceived, of a few hundred yards distant, when in fact it proved
+to be some miles. In the Pyrenees, the celebrated cascade of
+Gavarni appears about a short mile from the auberge, where
+travellers frequently leave their mules to rest, while they proceed
+on foot, little aware that they are thereby exposing themselves to
+a long and laborious walk of above an hour's duration. In the
+Andes, Humboldt remarks this phenomenon; stating that in the
+mountains of Quito he could distinguish the white poncho of a
+person on horseback, at the distance of seventeen miles. He also
+notices the extreme clear and steady light of the stars, which we
+can vouch to be true to a most extraordinary degree even in Europe,
+having distinctly seen the planet Venus, in a dazzling sunshine, at
+half past eleven, from the summit of the port of Venasque, in the
+Pyrenees.</p>
+<p><i>London Review</i>.</p>
+<hr />
+<h3>TITLES.</h3>
+<p>Everybody knows that titles and dignities are not only integral
+parts of the person, but its most distinctive attributes. When Earl
+Grey said he would stand or fall by his order, it was as if he had
+said, he would stand or fall by himself. Take a noble lord, and, if
+the process be possible, abstract him mentally from his titles and
+privileges, and offer the two lots separately for sale in the
+market, who would not buy the latter if they could? who would, in
+most cases, even bid for the first? It is the title that is asked
+everywhere to dinner; it is the title receives all the bows and
+prostrations, that gets the nomination to so many places, that
+commands the regiments and ships-of-war, and "robs the Exchequer
+with unwashed hands." The man who owns it, may be what he can, an
+honest man, or a scoundrel, a mushroom or an Howard, a scholar, or
+a brute, a wit or a blockhead, <i>c'est &eacute;gal</i>. Proud,
+haughty, highdaring, free England, is not this true to the
+letter?&mdash;<i>New Monthly Magazine</i>.</p>
+<hr />
+<p>At Thetford, not far from his beloved Newmarket, James I. was
+threatened with an action of trespass for following his game over a
+farmer's corn.&mdash;<i>Quarterly Review</i>.</p>
+<hr class="full" />
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page189" name="page189"></a>[pg
+189]</span>
+<h2>SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.</h2>
+<hr />
+<h3>"SIR DAN DANN'LY, THE IRISH HAROE."</h3>
+<h4><i>From "Walks in Ireland," in the Monthly Magazine.</i></h4>
+<p>In spite of all that yet remains, it must be admitted with a
+sigh, that the glory of Donnybrook has departed in the person of
+the renowned Daniel Donnelly, better known among his admiring
+followers, by the sounding title of "Sir Dan Dann'ly, the Irish
+haroe." Of course if you know any thing of the glorious science of
+self-defence, a necessary accomplishment which I hope you have not
+neglected amidst the general diffusion of knowledge which
+distinguishes this happy age, of course if you have cultivated that
+noble art which teaches us the superiority of practical
+demonstration over theoretical induction, the recollection of that
+celebrated champion must fill your mind with reverence for his
+exploits, mingled with regret that he was snatched so soon from the
+path of glory.</p>
+<p>I was fortunate enough to possess the friendship of that great
+man, and I esteem among the happiest days of my life, that on which
+I was lucky enough to attract his attention: it was during a
+<i>row</i> at Donnybrook Fair. I was defending myself with whatever
+energy I possess, against overwhelming odds, when suddenly, as if
+Mars himself had listened to my invocation, and descended to the
+fray, Dan rushed from his tent to show fair play, and in an instant
+my cowardly assailants fled, as if scattered by a whirlwind. From
+that hour, gratitude on my part, and a consciousness of protection
+on his, cemented an intimacy between us.</p>
+<p>During the fair week, Dan Donnelly's tent (he always kept one
+after he became a celebrated character) was always crowded to
+excess by all classes, high and low; some attracted by admiration
+of the good things of this life dispensed by the amiable Lady
+Dann'ly, others by the convivial and facetious qualities of her
+redoubted spouse; in the evening, especially, you were sure to find
+him the centre of a circle of wondering listeners, detailing some
+of his extraordinary adventures, the most astonishing of which it
+was heresy in the eyes of his followers to doubt for an instant,
+though my love of truth obliges me to confess, that one or two I
+have heard him relate sounded a little apocryphal. But great and
+extraordinary characters are not to be judged of by common rules;
+for instance, his account of the manner in which he obtained the
+honour of knighthood from the hands of our present gracious
+sovereign, then Prince Regent, always appeared to me to differ in
+some material circumstances from the ordinary routine of court
+etiquette, and rather to resemble one of those amusing and
+instructive narratives denominated fairy tales. But on this
+delicate subject perhaps the safest course is to suffer the reader
+to judge for himself: so without further circumlocution, I will
+submit my lamented friend's account to his perusal, in the precise
+words in which I have so often had the pleasure of hearing
+it:&mdash;</p>
+<p>"My jewels, I was lyin' in bed one mornin', restin' myself, in
+regard ov bein' dhrunk the night afore, wid Scroggins an' Jack
+Randall, an' some more ov the boys; an' as I was lyin' on the broad
+ov my back, thinkin' ov nothin', a knock came to my door. 'Come
+in,' says I, 'iv you're fat.' So the door opened sure enough, an'
+in come a great big chap, dhressed in the most elegantest way ever
+you see, wid a cockade in his hat, an' a plume ov feathers out ov
+id, an' goolden epulets upon his shouldhers, an' tossels an' bobs
+of goold all over the coat ov him, jist like any lord ov the land.
+'Are you Dan Dann'ly,' says he;&mdash;'Throth an' I am,' says I;
+'an' that's my name sure enough, for want ov a better; an' what do
+ye want wid me now you've found me.'&mdash;'My masther is waitin'
+to spake to ye, an' sint me to tell you to come down to his place
+in a hurry.'&mdash;'An' who the devil <i>is</i> your masther?' says
+I; 'an' didn't think ye had one, only yourself, an' you so
+fine.'&mdash;'Oh,' says he, 'my masther is the Prence
+Ragin.'&mdash;'Blur an' ouns,' says I; 'tell his honour I'll be wid
+him in the twinklin' ov a bedpost, the minit I take my face from
+behind my beard, an' get on my clane flax; but stop a bit,' says I;
+'where does the masther live?'&mdash;'Down at Carltown Palace,'
+says he; 'so make yourself dacent, an' be off wid yourself afther
+me.' Wid that away he wint.</p>
+<p>"Up I gets, an' away I goes, the instant minit I put on my duds,
+down to Carltown Palace. An' it's it that's the place; twicet as
+big as the castle, or Kilmainham gaol, an' groves ov threes round
+about it, like the Phaynix Park. Up I goes to the gate, an' I gives
+a little asy rap to show I wasn't proud; who should let me in but
+the 'dentical chap that come to ax me up. 'Well, Dan,' says he,
+'you didn't let the grass <span class="pagenum"><a id="page190"
+name="page190"></a>[pg 190]</span> grow undher your feet; the
+masther's waitin', so away in wid ye as fast as ye can.'&mdash;'An'
+which way will I go?' says I.&mdash;'Crass the yard,' says he, 'an'
+folley your nose up through the house, ever 'till you come to the
+dhrawin'-room door, an' then jist rap wid your knuckle, an' ye'll
+get lave to come in.' So away I wint acrass the yard, an' it's
+there the fun was goin' on, soldiers marchin', and fiddlers
+playin', and monkeys dancin', an' every kind ov diversion, the same
+as ourselves here at Donnybrook Fair, only it lasts all the year
+round, from mornin' till night, I'm tould.</p>
+<p>"When I come to the house, in I wint, bowin' an' doin' my
+manners in the most genteelest way to all the grand lords an'
+ladies that was there, folleyin' their own divarsion, the same as
+thim that was in the yard, every way they liked&mdash;dhrinkin',
+an' singin', an' playin' ov music, and dancin' like mad! I wint on,
+on, on, out ov one room an' into another, till my head was fairly
+addled, an' I thought I'd never come to the ind. And sich
+grandeur!&mdash;why, the playhouse was nothin' to id. At last I
+come to a beautiful big stairs, an' up I wint; an' sure enough
+there was the drawin'-room door, reachin' up to the ceilin' almost,
+an' as big as the gate ov a coach-house, an' wrote on a board over
+the door, 'No admittance for strangers, only on
+business.'&mdash;'Sure,' says I, 'I'm come on the best ov business,
+whin the Prence is afther sendin' his man to tell me to come on a
+visit.'&mdash;An' wid that I gave a knock wid my knuckle the way I
+was bid. 'Come in,' says a voice; and so I opened the door.</p>
+<p>"Oh! then, ov all the sights ever I see, an' it's that was the
+finest! There was the Prence Ragin' himself, mounted up upon his
+elegant throne, an' his crown, that was half a hundred weight ov
+goold, I suppose, on his head, an' his sceptre in his hand, an' his
+lion sittin' on one side ov him, an' his unicorn on the
+other.&mdash;'Morrow, Dan,' says he, 'you're welcome
+here.'&mdash;'Good morning, my Lord,' says I, 'plase your
+Reverence.'&mdash;'An' what do you think ov my place,' says he,
+'Dan, now you're in it?'&mdash;'By Dad! your worship,' says I, 'it
+bates all the places ever I see, an' there's not the like ov id for
+fun in the wide world, barrin' Donnybrook Fair.'&mdash;'I never was
+at the fair,' says he, 'bud I'm tould there's plenty ov sport there
+for them that has money, an' is able to take their own part in a
+row.'&mdash;'Throth, Majesty,' says I, 'your honour may say that;
+an' iv your holiness 'ill come an' see us there, it's myself that
+'ill give you a dhrop ov what's good, an' show ye all the divarsion
+ov the place&mdash;ay, an' leather the best man in the fair, that
+dare say, Black is the white ov your eye!'&mdash;'More power to ye,
+Dan!' says he, laughin'; 'an' what id you like to dhrink
+now?'&mdash;'Oh, by Gor!' says I, 'I'm afeard to take any thing,
+for I was dhrunk last night, an' I'm not quite study
+yet.'&mdash;'By the piper that played afore Moses,' says he, 'ye'll
+not go out ov my house till ye dhrink my health;' so wid that he
+mounted down off his throne, an' wint to a little black cupboard he
+had snug in the corner, an' tuck out his gardy vine an' a couple of
+glasses. 'Hot or cowld, Dan?' says he.&mdash;'Cowld, plase your
+reverence,' says I. So he filled a glass for me, an' a glass for
+himself.&mdash;'Here's towards ye, Dan,' says he.&mdash;'The same
+to you, Majesty!' says I;&mdash;an' what do ye think it was? May I
+never tell a lie iv id wasn't as good whiskey as ever you see in
+your born days. 'Well,' says I, 'that's as fine sperits as ever I
+dhrunk, for sperits like id; might I make bould to ax who does your
+worship dale wid?'&mdash;'Kinahan, in Dublin,' says he.&mdash;'An'
+a good warrant he is,' says I: so we wint on, dhrinkin' and
+chattin', till at last, 'Dan,' says he, 'I'd like to spar a round
+wid ye.' 'Oh,' says I, 'Majesty, I'd be afeard ov hurtin' ye,
+without the gloves.'&mdash;'Arrah, do you think it's a brat ov a
+boy ye're spakin' to?' says he; 'do ye're worst, Dan, and divil may
+care!' An' so wid that we stud up.</p>
+<p>"Do you know he has a mighty purty method ov his own, bud thin,
+though id might do wid Oliver, it was all nonsense wid me, so afore
+you could say Jack Lattin, I caught him wid my left hand undher the
+ear, an' tumbled him up on his throne. 'There now,' says I,
+'Majesty, I tould ye how id would be, but you'd never stop until
+you got yourself hurt.'&mdash;'Give us your fist, Dan,' says he,
+'I'm not a bit the worse of the fall; you're a good man, an' I'm
+not able for you.'&mdash;'That's no disgrace,' says I, 'for it's
+few that is; but iv I had you in thrainin' for six months, I'd make
+another man ov ye;' an' wid that we fell a dhrinkin' again, ever
+till we didn't lave a dhrop in the bottle; an' then I thought it
+was time to go, so up I got.&mdash;'Dan,' says he, 'before you lave
+me I'll make you a knight, to show I have no spite again ye for the
+fall.'&mdash;'Oh,' says I, 'for the matter ov that, I'm sure ye're
+too honourable a gintleman to hould spite for what was done in fair
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page191" name="page191"></a>[pg
+191]</span> play, an' you know your reverence wouldn't be easy
+until you had a thrial ov me.'&mdash;'Say no more about id, Dan,'
+says he, laughin', 'bud kneel down upon your bended knees.' So down
+I kneeled.&mdash;'Now,' says he, 'ye wint down on your marrow bones
+plain Dan, but I give ye lave to get up Sir Dan Dann'ly,
+Esquire.'&mdash;'Thank your honour,' says I, 'an' God mark you to
+grace wherever you go.' So wid that we shook hands, an' away I
+wint. Talk of your kings and prences, the Prence Ragin' is the
+finest Prence ever I dhrunk wid."</p>
+<hr />
+<h3>I'D BE A PARODY.</h3>
+<h4>BY THOMAS HAYNES BAYLEY.</h4>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>I'd be a Parody, made by a ninny</p>
+<p class="i2">On some little song with a popular tune,</p>
+<p>Not worth a halfpenny, sold for a guinea,</p>
+<p class="i2">And sung in the Strand by the light of the moon.</p>
+<p>I'd never sigh for the sense of a Pliny,</p>
+<p class="i2">(Who cares for sense at St. James's in June?)</p>
+<p>I'd be a Parody, made by a ninny,</p>
+<p class="i2">And sung in the Strand by the light of the moon.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>Oh! could I pick tip a thought or a stanza,</p>
+<p class="i2">I'd take a flight on another bard's wings,</p>
+<p>Turning his rhymes into extravaganza,</p>
+<p class="i2">Laugh at his harp&mdash;and then pilfer its
+strings!</p>
+<p>When a poll-parrot can croak the cadenza</p>
+<p class="i2">A nightingale loves, he supposes he sings!</p>
+<p>Oh, never mind, I will pick up a stanza,</p>
+<p class="i2">Laugh at his harp&mdash;and then pilfer its
+strings!</p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>What though you tell me each metrical puppy</p>
+<p class="i2">Might make of such parodies <i>two pair a
+day</i>;</p>
+<p>Mocking birds think they obtain for each copy</p>
+<p class="i2">Paradise plumes for the parodied lay:&mdash;</p>
+<p>Ladder of fame! if man <i>can't</i> reach thy top, he</p>
+<p class="i2">Is right to sing just as high up as he may;</p>
+<p>I'd be a Parody, made by a puppy,</p>
+<p class="i2">Who makes of such parodies two pair a day!</p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p><span style="margin-left:3em"><i>Sharpe's
+Magazine</i>.</span></p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr class="full" />
+<h2>THE ANECDOTE GALLERY.</h2>
+<hr />
+<h3>VISIT TO FERNEY IN 1829.</h3>
+<h4><i>Sharpe's London Magazine</i>, (No, 3.),</h4>
+<p>Contains a pleasant article under the above title, describing
+the present state of Ferney, the residence of Voltaire, an
+engraving of which appeared in our No. 384. We would willingly have
+made the journey, and written our description in the Poet's
+<i>salon</i>, could we have "stayed time;" but as the old dials
+quaintly tell us, time "tarryeth for no man," and we were then
+compelled to adopt the most recent description.</p>
+<p>Such of this last "Visit to Ferney" as relates to the
+Ch&acirc;teau will therefore be interesting, as a supplement to our
+previous illustration:&mdash;</p>
+<p>"The road leading from Geneva to this celebrated spot is
+delightful, bordered on each side with superb villas, and
+presenting picturesque points of view only to be found in the
+environs of that enchanting city. A handsome avenue conducts the
+traveller to the ch&acirc;teau, the architecture of which is
+nothing very remarkable. After mounting three steps, and crossing a
+narrow vestibule, we entered the <i>salon</i>, which in its day
+received most of the wits and celebrated personages of Europe: for
+as a contemporary of Voltaire observed, 'to have been admitted at
+Ferney, is to have taken out a patent for genius.' The appearance
+of this salon is far from brilliant: a few indifferent pictures,
+some old red tapestry, and antiquated furniture compose the whole
+of its ornaments. To the left we entered the chamber of
+Voltaire.</p>
+<p>"On one side of the apartment an humble mausoleum has been
+reared, the sanctity of which was not however respected by the
+sabres of the Austrians. The inscription on the top (a happy
+inspiration of the husband of Mademoiselle Varicourt), contains
+these simple words: 'Mon coeur est ici; et mon esprit est partout.'
+The most elaborate panegyric could not have conveyed a finer
+eulogium.</p>
+<p>"On entering, the spectator is struck with the view of a bed of
+simple materials, and which was pillaged by the Austrians. Hung
+round the room are the portraits of Frederick, of Catharine, of
+Lekain&mdash;one of Voltaire himself, taken at the age of forty,
+and full of expression, with a number of <i>silhouettes</i> of the
+celebrated men of the day.</p>
+<p>"The window of this apartment looks upon the gardens, and upon a
+little wood, which has undergone many changes since the death of
+Voltaire. Time however has hitherto respected a long and thick row
+of elm trees, whither he was wont to repair at sunrise, and where
+he usually meditated and recited aloud the scenes of his tragedies
+when finished, to any one whom he could find. His jealousy of
+criticism on such occasions is matter of record.</p>
+<p>"The gardener at present belonging to the ch&acirc;teau was
+there during the latter period of Voltaire's life, and related to
+us with much <i>na&iuml;vet&eacute;</i> several anecdotes, not
+generally known, of his master.</p>
+<p>"Where the thickly-spreading branches of the elm trees present
+the slightest opening, the spectator enjoys one of the most
+beautiful views that can be imagined. In the distance, that giant
+of the hills&mdash;Mont Blanc, crowned with its eternal snows,
+rises majestically. At the base of the mountain the eye is
+gratified with the sight of variegated plains, smiling with
+verdure, and cultivated with the <span class="pagenum"><a id=
+"page192" name="page192"></a>[pg 192]</span> most industrious care.
+The Rhone with its silver stream floats through the beautiful
+country that surrounds Geneva, which may be said to describe an
+amphitheatre just above the lake.</p>
+<p>"A spacious park, not far from the ch&acirc;teau, usually formed
+the termination of Voltaire's rambles: in its cool shades he
+delighted to indulge his poetic meditations. To this place he was
+in the habit of driving daily in a little open cal&egrave;che,
+drawn by a favourite black mare. The space which separates the park
+from the ch&acirc;teau, and which forms a gentle acclivity, is
+planted with vines."</p>
+<hr class="full" />
+<h2>THE GATHERER.</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p>"A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles."</p>
+<p class="i4">SHAKSPEARE.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr />
+<h3>A WELSH RABBIT.</h3>
+<p>Colonel A&mdash;&mdash; baiting for the first time in his life
+at a Welsh inn, thought he would order for his dinner, a dish which
+<i>must</i> be perfection in its own country: viz. a <i>Welsh
+rabbit</i>. The dinner hour arrived, and the colonel lifting up the
+cover of the dish next him, exclaimed in angry astonishment to the
+waiter, upon beholding a large, dry-looking, fleshy animal before
+him. "What the d&mdash;&mdash;l d'ye call <i>this</i>, a Welsh
+rabbit?" "Why, noo, noo, Sir!" replied the man, perfectly cool, and
+unconscious of the error, "Noo, it certainly an't exactly a
+<i>Welsh</i> rabbit, but 'tis a <i>Monmouthshire</i> one!"</p>
+<p>J.R.</p>
+<hr />
+<h3>ODD MEAL.</h3>
+<p>The celebrated David Hartley entertained, at his apartments in
+Merton College, of which he was fellow, a party of his friends;
+they all dined well, <i>comme de raison</i>; and there was every
+likelihood that the evening would conclude with the utmost
+festivity, when a letter was brought to the naturalist; after due
+apology, he opened and read it; then starting up, he rushed out of
+the room. He soon returned, with horror on his face and a basketful
+of feathers in his hand; "Gentlemen, what do you think we have been
+eating?" Some of the guests began to fear they had been poisoned;
+even the boldest felt qualms. "Oh! that the letter had but arrived
+before the bird!" Then holding up some of the feathers, and letting
+them fall into the basket to display them to the company, he
+relieved their apprehensions, while he revealed the cause of his
+own grief, "we have eaten a nondescript." Though no blame could
+attach to him, there was something in all appearance so
+disreputable in the untoward accident by which, under his auspices,
+a scientific object had been treated in so vulgar a manner, that
+Hartley did not quickly recover from the mortification.</p>
+<hr />
+<h3>THE COMEDY OF LIFE.</h3>
+<p>The world is the stage; men are the actors; the events of life
+form the piece; fortune distributes the parts; religion governs the
+performance; philosophers are the spectators; the opulent occupy
+the boxes; the powerful the amphitheatre; and the pit is for the
+unfortunate; the disappointed snuff the candles; folly composes the
+music; and time draws the curtain.</p>
+<hr />
+<h3>DUKE OF GRAFTON.</h3>
+<p>The late duke, when hunting, was thrown into a ditch, at the
+same time a young curate called out, "<i>Lie still, my lord</i>,"
+leaped over him, and continued the chase. Such apparent want of
+feeling, might be presumed, was properly resented. But on being
+helped out by his attendants, his grace said, "<i>that man shall
+have the first good living that falls to my disposal, had he
+stopped to have taken care of me I would never have given him any
+thing:</i>" his grace being delighted with an ardour similar to his
+own, or with a spirit that would not stoop to flatter.</p>
+<p>C.C.</p>
+<hr />
+<p>Be ignorance thy choice when knowledge leads to woe.</p>
+<hr />
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+<hr class="full" />
+<blockquote class="footnote"><a id="footnote1" name=
+"footnote1"></a> <b>Footnote 1</b>:<a href=
+"#footnotetag1">(return)</a>
+<p>The intelligent friend from whose conversation the writer
+gleaned the following account, has resided three years in Genoa,
+and therefore is fully competent to speak of the customs of its
+inhabitants. This paper is derived from the same source as that
+entitled "<i>A Recent Visit to Pompeii</i>."&mdash;Vide MIRROR, vol
+xiii p. 276.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<blockquote class="footnote"><a id="footnote2" name=
+"footnote2"></a> <b>Footnote 2</b>:<a href=
+"#footnotetag2">(return)</a>
+<p>The Nautilus, or Sailor-shell, is said to be the origin of Music
+and Navigation.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<blockquote class="footnote"><a id="footnote3" name=
+"footnote3"></a> <b>Footnote 3</b>:<a href=
+"#footnotetag3">(return)</a>
+<p>Exodus, xxxiv. 33, 34, and 35.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<blockquote class="footnote"><a id="footnote4" name=
+"footnote4"></a> <b>Footnote 4</b>:<a href=
+"#footnotetag4">(return)</a>
+<p>In connexion with the decay of this venerable pile, we notice
+with sincere regret the recent and premature death of Mr. George
+Gwilt, jun., who assisted his father in the restoration of the
+tower and the choir of St. Saviour's, (see MIRROR, vol. xiii p.
+227.) Though little advanced in his 27th year, he had already
+proved an honour to his family and his profession of an architect,
+by the production of a design for the restoration of the church,
+for which a premium of one hundred guineas was awarded to him about
+five years since. Of his excellent disposition and many good
+qualities as a friend and associate, we are enabled to speak with
+equal confidence; and seldom has it been our lot to meet with so
+much good sense and correct taste in an individual as we were wont
+to enjoy in the society of the deceased. This is far from a full
+eulogium on his merits; but as the above extract, presented an
+opportunity, we could not omit this slight tribute to the memory of
+A LAMENTED FRIEND.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<hr class="full" />
+
+<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 11411 ***</div>
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