The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-24 00:00:00

FONTHILL ABBEY, SEPT. 21.

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Among the visitors of this day there were set
vete! distinguished Spaniards. Lady PEMBROKE
rune with a splendid equipage, and was accom-
panied by Mr. MONTOOMk:ItY, his
.Lordship's
nephew. I ItNING'S Memoirs ,of, .Bualianan con?
tains an unusual number of notes by Mr. BECK.
FORD. This book was sold early in the sale be-
fore the attention of the public had been called
to the memoranda.
Preface, xxvii.—M r. Gaeorgat.C.halwmitieTst,4l:
languagec riti c, , u n
a i c q 14 tti
whichnt
ed with, the works of 8., u even
they are chiefly composed. This pompous, ohtuae writer's
Clumsy
abuse of 8., bitterly coMplained of—his grins fa.
tuity, ik.c.. •
B. has a thousand times been, uphraided with horrible in.
gratitude for favourii which he'never received.
6. B. did not profess to be one of those bright genuises, who
acquire a new language every six weeks.
10. SMart epigram," nec sit in Iniiniendo paginwsina libro.
23. B. pretended that some of the Scottish ecclesiastics were
sodeplorably ignorant, as to suppose Martin Luther to he the
'author of a dangerous book called the New Testament.
5. Glaring examples of impropriety in some of Buchanan's
trarredies.—See his Jeptha, the Chorus in very familiar terms
make mention of creases, who was not born till about six hun-
'dred, years after Jeptha. . . . .
46. 11. makes a pedestrian excursion (in die depth of winter)
from Bordeaux, to visit Julius Scaliger at Agen. It was sad
walking. -
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48., Two trite stiff pedantic Poems, by Scaliger, in celebra-
tion of Buchanan (not remarkable, our author justlyobserves,
-'ePledinepligroufeungdiaochiere velre nvtlucciol.l'i'llt lubricW
for felicity of expression). Show me a Scaliger that is
• 52. Very equivocal. pretenalons of the &Slims to high de-
scent. Spveral. writers have accused them of palpable false-
. hood under the influence of this mania. " The 'Way diatinc.
turn (says another) of being regarded as the spawn of a Royal
House, .Presented 'charms suilicient to decoy. them from that
manly integrity,,which is higher than Royalty can bestow."
55. Erasmus hiving 'exposed the laborious tifling of the pro-
fessed Ciceroniatis,
in a very ingenious dialogue, Scaliger pub-
lishes what he calla an Oration in defence of Cicero againat
Erasmus ; but if Erasmus had called Cicero *. blockliead,and
a rascal, and had himself ,been. entitled to'thage..arpcll3tlo*.
Scaliger would have hardly attacked him with more reroeitY. • '
63. Carolue Stephanus, amongotherlwi.orksoflisown
Ciceronis,
i io c
ti,onfioc.
P°Tliiiiisti°:OrPkubislinsheedw.soil(tre
IT.nhiesinalourpursitil‘ol..
70. The learned M. A. Muretus had a narrow escape from
the ilatnes,ef Tnulouse,lassically warned off by a friend in the
having been accused of too classical
inclinetl4!" lie was c
followinntg quotation t....." u ! fuge crudele terras fuge littus
eu
avern." Like Monsieur Aasouins (in the Voyage de Buchan)
he made a prscipitate
retreat to Papal regions, and got safe to
Italy, hut such was his consternation, that, among other
effects it produced a mortality in his ears. According, tea cele,
brawl author,
lie was not.theonly.person upon• record in pos.
1 session of this faculty. Frocopius, who represents Justinian as a
mere asst has everred'that the resemblance also obtained. in the
reticle of
rernaimng several years at till.'
snugly, and took
Toying ears. At Prides guretus settled iiiinielf Very
in pupils,. whose iinitatiOns of' the ancients 'he
ownassaeigentini:ursthpoecitedi:oitnhdavniinugictoi:vaerrdye.nlY encouraged; . After
place he was invited to Rome,
took orders, got, prel.n.ment, pronounced iiti elaborate eidogium
pious end
the epithet " watery."
,88. Alphonse the First a Portugal: is commemorated by Os-
, sorius es the author of a Latin book. Written with tolerable
prOpriety.
poxliOttifo.nL:baryd Bacon has characterized Ossorius's View of Corn-
-148. -Beautiful-Elegy ..
1,16. Caustic Observations of Muretus upon learned Ladies.
152. The Epithetortnn Opas of Jo. Bauiscius Teitar, exhi-
bits the most obscure. wertis in, the Latin language, and 'stu-
diously. illustrated by accurate quotations from ancient and
modern poets. on die First of May. - - - ,
168. king James's Gleanings and Nibhlings of. knowledge,;
forced into him by Buchanan
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AL First Edition of Devi printed by Conraduf Bad res,
1542. , - '
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190. Horrible Intolerance of Bea and Calvin, both join in
condemning Serretus to the flames, anti are approved by the
mild MeJanet/ton. See one of his Epistles to Calvin.—
Calvini Epistoli, p. 300.