Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-02-09


ton 10 becoms Familiarity acquainted with Jeremy ay
Tor, and Hall, not emitting Fentham's Resolves rs mo.
dols OF el0gucncc Few persons, he said cuuJ obtain
the copiousncss OF Taylor but to fill even bncie a,
has salient and sparkling. fountain WIS no mean &c
qui.enent.
1t wss Paris practice in the pulpit 10 s,rr,v Ger.
tam tacunr IN In, sermon with extemporary passages
nnd these were always highly impressive. lie requrn
~ carried with him 4 volume of Ogdcn's Sernonst,
which are remarkably short and preached one some
tunes two OF them. On oct asicn, remember that
at the close of able of his upon the
mortality of the soul, after annadverting upon those
who treated that great truth with evity he pulled from
his cassock piece of printed paper, muc stained, and
apparently very old. lie then continued his
from the paper. II ncaIly thus: "Eut TO leave
those men, whose souls ought DIV ell, like Nebuchad
DezZars in the body of beast, will conclude this
discourse with Acknowledgement and confession, of
great soiace, and unuitcrabe delight, which have
found in these dismal and calamitou times, when
contemplated my souls nmOrtality:-that though she
IS now tossed about on stormy of aiction yet
length higher mountain than Ararat prepared fur
her 20 rest upon--,ha though, like the wear led dove
Of the dcluge She hulters upon wild waste of
waters, which know no shore 81 that she find
rest to her feet; yet she betois window in the ceIes-
al ark above opening wide its friendly porta! re-
cc;ve her. Onr lie is warfare; but have been
redeemed at high price. The great captain of
faith will reward his faithful soldiers better than with
crown of thorns. Let not fear; he who when he
gave up the ghost recommended his soul into the hands
of his Father, will not leave souls in hell nor SUI
fer his Holy ones to Corrupti0n.n
Parr told me, that this not from Jeremy Taylor
as from the spirit and style had coDiec but
fragment from the writings of Alexander Ross whose
works almost forgotten, owing, perhaps, in
whose
Philosopher
Had read Alexander Ross ovrr.
Ic had rescued nearly the whole volume from shop
where they sold butter and candles, and thought him
self fortunate in having redeemed it from such base
rises. He said that il discourse written during
the civil wars, in answer TO Sir Kcnen Digby.
or Gilbert Wakefield, Parr thought well, man
OF virtue and of stern unaccomnodatng love of lib
criy; but the angry passions, which ncturcd all his
writings, deducted lie thought, great deal from their
value and usefulness. The tore and temper of his
criticisms bctray ed he said petulance and impatience
Unworthy Of scholar He did not approve in general
of Wakeiield's conjectural criticism. Lamentations
o! the text Of ancient authors ought not to be entrusted
10 rash hands. We ought TO approach them with timid
oliciude, examines the wounds of his parent.
Soma of Wakefeli's substilutions not unautho-
rized merely, but quite taseless." Amongst others,
he pointed out a reading, which he had adopted into
the text of his LuCretiUs. 1t occurred in the inc and
affecting picture OF the sacrifice Of lphgena, in the be-
ginning of the first book, where the ministers of the
sacrifice concealed the weapon, with which they were
to perform IT, to spare the feelings OF Agamemncn.
L. hume propter ferrnm cclarc ministries.
Now," said he, "the BOBBY for cenre reads ceIcyn7e
as if they were TO hasten her death, soohe the agon
Aed heart of her father Sir it is sacrifice aroci>
IL,
who is not vol read in human nature"
asked Parr whether in the verse aluding TO that
sacrifice, Luc'etius di not superstition by the
word religion.
Tan:um re!gin potu;. saalcre maornm.
He said YES. la the time of Lucretus, tie word
snpe"sfiO was not in use. But if you wish to the
distinction and the etymology OF the two words, you
will lind an excellent chapter The subj ccI in Aulus
Gel!ius."
| told him that AIr. Wndham was strongly adverse
to unnecessary innovations upon cur language. lie
had termed them wanton deenents of the old English
WELL AMI had good humouredy rep-Ovcd Sir John Hin.
,psey for using the phrase 'advocatc cause,p which,
he said was an American corruption and Imported
from Congress into houses of Parliament; al Tie
same time remaIkng, that DIR. franklin had himself
:"rIttcn paper TO admonsh his cornryrnen against
Iiiat among many other innovations of the English
language, equally liceaious. Parr said, ''Wndarn is
right, and Winiham is excellent authority. His dis
cernment never sunbers Depend on it, the LAWYER
first introduced Inc phrase here. They great cor
ruPtors. Our tongue is considerably Iatinzcd, il is
true; but when Introduce Latin word. as we are
obliged 10 10 il from the that made Lucre
thus introduce Greek ones,
Plop,er cgestatum limguGe, ct rcrunr novitaisn,
care should be taken that the Latin words should be
nf good age. .41cocare aiquen. in Ciccro's time,
did not mean TO defend any one, but 10 summon him.
The verb was not often nscd actively. The modern
phrase of advocatug cause" not Latin phrase
III: tie middle ages. You will find the verb so used
Ia DUcaDges Lexicon of Middle I.atinity. LAWYERS
corrupted all languages; their Norman
French. QUond hoe legal barharism Qaoad
tnjns would be correctn
told him also that WindiIam far, 10 object
to the phrase 'rallying round Standard" Gratifying
round the Constitution" Sc. &C. ''1here," he OBJ
served "bere his anti GaIlican preudices peepine
out. Ii is good phrase, and may he found Il think
he said) in Clarendon. Why, sir, iC NIlham means
10 Danish every French word from language, he
must have gramma,ica! alien act" Talking law
yers again, he said "hat Lord Kenyon, who was an
hoDest, though cholerc man. but a bad scholar was
ford of quoting Latin from the bench, and had once
quoted w!,oio line from JuYenal, aphorsm of
Lord Nongham's. II in argument in
criminal case, wlen the Judge observed, that il
maxim OF mj Lord Notingham's,-
'Curcia;in lougo est,
and an excellent Kim il was, aud every way wor
thy OF Lord Notngham'5 humanity and good sense.
Kenyon did not know that it was verse at all; much
less that it was Of Juycna!7s!o
Farr kDcy" Sheidan well. He usai 10 fcll soyeral
characteristic anecdotes of him. but condonti-
ally only. Tic tlou~ii il violation of the reves