Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-11-14
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
The Ea,. Of Mem Of Ceaiu,-pl,ut,s !

The Fais Of Men Of Gsaius-PIautus turned
a mil. Terence WAS slave. BGtius died IN
a gaol. PauIo Borg'iese, though he had IS diff
ferent trades. yet he starved with them all. Tas
So was oiten distressed for the yeriest triHe -
Servin Zone Of the SUITE of Maximiliar, Duke
of Sully, in his first embassy to England, Dung
the reign of James the First, and one Of the most
learned and accomplished men of his age died
drunk in common bro,nel. Bentivoglo was re-
fused admittance into the very hospital which he
had erected Edmund Allen. the celebrated &C.
tor. and contemporary Of Shakespeare, died IN
similar institution of his own. Corneiie, the
great French dramatic writer, was so poor that
be had been seen IN very advanced old age,
staining at the entrance of cooler's stall, with
only one shoe on while the other was mendins:
aud Racine left his family in such distress, as to
be supported by pension, which some Of his
friends solicited for them. Cri,chton called by
way of distinction, the admirable CrIchton, who
vas the mnst learned and diss,pated man of his
,in.', lived on the supply of day, and at length
lost his lite in midnight brawl in the public
streets
Buffers talents, though the delight of the age
III which he he'd. aud his immortal work the
principal talk of the court conversation. was ne
,sl master 1T so pounds. Otway Is SAID 10 have
died Jfhupgef Cam9ns ended his days in the
hospital. anu Varsia, Ieft hi. body To surgeons
10 pa, his debts Ger, antes, the celebrated au-
thor OF ID u Qnixo,e. after being Imprisoned and
nee Inc many nnatcoun able sights, AID hard
ships lied &c want Churchill died b.ggar;
l. oyh has trend and brother patriot, d,eG IN
the Feet, where hc previously existed tor son,e
vsars by soliciting daily charity. and suhsorip-
toms tnr works wrlch he never iIteDIcd 10 pub
ii,h
Bckcrs'af ran away as much fer debt as for
the cr,me lnputed TO him. Goldsmith was near-
ly tao thousand pounds in d"bt; and Hugh
Kelley, author of False Driicacy, g.. died in
Just the same condition. DR.. paui Hlfe ian, an
author well known ab ut the sane perii, con
tracted lis last illness, which was a jau 1ii;e,
frGm mere want, and was then supported Dy
friendly subscription. PGrdo. a good scholar
and man oi taste. after sub-isting Tor many
wears as a booksellers hack, ended his being in
a hospital
Jones, author OF the Eaii of Essex, &c. being
run over b. nigh, cart in the streets. was CAR
led TO an hospital ft0r want Of any other lodg-
ios) and was supported there by the master of
the Bedford Coffee House till he died. Boyce,
uoe of the earliest contemporaries OF Dr. John
son. and originally writer with him in the Gen
tirman's Magazine, expired in il miserable garnet
on Tower Hill.
Ste,ne the celebrated author Of Tristram Shah
DIV. thnu. IN his works sold unco'nmonly wei. and
bis income a. a clers nan, together with his re-
putation as a writer, might have commanded re
spect aud Independence, left vile aud dau2h.
ter in great distress. diving seVen hundred pounds
10 deot. Ms. MANLY, the author OF the orgi
raj Atlantis and the piotegee oil swift, Steele,
Prior. &c. finally srAsisted on the bounty of Al
der,uan Barber: while Flower Svdenham, the
learned and c'egaut translator of Plato, was late
Is Supported bv one Mott, publican. near Ten.
p Bar, who having Known him in his better
DAYS, kinIIy remembered HIM, IN the time Of
sickness and misfortune.