The herald., 1837-01-24

'death.-boSWell, Marcn o, IDA
Spenssr, in the House of Holiness describes seven
-almoners, of one among whom he beautifully says
The fifth had change sick persona to .s attend.
And ssmi a hSss T. oas e. a
When sin, and b II, and DEATH do most dsmay
hs fsSe aa o: ou Ice sspI,s Sns Ssns ". s..ow sws
o mani have mind Of that last bitter throo
lFaery Qaeene, B. l. cx4 Al.
Csmbs.-Several newspapers have copied state
ment that combs were invented in the fifteenth CEN
tury, and hence that Adam and Eve could never have
.combed their hair So great blunder could proceed
ed only from Ounce The Greeks were well &C
auaintcd with the comb, (which they called Ktes) as
ourselves. The word may be found in Athendeus.--
The Romans called the comb Pecten; and the word
occurs in innumerable places in the classics. To
avoid the needless introduction of Latin citations,
give the following references to the use OF COMBS
Tibulas, Book ]. Elegy 8, verse g. Ovd's Epistles
l3, 80. Phadnes s. G /, where he relates fable of
two bald men finding comb. Among the articles Of
Roman ladys toilet, there were found Pompe seve
raj combs, of which the reader will find engraved
representation in the second volume of "PomPei,"
page 1923.
Voltaire and Mlon.-The witty and profane
Frenchman had no taste for the grandeur Of Milton.
In his article epic poetry he pursues him with
tire through number of pages and in his catalogue
of Authors he thus speaks OF Milton famous reply to
Salmasus. "Milton, the author Of barbarous poem,
sometimes sublime about the apple of Adam, &C., re-
assaults savage. ."--l8 Votairs l90
Historical Compends.-As for the corruptions and
moths of history, which EPtomes, the of them
deserveth to be banished, all men of sound judg
ment have confessed, those that have freted and
corroded the sound bodies of many excellent histories
and wrought them into base and Improbable Dress
Bacon, L8l.
Francis Quarles. Quarles should always be men
toned in connexion with Herbert. They were the
first two sacred poets OF England. There is moro of
false point in Quares but the same time more vivacy,
and more descriptive power. His Emblems are among
the rarest cufiss'e. Of literature.
N, .es,, sss., q & s5s, &c al.A. & ;. long,
s sa aa: mos sows Heaven sas biz
WhsnPster's cock bsy,ns e cr.w 'is day taaahe'
Tell me, my wishing soa dldst ever ,y.
Why ss.i thou ihep. ii III, p.ioa. Of dove
Faih's wings swifter; but the swftest love lib
Shakspeare.-How little impression made by
may be inferred from the fact that Lord Bacon, who
wrote on every theme nowhere either quotes him. or
alludes TO him in any fhs works.
Neglect of Old Liferaiure.-The invaluable works
of our elder writer's had almost said the works Of
Shakespeare and Milton, are driven into neglect by
frantic novels sickly and STUPID German tragedies
and deugss of idle and extrayagaat stories IN verse;
Wordsworth.
Laborisus Trifcs.-The English reader will pardon
the introduction of a few curoses in Latin verse for
the qualification Of my younger acadomcal readers
The following Latin verse may be reversed, by TAX
ing the last word hrst without injury to metre or the
sense.
,M~a mihi cassss nsmors, que numine lrso
Or reading the words backward
Lsso nuuine go, mihi Muss.
The following to the Pope, is still more remarkable;
when read in the ordinary way i prays for long life TO
his Holiness; when reversed it wishes him just the
the metre being unatered
Coodiio 'ua sit stablis, nee tmpore rarvo
yyere te fariaf hic Deus Onisipotens
In English: "May thy condition be permanent,
and may Almighty God cause thee to live long time
upon earth" But when the words are invcrted'
omn potons Deus hc fsciat te viysre paro
rcmpore, sabils sit sa condIuoi
In English "May the Almighty cause thee to live
here but short time; and may thy condition be un-
The following dstich is more ingenious still, and
may be read backwards fro n the rery last letter;
making the same thing both ways:
s ss.. e sgs s;,o s%s,s sos. s e, ,s.s .s., e aos
Latin and Spanish.--The close affinity between
the Lsun and the Spanish languages may be inferred
from the following sianza, which IS decent Latin,
while il il at the same time csmmon Spanish, which
any peasant may understand:
Infansta Grrcia tu paris GENTS
Maehinasd, ffaadcs csa'ilssss
Ruinanso annos nnoceses.
Norm1n French-The existence Of Norman as an
eemeut of our language s accounted for by the fact
a strictcr union between England and Normandy
and in order thereto endeavored to bring the French
instead Of the Saxon language; ordaning that no
pleading in court should be valid, unless in French
From whence arose the practice OF pleading in our
courts of law in the Norman and French tongue,
which custom continued unit the statute Of 36 Edw.
III c. l5-SIr Matthew Hale's History Of Common
Law, l03.
Indian Names in Nep Jerssy.-The late excellent
Mr.. Heckeweder, of Bethlehem, Pa, was thoroughly
verssd in the Delaware language. In 1922 he com
municated TO the American Philosophical Society, a
caiaiouge Of names gwen by these Indians in the mid
die states, with the slgn6catons. | select some in
our ewn state.
Fsisca 'a,cay.-It is getting dark
Ansboy was called by the Indians who dwelt there
Emboh which means hollow inside
Hcboken, properly Hopokan, tobacco pipe.
H1ckensaek--Th stream which unites itself quiet
ly with another.
Passaic.-A Valley.
Bmriington The Indians called the place where