New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-25
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..oh, snat a. ne requested not To pass BIZ certain
ssa..,J isss tailor TO whom he was indebted
should arrest him on the 4vsty. Another said
70 the execntioner just as liz was goiur "A
strike, \ 20 not touch my neck. farsl an 10
tckllsh that you viii rnalss nie bfiraf vv;tE
Laughter fourth ask tor ann irinL M
seeing the hangman helped himself before ia
handed the cup to him, flung the ct,atenta IN
his face, and said, Z will not sui my lips 81
drinking after such q risereant nj thou At !,
Petronius, who WIS master of ceremonies. NH
inventor Of pleasures at the Court Of Nero, when
he saw that elegant ndulg gence was giving place
to coarse debauchery ,perceiredNat once th Il lis
term Of favor had arrived, and it was time IL
die. He resolved, therefore, to anticipate tie
tyrant, and disrobe death Of his parapherna1fa
Of terror Accordingly he entered 4 warm
bath, and opened his veins, composed verses,
Jested with his familiar associates, and died of
by insensible degrees Den1ocritus, the laugh-
ing philosopher, disliIing the inconveniencea
and infirmities IL age, made up ls mind to die
ON q certain day but to 6l,ligs his sister. he
postponed his departure until tie TIRES feasts
Of Ceres were over He supported nature on q
pot Of honey to the appointed hour, and then
expired by arrangement.
Pomponious Atticus, the intimate friend of
Cicero, had, fortunately for himself, passed
through life without meddling with polite ind
unyiaited by sickness. Feeling i'll for the first
time, in extreme old age, he assembled bis fam
lily and informed them that he had naadesup his
MIND to take Leave Of this world He hen AZ
stained from all food, maintained bis habituaE
gaiety, ana sufered nature to snuE herself out
ny merry nstaiments Suetonias raiates ef
Augustus that, throughout bis list Il Illness, leI
retained his self-eomInana and hal itnai sezstz
permanent. Perceiving his essl appFosslss IL
called for mirror, carefully as fnsted fis
| and turning with smile to hts attSnsiants
| saad, !" Am nots an accomF slshea aeE5r ssNI sNI
When faocion was going To- exsctlt
thoughtless athenian eclnDli tied tAs
sPseing IN his face lie slaiiet, and 81
magistrates who accompanied hun Il Eel tszats
fooiish young man not to open his mouth 20 DIG
agreeaply Ine nTst Darlus, King 0f Persias
wnen dying, desired TO have TINS intellectual
epltapn engraved on ms tom 9 q Here lies
hing Darius, who was able to drink many bot
Ties q WINE without staggering & .s
Jerome gardan, a celebrated Italian physi-
c,an' cast nus own nativity and scertained, By
lgs aeash woliu lake plaef on q certain day He
va was sucn 2 devont oeilever m astrolcgy, that
ns aeIernnned g ales 81 the sTpolnted time,
lhan MS lavoflte seIence ehotiid Pc De
seeesu n effor; i1e tnereipre staryed himself
grauuaiiy anu calcutatsa st hsmsts'
lcal nicely, as " nlt the Very cay and hoan
iofesola a,e Al astroiogers shontd set Up Gardan
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learned bayle was 80 occupied with his eriticaI
WORK, ~ opposition 70 LeClerc, that he etetally
forgot ana neglected sloW fever, which vas
k,lilng MIN py measured advances. He died
Wnlie correctng the last sheets. Racan, IN his
ne q Malhefpe, nls instructor "a poetry gives
very characteristic anscdote oT his dehth.
an honr before ne expired, he started up sud "
denly and reproyed his hostess, who was watch
ing ny him, ior an ungraMrlatie tieal expression n
| ana When ms confessor reprimanded him for
TINS, and told nm his thoughts ahouid be other
wise employed, ne replied that he could not
aeip " nnt' g tlle Last gasp. he would contend
tor the purity OF the French Language
when Kabeials was dying the Cardinal sent
page TO inquire now he was Rahelais joked
wiz! Y! the envoy Until he telt his strength de-
chnlng ana MS Is !, last 7 /. moments approach He
| tnen said, yell hls eninencc the state in
~hlch you LETT me- am going TO inquire into
great possibility fle is IN A snug nest, let
| MN stay there as long as ne can. Draw the
curtain, the 1arce ls over Such death beds
are startling and extraordinary, but they are
also fraught with utility, and furnish food for
melancholy reflection Hobbs. Of Malmesbury,
seems 70 have had the speech Of belals in his
mind, when he departed with these words y S