Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-01-16
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Our readers will remember that, some
days ago, we implored some well-intormed
Author of the oft-quoted 1--WE should have said
misquoted) line -
" When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of
war"
Our friend p. c. TUcKER Esq, of Vergennes
Chan whom no gentleman Of our acquaintance
better deserves the appellalion Of 'well-in
formerly solves the difficulty in note to third
person, which has been communicated TO us
anonymously. The line (and IRE remember it,,
now was written by mad Nat. Lee as the
gifted but reckless and dissi pated author was
called, and is found in his Tragedy of Alex
ander the Great, Act /, Scene 9, where rlytus
addresses Alexander thus -
"Your father, Philip, have seen HIM march,
And fought beneath his drea liul banner, where
The bodies; at this table would have trembed.
Nay, rown not, Sir, YOU canntt look me dead,
lFaen creeks join'd Greeks, item paS tie tag :
,car,
The labourI hattie sweet, and con quest bed
Why should tear to speak bolder truth
Tina Ger the Ding prirats Of Amnon told you
Philip lou s.,t mtt--5at Alexander, women."
Mr.. TUcKLR adds THE play of Alexander
the Great is more generally known by the name
Of the Rival Queens" 1t was written bl
Nathaniel Lee, who graduated at Trinity Col
lege, Cambridge, y. ID. lGGo, and vas found
dead in the. street, after drunken frolic, \.
ID. 1890, and was buried in the Churchyard Of
St. Clements Danes in the Strand, London"
- We have seen nothing for long time
more amusing, in its way, than the toilwiug
literal extract from deposition iii the Irish
Court of Common Pleas, furnished to Us by n
legal friend :-"And this deponcnt further saith
that on arriving at the house of said defendant
situated in the County Of Galway, aforesaid
for the purpose Of personally serving him with
said writ, he, the said deponent, knocked three
several times at the outer, commonly called the
hail door, but could not obtain Abundance :
whercupon, tins deponent was proceeding &c
knock the fourth time, when man, to this dc =
p)nent unknown, holding in his hand muske,
or blunderbuss, loaded with balls or slugS, as
this depoMent has since heard, and verify be-
llcyes, appeared at one Of the upper window
of SAID house, and presenting SAID muskct Oh
b,undcrouss at this deponent, said, "rhat fsaiC
deponent did not Instantly retire no won,,
,ona his ,ho l.noa.,,,. SOL ,aL ~ ,oL;.Ln.
'''' mo- '''I ~ '"' '0'' ~ - ""''" "''
dP'"em ref7'J 'a'tCeS ne "o"d mare done, hn'
mol this dcponent prcc1pituieiy eScapeG."
N,ior Conor,I S,o.. o.u,l ,,,.,., t.,
No,,,.,r NV, Vo.,r.. J.r vii, ,j. 'pY'i Con,
/ cral CasS came IN, and going up to Genera
scott excl 'I"ed' IN ms usual Puhy mtnner'
"J', , "r"II' a'u !,u prepared 10 itau nun
assist onr friend ,La ,;nvnrnor - uS,7 -.
piled General Scott, drawing himself up to th'
height OF It's stately person, 81 am prepared t(
lead my conntrymen wherever Congress direct:
me to 60" MS answer was that OF true
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John Bell, late President of the Senate of NJ 5
I t ,h I 80 ~, ,t W .o''''o
was associated with Mr.. y. F. wills, in III,
publication and edtor'hlp of the ''Corsair;" inC
nus oeGn Ion..io"., 70 '''t r'lllo,idl ana cIi,
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