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with snow several inches deep. Before
dusk they reached the Indian village Of
Calpi, and were entertained that night by
the priest.
So ended the attempt to scale the sum-
init oe Chimborazo.
From Rogers RecO1lectioas.
. Table Talk
Grattan's talk, as preserved by Rogers, |
is often capital in Itself, apart from its val |
ue as an illustration. Take the following !
scraps:
"Were you twenty years old, and Cap
tain Cook setting sail, would you 60 round
the world with him? No, 1 have no
wish to see such countries as he saw. Il
wish to see Rome and. Athens, and some
parts of Asia, but little besides. :. Ny
Uncle Dean Marley was famed for the
best little dinners and the best company
in Dublin but when made bishop he
enlarged his table, and he lost his fame
end of his enjoyment. He had at first
about four hundred pounds a year, and
his little dinners were delightful; but he
had an estate left him, and afterwards
came to bishoprie-he had lords and
ladies to his table-peorle of fashion,
foolish men and foolish women, and there
was an end of him and of US. :. He
(Marley) had much of the humor of Dean
Swift. Upon one occasion when the foot
man was out of the way, he ordered the
coachman to fetch some water from the
well. The coachman objected, saying
that it was his business to drive, and not
run on errands.' Then bring the coach
and FOUR said he, and put the pitcher
into it and drive TO the wel'-s service
which was performed many times to the
great entertainment of the village. &.
Which would you rather pass day with,
Alexander, Caesar or Bonsparte Caesar,
as 1 am much interested about his time
would ask him (and here he enumerated
many questions about his campaigns
what were the real characters of many of
his contemporaries and | would ask him,
but / would not press the question, Che
might answer it or not, as he pleased, }
what part he took in the Catiline conspi-
racy. In travelling, | should like the
lower orders of the people better than the
middle ones for my companions-I would
rather be in heavy coach than in one
that carried four. >. OF all men, if could
call up one, it should be Scipio Africanus.
Hannibal was perhaps a greater captain,
but not so great and good man: Epam-
: inondas did not do SO much. Themisto'
cles was a rogue. In modern times
Washington, l believe, was the greatest
man, and next to him William the Third
:. Burke was so fond OF arbitrary pow
er he could not sleep upon his pillow, un-
less he thought the king had right tt
take it from Under him. :. . Stella usec
often to visit my aunt, and sleep with hel
, in the same bed, and weep all night. Sh'
, was not very handsome. Miss " wa
handsome. Milton like best of then
all. He is much more poetical thai
; Shakespeare; and if anybody would be
public speaker, let him study his pros
> and his poetry-his prose is often an ad
mirable model for the majestic style o
! speaking. To be good shot is useful
3 It makes a brave man braver, timic
3 man half brave and all men are borl
: towards. But it makes bad man wors
9 than it found bim-a bully"
Al From Person we take these brief ex
a amples of table talk
f "Had l carriage, and did 1 see we'll
/ dressed person on the road, would al
r ways invite him in, and learn of him wha
v I could. Louis XIV was the son of Ann
' of Austria by Cardinal Richelieu. Th
Y man in the iron mask was Anne's eldei
D son-I have no doubt of it. Two partie
II must consent to the publication of bool
@ the public as we'll as the author. Mr.. Pi
b conceives his sentences before he uttel
e them. Mr.. Fox throws himself into th
e middle of his, and leaves it to God A
Is mighty to get him out again. When Pre-
k metheus made man, he had used up a
a the water in making other animals, so b
e mingled his clay with tears. Of Mackir
" tosh: He means to getinterest for his pril
l. cipal. OF Sheridan: He is promisir
10 fellow. All wit true reasoning. Histol
10 of the Grand Hum in 100 volumes foil
W love an octave, the pages are soon res
s. the mile stones occur frequently. IT
" had 5000 per an, / would have persc
a. constantly dressed, night and day, wi
le fire and candle to attend upon me. e
r is an uncertain sleeper.) had long b
l. fore discovered that wit was truth. W
n is, in general, the finest sense in the worl
at We all speak in metaphors. Those WI
appear not to do it, only use those whit
ID are worn out, and overlooked as met
be morphos. The original fellow is ther
-; fore regarded as only witty; and the dl
m are consulted as the wise"
ey 1t would be unfair to draw further
as this little volume. We have indicat
70. and proved its worth. Its fault, if it bt
ms fault, is that it is all essence-requirir
e. therefore, some slight knowledge or il
agination in the reader for its full relii
"a No one will hereafter write of the ce
er- bratei men alluded to in these pages wit
it ont having perfect master of Roge
1t "Recollections."