Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-23
THE GAZETTE.
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY %. 1859.
FROM ROGERS REc0LLEcTIONS.


Gratta,,'s talk, as preserved by Rogers, is
often capital i'll itself, apart from It's value
as all illustration. Take the following scraps
Were you twenty years DID, aud Captain
Cook setting sail, would you go round the
world with him, NJ. have no wish to see
such Countries rs lie saw. wish to see k"ne
and Athens, and sVme parts Of ASIA; but LII
tie besides-My Uncle Dean Marley was
famous for the best little dinners, ana the
best company i'll Dublin-but when mace
Bishop be enlarged his table, and he lost MS
fane-hc had no more good company-and
there Was an end to his enjoyment. He had
at first about four hundred pounds, and his
little dinners were delghtful; but he had an
estate left him, and afterwards came to IL
bishoprick- he had lords and ladies to his
table-people of fashion-foolish men and
foolish women-and there was AL 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 or
dered the coachman to fetch soIne water from
the we'll The eoachman objected, saying that
1T was his business to drive, and not to run
on errands Then bring the coach and four
said he, and put the pitcher into 1t, and drive
~ the well:'-a service which was performed
many times to the great entertainment of the
village. Which would you rather pass
day with, Alexander, Caesar. or Bonaparte!
Caesar, as | am much interested about his
time ] would ask him, land here he enum-
Grated many questions about his campaigns
what were the real characters OF many OF MS
contemporaries and | would ask HIM, but
/ would not press the question, he IN GIT
answer it or not as he pleased) what part he
took in the Catiline conspiracy travel
ling. should like the lower orders OF the
people better than the middle ones, for my
companions-I would rather be in a heavy
coach than in one that carried four.-N
all men, if could call upon one, it should be
Scipio Atricanus. Hannibal was perhaps
greater captain, but not so great and good
man. Epsminondas did not do so much
Themistocles was u rogue.--ln modern
times Washington, | believe, was the great
est man, and next to him, William the Third.
Burke was so fond of arbitrary power,
he could not sleep upon his pillow, unless he
thought the King had right to take it from
under him.-Stella used often " visit my
amt, and sleep with her in the same bed, and
weep all night. She was not very handsome.
Miss was handsome.-hlilton |
like best of them all. He is much more poeti-
cal than Shakespeare; and if anybody would
be public speaker, let him study his prose
and his poetry-his prose is often III admirable
model for the majestic style of speaking.-
lobe good shot is useful. 1t makes a brave
man drawer, a timid man half-brave; and all
men are born towards. But it makes Il
man worse than it found hinl--a bully"
From Person, we take these brief examples
of table talk:
Had carriage, aud did l see we'll
dressed person on the road, would always
invite him in and learn of him what could
Louis XIV was the son Of Anne of Aus
tria by Cardinal Richslieu. The man i'll the
iron mask was Anne's eldest son--l have no
doubt of 1.-TWO parties must consent to
the publication of book. the public as well
as the author Pitt conceives his SEN
fences before he utters them. Mr.. Fox throws
himself into the middle of his. and leaves it
to God Almighty to get him out again
When Prometheus made man. he had used
up all the water in making other animals; SO
he mingled his clay with tears.--Of Mack
intosh: He means to get interest for his prin-
cipal.-Of Sheridan: He is promising
fellow.-All wit is true reasoning.-lils-
tory of the Grand Hum in 100 volumes folio
II love an octave; the pages are soon read
the milestones occur frequently.-lf had
5000 per ann. | would have person constant
ly dressed night and day, with fire and can
die to attend upon me. lie is an uncertain
sleeper u had lived long before discoy-
cred that wit was truth--Wit is in gener.
al the finest sense in the world--We all
speak in metaphors. Those which appear
not to do it. only use those which are worn
out, and are overlooked as metaphors. The
original fellow is thereto regarded as only
witty; and the dull are consulted rs the
wise"
1t would be unfair to draw further on this
little volume We have indicated and prov
ed it's worth. Its fault, if it be fault, IL
that it is all essence-requiring, therefore
some slight knowledge and imagination in
the reader for its full relish. No one will
hereafter write of the celebrated men alluded
to in these pages, without having perfect
mastery of Rogers 'Recollections
PHYSICAL BENEFIT OF THE SABBATH
The Sabbath is Gods special present to the
working men, and one of his chief objects liz
to prolong his life, and preserve efficient his
working tone. In the vital system 1t acts
likes compcn sation-pond; it replenishes the
spirits, tho elasticity, and vigor which the
last six days have drained away, and sup
plies the force which is to fill the six days