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nr,ny. whnther por+ta,ssa1loTed ira ron1..
whether yerres, ormr arank whole r}yers
dr.. wbether Hsnni,,s1 1eve},rd rocha and
c1eora,rs 1i,.o,vcd near1s uith vinernr.
whether z,sca'a .kIn was MAIDS into = drun.
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10 have a,rrn made 10 thc snortan Admiral
hr Thrmystocles who ,rhe 1ttcr.d onc. .t,lf
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ical elect. "Werc I to ase nt tL,s
moment :" Nclson is said TO have written to
nv VI ., uosssnmeas a4,es ,ae nalsae .,
10y s1Ss..sa . . % W. -" "ou'a " touua
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to have derlorcd the loss Of the last foot
hold Of the English In France with the cx-
clamattou, "Whcn die, Calais will be found
written on my heart" Once more, Mr.
Motley tells us in his History Of this Dutch
Republic, that Mont pens{er, French prince,
protested TO Philip II. OF Spain, that be would
be cut in pieces for that mouarch's service,
and affirmed that "ii his body were to be
opened at that moment, the pame Of IAa,p
would bc found imprinted On h,s heart :,
Among the countless pungent witt1cisms at
ttlbutcd TO Voltaire VIC arc informed TINT.
having exto1lcd Halter, he was told that he
was very generous In so doing. since ualIcr
had said inst tho contrary of him ;
vhereupon voItairc remarked, after a short
pauec, Perhaps We arc both OF Us mistaken y
Ia It not curious coincidence that, ceptu-
ries before this, Lihanius should have writ
ten TO Aristaenetrs-f'You are always speak.
irg I'll of nc. speak nothing but good Of
you. Do you not fear that neither Of us
shall be belleyeds" Again, who has fosgot-
ten Calhoun's famous expression, 'snastcrly "
inactivity" on which editors 80 rang, the
changes eomc twenty-five years ago; yet
what fs It but translation of the "strtnud
nos ererett ine4fta" OF Horaccs
Perhaps Of all the memorable sayings OF
great men, there is none abont which lovers
Of rhetoric have 80 often had their
commonplace, as the famous "e pur
81 nuore ''-"and yet the Garth dot.
move"-of the silenced but not per.
! suaded Ga1ileo. Aud yet. rs a late
FreuelI writer has shown, not only Is there
no proof that Calico crer uttered the cpl
gram, but II flagrautly contradicts his whole
| dcn,canor OH the trial. To regard him as O
MARTYR Of science Is simply ridiculous
| Never was martyr less disposed
for martyldom. He denied everything
With imratier, alacrity. Hc offered to prove
that he h8d never held The doctrine of the mo
l,ilHy or The Garth, and declared ht,nscI
ready to STOW, by fresh arguments. the
| error of ttat doctrine, In short the en,
gram ie one OF ..those wo{s de ct,ooastouor. io
vented after the occasion. which traa;t,or
eagerly adopts because 1t 90 admirably cx.
presses the general sentiment"
Writers on religious liberation arc fond O,
quoting the SURPRISED saving Of Charles y.
Emperor Of Germany, who fu his retirrmeu,
kept MANY clocks nnd watches. the n, echan
Ism of Which 1,r vns ff,nd of stndv1nc th,,
It wns unreo sona,,1c Ia exncct mon 10 th{nt
sl;rc who, ,otr. ,1o.1-s ~ w..ol,.e a,,,,t
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s''ueat prom Hon Tue lact sna
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UP eou nnip ~ epiefee onltorA'ty q
oP'A.vA' - ..e-''' " 1na1 'cl''o'c saSiue
tuc 'hqa'sh1oo' Aoreo'es, ae asasn an.
a'n eAplesse1 nss 'es'et an7s ue u" no
pal Aa'heF 10 osath "hen nc had hu In III
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among the stcreotypcd quotations Of 20
lt'enl writer's and orators In this country
taesc is none Hhlch drops offencr from thei
Al's aha pens than that which Is so general
y Astnoaled to General Charles Coteswortf
l'hekney, pamciS: MILLIONS for defence
iiot one cent for tribute" Will
NJ +. was Ambassador TO tn
ftnch Court. Bon4patte was prepat
ing for operations against Great Britain, ant
Ind pledged tho representatives Of othe
powers to degrading contributions. Wha
Mr.. 2. really did eay, when asked by Napo
leon, '4Aud what will tour Republic give =
| ,-.e ..xn4 :, ri,
"as, o1 penoy-not penny" ~
cent was not then known nnloue our colt
! Ntsr1V confrmno-,rr with this uos fhc pr;t
t ty rcnly en,a n have hern made hr Thr,vnl
to Erkine. when The 1at,er. in ,cnlv TO TN
J d,rmer,a o,onosItfon tn 5c6.nd Kim finn
tbs ch.tue ~ +rs.sn, rro.a ~
ror do ro,,,I hs hsus,aa" ..rh..
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