, 1870-11-27
SWEARING IN ENGLAND,

. SWEARING IN ENGLAND.
From chombers' Journal .
Lord byron, fscounting his famous Letod
fiat adventure in England. says:
Juan did rot understand word
Uf English, save thc!r anibtoleth :" God cafan!~
Al q even that be had 10 rarely heard.
iiesomettnes thongns Twas only their 'tsalaaIo."
To .Eiuk 20; toE. half English as am =.
ITO Ay mlafos1anel, never can say
heard hem ~teh u Gcd with you" s2ve that Way.
/, il not pleasant to know thst the uas Of =
specially lepuisise imrrecat.on ID accepted
a.suad ~ il,disputahle pronf Of Al EngllAh-
mans nationality, but It IL true nevertheless.
4 popular living actor tells = good story IL
Illustrative Of the melancholy fsct. Diving
about the streets OF Havana, hiB horse
bound spanlzh solaier from hsAd TO foot.
Dsa~lnE Ills sword, the angry eoldier ferrely
| Attacled the nnlucky blaek driver Of tue
vclante, and by the time tho aatonished come
clan could jump out of tho vehicle. Lad
sent the man bleeding to the ground:
l4nama hat the crowd attracted By the rox
took ths actor for an American, and made no
attempt 10 stop tho soldier from asstulting
him III the same st5le. "A his would-be muir
| d.Ier rushed toward him, the EuGhshman
uut himself in au attitude Of defence. And in
|
via: do ron means" upon which tho o1aated
spectators soarrd out !: 'Inyese! IngIearf"
and tie soldie$ pulled himself up, and con-
tented Limse12 with ma1ching OH with tho
vehicle, wills a4hop1eepe1 kindly invited the
actor TO take sh2lter in lis ehop. ),
The ejacula,lt 70 Which Dstou aI!ules !las
actually teson9 the cognoiusn Of Eusllah
soldiers in tho 4st; and Mlen travelsx In
Ab!etitia asked& Dankal1i chief how many
| men were HiIeA in an afIray at Gsnguutt7,
where two EpslN sollie1s aud lortu2upse .
cook we're a=sasEfhatel. was told: Two got
tan, and Que sat2 pert" OF cuur.c, EnS!kh-
men are no, ths pnls onerders in this Way.
Every people has 3,s pet oatlls, and ridiculous
eesyes: eees ,a05 are As''nss' as l"s''a''s Oh
It's st'tnsc tie French prove, when thsy tass to
So lufer.or 10 s i: in The sclcnce OF cursas;
| Kirk FscncnInan rosn stairs
How a! suEhly he swearS,
.AEd row odd Us To hear hun, when beat 70 q
Belly.' =.
1t must bo confessed the s.isnce OF curling
has been too liberally cultivated among us.
1t il ssitl the Saxous, greater adopts at swift
ing than swearing, we're astonlshed at the
wonderful variety Of oaths their conquerotz
had at their command, quito as much as Al
their constant use OF them. The Nornlans
could lardlg speak without swearing; but the
Ssxons do not seem to hnve been shocked
thereby, but rashas 10 have followed Tic
III Chaucere 7tmei II We may accept
We maEeyeIv 7onc. high or low
was giyeuto rhis vice; asx mAdo no diffezeuee
in tile matter. thsy s9oro b.: anything an;
sa tms hs Gz.bs!hsu En- anSs Wss su
s~casirs ago that it cdlld Lave been 10 fea
u shecEiuE Ito cara u the people be vain!.
! hoped to conquer thx prompted the CON
.nandet Of tue AfmA3ff 70 issue orders tbs
: - no soldier, maEtnef.!dt other do blasphem
! or rage against God, our Lady. or any Of tt
: | sharrly be corrected, and very we'll clisstene1
, and for oaths OF less quality. the governors 9
the ehips they 60 in shall lI>ceed to renisd
} all By Furnishing them, or tAk.ng away the
allow ancc OF vine. OF other.ise, as they aha
9 think good" Harrington sa,s:
In elder times an aucte nj custom twas,
10 swear on wcighty maltets by the Mass:
tut when the mass vent iosn. the old men not
They wore then by The cross ot the sIne gtoas
.,n.i when this cross ~At likewise held in scorn,
1Aeu, by lhe,s ialiht the common oath vi
sw01u: --
Last, having sworn Away all faith anu uoln.
uoly "God danu me-. vas the common oaih.
7Eus. custom kep* Aeco,um BY RIadatton,
Tnat, losing nass. c.oss, ia1h, they found aaz
nation.
Elizsbeth's General, the Ea.l Of sunolk, Vt
content with swearing by Lis honor that 4 q
truce granted to the garrison OF Hume Cas-.
Was used merely for delay, be would spa
nonc when he took tho cast
and that be would etay bcfc,c it until
did take 1t, or died: but o.h=zs wers p
20 modest- A man WIS thought lcss tim
nan unless he inse1laced every sentence vi
tavAgc oath or Two: while At the commi
crdinaries, oaths 1ew about like haii-stf
1'hitip Etubbe, who wished swearera to
punished WITH death. declares the practice b
'.growu to tuch perfection, that At every 9th
VOID you shalt hear either wounds. bloc
sides, heatt, nails, foot. or some other part
Ch1is,'s blessed body sworn by. Aud to swt
Ly God at every word, by the world, by !
John, by St. Na1y. by ST. Auue. bT bread q
salt. Gy the fire, or by any o:Aer creatu
they tLink il nothing b!arlsEortby."
The Queen he II elf being fond OF emphasisi
her royal speech ~ profAnins the hn!i,
,,amts. the iadies Of her court wers not liz
tv curb Their tongues. Alady writer inis
a.eertn that they conteuted themselves v
<i1ch uilt e1p1etives AZ ga1's me, I'll
'-lut. slight, 'ct:shodv. otis p1ecious-noue
them 70 Innocent Us they loot: bus We dn
better zuthc1i,y derosipg that the greater
lady the cosrser the cath, was really the +
Of the day. Does not Larry Percy resoEt
his wiEe:" Net yours, in good eouth. lie:
ycu sNeAr like \ corptit- makers wife!
X ure, in good goath! and, A. true ia I Ii
and. AS God shall rnena me; and, A. sure
day
And g.r'ts such sarcenet surety for thy cnta
| As II lhGu nerer wa!k'ust father tn An FlnsbuI
swear me, Kate, Ike q lady, as thuu art,
A good nou1n-n;iing oa,h and leave in sootn
Aoi sSsa p11'sss Of
Shakspeales own men and women
pu1e1-lippea than We might expect, .consic
iEg The haiti OF the time, md that lie M
sNeating with groa grace one OF the gu
ties wh'ch bound Poins 10 the tAvesn-huut
Price. They are ready enough in tue use
oathx. it is true, but the oaths themselves
cence and youth; Grzttauo by the moon,
hts hand Dsssanio By his honor and his 70
tilouce=teE iuyokes st. Paul, but when Ii
swears by his George, his garter. his Gro
li= fathers death, by Heaven, aud b. the q
to come: Henry :. uses eE nv To- 10th and nd
tiery TsLalt swears By the honoz OF bis l
!. 1'envel.o, by his head; old Capnlet ind1l
in br'r lady, by my soul, by my fay; and
Nussa fa5o,s BY the rood. and exc!A
God saEo tie m.tk!S polonius aweals
the mass and lore Heaven; Hamlet, by
la- seea1s by Janus. humble folks use .
he lakin',' corruption OF .By our lliyE
Of or little LADY; While Bardolph sxesra .
ley | an = soldie1!~ which .hstoi decl.
OF to be an oa.h Of miekle might. What wo
'ne he have called Leazs-
~ NF Inc 62fEeN fAul1QCE OF tQe SUI.
The mysteries Of uecA1e, and the night;
ms r! I'll The operation Of the orbs
er. FIem whom We do exist ard case to b,
he J.mss !. coald lecture very wisely ar
,w- the evil Of swearing, albeit he did not car
Strengthen S a5ETment BY Example, mp a;.ht hts ,
&C. made the Stuart line - popular and ?
porous As it WAS the tevetse-conEir
tx his sire's cloqueuce. or disgusted
Lis profanity, never soiled his npa b. an Q
When ts1g he was hunting VAS KILLED
butchers dog, and his attendants, astonis
Ut his indifference, told the Prince, III
his fathss had been so zesyed. he would I
swo1u 50, as 20 man could haye endured,
IN replied, "All the pleasure in the world y
ing wofsh IN oath- He stood nesflJ alone n
.go opinion. 4 serving: man in one OF Dek2
md rla5s. seproached with swearing as II his
ter. wzs E,ate Of shoe-1eather, answers: q b
ed my bettets swear, and damn theusel
the ard Why skorld rct ~ And ewaggsl
) in Fustus. when urged to swear as II be c
Ter fresh from being bighted, replies
aeir III swear after four hund1ed ! year!"
Ply deed, il would almost seem IL II man !
AVA ton was denoted By the extreme to whict
ose dared 50 u this way, for when Paziament
ms, o1e Of lts moral fts, enacted that pro-
Inns ct1tstrs should be fined twelvepeuce per
And -lhe money to be 2pphed to the relief OF
uri, Ionr-it VIE szid that at that rate ! ma
hey fashion might swear himself out OF his Ct
in | in no time
the Sir henry Herbert, Master Of tho He
one records how Charles !. played the
ken cf dramatic censor. E&rg through MINUS
"a plAys and s,nkinS ont every oath but a
one ire Iaith. death, and slight to stand II sil
of a&scvcraticna; but when his .nuccessor
own Eerrcached for hia profanity, he ansve
day . Your Martyr swoEe txice more than c
/ OF dbl" As We End "profsne no dtfine
,key nsnces" and encourage no vice" ann
, Of tie MARTYRS Golden Rules, We
any infer that his unfortunate Ma