, 1870-11-27

sworn this oath twenty times, and would do 40 |.
twenty times more before I Hnnld lose my
p'aee" or confee, With the Restoration the
cue from she court, al classes Of people, e3-
repting tbose who still cluug to Tp7i,aniau.
INDUCED in the disetaeeful habit When
Fepys went Behind the scenes With Misttess
kniIp and Nelly GT,nne, although it uaade
painted, he thought it .'peeft5" to hear hox
Nelly cursed for having go few people n the pit.
Sir Christopher Wren eaT nothing rsetty in |
the practice. AID Issued the folloxine.Ikase
sgaintt its being followed By the men engaged
nrcn the works at st PAu1's Cathedral:
ungodly custom ct swearing i too frequently
found: to tho disLoror OF God and contempt
Of tuthoi1ty AID to the end that such i1upia-
y may be utterly bauished from these works,
whieh are intended for the service Of Goi
Aud the honof OF Ee!gion-tt ia ordered that
oisniss any laborer that CONT to tha cali
SEQ the CLERK of the works, upon sufficient |
rroof, eball disu.iss them hccurdingly."
WhAt great strike would taks place in the !
huildt1g fr1de wtte modern architect found |
bold CROUCH to Initiate Wren'a example!
Jeremy Collier 1eptoaehed the dr1mati.ta Of !
his day With their fondneea for this form Of |
lzofantsy, ."S~eatlng is used by iii perscna |
aud upon al occasio-s; by heroes and pol |
GOES, by gentlemen and cl1wns. Love |
aid quAt1sls, success and dissppoint- |
vanished and cot on with oaths. With some
pottr. swearing ID no ordinary relief It
stands IN tho toon Of sense, gives spir1t to
the ezrte stlou, ard makes period nu Ical
and zouEd. IL rholt, II Is ali the rhetoric aud
reason come people are master OF. Sometimes
tkey mlnco the matter, change the le.tess, md
keep the sense, a. il they had mind to steal
swearing, ard break the commandment
without sin. At smother time the ostlls are
chpEed, Tut not so much within the ring, but
that tho lIasge and supersct1pt,on
are Visi.le- These e1peaieuts, conclude.
re more for variety than ccuscienee;
for when the it comes On them. they make no
difficulty OF HwesHpg At length" Tho Doc
tcrs severity was certainly not unproyokel.
but it might II ftiy have been lsvetlesl At the
models from which the d1amatists drew. for
the Congreves and W1cher1eys, with Ill their
faclts, we're too shrew1 to put IN unAccns-
TONED language IN the mouths OF their crea-
ticus. little later on, soae pereons Of quail
ity started society for the reformation Of
banners, under whose auspices Leo
sufes, were delivered and sermons
deelar,,ion for tho suppression Of ihs
growing xis1ednees, Ind Tor n timo good
effect in restraining the license Of profAne
toEEuee.
saeAk1pg lost caste in Anne's reign = At
lrstt the 1dtleT AaEu1ea na It was eschuwed
hoIitg sound shd noise might paks for ssnse
i "thurdcr II :" furies!" and such rumbliue
e1pietives, and adorned their conversation
with oA.hs md blasphemies, by way of tropes
! aid figures. 1t divides The lovers Of
the High and the Low-,he Low aweazes
being generally phlegmatic. the High
nwCarer choletic coxcomb. .'The man or
rhlcgtn is sensible Of the emptiness Of HIS dis
cou1ses. and will tell you that ar IA :kins,
sreh ri. Thing l. true;" Or i you yam hin : :
t1dklhe. you do rot say riehttH but ths High
effects . tnblimity In auineas, and iuvokes
lell and damnstion at the breaking of hia
tiars or the elowness Of ths drawer. The
1dtAyS assertion that swearing hAd gone
ont of fashion il, however, contradict
OF Marlborough. calling upon Murray,
alserwa1d Lerd Marefleld, aud, not flndiug
him II. refusing to leave lieF name. II could
mt make out, ELI, who the was." slid his
clerk. s. but sha swore 90 dseaGfully thst au.
snre sha mast be !. lady Of qua;i;y"- nor
could these he said TO to any elgn Il reform,
i'll another part Of tie Kingdom, sslft, in
enc OF his famous Drspier Letters" Ears it
is unnecessary 10 state that swearing Ia pet
ysce among Ifstl,mtn, and computes That one
third OF The population may be designated
swearing sosls." lie proposes q tax q
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rise ninety Thousand poupda year iron,
five thousand gentlemen able 10 afford I'LL
cath every day, twenty five thousand pouuls
from 10, eco farmers, and a like amount from
the 1est Of the people. This he calls modest
calculation, tince every one knows that thete
j. n,t.ch greater consumption Of oaths, DUB
lin alone containing 100 pretty fellows that
eweEr at least tiftJ oaths head daily, whiip q
email CounAught fair was good for 5000, and
tho rnilitis on mnster-day would get through
3uo in the eourss cf eight hours. 6 1t il true
lie OWLS, sit would be impossible to turn al
oashs into read y-money for shilling Is ss
great duty on swearing, that il 1t was care
might as vel, pretend 70 drinl
wine as to swear. and an oath would be n
raro among them a. clean alirt."
The Scotch Duke, Archibald, Duko Of Ar
drawing up an official document authorizing th
respite of.A prisoner, p1oducing this prett
specimen: ~, Archibald, Earl of 1-lay, d
Hereby IEoTogate and continue the life 0
john iludlell, writer in Ediabargh. to the teri
9t Whi'frna1y :. next and no longer hs God
In l74G, an act was passed repe.ling til
! swearing acts Of James aud William, aud 6s
ING eca.e Of fines regulated by tho s,atio
| | Of tie offender. Tine, genttcn,a
, wsa charged five shilings; felix's Of ruspee
, tallaity. but not @ 5sssoned gentsJ, ,w
l
. lat OF ers wero lot on with chilling an oatt
+ | 4 second conviction entaiied doubling G
: the perAlty; third, = trebln flne, or te
! days hard labor. Any Justice emitting I
i tx. cute the provisions Of the act was liab 10
finc Of five pounds; and gCon-tables ne'
two pcuncs, and underwent 1nonth>s tn
;, pr=Upmtnt with hard labor. We find thrt
!s.starces Of conviction noted in Mr.. Crban
maeazine-in one Gaze. WOMAN being sci
s 10 the usiiewtn for one rtafane oati
in another, a.eoun.1ymAn being MAJ
to pay thitty.two shtl'ings for si1te'
oatLs; while in the last, the offender
J. a tsadesman-was convicted Of exsravasaut
ewt.fing beyond his mems, BY indulgiuS
y three hundred aud ninety oathB, and in d
,c fault had to pay in petson. How powerle
Ie law il in sucl. niatttra is shown in tho corz
e stondence or this period, even whers Lor
e, and ladies aye the les'er-write1s. We cont
10 ualiy meet with sentences beginning. 40 Cad
,t "Lori I" OF o Lord" while thcse who We
cl,ary Of using oaihs in theis original sh.pt
b satisfied at once their propensity and tn
N ccEssieneo By CLIPPING them into ..zound'
t .t'oone." "Gcg's ouns," "ods piEkine," d
,e "d,kiae;~ the latter form Of .,ods DO, bodikin:
er cur "what tho dlckens!"
j. BY the middle OF the laet century, tniu
Dl were worse than ever. gentlemen thinking
AZ no 0tke11ce to flth their o2ths from the IL
L. ! eel, snd rival in coagseuess OF speech
I'd Une<t blacksuard OF the slums. The Ct
innocent ph.ases like upon my wor
ng upon nv honor," ~hicl, had become VOL
'st without nearing. Deaf 10 good counsel, ,
.ly sNe.rets pcisisted irt devoting themsel'
ID riecs meal to destruction. pouring I
th anatl against their so,lls hnd evt
OF hind wishes to the i;snhs OF their friends =
{ ,cqusintanccs, and c!,citinG FROM their cen
he The dssi.e that it wss possible to ra3ke
lie catalogue Of the fa.hionable cu1ees in ve:
on at Arthur's and other polite Assembliee. .
It, make the company b'nsa to zee nov II
e: sLd alle,e, and enr;chtd conversation y
as The elega1t dialect Of Wapring and st. Gil
minced and eoftened. it might be. hy gent
;, Il pronunciation, l.ut still ss revolving to
J. ears as when blurt]y boiled out from
Tread mouth OF = hnckney.enachman. A {
respondent Of the AdcrTf"rer. dating I,
gone through the degrees Of t;recnhc
Aso Jenny. Jetssmv Smart, Honest Fellow,
" Gus Spirit, Buck, AID Blood, describes
III ~ Grand achievement, after much lat
~ CT the art Of ewearing. ~ Lad I
lns eeeced by fegr. faith. r1sgue, 'pon
NJ y. hfe. Tss it. aud zooksra, to zawns
70 fore ged. eeds cure 1t, and deRme; bt
y still uttered these interiec,ions in tremul
oa' oa' tore and my pronunciation WIS feminine
~ vicious. I was eeusible Of my defects.
W, therefore applied mFeelf with great dilige
ne to remove them. frequently prae.i
" alone, tut 1t eas long time before Ct
- ewear 20 much to my oHn satisfaction in G
u psny Is by myee1f-eouid pronounce dam
~ W. sith toIeraete air and aecrns, give the "
, ,ae its full round. and look With confidence in
Nc - face Of the person 10 whom spoke" I
" hi. bad bAkit wAa common 10 Ill il ehowl
~ ~ an entry in the Di.rr Of Thomss Turner
H.. y. Hoshley. regarding the constant di.chsrg,
-! oasbe at vestry debates. expressing the o