The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-01-09
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The anecdotes Of Archimedes will be ra
membered; he rushed through the srcer
of Syracuse, al fresco, crying Eureka
and at the taking Of the city De wa-
killed by soldier while tracing gc0mct-
I rical lines on sand.
Socrates, when filled with some idea.
would stand for hours fixed like q statue
II is recorded Of him that he stood amid
the soldiers in the camp Of Potden, BOP
rooted abstraction, listening DO his "pru-
Phetic" or supernatural voice.
Democritus shut himself up for dav.
together in a little apartment iu Die gal
/ den.
Dante was subject 10 fits of ab.uar
/ ton, in which he often quite forgot h.u-
self One day be found am interesting
book, which he had long sought for, in
druggists shop al Sienna, and sat read.
ing there till night came on
Bude, whom Erasmus called the won
der of France, was q thoroughly absent
man. One day his domestic broke into
his study with the intelligence that h.
house was on fire. eco inform u.
wife" said he; "you know ] do not ia.
terfere in household affairs
Scaliger only slept for few hours.
and passed whole days without thinking
Of food.
Sully, when his mind was occupied
with plans of reform, displayed oNtruur
binary fits Of forgettulness One day u
winter, when on his way to church b.
observed. "How cold Ills to-day "NUt
more cold than usual" said one of h.-
attendants. "Then must have the
ague,' said Sully. 'Isitnot more prob.
able that YOU are too scantily dressed
he was ased. On lifting his tunic che -.-
cret was at once discovered; he bad for
gotten all his under clothes except ht-
breeches
Mrs Bray tells n somewhat familiar
story Of the painter Stothart Whcuu
vited on one occasion % dine with tHu
poet Rogers, on reaching the house tn
st. James Palace, he complained eft cold.
and CHANGING 20 put his hand ON his neck
he had forgotten to put on bis cruyH.
when he hastily returned home to com.
plete his attire
Button was very fond of dress m.
assumed the air of the grand sigucur
sported jewels and finery, wore rich lace
and velvets, and was curled and scented
to excess wearing his hair c1 puJHot.
while at his studies.
Pope, too, was "a little dandy in bag
wig and sword; and his crooked Hmr.
enveloped in fashionable garments glFn
him the look Of an over-drossed monkey
Voltaire, also, was fond of mugnihoeu.
attire, and usually dressed Jpn au absurd
manner.
Diderot once travelled from ST. Peters
!.
night-cap, and in this guise promenadod
the streets and public places of thc towns
on his route. He was often taken for
madman. While composing his work.
he used TO walk about with rapid strides
and sometimes throwing his wig in Che
air when he had struck out happy idea
One day a friend found him tears
Good heavens 90 he exclaimed, "wh1.
is the natter" II am weeping mid
Diderot, lat story that 1 have just
composed 2"
Young, the poet, composed his Might
Thoughts" with IA skull before him, m
which he would sometimes place q light
ed candle; and he occasionally sough.
his sepulchral inspiration by wandering
among the tombs at midnight
Mrs. Radcliffe courted the horrors with
which she filed her gloomy romauccs hy
supping on half-raw beei-stenks, plcut
fully garnished with onions
Dryden used 10 take phyric before set
ting himself 10 compose a new piece.
Kant, the German philosopher, while
lecturing, had the habit Of fixing bis ~
tentiOn upon one 'of his auditors who
wore a garment without a button iu b
particular place. One day the student
had the button seWed on. Kant, uu
commencing the lecture, fixed Die eye 0n
the usual place. The button was there
Fancy the CONSERVATION Of the philo-o-
pher whose ideas had become associated
with that buttonless garment His lee-
ture that day was detestable; Dc Was
quite unhinged by the circumstance.
Too many authors have been fond uI
the bottle Habelais said Eating and
drinking are my true sources of iuspIu
ton. See this bottle II Is nay true
and only Helicon, my cabalistic fountain
my sole enthusiasm. Drinking dg
liberate; and deliberating, / drink
Ennius, Kschylus and Cato all got their
inspiration while drinking. MczemI ~
ways had a large bottle Of wine beside
him among his books; he drunk of 70 u
each page he wrote. He turned tU.
night into day, and never composed eE
cept by lamp light, even in daytime
All his windows were darkcncd and O.
was no unual thing for him % show
friend to the door with lamp, though
outside it was broad daylight ON tHe
contrary, Varillas, the historian, never
wrote except at at full midday. lie
ideas, he imagined, grew and declined
with the suns light Watson AT
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