New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
THE CRfAIkN DLSH4BILLE.

Swift relieved his tense aud tragic moods by har-
Messing his ,eTyIul- with cOrd---On occasion ue
insisted on harneSsng hIs learned and respectable
friend Dr. SncrdIn-aud driving them up aud
down the stairs and through the rooms OF his dean
crv Peter the Great sought 10 uuhcnd himself by
being wheeled over the dover beds aud neat par
trrrcs OF his hosts garden in WhcclbarTUw, poor
SIR William Temple found TO In, cost. lhat accom-
pilshrd dlplomdtot appears 10 have tlt ms Chlgrin
at the failure OF the Triple Alliance mere child s
play 10 his feelings at bchOldug the Russian
monarch riding roughshod over the priceless tulips
of Moor Park. Cardinal MazJrIn is said to have
been fond of shutting himself up IN room and
jumping over the rhIIfs, arranged IN positions
varying according to the degrees OF difficulty IN
clearing them. OF tia, weakness on the part ol MS
ENccrncy, m amusing au,cdOtc Is told. On one oc-
casou, while engaged IN these athletics, he forgot 10
lock the door \ Nouny couTtIcr inadvertently en-
tcring the room. surprised the great man IN his un-
dIguIiird pursuit. ! was an embarrassing position,
for MJfIun was, he knew aS naughty as he va,
crisis. Assuming the nirnsrst interest IN the pro-
crrliuC. be exclaimed with wcll-ieigncd earnest
mess, " | viii bet your Emmencc two gold pieces !
can beat that jump lie had struck the rlgli
CHORD, and IA two minutes he was measuring hI-
lrap.ng power, with the Prime Minister whom he
took clrr not 10 beat lie lost hIs two gold pieces.
hut hc gained before long mItrc. Samuel Clarke
relieved h, theological pursuit, IN the same way,
and one occasion seeing a pCdantc fellow APP
proachiug. SAID 10 the pupil who was sharing ms
amusement: Vow we must stop lot 4 1901 Is com
ing M" Old Burton, the author OF the Auat omle
OF NrluucholE' the only book which got l'r. John-
son ont his bed TWO hours before ne INTENDED 10
ri.e fuuuI hiN chief recreation IN gong down 10
Folly Bridge 40 oxford and listening To the rba!ry
nf Tho burgreS. which dit Clearc away his
yaporcs and make him laugh rs he would die
Innocent H.. probably the greatest punuh who
ever sat on the th!ouc OF 81 Peter relieved ms
gravcr amu~cmcnt Of PLAYING at nlnr-pns with the
potcntaic~ oi IurOpr hy gossIplhS lAHiuhIN Win
an old monk on seat a' fountain i'm the Vatican
He would listen for hours TO the storr, and point
less anecdotes with which hS humble companion,
who had travelled g. great deal regalcd him. The
lighter hours GOOD Bishop COrbrt have been very
graphically described 10y ON" who know HIM well.
HIfF T4f rrfts. Itff Hfff ffftfl
Dr. I.u,hiugtor. When the business Of the day
was over the Bishop delighted 10 descend with tins
faithful hrnchfan INTO the cellar OF the rPi'coPaI
palace. torhcs would then don his hood, saying.
There lies th' doctor. he would then diN'St hlu.
self of his gown, adding There lies lho bishop
The glasses wzre niicd aud the toast vas drunk,
Cor5cL" The Celebrated Dean Aldrlrh was the
slave of his pipe. There Is story IN the biography
oi John Phillips the poet, which not only amusin-F
illustrates tins ''cahnesS on tine part oI thr 'r'h,
but give, e HtIrIou, glimpse of the free aud easy
way IN which thr don7 auu Undergraduates OF th''c
dat- used 90 llfc. y senior student .ilu % "i-tI
with one Of hi> college cAums that The Dean was
az that instant su"kiug h, ptIe that instant beng
about 10 o'clock ~ the morning. Away therefore
hc went To the dcaucry, where, having made ms
way into tie Deans study, hc explained the reason
oi ms appearance nt so early nu hour; An re-
piled the Dean with the utmost yonlucs-, YOU
have lost your wager, Tor ! am not smoking but
nllIng ms ppc.'
on the ami,rmcrts of Djmitian, Suctoniu, tells
curious anccdotr Al thc beginning ul ms reign,
writes TIN. delightful gossip the Emperor used To
spend daily an hour by himself ln private, during
winch time he was wholly taken up IN catching
flies, and sticking them through the body with.
hodkin.' Goldsmith, Shelley ana Mlclulhy would
idle away whole days IN rompug with children.
OF all the plstlmrs IN which philosophers have nm
bent themselves. perhaps the most extraordinary
was that of SplnOIa He devoted much OF ms let
sure 10 catching and training spiders These crca-
turcs he would pit against each other IN single COM
bat. laughing Immodrntciy at their manUuvies
and carefully seeing that they tought hitlN'
Godophin spent all the time he could spare from
public business Ut the cock pit Nero uhhent hlh-
self by contracting hydraulic clocks auI OharicS
H. by conducting chemical experiments irlnce
Rupert almost lived in his laboratory and to his re-
creations indebted for the invention Oi me|-
IotiutO.
II il curious to notice how men who have been
noted for their polish and culture writer's or con-
versatIOnaistS have in their leisure moments louhd
a strange pleasure IN assOciatng Win thclt IN
frfiOrs. Prior one of the most elegant ol our MINOR
poets, TIE companion Of princes and dlplomailSls'
constantly passed whole evenings IN chatting WIN
q common soldier and his slatlern wltr III 10"
public-housc in Long Acre. Thomas W harloh. th1
historian of English poetry and 4 slncularly rruhrd
scholar was often to be found IN sotdld taVtrh5
Joking and being JOked. PorsOn and Eimslry had
similar prOpcuslties. So also had Turner tue
painter. Machlaycl and Burke delighted 10 lorg
politics by sharing the labors of their iarm ser
wants and even the stately Bolngbrokc, ~ we
learn from one Of POpes most delightful ietler3'
not above shouldering "A prong byron Prn-
cipal amusement during his residence AZ Ntntte
was shooting with pistol ut coin III clGIt stlIh
and that pursuit he practised more neihoulcdiIy
than any other thing IN his unmethOdlcal lie.