Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-02
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old minister of the Church Of Scotland,
who Was often obliged to employ as.l.t-
ants during the latter part of his life.
Ouc of these WAS rather vain of hls quail
ihciiions as q preacher, hut affected IN
b~ quite embarrassed by any co'npli-
mems he reviewed ou that score. On
hi. fret appearance after the sermon the
old devine went up Ia the probstioner,
and WAS going to shake hands With hlm.
Anticipating nothing short of high
down praise the ya,ung man cxcialmsl,
"My good sir, no compliment. no com-
pllmrnis, I bcg!" "No, no." replied
the p,rson, "nowaday. l'm glad u any
body" How far TIL. decilclly left.
handed compliment fell short of the rc-
clpien,'. anticipation hc alone can tell
hut hl. FEELING. must have been s"me-
What similar Ia those of that tedious
orator. Who, having been IN vain tol by
iIeury ~ of France that hc wou'd i,c
obliged Ia him u be would make hl.
ns,icry a. brief as pos.ible, wss, at
length, crushed by the King ri.lng aud
saying. "Nou must b- kind enough To
ssy the rc.t to ". Guillaun,c. (tic
court fool). In the world. history cou-
pllmcnt. have Outline. played an in'-
portant psrt-so,crcigns, Statesmen,
courtler., scholars, aud all other. of
the great hnman family dlsi,lnlns not
the use ~ fi,ttering speech To gain their
ends. No one knew better the Ioser
possessed by really poli.hei compli-
ment than sheridan, aud on innumcrablc
occasion. during that rather stormy
theatrical m,nsgemeni of hi. did b. ex-
tricste himself from difficulty by
mean. % Que. 4 good instance !. thr
following: An English noblemin, Who.
after the manner II hl. peer. m,rriri q
beautiful American actress, once sppll-
ci With much dignity ln the grccn-ro'm
to Mr.. sheridan Tor the arrears ~ her
salary, aud vowed be would not stir I'LL
they were paid. "My dear Lord" .ah
the impccunious manager, "this i. too
bad you have taken from us the bright
..t l.w.l In th. world, aud you nov
quarrel With "a. for tb. little dust she
has left b-hlni her" The Doblemln
Immediately burst cut laughing snd tile
deb, wss canclei over . botileof vine.
az famous compliment. paid Ia the
fair seN the supply u 80 large ani dat-
ding that u I. IN ,ttsr ot M small diiii-
Guilty to pick out the brightest gems bat
N the following Que was unlocked for u
csttiinly deserve. plic. among the
,rst. fontencll~, when gl ye,r. oli,
pa...,l brfof. Niue. liels.tius without
lrryei,lng her. "Ahl" ssii that lady,
''tl,t I. your gallsn,ry. then 10 pass
l-'forc mc without e,,r looking NJ me-
III had loak~i At YOU. madame" ~.
piled the old beau, II never could have
passed you st all" ~ ueit . onc va.
uti.r,,i by o.n. Nom,in-. Meeting Lady
,ie Ilfi.nty. whom he I'D known and all
mir,d Ia the lo,elin..s of her youth, h
commenced complmenilng her. ~ ou
forget that ! am an oil womin, .Ic
.sidat length. MADAME" retained tl'e
gallant soldier, "wheu cur .Nes af-
dsfIlei by . diamond " never oc,ut- Ia
~. Ia ak minrrilogl.t ~ u. history
Different from thl. VA. the reply oi q
gentleln ,n once who va. Que DAY com.
plim~niing Nine. Dcni. In thc manner
la which ia. played thc chiravtcr 81
trtI..., to PLAY tile plrt well, .hould
b, young and bcautlful." 80, nb," cN-
cl,lms,l the candid culo;l,i, ''you ate
. pruot to the contrary II !. an OLD
rrpfosch against the Orient,l. that they
arr unable Ia .Ay pretty thing. to la
die but a daughter of Louis NV, the
Princess lie Cont, in.plrri Moofi'h
Ambassador With a. graccfully turned
a compliment a. can be lnisgine,i. Sll~
had rsllc,i sg,lns, the Mohtmme,lan cue
ON ~ polygamy. when the Moor thu.
d.fsniei the practice; "Msiame,' h-
.,il, "a plurality of wives !. alloNci
among "a. brysuse la our couniTy Ne
must so.k Ia several women the charm
ing aualiti-. which az, here found ln
one" The poet Moor., Who never lst
"a opportunity .lip oi cOmpllmcnilng
tn FIR .sx, va. In the present instance
hspily kini to the husband. Being one
d,y u the company ~ beauiifnl wo-
man, Who wore on her bo.nm miniature
llk.n... of her spouse, who was the -
verse of hlni.om-, IA va. ask"i 10y her
"Nhom hc thought the portrait rr.cm-
blci." II thins, ".sii the poet. 1T u
ike S,rscrn'. lie vi on snos.hlll.'
4 bold stroke Ia obtain llbrfty by
mean. Of acpmpliment ~. made 10y VI,
ie MauIertiu., Who. whsn pfi.on"r In
y ho .ah to himi "lou know the Queen
4 ~Nc'ien, sister a. ihc Mug oi irus-
d,r' "lr., Msdamr.' 81 avn told that
.he 1. the mp.t br,utlful rrinccs. In the
,ofli.' Madame" rpli~i the cum
ming prisoner, II always thought 80
iutil now" Hi. was q. diplom tie -
the woni aud action Of MnrIui. Ne liut,
Sani.h uobl.man. Queen EiiEAbrth,
sho had b-cn sdmlring hi. cles'ucc
,nd complimenting him on u. At the
,smr time bcggci Ia know Who possess
II the heart of 80 brave ctSali"r.
M adame," [" .,ii he, "a lover risks toe
iru,h ON such an occaslon; but your
VI ,i-.ty's will 4. Law. Excgse IN how
EVER. u fear Ia name her, but request
your Msjr-iy's acccpt,nce ot her pOr-
trait" lie sent her looSlug.gli...
While upon the subject oi royal compli-
tnrnt., the Que paid io our present Qucrn
~ the Sovereign oi Zanzibar !. worth
repeating. II I. a flpe pi-,c of oriental
,.ortTy. ~. s,ii that he ment,lly llkrn-
II her "to that mount ,in "f loil.tonc
mentioned IN the 'fhonsani ani One
Nights which drew thu nAil. out of the
H. lie. ~ ia. .hlp. a. they ptssed that
Nay. Even 80 dill ia" heart. of the
Lnyll.hm.n | have hitherto met ssem
lrawn on by q m,gnet tn her M,i"sty.
pretty compliment. iDdeei. The iol-
loNing, however, l. siili bitter, II sonie-
,hst grotesque IN It, termlnaiion. " !.
credited tn sismcse Amba.s,ior, ~io
wrote of the Queen thus: Zone cannot
hut be- struck With thc aspect of the su-
su.t Queen ~ England, ar fall to OBJ
..rNe that .he must bc of pure descent
from race Of goodly and warllkc Ming.
in,l ruler. ~ the earth, In That her cyc.,
yomplexion, aud, abryr all, ber be,rlns,
irr those of q beautiful aDi M Jesiic
Ahlte elephant"
Some fimou. compliment. have been
paid 90 m-mber. of the strrn"r sex, sni
nns of th, mo.t grIrrfully iurn"i wa.
that uttered by IIoill-au, Who, wh"n "a"
,irtuou. De Nssme', Pre.licnt of the
Parliament of Pafi., wis elert,-i an Ac-
alemici,n, congratulated him 10 til"-r
tsrms: 81 have come to congra'ul u"
YOU, sir, In or,i'r th,t YOU nav consr t.
ulate m. on hsviag you f"r on III nv
fellow -Ac idemiri in.." To he culogi,e'l
when dead Il more often the 1t ot min
than To bc praised In lie, bat surely a
ai Inter compliment was never pal =
dad man than was receiyei by Talley
rand; for when his demise wns announc-
81 "a ou. of hi. acpu iintan,c., the lrt-
ter exclaimed, "ile must hiv. h,d some
good r.ason for dviog. thlnk ! will be
ai least III myself" and went h. bel.
Even the stern business 81 war ha. not
pr.yented the exchange of c,mplim snis
bstseen military men, sn.i of these none