The herald., 1897-10-24

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The highest sum, however, ever paid for
a poem was the 6OoO golden. crowns paid to
Sannazaro by the citizens of Venice for his
eulogy on their city. 1t is only six lines in
length, and was thus translated by John
Evelyn:
Neptune saw Venice on the Adria stand
Firm as IL rock and all the sea command.
'Thinkst thou, o Jove!' said he, "Rome's
walls excel?
Or that proud cliff whence false Tarpeia
fell?
Grant Tiber best; view both; and you will
- say,
That man did those, gods these founda-
q. tions lay"
THE NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Some Interesting data concerning the
Forthcoming sections of the New English
Dictionary are to be found in the most
recent number of Mr.. Henry Provides
London monthly publication. The Periodi-
cal. The double section, "Foisty to
'Frankish," edited by Henry Bradley, an
nounced for publication Oct l. contains
1911 words, as against 424 in the cores
ponding part of Johnson, 1152 in the Cen
tury Dictionary, and 1887 in the Standard
Dictionary. The first named total contains
2097 root words. of which 1868 are of pres
ent national and native use, and 670 obso-
lete.
The "New English Dictionary" is said
TO have a similar superiority over the old
johnson and its successors in the quota
tions. In the johnson "Foisty' to ''Frank
ish' portion. there are 373 words illustrat-
ed by quotations. In the New" there are
1 lt@tN ,.it tes Iona
er in the so-called class of illustrative
quotations" The section following Frank
ish'' will be published early in January,
1898. together with the first pages of the
&C. words. DR.. Murray. who is at work
or a double section of III will have his
task completed by April, 1885,
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