The sun., 1910-06-12

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houas. you Gh0uld never have coma Or
you should never 20
Dining with william Spencer in I.ondo,
TIE diarist heard aoms anecdotes of Pr,
and Pox. Pits asked Spencer Whas n,r,
of man Fox Was in private oonversatou
Fox asked spencer just the same question
regarding Pitt. Spencer said that ~ he,
Fox had praiss 20 bsaeOW be did not 1Fsr
Il at the moment but would come after.
ward and cay. That Wns a clever ,hlnr
you said the other day He vas a grumpy
soul. Still hs was much pleased With Tor,
Moore. particularly with thoss iass n
which the post declared that a. bees on
hoVers osassd 10 hum. %. ssttlsd on Eood
plAcss. whigs we're dumb. 1T vas ar
rAnRed that hs should b. introduced u
Moore. Spencer told him 10 bsvare os
reOsivinG him with 'humph' and turuia..
his hAck, which hs somstimss did For
promiasd he would not. but when intro
ducsd 70 Moore did say 'humph' and dA
turn his back directly. spsncsr con-
planned 20 For immediately. and For 81.
tied he would repair al BY sitting nsxt b
Moore az suppsE. Spencer kept q plaos.
For vas coming up when Wordsworth.
the post, happened 10 catch him. FoE
talked thrss-quaresrs Of an hOureO Words
worth and nsver sAt down nor said q word
10 Moore
One night in August. lsls. the author a,
I'D lAts with BpsncsE and James smish.
smith could tell anScdotss a. Wsll e. spsn-
Ger. Said Smith: 'Whsn ths eight Eng
liah Oalosrs we're desired BY Washingson %
ssttls among thsmsslves Who should hs
hanged by way Of rsprisal for an American
onlosr Who had besn put % death unjustly.
Aagill drew the lot and said. I was always
an unlucky dog. always drew the Cog
ging lot at school Harry GrSvills waa
put TO sit up with him. partly TO watch.
partly 20 console him. and all be could say
was. Come. never mind AsgiIl vss 70
be hanged next day; but he vas nol and
the intercession Of the Queen Of Fruncs
finally saved his life 10 vas this nms
James Smith Who said he had heard Byron
say that be ByFOnl could never enter ths
Maid and Magpie because hs had never
been innocent Of stealing a silver spoon.
The Italian UgO FOsOOlO discuasd
poetry with the author. He sAid that
Pope vas only slightly . post and shAs
he could not feel DFydsn. Tho author
quoted from Shakespeare about ths
moonlight sleeping on ths bank. Foscolo
said that -slesp' vas too strong for
Italians; they might say 'Tsposs' He
said that poetry vas images. The authoF
quoted POpss description Of C+aAra
triumph in his prologue 70 Cato Said
Foscolo; -Poohl II was not 60 Tbs
author notes: 'Foscolo 10 an sxsaor-
binary man; he talks poetry He said
NapolsOn's dominion was like q July
day in Egypt-all clear. brilliant and blAE-
ing. but all silent. not q voice heard. the
stiffness Of the grave
There was a Gen. Turnsr with whom
the author once dined. The General
was a hard headed HighlandmAn with
only one arm. He abused the Spaniards
and said that when their whole army
ran away before the French at Toulouss
the Duke Of Wellington said: Damned
finel BEAUTIFUL Never saw $500 men
run away in my lie beiors!'
The authors friend Fawkss had besn
acquainted With Gibbon az LAusanns
He said that Gibbon was pedantic in his
conversation and talked chiefly about
himself
There is considerable about Byrun's
death. The author wished 20 keep secret
= part Of the letter written by the pcst's
valet. Fletcher. at that time. He WTute
in his diary: Il thought night 70 snsae
Mrs Leigh not 70 Communicate 70 any bu,
the nearest frisnds one part Of the letter
which msntionsd that since Lord Byron's
it on February Is Ian spilsptio nj he
had placed on hls breakfast table Bibs
every morning This circumstance. which
pleased his valet. Fletcher. was afraid
might BE- mistaken for 6Owardics or hy-
pOcrisy. and was anxious that no Idle
stories 70 his diacredit should got abroad.
dare say that the Bible was on his tabla
have long reoollsCtod his having one near
him: Il was a volume given 70 him BY his
sister. and remember well seeing Il on hs
table az Pisa In is17. but unlsas his mind
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