the heart's ill at ease?-but I had all at my bidding. Did ye ever mind how afore a storm comes on all is oft calm and peaceful and heavenly, just as youth is-and then did ye ever mark the blast coming and laying all low and waste before it, just like ould age? That was mine ain case-only I thought the calm would last for ever!' You did not murder him?' inquired I, still anxious to obtain some connected account from her-Who talks of murder? aye, that is an awful word-heigh, sirs! murder-but hark ye The fiend of the storm with its red wing flies by, And the beauties of nature decay all before it; Heard ye that shriek on the gale? 'tis the call 'Tis the murderer who vainly for happiness crieth! Ah! me, it is a bonny sound, brain Like the shriek of a soul in torment bound- MATHEMATICS. Solution of No. 27, by O. S. deeper into the heart than every-day words.- -1 = - Now, by substitution in the first equation reduced, 16 we have -2y=4y—4, or 16-2y2—4y2—4y I found it was in vain to hope for any con- And I've sipped its rich scents all the valley per- if ye be not afeard, may Crazy Kate's blessing fuming, Did ye ever hear that sang afore? it is ane The morning sun may glitter forth, I saw a lass hie up the glen, And on her check its blushing glow Like rose-leaves there did lie. Now is not that a bonny sang? I aye sing that when I wish to think o' what I ance was, but this is the ane I sing after it--for its owre true!-now, mind Oh! love is like the rose that hides I saw a lass come down the glen, Isn't I a fine singer?' exclaimed the hag, with a look of mad exultation in her eyes. Oh! sangs are wonderful things! they take sic a hold of the memory-I think they sink gang wi' ye!' y 4 2y= 8; hence y } = ± 3 .. y = 2 ; also from substituting value of x and xy in the first equation, ·2y2y+2.. 4: 2y, and y=2; hence x = 8 or 2; and y=2 or ——. Jack at a Pinch favoured us with a correct solution; y Mercurius with an incorrect one. Solution of No. 29, by Mr. J. Hill. Let x the number of trees in one side of the square; then x2 + 382= the number of trees; also I left her dreary abode, resolved to make inquiries as to her former history; and reflecting on the diversified constitution of the human intellect-how, in some cases we see it calmly keeping on in the even tenor of its way, partaking of an habitual apathy; and how in(+6)2-38 = the number of trees. Hence x2 others, wrought to a deep intensity of feeling,+382(x+6)2 →38; and by reduction x = 32. it is stretched beyond its power of tension, and The number of trees are therefore 1406. the thread of rationality is snapt in twain. Mr. W. M. Lawrie, Malpasian, Jno. M. J. Mr. Whether the unfortunate individual I had been Robt. Andrew, and F. sent solutions. visiting, had been from birth of an unsound mind, or had been driven by grief, or remorse, to the piteous state in which I saw her, I was unable to determine-though most probably the latter was the case. Under either supposition, her state afforded a powerful warning to the observing mind; one amongst many instances of the unfathomable depths of the ways of Providence, and of the imbecile nature of man. The face of nature was bright and beauteous as ever, and appeared possibly more lovely on account of its contrast to the gloomy cell I had left. The chaffinches were twittering in the hedges, and a thousand insects, of every form and size, were sporting away their brief existence. I surveyed the varied scene, and thought on the wonderful dispensations of the Creator of this splendid globe. My reflections reverted to the scene from which I had departed to man and the perversity of his nature, too often marring the benefits with which he is surrounded, or turning them into so many curses-to his crimes, his passions, and his follies. I trust the time was not wasted that I spent with Kate of Glenshee.EDIE OCHILTREE. THE MERRY KNIGHT. When Henry Marshall, Knt. and Alderman of London, received the honour of knighthood from George II., he fell flat on the floor. The king was surprised; but on the knight's rising up, he facetiously said, "Your majesty has conferred so much honour upon me, that I was not able to stand under it." His majesty ever after called him his merry knight. Question No. 33, by Mr. W. M. Lawrie. Question No. 34, by Mr. John Hill. I owe my friend a shilling, and have nothing about me but pounds, and he has nothing but five shilling pieces; how am I to acquit myself of this debt? Question No. 35, by Nonpublicos. which being let, brought him in £120 per ann. clear A gentleman bought an Estate in houses for £1500, of all expences and deductions. At the end of ten years most of the houses being out of repair, and he not choosing to be at the expence of fitting them up, sold the whole estate again for £800. What rate of interest had he for his money? Question No. 36, by Mr. J. Wilson. A Dealer has a certain number of Oranges. To induce an old customer to purchase, the dealer sends him a present of the cube root of one third of the whole cargo. This customer then makes a purchase of one third of what there were at first. A lady then sent an order for a certain number which would have been a quarter of the remainder, had none been given away. The dealer now finds that he has 318 oranges left how many had he at first? We have not yet received any correct Solution to Question No. 28. Malpasian's question is not original. POETRY. THE FATE OF MARIA. The sun from his soft swelling palace of blue O'er the breaker that rippled was bending. Her maids stood around her, and scarce at her feet Ah! little they thought that an angel so sweet While securely they dipp'd in the scarce heaving wave The sea-nymphs were decking her coralline grave A breaker arose like the wave of the storm, And dash'd o'er the strand-overwhelm'd her fair form, And buried her deep in the ocean. A faint shriek was heard, and 'twas silent again; On sea-weeds and corallines softly reclin'd, Round her wave-polish'd bones the sea-mosses shall wind, Till time o'er the ocean is closing. And long shall the sea-boy, while wrapp'd in his dream, GLYCERIA. POUR PRENDRE CONGE'. In vain for three seasons each art has been tried, Mamma, too, dear creature! how kindly she plann'd TO MY HUSBAND. When thou dost ask if this sequester'd vale Bounds all my wishes now; and if the Sun, I can but answer thee with smiles and tears :- Broken for thy dear sake, I fondly deem SONG. If thou could'st know what 'tis to weep, If thou could'st know what 'tis to smile, And, oh! if thou could'st think how drear, LADY CAROLINE LAMB. VARIETIES. An ingenious Method of turning a Misfortune to Profit.-Not many years ago, a man was hanged at a country town in Ireland for highway robbery; but his friends having taken the body to a house, fancied that they discovered some signs of life, and immediately applied to a surgeon, who, with considerable difficulty, succeeded in restoring the man to his senses. Finding himself much annoyed by the multitude of visitors, and the questions which they asked respecting his short excursion to the other world, the man declared that he would not gratify their curiosity until each person should bave paid the sum of twopence. With this demand they readily complied, and be very seriously informed them, that at the moment when he was recalled to this world by the surgeon's assistance, he had just arrived at the gates of heaven, where he saw St. Peter sitting with the kays in his hand. This anecdote was related by the surgeon as a matter of fact, to a gentleman now residing in London. Fine Arts. The lovers of the Fine Arts, and the admirers of the writings of Mr. Washington Irving, will be pleased to learn, that the works of this gentleman are now receiving illustration from the pencil of his very clever countryman, Mr. Leslie. North America.-The following advertisement appears in a Savannah Journal:-" Fair Notice.-All persons are hereby not only warned, but absolutely forbid to give me credit, on any pretence whatsoever, as from this day forward I shall not pay any debts contracted by myself.-JOHN HEWIT." Irish Knights.-Mr. Harwood, the Irish barrister, passing through Drogheda during the lord lieutenancy of the Duke of Dorset, called upon the Mayor, who was his friend, and by trade a grocer. "How fares my old friend?" asked the councillor. "Och, upon my honour, never worse." Why, what's the matter?" "How shall I sell my cheese and butter, now the Duke of Dorset has made me a knight?" "Poh, poh!" rejoined Harwood, "hold your tongue you old fool.-By you may think yourself well off he did not make you a duke." Hindoos. It is remarkable to what excellent uses the toes are applied in India. In England, it is hard to say whether they are of any use whatsoever. A man could certainly walk and ride without them ; and these are the principal purposes to which the feet are applied in Europe. But here the toes are second hand fingers; they are called the feet fingers' in Bengalee. In his own house, a Hindoo, makes use of them to fasten the clog to his feet, by means of a button, which slips between the two middle toes. The Taylor, if he does not thread his needle, certainly twists his thread with them: the cook holds his knife with his toes while he cuts fish, vegetables, &c.; the joiner, the weaver, &c. could not do without them, and almost every native has twenty different uses for the toes. It is true, I have heard of a maimed sailor in England writing with his toes, which is more than what I have seen done in this country; but yet, this is only another proof of what might be done, even with the toes, if necessity should arise, to make us set our toes, as well as our wits to work. WARD. SCIENTIFIC NOTICES. In the last number of Dr. Brewster's Philosophical Journal, there is a valuable paper on counter poisons, by John Murray, Esq. He seems to have established the fact, that ammonia is a complete antidote to hydrocyanic acid, and acetic acid (vinegar) an effectual counter-poison to opium. M. Proust has found mercury (quicksilver) in every kind of muriatic acid (spirits of salts), that he has examined. He finds it also in rock salt. He has proposed a method of ascertaining whether it is contained in sea water, where its presence has for some time been suspected. Professor Leslie has recently been making some very interesting experiments on the conveyance of sound in hydrogen gas. He finds that if half the atmospheric air contained in a receiver be withdrawn, and replaced by hydrogen gas, the sound, which be fore was loud, will now be scarcely audible. Rule to find the strength of Prussic Acid-BY DR. URE.-To 100 grains, or any other convenient quantity of the acid, contained in a small phial, add in succession, small quantities of the peroxide of mercury in fine powder, till it ceases to be dissolved on agitation. The weight of the red precipitate taken up being divided by 4, gives a quotient representing the quantity of real prussic acid present. By weighing out beforehand, on a piece of paper, or a watch glass, 40 or 50 grains of the peroxide, the residual weight of it shews at once the quantity expended. Hot Springs.-Three leagues from Valencia are the hot springs of La Trinchera, which form a rivulet. two feet deep and eighteen feet wide in the driest seasons. Their temperature is 90.3 centrigade. Those of Urigino, the hottest known, are at 100°. Eggs were boiled in the Trinchera springs in four minutes. But what is truly singular is, that at the distance of forty feet from these are other springs entirely cold. Humboldt's Personal Narrative Steam Frigate -In America, steam is applied even to the navigation of ships of war. A steam frigate now lies in the bay of New York, three hundred feet in length, two hundred in breadth, and thirteen feet thick at its sides, which are composed of oak planks and cork alternately; it carries 44 guns, four of which are 100 pounders, the others are from 42 to 60. Besides which in order to prevent boarding, it can discharge upon its assailants a hundred gallons of boiling water every minute. By the same mechanism, likewise, 300 sabres are moved outside its port holes with the utmost perfect regularity; and, four times every minute, as many long spears are darted out with the most incredible force, and pulled back every time for a fresh emission. SCRAPIANA. No. VI. From the common-place book of a Clergyman who flourished in Lancashire at the beginning of the 18th century. Faith pinn'd of another man's sleeve has this inconvenience attending it, yt we know not whether he may run away with it. Fear is a perturbation of ye mind, arising from ye Fair and sluttish, black and proud. Free of her lipps, free of her hipps. Ye Fox preaches! look to your geese, INTERVIEWS WITH A SHADE. No. II. I dined the next day at an ordinary, and was attempting, after dinner, to read the accounts from Ireland, relative to the distress that unfortunately prevails in that part of the united kingdom; but the good humour of the company, made it impossible that I could be serious, without it being imagined that I treatlaid down the Courier,' and joined in the preed them with indifference and contempt. I vailing mirth, and general roar, when excited by the wit and pleasantry of the lively few. On one of these occasions VOLATILE entered, and, almost unobserved, seated himself beside me;-he waived all compliments and ceremony, and began to say something of "the accomplishments" of the ladies we had seen on the preceding day, "their neat and elegant dresses, with the known prudence, and domestic excellence of their mother;"-the reiterated bursts of laughter, however, prevented any further commendations. We sat about two minutes longer, but the blanched visage of my companion was inflexibly grave and motionless, which was so very unpleasant to me, that I rose from my seat, and moving to the laughter-loving party, walked out of the room, and V— followed. "That little gentleman with spectacles," said he, "whose endeavours to please are indefatigable, is a commissioner and a man liberally educated, but it is said, that he preof talent; he had a good opportunity of being ferred a commercial life to the following of his studies. He was introduced to the market by a fortunate tradesman, who has now retired to an estate of his own purchasing. In company he is ever on the wing;-without ill nature, every acquaintance is his butt ;-and so pointed Fire ye most perfect of elements, and yet endowed and sparkling are the sallies of his levity, that with ye most vehement motion. Fides quid? quod non vides. Spes? Futura res. Charitas? magna raritas. there is no coping with him;-the laugh is Finest of our raiment ye silk-worms grave, before it selves. A gentleman of very thoughtful aspect can be our garments. Falls of God's children tend to God's glory, non per se sed per accidens. June 2nd,-gloomy, sultry and calm.-3rd, Almost a calm, barometer, stationary; very clear and warm. passed us at the moment, and looked very hard at V, but did not speak; he was a hand-5th, the temperature of the pastnight no lower than some figure, and advanced in years. That Gentleman," said my communicative friend, Faith makes some martyrs, hope makes 'em trium- "is the husband of the lady whom we saw phant. yesterday morning with her daughters;—he is Four farthings and a thimble, make a taylor's pocket at the head of an extensive establishment in single, Fair in the cradle, foul in the saddle. this town, a firm which is in high credit;-the Fair face needs no band: fair woman needs no land patron and friend ;-upon a late accident he Fitt as five pence. From Hell, Hull and Halifax, good Lord deliver us. had the sympathy of a whole district to console him, which was a more honourable testimony of his worth, than the shout of millions." He now approached us again, in conversation with a gentleman that I recollected as a schoolfellow of mine, and as my ear caught a word or two that passed, I observed that the elderly gentleman.. was a Scotsman;-"Yes," said V "but is an old resident ;-I have known Five hundred 1000 chosen men slain, 2 Chron. 13, him from my youth, when his name was stamp 17, a greater number than modern ages can boasted upon my memory, by a favour which he handsomely conferred upon a branch, of our family." "I stood up and moved to my early comrade, whom at school we had called Facti ones for his attention;-he immediately advanced, and very politely introduced me to his kind friend, as he called him, and the worthy object of V- -'s animadversion. This circumstance puzzled me not a little, as I felt some difficulty, in not knowing how to conduct myself towards V, but on turning to the of, in any battle that we know of. Fetters of sin fled off by repentance. Fear ye ague of ye soul. Flagitium et flage lum sunt sicut acus et filum. St. Michael ye Archangel; being his rent-dayes. 65. the maximum about 2 o'clock, p. m. 85.-8th, Barometer gradually falling, chilly in the evening.— 9th, very warm, clear day, in the evening, nimbus in the south-west, which deposited some rain, but there was no thunder heard; the high temperature of 85.9 69. at bed time-10th, fine, with a strong south-east occurred about 2 o'clock, and it was no lower than wind during the day, in the evening more calm; from eight o clock to midnight, it lightened most extraordinarily with loud peals of thunder: a cotemporary observer of the weather noticed, that there were upwards of nine hundred distinct flashes of lightning during the evening,-15th, gloomy, part of the day, barometer falling; towards the evening it began to rise, and no rain fell.-23rd, showers of rain, a. m. in the afternoon distant thunder with heavy rain. the average The monthly mean temperature of 65.020, is very unusual for the month of June. results of fourteen years observations, the reporter In looking over the finds, that the mean of June, 1818, was 65.10, but The lowest monthly mean for June, was in 1816, of all the years is not more than 58.955. which was 54.990, being a difference of upwards of tions of temperature, are often followed by sudden ten degrees, from the present month. Great elevadepressions; the latter were not so marked in the present month, however, when lightning and rain fol lows high temperatures, they are sure to lower it, as in the present instance; the 9th decade is thres degrees lower than the 8th. Bridge-street, July 3rd, 1822. WEEKLY DIARY. JULY. REMARKABLE DAYS. sort of hinge, for the purpose of being folded MONDAY, 15.-Saint Swithin. Swithin, in the Saxon, Swithum, received his clerical tonsure, and put on the monastic habit, in the old monastery at Winchester. He was of noble parentage, and passed his youth in the study of grammar, philosophy, and the Scriptures. Swithin was promoted to holy orders by Helmstan, Bishop of Winchester, at whose death, in 852, King Ethelwolf granted him the see. In this he continued eleven years, and died in 868. Swithin desired that he might be buried in the open churchyard, and not in the chancel of the minster, as was usual with other bishops; and his reIn the kingdoms of Whidah, Dahomy, and quest was complied with: but the monks on Benin, the houses and family inclosures are his being canonized, considering it disgraceful built of clay or mud, within which, the inhafor the saint to lie in a public cemetery, re-bitants, with their herds and flocks, are prosolved to remove his body into the choir, which was to have been done with solemn procession, on the 15th of July. It rained, however, so violently for forty days succeeding, that the design was abandoned as heretical and blasphemous, and they honoured his memory by erecting a chapel over his grave, at which many miraculous cures of all kinds are said to have been wrought. To the above circumstance may be traced the origin of the old saying, that if it rains on St. Swithin's, it will rain forty days following!' OBSERVATIONS On the Countries of Congo and Loungo, as in 1790.-(Continued from our last.) By Mr. Maxwell, anthor of the Letters to Mungo Park, &c. Canoes. At Cape Lopez and Jabon, the canoes are formed out of single trees of redwood. They are flat-bottomed and well-sided. I have seen some of them seventy feet long, six broad, and four deep, capable of holding a considerable number of people. I am told of one belonging to King Passeall, at Cape Lopez, that holds two hundred men. Houses. The construction of these, though simple, is very ingenious. The body of the house consists of four parts, the ends and sides, each made separately of bulrush-stems. The bulrushes, which are about an inch in diameter, are first cut of the proper length, and laid parallel to one another upon the ground; they are then secured in this position by transverse branches of bamboo at the ends and in the middle, three on each side, which are firmly bound together by slips of the palmetto leaf. In one end, a square opening is left for the door. The frame-work thus completed, is fastened to four upright posts driven into the ground, and is then ready to receive the roof, which is made of bamboo or palm-leaves overlapping each other: it consists of two parts, attached to each other by a tected during the night. Captain Norris being Villages. No detached dwellings are to be These possessions constitute the power and wealth of the Chiefs, who can at any time call out the male population to vindicate their rights, real or imaginary. The slaves, who comprise a large proportion of the population of this part of Africa, are employed in various ways, according to their ability and address., They live in great indolence, and are rapidly increasing in numbers,-equally to the comfort and affluence of their masters; by whom, upon the whole, they are treated with much humanity. Chiefs. Each Chief is regarded as the father of his own district, from whose judgment there lies no appeal, save only to Boonzie. Although they all acknowledge the King's sovereignty; yet a few, combining their resources, can at any time resist his authority. Indeed, there is reason to think that they seldom or never act in concert, except when threatened by an enemy; and even then, their quota of men and period of service, are liable to various contingencies,-want of arms for instance, or scarcity of provisions; either of which will render their assistance of no avail, or, rather, will make their presence a scourge. The only power capable of controlling them is the priesthood. The Chiefs, as well as their dependants, are remarkably fond of tobacco, which, however, from the method of curing it, is very bad. European spirits are in great request among them, even Boonzie himself is not exempt from their bewitching influence, -so, what can he say to his erring flock? (To be concluded in our next.) WINE AND WALLNUTS; OR, AFTER-DINNER CHIT-CHAT. BREAD AND CHEESE AT GARRICK'S. I have heard poor Lawrence Sterne say, that he really envied Hogarth and Reynolds more than all men, for the unceasing happiness that flowed to them through the channel of their profession; and further remember Mr. Bunbury, that happy genius at caricature, saying, that Sterne once observed, speaking of Sir Joshua (somewhat with too much levity perhaps for a priest,) that he had had a foretaste of Heaven in the undisturbed bliss of his painting-room for five and twenty years. True it is he was devoted to his study, and delighted in his art; but his was a steady philosophic course, whilst that of his contemporary, the lively Gainsborough, was a skipping and gambolling backwards and forwards from side to side on the same road to fame. Of all the painters I could name, and many a wag and worthy wight among the long list that uncle Zachary and I have known, come rushing on my memory-worthies, whose happy works are already *"mellowed by the stealing hours of time," none for enthusiasm and vivacity could compare with him. Why, in the name of wonder," Garrick used to say to these his mutual friends, "why are not Gainsborough and you, Master Joshua, oftner seen with your legs under the same table?"-And to Gainsborough, "Why, Tom o' Bedlam, do you not go learn sobriety from our son of Nun." True it is, Sir Joshua would have been none the worse, and Gainsborough much the better, by a more frequent collision. But somehow, though most delighted with each other's converse, and each held high in the other's esteem, though different in manner as two such public favourites and kind contemporaries could be, which made them more interesting to each other-yet they rarely met. Reynolds was wise and sagacious-he thought deeply, and never committed himself. Gainsborough was all genius, and the impetuosity of his imagination led him away. He gave utterance to all he thought. Hence the even "And King George knows how to reward virtue," said Garrick," and that argues no bad taste-hey master Lawrence!" devils, from the possession of this heavenly sight-flown off the stage all in a blaze, upset leaped headlong off the wharf, to put himself the prompter, and, rushing down Dirty-lane, ing ebullitions of his fancy sometimes awaken- | to patronize merit, and that is more than can have roared out like the Moor, Whip me, ye ed morning reflections that made him frown be said of every king," said Sterne. and bite his lips. Reynold's gravity savoured of stiffness to the mind of Tom, (said Garrick,) but he loved him better than he thought." And we have only to advert to the last interview between these two distinguished painters, to be satisfied that Gainsborough thought much higher of Reynold's esteem than he has chosen to acknowledge. Well do I remember passing a day with these two fathers of the English school, in company with Garrick and Sterne, Caleb Whitefoord, and Mr. Harry Bunbury, at the foot of Hampstead Heath. It was on a fourth of June, and we set off betimes under a bright sky. Aurora never opened the gates of Heaven to a more celestial morn. The furze and broom were in full blossom, and the heath appeared burnished with gold. The party had supped at Garrick's the evening before, when it was proposed that we should muster the next day at the apartments of Mr. Bunbury in St. James's-street, from his windows to see the fine ladies go to Court. "What say you, Reynolds, hey?" said Garrick, patting him on the shoulder, knowing his reluctance to spare a day from his easel. Reynolds shook his head and smiled. "Granted," replied Sterne, with a satirical "That evinces the King's charity, at any Not This, by the way, had been a sore subject "Pox take it," said Garrick, "you will be will you make one of us to-morrow and take a "Well! say Reynolds, once more I ask, rich with a vengeance before your neighbours squinney through your magical chromatics at be out of debt. Do you not know that he that this new summer stock of carnations ?-[the labours himself to death, by the laws of Ly-old technical phrase for flesh colour.]-Sterne, curgus, or Solon, or Sancho Panza, or some other great legislator, was condemned to be buried under a gibbet? Now give us a day, thou son of Nun, give us a day thou Joshua, and let the sun of thy industry stand still, and leave the other great luminary to go on with the work of creation." "Come, Davy, do you not be profane," said Sterne. "Pot and kettle," replied Garrick. "Aye! smutty kettle," said Gainsborough. This created a loud laugh at poor Sterne's expense-Master Lawrence knew why. "Do slip from the collar, and cheat Apollo out of one morning's drudgery," said Garrick, "and make one of our idle party; and then we will return and finish the day on the terrace. Come, say yes, and you shall chuse your dinner, and that is a privilege I would not grant to every one with such an insatiable, never-resting palette as your's. Remember, Joshua, you have limned one generation of beauties, so come and pick and chuse from among the fair daughters of these charmers. You have made all the mothers your own, and now you must canvass the daughters.” "Ah!" said Sterne, "what an enviable trade is this said old bachelor Reynold's, to be closeted for ever with beauty. We shall have a fine show of new-blown sylphs tomorrow, displaying their soft lily-white bosoms to the gaze of the king. I wonder how Queen Charlotte feels upon these occasions?" Why, if the king's imagination was impure as thine, master Shandy," said Garrick," Queen Charlotte might smile through her tears. Or if Reynolds peered at nature through your wanton eyes, many a husband might hang his hat upon his own antlers. What a wicked dog of a parson thou art, Lawrence! Had you flourished a century back, King Charles would have hunted out some old mitre from Oliver's lumber room, to be altered for thy clerical Sconce." "King Charles was a wit, and knew how who cracks himself a connoisseur, roundly out in the Thames!" make thy exit with a hiss!" HINTS FOR A MORAL CATECHISM. Q. What are friends made of?-A. Persons who can please or serve each other. Where can I get them?-Every where, if you have rank, influence, or money. Will they break?-Unless they mutually bend, they must break very soon. What are enemies made of?—The most bitter of friends. What are they good for ?-To weary us of earth, and make us endeavour to fit ourselves for heaven. we have. What does Enough' mean?-A little more than Where can I get it?-I never knew any body who had it. What is experience made of?-Observation on other people's mistakes, and the remembrance of suffering from our own. What is it good for?—To make disappointment bearable. What is love?—An illusion-a dream, from which we awake dissatisfied. Important, only, when it concerns ourselves ridiculous, when we observe it in others. Can it be bought ?-No; but though extremely precious, it is generally thrown away. When it is offered, it is genuine; when asked, the commodity rendered will generally be found to be gratitude. Where does it come from ?-Heaven. If pure, it mounts thither again. It is too exquisite for earth, and seldom rests on it long. What is courage made of?-The fear of contempt. What is it good for?-Self-preservation, and the protection of others. What is justice ?-The principle and cause of all virtue, as light is the principle and cause of all colour. Can it be sold?-Yes, but is very dear. "Not I," said Gainsborough. "Devil take than flesh and blood can bear. It makes me somehow so melancholy, I could go hang Barbara." What is politeness ?-The art of avoiding to give What is flattery? The art of deceiving others, in order to ingratiate ourselves in their opinion. before our path, but fades when we attempt to grasp What is hope made of?-Our wishes. It dances it; like the rainbow, which seems to rest on earth, but is only the creation of our vision. "Faith, such romantic chaps had better What is disappointment made of ;-Hope. thought when I have beheld so many bright 66 Nonsense, Tom! you would have become a salamander too had you been drilled into an actor-it is all nothing, after a time." What is pity?-The uneasy sensation we feel when we look at suffering. What is it good for?-Nothing-unless accompanied by active benevolence. What is mischief ?-Te wit of fools. think, and wise to suppress. What is a repartee? That which it is clever to sown in a rank soil. What is it good for?-To people the dominions of What is resentment ?—The natural consequence of injury What is it good for?-To terrify evil minds into the bounds of decency. 1 "Never, never, Davy!” replied Gainsbo- Where can I find it? Wherever you have repulsed tenderness, insulted misery, offended vanity, "What would you have done had you been stage-struck with many another statute vagabon like myself?" said Garrick, laughing. Done!" replied Gainsborough" why, What is wedded happiness made of? Mutual forbearance, tenderness, and respect. Is it dear?--It cannot be dear at any price.. Will it break?-When it is broken by death, it is rejoined in heaven. What is beauty?-A key to the heart of the be |