With that came Riot rushing all at once, His hose was guarded with a list of green, Yet at the knee they were broken, I ween.---Skelton. Day. XI. Cal. 21. Anthony Collins, 1676, Heston. Thales, B. C. 546. d. Olympia. Popeliniere has well observed, that the forces of princes by sea are marques de grandeux d'Estate for whosoever commands the sea, commands the trade: whosoever commands the trade of the world, commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself. Raleigh. Obits of the Latin Church. St. Eusebius, Bishop of Samo- St. Aaron, Abbot in Britany, 6th Century. St. Meen, Mevennus (also St. Leufredus (in French Leu- (Miletus.) Edward III. (of England), 1377. d. Shene, Richmond. (Westminster.) John Skelton, 1529. St. Mar garet's, Westminster. John Lindsay, 1768. Islington. John Hutchins, 1773. Wareham. John Armstrong, 1797. died, Andrew Peter, Count Bernstoff, 1797. Denmark. Daniel Lambert, 1809. died, John Frederick Tischbein, 1812. St. Ralph, Archbishop of Bour-Gilbert, Earl of Minto, 1814. ges, d. 866. St. Aloysius (or Lewis Gon- Jeremiah Joyce, 1816. Cheshunt. And by his side his whynard and his pouch The devil might dance therein for any crouch.---Riot. O Greece! thou sapient nurse of finer arts! In thy full language, speaking mighty things; Like a clear torrent close, or else diffus'd A broad majestic stream, and rolling on Through all the winding harmony of sound.---Liberty. Acts. THE SUMMER SOLSTICE is the central point of the tropic (trepo, to turn), which begins upon the festival of Barnaby bright, and continues for three weeks. The sun (speaking in the figurative language of the Greeks), while doubling the narrow bounds of his oval passage, appears to stand still, the days are nearly of equal duration, and the longest of the year. -See 21st December. In Sweden, Russia, and even in the North of Scotland, scarcely any night is perceived, the sun only seeming to dip for an hour or two beneath the horizon. According to Olympiodorus, an Egyptian of the fifth century, the rising of the Dog-star was just twenty days after the estival' sunsted.'-See 3d July. The OLYMPIAD. This famous epoch, by which the Greeks computed their time, was composed of four years, the interval elapsing between the celebration at Olympia, in Elis, of their great national Games, a martial institution of Hercules, B. C. 1222, revived by Lycurgus, B. C. 884. The first Olympiad began one hundred and eight years after the re-establishment of those games, when Corobus, a courier of Elis, obtained the prize, B. C. 776, twenty-three years before the foundation of Rome. The computation by Olympiads, ceased A. D. 440, shortly before the institution by Dennis, of the Christian era. The first day of the games agreed with the commencement of each quaternary cycle, i. e. the full moon next after the summer solstice, when doubtless, in the perfect ages of the world, the hinge of that luminary moved in harmony with the gate of the year. The Graces were Venus (April), Mater Maia (the place of honour), and Diana, or Luna, (June), who gave her name to Sidon, in Phoenicia, and to Londinium, the throne of BRITANNIA. These were certainly real personages. The Metonic year of the Athenians began with the new moon nearest to this day.-See 27th June. The death of Thales, in the fourth year of the 546th Olympiad. He divided the Grecian Zodiac into seasons. Cyrus captured Sardis in that year; when also Croesus was overthrown, having reigned fourteen years. The mind is the swiftest thing, for it surveys all things in a moment.---Thales. name. He dives into the king's soul; and there scatters He counsels a divorce: a loss of her, About his neck, yet never lost her lustre ; Of her, that loves him with that excellence That angels love good men.-King Henry VIII. Acts. 66 The foundation-stone of the Roman Capitol burned by the soldiers of Vitellius, is sunk upon its restitution by Vespasian, A. D. 70. This magnificent temple, of a hundred steps, which was first vowed and founded by Tarquinius Priscus, upon the Tarpeian rock, covered four acres of ground, and was dedicated to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, the patrons of the Empire, or rather of its period.-See 19th December. The trial of Queen Katharine before the Legates, at Blackfriars, 1529. Henry sat in state on the right of the Cardinals, and answered to his The Queen was on their left; and as soon as she was called, rising from her chair, protested against the jurisdiction; but her judges not admitting the appeal, she rose again, crossed before them, and accompanied by her maids, threw herself at the King's feet: Sir," said this pattern of injured excellence, "I beseech you to pity me, a woman and a stranger, without an assured friend, and without an indifferent counsellor. I take God to witness, that I have always been to you a true and loyal wife that I have made it my constant duty to seek your pleasure that I have loved all whom you loved, whether I had reason or not, whether they were friends to me or foes. I have been your wife for years: I have brought you many children. God knows that, when I came to your bed, I was a virgin; and I put it to your own conscience to say, whether it was not so. If there be any offence which can be alleged against me, I consent to depart with infamy: if not, then I pray you, to do me justice." She then respectfully left the court; leaving there a very strong impression in her favour, an impression which Wolsey himself, with all his loose virtue, was never able to shake off effectually for his safety; especially as his colleague from over the water appeared to understand the lofty eloquence and force of mental chastity. Charles V. takes Terouanne by assault, and razes the fortifications, 1553. Weber produces the "Der Frieschütz," at Berlin, 1821, Falsehood is just as distant from truth, as the eyes are from the ears.---Thales. How reverend is the face of this tall pile; And terrour on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of Death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart.-Congreve. Acts. The death of Edward III. in the fifty-first year of an illustrious reign. The cross in Cheapside is broken and defaced, and an image of the infant Christ sacrilegiously conveyed away during the night, 1581. It was originally one of Queen Eleanor's memorials; but had been embellished in 1446 with sculptured religious figures.-See 2d May. The Anniversary of the foundation of the CATHEDRAL OF ST. PAUL, 1675. The highest stone of the lantern was placed by the son of the architect in 1710. This sublime House of the Godhead, is supposed to have been erected near the ruins of a fane devoted to the heathen mistress, Diana, as the Christian Abbey at Westminster appears to have arisen beneath the ashes of an idolatrous temple, consecrated to Apollo; both striking monuments of the grandeur and durability of truth: for the same knowledge which taught a Wren to construct his cupola, has directed the human intellect to seek the sources of omnipotence beyond the visible world. This cathedral stands upon two acres and sixteen perches of ground. Its height is four hundred and four feet, or double that of the Monument. The bell belonging to the clock, fixed in the south turret, is ten feet in diameter. Dr. Henry Compton was the diocesan. The naval victory at Cadiz, under Howard and Essex, when the latter, in a fit of delight, threw his hat into the sea, 1596.-See 22d. A flood, near the Havannah, which swept away 3000 persons, 1791. The BATTLE OF VITTORIA, 1813. In this solstitial victory (which agrees with the birth of, in every view, a near relative), the Marquis of Wellington totally defeated the French under King Joseph (Buonaparte) and Marshal Jourdan, with immense loss of men, one hundred and fifteen pieces of cannon, four hundred and fifteen waggons of ammunition, and all their baggage, provisions, treasure, &c.; together with the Marshal's baton, and drove them out of Spain. London and Westminster were illuminated for three nights successively; and a hecatomb of Spanish buffaloes should (properly) have been offered in Madrid. Eye-witnesses shall write down what they know, and read it.---Athenian Laws. They talk of Nine, I know not who, I ne'er could find that fancy true, But have invok'd them oft, I'm sure, in vain : Orinda's inward virtue is so bright, That like a lantern's fair inclosed light, It through the paper shines where she does write.---Ode. Day. X. Gaspar Barthius, 1576, Custrin, Alphonso V. (of Arragon), Cal. Christian Noldius, 1626, Hoy 22. boy, in Schonen. in Auvergne. Thomas Day, 1748, London. And how does it beat, Mon- benignity, said I, looking quietly civil in return--but the lad came into the shop with the gloves. 1458. Nicholas Machiavel, 1527. Flo rence. Bishop (John) Fisher, 1535. Mahomet IV. (of Turkey), as- 1691. Edmund Pourchot, 1734. d. Paris. John Peter de Bougainville, 1763. d. Castle of Loches. Philip Carteret Webb, 1770. d. Busbridge. Obits of the Latin Church. 431. Her voice is a low, soft music, formed to charm those only who can distinguish a company from a crowd; it has this advantage, you must come close to her to hear it. A Character. For he that fights and runs away May live to fight another day.---Sir John Mennis. |