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The Collector.
p-obd sense , that the powers which were then would not remain long , dug a hole in his garden in Holborn , and buried it unmutilated . To prove his obedience , he produced to his masters several-pieces of brass , Which he told them were , pieces of the _ statue . Monsieur D'Archenholtz , who has recorded this curious anecdote , farther adds , that the bnzier . with the' true spirit of trade , cast a great number of and offered them for sale the brass
handles for knives and forks , as which composed the statue . « . /_ .- * These were eagerly sought for by the loyalists , from a flection to their murdered king , and , by the . other party , as trophies of the triump h of liberty over tyranny . DANCING MASTERS .
THE sagacity of bears is very great . The Kamtschatdales are obliged tolhem for what little advancement they have hitherto made either in the sciences or the polite arts . From them they learned the value of simples for internal use or external application . They acknowledge the bears likewise for their dancing masters : what they call the bear dance is an exaft counter-part of every attitude and gesture peculiar to this animal , through its' several functions : and this is the foundation and ground-work of all their other dances , and what they value themselves most upon .
FIRMNESS . A FEW months before the abdication of James II . Lord Chancellor Jefferies , of detested memory , went to Arundel in Surrey , in order to influence an election . Pie took his residence at the castle , and went the day fixed for the election to the town-hallwhere Mr .
Peel-, cham ; who was thenMayor of Arundel , held his court . The Mayor ordered him to withdraw immediately , and in case of refusal , threatened to have him committed . ' You , ' said he , ' who ought to be the guardian of our Jaws , and of our sacred constitution , shall not so audaciously violate them . This is my court , and my jurisdiction here is above yours . ' Jefferies , who was not willing to perplex still retired immedi
more the king ' s affairs , and to enrage the populace , - ately . The next morning he invited Peelcham to breakfast with him , which he accepted ; but he hail the courage to refuse with scorn a place which the merciless executioner offered him . THEATRICAL MISCONCEPTION .
A DIVERTING instance of the misconception of inferior actors occurred a few years ago at Bristol . Mr . Moody had selected Henry tbe Eighth for his benefit , and cast the . part of Surrey to the late Mr . Roger Wright , who would not attend the rehearsals till the day of per = > formance . Moody , somewhat nettled by Wright ' s conduct , reproached him for his inattention to one of Shakspeare ' s . last plays , . < Come VOL ' , x . E
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The Collector.
p-obd sense , that the powers which were then would not remain long , dug a hole in his garden in Holborn , and buried it unmutilated . To prove his obedience , he produced to his masters several-pieces of brass , Which he told them were , pieces of the _ statue . Monsieur D'Archenholtz , who has recorded this curious anecdote , farther adds , that the bnzier . with the' true spirit of trade , cast a great number of and offered them for sale the brass
handles for knives and forks , as which composed the statue . « . /_ .- * These were eagerly sought for by the loyalists , from a flection to their murdered king , and , by the . other party , as trophies of the triump h of liberty over tyranny . DANCING MASTERS .
THE sagacity of bears is very great . The Kamtschatdales are obliged tolhem for what little advancement they have hitherto made either in the sciences or the polite arts . From them they learned the value of simples for internal use or external application . They acknowledge the bears likewise for their dancing masters : what they call the bear dance is an exaft counter-part of every attitude and gesture peculiar to this animal , through its' several functions : and this is the foundation and ground-work of all their other dances , and what they value themselves most upon .
FIRMNESS . A FEW months before the abdication of James II . Lord Chancellor Jefferies , of detested memory , went to Arundel in Surrey , in order to influence an election . Pie took his residence at the castle , and went the day fixed for the election to the town-hallwhere Mr .
Peel-, cham ; who was thenMayor of Arundel , held his court . The Mayor ordered him to withdraw immediately , and in case of refusal , threatened to have him committed . ' You , ' said he , ' who ought to be the guardian of our Jaws , and of our sacred constitution , shall not so audaciously violate them . This is my court , and my jurisdiction here is above yours . ' Jefferies , who was not willing to perplex still retired immedi
more the king ' s affairs , and to enrage the populace , - ately . The next morning he invited Peelcham to breakfast with him , which he accepted ; but he hail the courage to refuse with scorn a place which the merciless executioner offered him . THEATRICAL MISCONCEPTION .
A DIVERTING instance of the misconception of inferior actors occurred a few years ago at Bristol . Mr . Moody had selected Henry tbe Eighth for his benefit , and cast the . part of Surrey to the late Mr . Roger Wright , who would not attend the rehearsals till the day of per = > formance . Moody , somewhat nettled by Wright ' s conduct , reproached him for his inattention to one of Shakspeare ' s . last plays , . < Come VOL ' , x . E