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III.] true relation of our speech to our thoughts, as being their assistant and means of communication, not their director or indispensable accompaniment.

Our review of the processes constituting the life of language is now completed: in the next lecture, we shall go on to consider the circumstances which hasten or retard their action, and their effect in bringing about the separation of languages into dialects.


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Rh "That cursed bet," murmured the old man clutching his head in despair. . . . "Why didn't the man die? He's only forty years old. He will take away my last farthing, marry, enjoy life, gamble on the Exchange, and I will look on like an envious beggar and hear the same words from him every day: 'I'm obliged to you for the happiness of my life. Let me help you.' No, it's too much! The only escape from bankruptcy and disgrace—is that the man should die."

The clock had just struck three. The banker was listening. In the house every one was asleep, and one could hear only the frozen trees whining outside the windows. Trying to make no sound, he took out of his safe the key of the door which had not been opened for fifteen years, put on his overcoat, and went out of the house. The garden was dark and cold. It was raining. A damp, penetrating wind howled in the garden and gave the trees no rest. Though he strained, his eyes, the banker could see neither the ground, nor the white statues, nor the garden wing, nor the trees. Approaching the garden wing, he called the watchman twice. There was no answer. Evidently the watchman had taken shelter from the bad weather and was now asleep somewhere in the kitchen or the greenhouse.

"If I have the courage to fulfil my intention," thought the old man, "the suspicion will fall on the watchman first of all."

In the darkness he groped for the steps and the door and entered the hall of the garden-wing, then poked his way into a narrow passage and struck a match. Not a soul was there. Some one's bed, with no bedclothes on it, stood there, and an iron stove loomed dark in the corner. The seals on the door that led into the prisoner's room were unbroken.

When the match went out, the old man, trembling from agitation, peeped into the little window.

In the prisoner's room a candle was burning dimly. The prisoner himself sat by the table. Only his back, the hair on his head and his hands were visible. Open books were strewn about on the table, the two chairs, and on the carpet near the table.

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86 banishment. His reasons, a French translation of which was read by Bancal while he stood mute at the tribune, evinced humanity and sagacity. He contrasted the success of the English 1688 with the failure of 1649, excused Louis as the victim of bad training, and warned France of the impolicy of losing her sole ally, America, where universal grief would be caused by the death of a king regarded as its best friend. In a sentence, which goes far to redeem Paine's errors, he said:

"I know that the public mind in France has been heated and irritated by the dangers to which the country has been exposed; but if we look beyond, to the time when these dangers and the irritation produced by them shall have been forgotten, we shall see that what now appears to us an act of justice will then appear only an act of vengeance." Marat twice interrupted, first alleging that Paine was a Quaker, and as an objector to capital punishment disentitled to vote, and then pretending that his speech had been mistranslated.

Danton had a friendly feeling for Paine, with whom he was able to converse in English, and dissuaded him from attending the Convention on the 2nd June 1793, telling him that, being a friend of Brissot, he might share his fate. Paine said it was painful (the pun must have been unconscious) to witness such things, to which Danton replied, "Revolutions are not made with rose-water." His


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CLEVELAND, GROVER, an American statesman; twice President of the United States; born in Caldwell, Essex co., N. J., March 18, 1837; son of a Presbyterian clergyman. He studied law, settled in Buffalo, and in 1863 became assistant district attorney of Erie county, N. Y. After becoming in succession sheriff and mayor of Buffalo, he was chosen governor of New York in 1882. In 1884 he received the Democratic nomination for the Presidency, and was

elected, defeating James G. Blaine. He was renominated in June, 1888, but was defeated by Benjamin Harrison, Nov. 6 following. After a successful law practice of four years he was again nominated by the Democratic National Convention of 1892, in spite of the opposition of the delegation from his own State, and elected by very large majorities. Some of the measures of his administration were: The settlement of the Venezuelan boundary question with Great Britain; the consolidating of postoffices in large centers so as to increase the scope of the civil-service rules; and most notably the conclusion in January, 1897,

of a general arbitration treaty with Great Britain, which, however, was rejected by the Senate. Possessed of great independence of character and persistence in carrying out policies once determined upon, he often aroused criticism and hostility in the ranks of his own party. On the other hand, these qualities won him admiration in many quarters. During 1896-1897 he maintained an attitude of friendliness for Spain in the midst of great popular clamor in behalf of the Cuban cause, offering the friendly services of the United States in his last annual message, in composing the differences between Spain and Cuba on a basis of home rule. After his retirement from the Presidency he lived at Princeton, N. J. He was made a trustee of Princeton University, where he lectured at times. Some of his lectures formed the basis of his book, “Presidential Problems” (1904). He died June 24, 1908.

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AZERBAIJAN, ä'zer-bĭ-jän', Persia, the northwestern and most important province of Persia. It is bounded on the north by the Ara& on the east by the Caspian Sea, Gilan and Khamseh, on the south by Kurdistan, and west by Asiatic Turkey. Its area is 32,000 square miles. The land is very fertile, the orchards and gardens yield delicious fruits of almost every description, and great quantities, dried, are exported to Russia. Provisions are cheap and abundant, but there is a lack of forests and timber trees. Lead, copper, sulphur, orpiment, also lignite, are found; also a kind of variegated translucent marble known as Tabriz marble. The climate is healthy, not hot in summer, and cold in winter. The revenue amounts to about $1,000,000 annually. The province is divided into a number of administrative districts, each with a hakim, governor, under the governor-general, who is a responsible minister appointed by the Shah. Pop. about 2,000,000, comprising various races, as Persians proper, Turks, Kurds, Syrians, Armenians.


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RUSSELL, William Eustis, American lawyer and political leader: b. Cambridge, Mass., 6 Jan. 1857; d. Little Palos, Quebec, Canada, 16 July 1896. He was graduated from Harvard in 1877, and from the Boston University Law School in 1879, winning the Lawrence prize for the best legal essay. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1880 and began the practice of law with his father's firm. He also became an active member of the Democratic party; was elected to the common council of Cambridge in 1881, to the board of aldermen in 1883 and 1884; and was mayor of the city 1885-87. His efficient administration as mayor, and his effective campaign speeches during the Presidential campaign of 1884, had made him a prominent figure in State politics, and in 1888 he was the Democratic nominee for governor. He was defeated in that year and again in 1889, but in 1890 was elected and twice re-elected in 1891 and 1892. He took an active part in all his gubernatorial campaigns, making numerous speeches in all parts of the State. His election as governor for three successive years was a remarkable testimony to his personal integrity and popularity, as the majority of the legislature and the State officials were Republicans. Several laws were passed on his recommendation, including a measure to regulate the lobby, and a law abolishing the property qualification for governor and the poll tax. At the close of his term he resumed the practice of law, and in 1894 was appointed a member of the board of Indian commissioners. In 1896 he was one of the most active opponents of the adoption of the free silver platform at the Democratic National Convention, and distinguished himself by a remarkable speech pleading for a return to the original principles of the Democracy; he was prominently mentioned as a candidate for the presidency by those who favored the gold standard. His death occurred suddenly, shortly after the convention, and was thought to be due largely to the strain he had undergone at that time.


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RUSSELL, (1857-96). An American lawyer and Governor, born in Cambridge, Mass. He was educated at Harvard and at the Boston University Law School. In 1880 he became a member of the Boston law firm of Russell & Russell, of which his father and two brothers were already members. In 1885 he was chosen Mayor of his native city, and for two succeeding years was reëlected with no opposition. His effective administration of the city's affairs, particularly in the enforcement of the local-option law, attracted wide attention. At his third nomination for the office of Governor in 1890 he was elected, and was rëelected in 1891 and 1892, in each ease his victory being largely a personal one. His administration was marked by impartiality and lack of partisanship. In 1893 he resumed his law practice. Early in 1896 a strong movement became apparent in the Eastern States to nominate him for the Presidency, but his strong and freely expressed views in favor of a gold standard rendered its success impossible. A movement to name him for the Presidency on a Democratic gold-standard platform was checked by his sudden death in his camp in the Nova Scotia woods a week after the Chicago convention of that year.


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children’s star-crowned Bethlehem, The children's ’house of bread.’ Where Jesus’ arms encircle them, With milk and honey fed:— Such is the Church, whose altar-gates Stand ever open, when The board is furnished where He waits To feast the hearts of men.


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 A Babe He came one heart to bless (It is His cradle still), And evermore her blessedness Is theirs who do His will; A Child He trod the Temple-floor, By Mary Mother led; By children’s voices evermore His praise is perfected.

’Forbid them not,’ He said of old: The words so stern and sweet Still make believing mothers bold To gather at His Feet,


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 And bring their babes; their hearts discern (And oh, that others would!) How mother-like His Heart must yearn Who made their motherhood.

A happy Home where children pray, With milk and honey fed, Whose altar-hearth burns bright alway, Whose bread is richly spread:— Such is the Church; and sweet the song Her little children sing, Of all who round His Altar throng The dearest to our King.


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 With keen prevision of the seer He sings of a redemption wrought, Whereby, released from slavish fear, Men are to filial freedom brought.

Three things immutable and sure, His promise, covenant, and oath, Reveal God’s purpose, and secure Whate’er man needs for life and growth.

The promise to the fathers made Was seen and known—th’ Incarnate Word; The Cross His covenant displayed, His oath at Pentecost was heard.


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Rh Well may this father’s heart rejoice, And with prophetic rapture sing: His song a prelude to that ’Voice’ Predestined to proclaim the King.

His joy a foretaste of that mirth Which shall the hearts of all possess, When o’er a recreated earth Christ’s sceptre reigns in righteousness.

Of light he sings for darkened eyes, For wandering feet the way of peace, Tells how the Dayspring shall arise, And shadows flee and sorrows cease.


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noise God’s music supersedes. Sin’s discord it excludes, It tells us of a Lamb that bleeds, And of a Dove that broods.

It tells us of a Child Who brings The help that sets us free; The song His Maiden-Mother sings Of saved Humanity.


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 school enrolment, literacy rates, the growth in technical education. and the development of scientific skills, much progress has been achieved. (See Table 4–4)

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33. Measures to influence population size cannot be effective in isolation from other environment/development issues. The number, density, movement, and growth rate of a population cannot be influenced in the short run if these efforts are being overwhelmed by adverse broader focus than controlling numbers: Measures to improve the quality of human resources in terms of health, education, and social development are as important.

34. A first step may be for governments to abandon the false division between 'productive' or 'economic' expenditures and 'social' expenditures, Policymakers must realize that spending on population activities and on other efforts to raise human potential is crucial to a nation's economic and productive activities and to achieving sustainable human progress – the end for which a government exists.

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 Coleridge, Hon. Bernard John Seymour, 1s. John Duke, of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, arm. (now baron). , matric. 17 April, 1871, aged 19; B.A. 1875, M.A. 1878, bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1877, secretary to Lord Chief Justice Coleridge in 1881, counsel for the Post Office on the Western Circuit, M.P. Sheffield (Attercliffe division) since Nov., 1885. See Foster's Men at the Bar.  Coleridge, Charles Edward, 1s. Edward, of Eton, Bucks, cler. , matric. 29 May, 1846, aged 18;, B.A. 1850, bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1853, died s.p. 1 May, 1875.  Coleridge, Derwent Moultrie, 1s. Derwent, of Helstone Windron, Cornwall, cler. , matric. 28 Jan., 1847, aged 18; died s.p. 5 Dec., 1880.  Coleridge, Edward, s. John, of Ottery, Devon, cler. , matric. 17 Dec., 1776, aged 15; B.A. 1780, of Ottery St. Mary, vicar of Buckerell, Devon. See Foster's Peerage.  [4]

Coleridge, Edward, s. James, of Ottery, Devon, gent. , matric. 21 Feb., 1818, aged 17, B.A. 1882; fellow 1823-6, M.A. 1827, assistant-master, Eton, 1824-50, lower master 1850-7, fellow 1857, vicar of Maple Durham, Berks, 1862, until his death 18 May, 1883. Boase, 124.  Coleridge, Edward Philip, 2s. Alfred James, of Rokeby, Yorks, cler. , matric. 18 Oct., 1881, aged 18; exhibitioner 1881, B.A. 1885.  Coleridge, Edwin Ellis, o.s. Edward, of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, cler. , matric. 11 May, 1821, aged 18; B.A. 1825, vicar of Buckerell, Devon, 1829, until his death 1 Feb., 1870.  Coleridge, Ernest Hartley, 2s. Derwent, of London, cler. , matric. 13 Oct., 1866, aged 19; B.A. 1870, M.A. 1873. See Foster's Peerage.

Coleridge, Frederick John, 2s. Francis George, of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, arm. , matric. 11 Dec., 1846, aged 20;, B.A. 1850, M.A. 1853, vicar of Cadbury, Devon, 1855, rural dean 1874.

Coleridge, George, s. John, of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, cler. , matric. 27 April, 1780, aged 16; B.A. 1784, chaplain, priest, and master of the Free Grammar School of Ottery, died 12 Jan., 1828, aged 69.
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Coleridge, Rev. George Frederick, 1s. Frederick John, of Cadbury, Devon, cler. , matric. 16 Oct., 1876, aged 18;, B.A. 1883.

Coleridge, George May, s. George, of Ottery, Devon, cler. , matric. 11 Dec., 1816, aged 18; B.A. 1820, M.A. 1824, preb. of Wells and vicar of St. Mary Church.

Coleridge, Hon. Gilbert James Duke, 3s. John Duke, Lord Coleridge. , matric. 25 Jan., 1879, aged 19; B.A. 1883, M.A. 1885, bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1886.

Coleridge, Hartley, s. Samuel Taylor, of Bristol (city), arm. , matric. 6 May, 1815, aged 18; B.A. 1819, fellow  1819-20, poet and author, died at Rydal 6 Jan., 1849. See Foster's Peerage.

Coleridge, Henry James, 2s. John Taylor, of London, equitis. , matric. 16 June, 1840,aged 17, B.A. 1845; fellow 1845-52, M.A. 1847, Roman Catholic priest, formerly rector of Farm Street Church, Berkeley Square.
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Coleridge, Herbert, o.s. Henry Nelson, of Hampstead, Middlesex, arm. , matric. 30 Nov., 1847, aged 17; scholar 1847, bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1854, died 23 April, 1861. See Dictionary of National Biography.

Coleridge, Hubert James, 6s. Alfred James, of Bromham, Beds, cler. , matric. 16 Oct., 1886, aged 17.

Coleridge, James Duke, s. James, of Tiverton, Devon, arm. , matric. 21 May 1808, aged 18; B.C.L. 1821, D.C.L. 1835, vicar of Kenwyn and Kea 1823-28, rector of Lawhitton 1826-39, vicar of Lewannick 1831-41, of Thorverton, Devon, 1839, and preb. of Exeter 1825, died 26 Dec., 1857.

Coleridge, John Duke, 1s. John Taylor, of London, equitis. , matric. 29 Nov., 1838, aged 17, B.A. 1842; fellow 1843-6, hon. fellow 1882, M.A. 1846, created D.C.L. 13 June, 1877, Lord Chief Justice of England 1880, Chief Justice Common Pleas 1875 to Nov., 1880, P.C. 1873, created Baron Coleridge 10 Jan., 1874, of the Middle Temple, bar.-at-law 1846, Q.C. and a bencher 1861, serj.-at-law 1873, recorder of Portsmouth 1855-65, solicitor-general 1868-71, knighted 1868, attorney-general 1871-3, M.P. Exeter 1865-73. See Foster's Peerage.

Coleridge, (Sir) John Taylor, s. James, of Tiverton, Devon, arm. , matric. 21 April, 1809, aged 18; scholar 1809, fellow 1812-18, B.A. 1815, M.A. 1817, created D.C.L. 23 June, 1852, hon. student  1867-76, a justice of court of Queen's Bench 1835-59, and knighted, recorder of Exeter 1832-5, bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1819, serj.-at-law 1832, died 11 Feb., 1876. See Foster's Peerage & Boase, 121.
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Coleridge, William, s. John, of St. Mary Ottery, Devon, cler. , matric. 3 June, 1774, aged 16; B.A. 1779.

Coleridge, William Arthur Rokeby, 3s. Alfred James, of Rokeby, Yorks, cler. , matric. 19 Jan., 1884, aged 19; Bible clerk 1884.

Coleridge, William Hart, s. Luke, of Thorverton, Devon, arm. , matric. 28 Jan., 1808, aged 18; student 1808-24, B.A. 1811, M.A. 1814, B.D. & D.D. 1824, bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands 1824-42, warden of St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, died 20 Dec., 1849.

Coleridge, William Rennell, 1s. William Hart, bishop of Barbados. , matric. 17 Oct., 1849, aged 17; B.A. 1853, of Salston, Devon, J.P., a student of the Inner Temple 1853. See Foster's Peerage.

Coleridge, William Rennell, 1s. William Rennell, of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, arm. , matric. 15 Oct., 1875, aged 17; B.A. 1879, bar.-at-law, Inner Temple, 17 Nov., 1881. See Foster's Men at the Bar.
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Coles, Alfred Horsman, 5s. Timothy Horsman, of Streatham, Surrey, gent. , matric. 10 Oct., 1884, aged 19.

Coles, Arthur Langdon, 1s. Thomas Edgill, of London, gent. , matric. 15 Oct., 1878, aged 18; of the Middle Temple 1881.

Coles, Charles Herbert, 7s. Lewis, of London, gent. , matric. 17 Oct., 1884, aged 17.

Coles, Edward Horsman, 4s. Timothy Horsman, of Streatham, Surrey, gent. , matric. 10 Oct., 1884, aged 19; scholar 1884.

Coles, Edward Norman, 4s. Charles, of Clapham, Surrey, arm. , matric. 6 March, 1844, aged 18; rector of Battlesden, with Pottesgrove, Beds, 1857.
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Coles, James, s. James, of Bridgewater, Somerset, arm. , matric. 28 Nov., 1798, aged 18; B.A. 1802, vicar of Michaelston-y-Veddw, co. Monmouth, 1820.

Coles, Jefferis William, 2s. John Jefferis, of Beaminster, Dorset, cler. , matric. 11 Feb., 1841, aged 18; B.A. 1845, vicar of Marston Magna, Dorset, 1878.

Coles, John, s. John, of Bridgewater, Somerset, pleb. , matric. 16 Dec., 1728, aged 18; B.A. 1733.
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 Buckland, John, s. Charles, of Axminster, Devon, cler. , matric. 25 May, 1802, aged 16; B.A. 1806, M.A. 1809.  Buckland, John Richard, 1s. — B., of Hampton, Middlesex, cler. , matric. 20 Oct., 1836, aged 17; B.A. 1840, died 12 Oct., 1874.  Buckland, Matthew Harvey, 3s. John, of Staines, Middlesex, cler. , matric. 25 June, 1840, aged 18; B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847, curate of Laleham, Middlesex, died 18 May, 1883.  Buckland, Richard, s. Rich., of All Souls', Exeter, pleb. , matric. 13 May, 1725, aged 20; B.A. 12 Feb., 1728-9.  Buckland, Rev. Samuel, 6s. Charles, of Axminster, Devon, cler. , matric. 23 Oct., 1834, aged 17; B.A. 1838, M.A. 1841, vicar of Great Torrington, Devon, 1849.  [5]

Buckland, Walter Edward, 1s. Edward Copleston, of London, arm. , matric. 14 Oct., 1872, aged 19; B.A. 1876, M.A. 1879, vicar of Beedon, Berks, 1878.  Buckland, William, s. Charles, of Axminster, Devon, cler. , matric. 14 May, 1801, aged 17; B.A. 1805, fellow 1808-25, M.A. 1808, B.D. 1816; D.D. 1825, a canon of Christ Church 1826, dean of Westminster 1845, Waynflete professor of mineralogy, Oxford, 1813-56, and professor of geology 1818-56, president of the Geological Society 1824, died 15 Aug., 1856.  Buckland, William Arnold, 2s. J., of Laleham, Middlesex, cler. , matric. 15 May, 1839. aged 18; B.A. 1843, M.A. 1845.

Buckland, William Harvey, 3s. John Richard, of Hobart Town, Tasmania, cler. , matric. 2 Feb., 1877, aged 18; B.A. 1880.

Buckland, William John, 1s. Thomas, of Hampstead, Middlesex, gent. , matric. 17 May, 1854, aged 19; B.A. 1860, M.A. 1861, vicar of Hankerton, Wilts, 1864.
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Buckle, Christopher, s. Christopher, of Banstead, Surrey, arm. , matric. 10 July, 1728, aged 17; of Burgh in Banstead, died there 10 Jan., 1789.

Buckle, Christopher, s. Christopher, of Surrey, arm. , matric. 6 June, 1760, aged 17; of Burgh in Banstead, died s.p. 16 Feb., 1816.

Buckle, Edward. 1807. See.

Buckle, Rev. David Purdy, 1s. Matthew, of Durham, gent. , matric. 20 Oct., 1881, aged 19; exhibitioner 1881, B.A. 1885.

Buckle, Edward Valentine, 3s. William Lewis, of Pyrton, Oxon, cler. , matric. 14 June, 1849, aged 18; B.A. 1853, M.A. 1856, vicar of Banstead, Surrey, 1865.
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Buckle, George, 6s. Richard, of Clifton, near Bristol, arm. , matric. 17 Dec, 1838, aged 18; B.A. 1842,  M.A. 1845, rector of Weston-super-Mare 1876, preb. of Wells 1868.

Buckle, George Earle, 1s. George, of Tiverton, Somerset, cler. , matric. 12 Oct., 1872, aged 18; scholar 1872, B.A. 1876, fellow 1877-85, M.A. 1879 (scholar of Winchester College 1872), bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 17 Nov., 1880, editor of the Times Feb., 1883. See Foster's.

Buckle, John, 4s. Richard, of Chew Magna, Somerset, gent. , matric. 12 Nov., 1840, aged 27; B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847, vicar of Stretton Grandison, with Ashperton, co. Hereford, 1859.

Buckle, Lewis, s. Christopher, of Banstead, Surrey, arm. , matric. 13 Nov., 1729, aged 16; of Borden in East Meon, Hants, died 14 April, 1785.

Buckle, Matthew Hughes George, 1s. Matthew, of Greenwich, Kent, arm. , matric. 24 June, 1819, aged 16; B.A. 1824, M.A. 1829, vicar of Edlingham, Northumberland, 1839.
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Buckle, Walter, 2s. William Hill, of Pier's Court, co. Worcester, arm. , matric. 17 April, 1845, aged 18.

Buckle, Wilfrid George, 2s. William, of Oakridge, co. Gloucester, cler. , matric. 5 March, 1873, aged 18; B.A. 1877, M.A. 1879, vicar of Twycross, co. Derby, 1881.

Buckle, William, s. Richard, of Chacely, co. Worcester, gent. , matric. 26 Feb., 1754, aged 16.

Buckle, William, s. Lewis, of East Meon, Hants, arm. , matric. 26 May, 1775, aged 15; B.A. 1779, M.A. 1783, vicar of Pyrton, Oxon, and of Banstead, Surrey, died, 1832.

Buckle, William. , 1810. See.
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Buckle, William, 1s. William Hill, arm. , matric. 18 Nov., 1841, aged 18: B.A. 1845, M.A. 1848, vicar of Canon Frome, with Munsley, co. Hereford, 1871, until his death 30 Nov., 1876.

Buckle, Rev. William Foster Ray, 1s. Robert Thomas, of Bombay, M.D., matric. 16 Oct., 1875, aged 19; scholar 1877, B.A. 1879, M.A. 1883.

Buckle, William Lewis, s. William, of Pyrton, Oxon, cler. , matric. 8 March, 1808, aged 17; B.A. 1811, M.A. 1815, vicar of Sherburn and of Pyrton, and rector of Adwell, Oxon, vicar of Banstead, Surrey, 1832.

Buckle, William Milman, s. — B., of Cheltenham, co. Gloucester, arm. , matric. 26 Jan., 1730-1, aged 18.

Buckler, Benjamin, s. Thomas, of Warminster, Wilts, gent. , matric. 15 Feb., 1732-3, aged 16, B.A. 1736, M.A. 1739; fellow 1739, B.D. 1755, D.D. 1759, an antiquary, vicar of Cumnor, Oxon, and rector of Frilsham, Berks, 1755, keeper of the university archives 1770, until his death 24 Dec., 1780.
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Buckler, William, s. Thomas, of Borehim, Wilts, gent. , matric. 14 Feb., 1731-2, aged 17.

Buckler, William, 4s. John, of Bermondsey, Surrey, gent. , matric. 16 Oct., 1828, aged 18; B.A. 1832, M.A. 1838, rector of Ilchester, Somerset, 1837, until his death 14 Sep., 1876. ''Coll. Reg.'', vols. i. & ii.

Buckley, Edmund, 1s. Edmund, of Llandovery, co. Carmarthen, baronet. , matric. 3 Nov., 1880, aged 19; of the Inner Temple 1884. See Foster's Baronetage.

Buckley, Edmund Frazer, 1s. John Arthur, of Hampstead, Middlesex, gent. , matric. 14 Oct., 1871, aged 19; B.A. 1875, bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 7 May, 1879. See Foster's Men at the Bar.

Buckley, Edward Pery, s. Pery, of Wingfield Place, Berks, arm. , matric. 28 Nov., 1777, aged 17; of Woolcombe Hall, Dorset, and Minestead Lodge, Hants, a gentleman of the King's privy chamber, in ordinary 1805, until his death 29 June, 1840.
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Buckley, Eric Rede, 5s. Robert Alford, of London, gent. , matric. 16 Oct., 1886, aged 18.

Buckley, Felix John, 3s. (Edward Pery), of Minstead, Hants, arm. , matric. 22 March, 1854, aged 19; B.A. 1858, M.A. 1861, rector of Stanton St. Quinton, Wilts, 1880, rural dean 1883, born 15 Oct., 1834.

Buckley, Hen. Wm., s. Edward Pery, of St. Marylebone, arm. , matric. 27 April, 1816, aged 16, B.A. 1820; fellow 1821-32, M.A. 1822, rector of Hartshorne, co. Stafford, 1833.
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 Brown, Willoughby Bryan, 1s. Stephen, of East Shefford, Berks, cler. , matric. 29 Nov., 1866, aged 18; B.A. 1870, M.A. 1873, rector of Amberley, co. Gloucester, 1884.  Brownell, Robert, s. Robert, of Stepney, Middlesex, arm. , matric. 22 Jan., 1777, aged 19.  Browning, Arthur Henry, 2s. — B., of St. Sepulchre's, London, gent. , matric. 7 June, 1843, aged 19.  Browning, Rev. Charles William, 1s. William, of Thorpe Mandeville, Northants, cler. matric. 24 April, 1874, aged 18.  Browning, Edward Campbell, 2s. Henry, of London, arm. , matric. 18 Oct., 1854, aged 18, B.A. 1858, M.A. 1862, bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 30 April, 1862. See Foster's Men at the Bar.  [5] Browning, Richard, s. John, of Cowley, co. Gloucester, arm. , matric. 21 March, 1720-1, aged 18.  Browning, Robert (Barrett), M.A. by diploma 25 June, 1867, hon. fellow 1867, created D.C.L. 14 June, 1882, poet and author, assumed his wife's surname of, married (1846) the poetess Elizabeth Barrett, daughter of Edmund Moulton (afterwards Moulton-Barrett), of Burn Hall, co. Durham, where she was born 6 March, 1809, she died at Florence 30 June, 1861.  Browning, Robert Wiedemann Barrett, 1s. Robert, of Florence, Italy, arm. , matric. 15 Jan., 1869, aged 19.

Browning, Robert Jardine, 1s. Robert Shergold, of London, arm. , matric. 19 Oct., 1872, aged 19; B.A. 1878, M.A. 1880, bar.-at-law, Inner Temple, 17 Nov., 1879. See Foster's Men at the Bar.

Browning, William, s. William, of St. Mary Magdalen, Surrey, gent. , matric. 16 March, 1718-9, aged 16; B.A. 1722, M.A. 1725.

Browning, William Thomas, 1s. William Shipton, of St. Sepulchre's, London, gent. , matric. 9 July, 1842, aged 19; B.A. 1846, M.A. 1860, rector of Litchborough, Northants, 1881, until his death 7 May, 1883.
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Brownlow, Francis, s. William, of Lurgan, co. Armagh, arm. , matric. 26 Oct., 1797. aged 18;, B.A. 1802, rector of Upper Comber, co. Derry, died 20 Oct., 1847. See Foster's Peerage,.

Brownlow, George, 3s. John, of St. Michael's, Bath, cler. , matric. 14 March, 1850, aged 17; Dyke scholar 1850, B.A. 1855.

Brownlow, William, o.s. William, of St. Bride's, London, gent. , matric. 13 Feb., 1819, aged 17; B.A. 1822, M.A. 1826, rector of Wilmslow, Cheshire, 1829-72, died 14 Oct., 1876.

Brownlow, John, Earl. See.
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Brownlow, John William, Earl. 1859. See.

Brownrigg, Charles Edward, 2s. Thomas Marcus, of Maryborough, Ireland, arm. , matric. 19 Oct., 1883, aged 18; exhibitioner 1883. See Foster's Baronetage.

Brownrigg, (Sir) Robert William Colebrooke (Bart.), 1s. Robert James, of London, arm. , matric. 4 June, 1835, aged 17; B.A. 1838, 2nd baronet, died unmarried 6 Aug., 1882. See Foster's Baronetage.

Brownsword, Francis, s. John, of Aspbery, Cheshire, gent. , matric. 16 Feb., 1732-3, aged 18; B.A. 1737.

Brownsword, John, s. William, of Sussex, cler. , matric. 2 March, 1731-2, aged 17; B.A. 1735.
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Brownsword, William, s. Wllliam, of Sompting, Sussex, pleb. , matric. 1 April, 1731, aged 18.

Bruce, Alan Cameron. , 1855. See

Bruce, Alexander Carmichael, 4s. David, of Ferry Hill, co. Durham, cler. , matric. 23 April, 1870, aged 19; B.A. 1873, bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn. 30 April, 1875, assistant-commissioner of Metrop. Police 1884. See Foster's Men at the Bar.

Bruce, Alexander Hugh, o.s. Robert, of Kennett, co. Clackmannan, arm. Oriel Coll., matric. 19 Oct., 1867, aged 18; B.A. 1872, M.A. 1874, Lord Balfour, of Burleigh, a representative peer of Scotland since 1876. See Foster's Peerage.

Bruce, Brudenell James, 2s. Charles Andrew, of Calcutta, East Indies, arm. , matric. 18 Jan., 1822, aged 17; lieutenant 3rd guards, died 8 Oct., 1828. See Foster's Peerage,.

Bruce, Charles, Earl of Ailesbury. , created D.C.L. 21 Aug., 1745, srd Earl of Ailesbury and 4th Earl of Elgin, M.P. Great Bedwin 1705-10, Marlborough 1710-11, recorder of Bedford 1711 (son of Thomes, Earl of Ailesbury and Elgin), died 10 Feb., 1747. See Foster's Peerage.
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Bruce, Charles Dashwood, 1s. Charles Andrew, of Calcutta, East Indies, arm. , matric. 7 June, 1820, aged 17; died s.p. 25 Aug., 1864. See Foster's Peerage,.

Bruce, Charles Lennox Cumming. See.

Bruce, Charles Roland Henry, 4s. William, of St. Nicholas, near Cardiff, cler. , matric. 11 Oct., 1878, aged 18; B.A. 1882, born 19 Jan., 1860. See Foster's Peerage.

Bruce, Lord Charles William Brudenell, 3s. Charles Bruce, Marquis of Ailesbury. , matric. 3 June, 1852, aged 17; B.A. 1855, vice-chamberlain of the household 1880-5, M.P. Marlborough 1878-85, North Wilts 1865-74, P.C. See Foster's Peerage.
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Bruce, Eric Henry Stuart, 1s. Michael, of London, arm. , matric. 2 Feb., 1876, aged 20; B.A. & M.A. 1882.

Bruce, Lord Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell (M.A., Cambridge, 1831), ad eundem 27 Nov., 1856, 3rd Marquis of Ailesbury, vice-chamberlain 1841-6, 1852-8, M.P. Marlborough 1832-78, died 18 Oct., 1886. See Foster's Peerage.

Bruce, Hon. Frederick John, 3s. Victor Alexander, Earl of Elgin (of Broomhall, co. Fife). , matric. 15 Oct., 1873, aged 19; a page of honour to the Queen 1869-71. See Foster's Peerage.

Bruce, Hon. Sir Frederick William Adolphus,, 4s. Thomas, Earl of Elgin. , matric. 28 April, 1831, aged 17; B.A. 1834, of Lincoln's Inn 1835, envoy at Washington 1865-7, died unmarried 19 Sept., 1867.

Bruce, George, s. Andrew, of Montrose, Scotland, cler. Christ Church, matric. i June, 1742, aged 18; B.A. 29 Jan., 1745-6, M.A. 1748. See Fasti & Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, part vi. 757, 766.
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Bruce, George Hamilton Wyndham Knight, 3s. James, of Marylebone, Middlesex, equitis. , matric. 10 March, 1842, aged 18 (as ); of Lincoln's Inn 1839, cornet 3rd light dragoons, killed at Aliwand, in the Sikh war, 1846. See Foster's Peerage,.

Bruce, George John Brudenell, 1s. 'Lord Ernest' (after Marquis of Ailesbury). , matric. 14 May, 1856, aged 16; died 28 May, 1868, father of George, 4th marquis. See Foster's Peerage.

Bruce, George Lewis, 1s. Alan Cameron Bruce-Pryce, of London, arm. , matric. 18 Oct., 1881, aged 18; B.A. 1886. See Foster's Peerage,.

Bruce, George William Frederick, 1s. Charles, Marquis of Ailesbury. , matric. 21 Oct., 1822, aged 17; 2nd marquis, K.G., master of the horse, etc, died s.p. 6 Jan., 1878. Sec Foster's Peerage.
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Rh through the usual course of military education, in the West Point Academy, was commissioned in the Engineers, and, with the rank of Major, is still attached to the army. My sister, Anna Leslie, resides in New York. She has several times visited London, where she was instructed in painting by her brother Charles, and has been very successful in copying pictures. My youngest sister, Patty, became the wife of Henry C. Carey, and never in married life was happiness more perfect than theirs.

To return now to myself. Fortunate in being gifted with an extraordinary memory, I was never in childhood much troubled with long lessons to learn, or long exercises to write. My father thought I could acquire sufficient knowledge for a child by simply reading “in book,” without making any great effort to learn things by heart. And as this is not the plan usually pursued at schools, I got nearly all my education at home. I had a French master, and a music master (both coming to give lessons at the house); my father himself taught me to write, and overlooked my drawing; and my mother was fully competent to instruct me in every sort of useful sewing. I went three months to school, merely to learn ornamental needle-work. All this was in London. We had a governess in the house for the younger children.

My chief delight was in reading and drawing. My first attempts at the latter were on my slate, and I was very happy when my father brought me one day a box of colours and a drawing-book, and showed me how to use them.

There was no restriction on my reading, except to prevent me from “reading my eyes out.” And indeed they have never been very strong. At that time there were very few books written purposely for children. I believe I obtained all that were then to be found. But this catalogue being soon exhausted, and my appetite for reading being continually on the increase, I was fain to supply it with works that were considered beyond the capacity of early youth a capacity which is too generally underrated. Children are often kept on bread and milk long after they are able to eat meat and potatoes. I could read at four years old, and before twelve I was familiar, among a multitude of other books, with Goldsmith’s


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30 admirable Letters on England, and his histories of Rome and Greece (Robinson Crusoe and the Arabian Nights, of course), and I had gone through the six octavo volumes of the first edition of Cook’s Voyages. I talked much of Tupia and Omiah, and Otoo and Terreoboo—Captain Cook I almost adored. Among our visitors in London, was a naval officer who had sailed with Cook on his last voyage, and had seen him killed at Owhyhee—I am sorry the name of that island has been changed to the unspellable and unpronounceable Hawaii. I was delighted when my father took me to the British Museum, to see the numerous curiosities brought from the South Sea by the great circumnavigator.

The “Elegant Extracts” made me acquainted with the best passages in the works of all the British writers who had flourished before the present century. From this book I first learned the beauties of Shakspeare [sic]. My chief novels were Miss Burney’s, Mrs. Radcliffe’s, and the Children of the Abbey.

Like most authors, I made my first attempts in verse. They were always songs, adapted to the popular airs of that time, the close of the last century. The subjects were chiefly soldiers, sailors, hunters, and nuns. I scribbled two or three in the pastoral line, but my father once pointing out to me a real shepherd, in a field somewhere in Kent, I made no farther attempt at Damons and Strephons, playing on lutes and wreathing their brows with roses. My songs were, of course, foolish enough; but in justice to myself I will say, that having a good ear, I was never guilty of a false quantity in any of my poetry—my lines never had a syllable too much or too little, and my rhymes always did rhyme. At thirteen or fourteen, I began to despise my own poetry, and destroyed all I had. I then, for many years, abandoned the dream of my childhood, the hope of one day seeing my name in print.

It was not till 1827 that I first ventured “to put out a book,” and a most unparnassian one it was—“Seventy-five receipts for pastry, cakes, and sweetmeats.” Truth was, I had a tolerable collection of receipts, taken by myself while a pupil of Mrs. Goodfellow’s cooking school, in Philadelphia. I had so many applications from my friends for copies of these directions, that my brother


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Rh suggested my getting rid of the inconvenience by giving them to the public in print. An offer was immediately made to me by Munroe & Francis, of Boston, to publish them on fair terms. The little volume had much success, and has gone through many editions. Mr. Francis being urgent that I should try my hand at a work of imagination, I wrote a series of juvenile stories, which I called the Mirror. It was well received, and was followed by several other story-books for youth—“The Young Americans,” “Stories for Emma,” “Stories for Adelaide,” “Atlantic Tales,” “Stories for Helen,” “Birth-day Stories.” Also, I compiled a little book called “The Wonderful Traveller,” being an abridgment (with essential alterations) of Munchausen, Gulliver, and Sindbad. In 1831 Munroe and Francis published my “American Girls’ Book,” of which an edition is still printed every year. Many juvenile tales, written by me, are to be found in the annuals called the Pearl and the Violet.

I had but recently summoned courage to write fictions for grown people, when my story of Mrs. Washington Potts obtained a prize from Mr. Godey, of the Lady’s Book. Subsequently I was allotted three other prizes successively, from different periodicals. I then withdrew from this sort of competition.

For several years I wrote an article every month for the Lady’s Book, and for a short time I was a contributor to Graham’s Magazine; and occasionally, I sent, by invitation, a contribution to the weekly papers. I was also editor of the Gift, an annual published by Carey & Hart; and of the Violet, a juvenile souvenir.

My only attempt at anything in the form of a novel, was “Amelia, or a Young Lady s Vicissitudes,” first printed in the Lady’s Book, and then in a small volume by itself. Could I begin anew my literary career, I would always write novels instead of short stories.

Three volumes of my tales were published by Carey & Lea, under the title of Pencil Sketches. Of these, there will soon be a new edition. In 1838 Lea & Blanchard printed a volume containing “Althea Vernon, or the Embroidered Handkerchief,” and “Henrietta Harrison, or the Blue Cotton Umbrella.” Several


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priestly lips, long silenced, raise A strain so lofty and so strong, Making our matin hymn of praise As jubilant as evensong?

Yes: not the lips alone, the eyes Of Zacharias were unsealed, To see and sing the mysteries To love and penitence revealed


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32 books of my fugitive stories have been published in pamphlet form,—the titles being “Kitty’s Relations,” “Leonilla Lymnore,” “The Maid of Canal Street” (the Maid is a refined and accomplished young lady), and “The Jennings’ and their Beaux.” All my stories are of familiar life, and I have endeavoured to render their illustrations of character and manners, as entertaining and instructive as I could; trying always “to point a moral,” as well as to “adorn a tale.”

The works from which I have, as yet, derived the greatest pecuniary advantage, are my three books on domestic economy. The “Domestic Cookery Book,” published in 1837, is now in the forty-first edition, no edition having been less than a thousand copies; and the sale increases every year. “The House Book” came out in 1840, and the “Lady’s Receipt Book” in 1846. All have been successful, and profitable.

My two last stories are “Jernigan’s Pa,” published in the Saturday Gazette, and “The Baymounts,” in the Saturday Evening Post.

I am now engaged on a life of John Fitch, for which I have been several years collecting information, from authentic sources. I hope soon to finish a work (undertaken by particular desire) for the benefit of young ladies, and to which I purpose giving the plain, simple title of “The Behaviour Book.”

 * U. S. Hotel, Phila., Aug. 1, 1851.

MRS. DERRINGTON’S RECEPTION DAY.

had departed on his return home, and Sophia’s tears had flowed fast and long on taking leave of her father. Mrs. Derrington reminded her, by way of consolation, that to-morrow was “reception day,” and that she would then most probably see many of the ladies, who, having heard of Miss Fayland’s arrival, had already left cards for her.

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 The Mother’s and Sister’s part She plays; she leads the choir Of those whose purity of heart Is passionate desire.

Above the blood-encrimsoned sea, Dispelling doubt and fear With her celestial minstrelsy, Our Miriam doth cheer

The men whose homeward-going hearts Are loyal to their King; When all from her have learnt their parts, Then shall creation sing!


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 For all the children of the Bride, The subjects of the King, With each returning eventide Have learnt his song to sing.

He sings of 'peace,’ 'salvation,’ 'light:’ His lovely words we take For consolation night by night, Until God’s morning break.

Then, when our dazzled eyes grow dim, Breathed with our parting breath The old man's sweet, heart-soothing hymn Glad welcome gives to death.


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Rh “It is a convenient way of getting through our morning visiters [sic],” replied Mrs. Derrington. “We send round cards at the beginning of the season to notify our friends that we are at home on a certain morning, once a week. My day is Thursday. I sit in the drawing-room during several hours in a handsome demi-toilette. Full dress is not admissible, of course, at morning receptions. Any of my friends that wish to see me, take this opportunity; understanding that I receive calls at no other time. They are served with chocolate and other refreshments, brought in and handed to them soon after their arrival. They talk awhile, and then depart. There are some coming in, and some going out all the time, and no one staying long. The guests are chiefly ladies; few gentlemen of this city having leisure for morning visits. Still every gentleman manages to honour a lady’s reception day with at least one call during the season. I suppose you had no such things as morning receptions at the fort?”

“No, indeed,” replied Sophia; “our mornings were always fully occupied in attending to household affairs, and doing the sewing of the family. Afternoon was the time for walking or reading. But in the evening we all visited our neighbours, very much according to the fashion of Spanish tertulias.”

Next morning, when dressed for the reception, and seated in the drawing-room to wait for the first arrivals, Mrs. Derrington said to Sophia—”We shall now hear all about Mrs. Cotterell’s great party which came off last night. I have some curiosity to know what it was like, being her first since she came to live in this part of the town.”

“Do you visit her?” asked Sophia.

“Oh, no—not yet—and probably I never may. I am waiting to see if the Cotterells succeed in getting into society.”

“What society, dear aunt?” inquired Sophia.

“I see, Sophy, that I shall be much amused with your simplicity,” replied Mrs. Derrington; “or rather with your extreme newness. In using the word society, we allude only to one class, and that of course is the very best.”

“By that I understand a select circle of intellectual, refined,


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Raffaelle’s world-famous picture of the Mother and her Divine Child in the Gallery at Dresden is in a measure known to almost all from prints and photographs. As to the colour of the picture, the significant beauty of which none who have not seen the original can conceive, it should be remembered that the parted curtains are green (the earth-colour), and the Virgin Mother comes forth, as it were, from the white bosom of a stooping heaven, whose far distances, dimly seen, fade into a blue firmament peopled with angelic faces.

Many have felt this picture—at once so serene and so impassioned—to be a revelation. As we yield ourselves to its fascination and search further and further into its depths, we feel that Faber’s words justify themselves: 'Christian Art, rightly


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70, is at once a theology and a worship; a theology which has its own method of teaching, its own ways of representation, its own devout discoveries, its own varying opinions, all of which are beautiful so long as they are in subordination to the mind of the Church. …Art is a revelation from heaven, and a mighty power for God. It is a merciful disclosure to men of His more hidden beauty. It brings out things in God which lie too deep for words.’ (Bethlehem, p. 240.)

It was a satisfaction to find my reading of this incomparable picture powerfully endorsed by one who, more perhaps than any living writer, has made good his claim to be regarded with the reverence that belongs to a scribe instructed in the things of the spiritual kingdom, bringing forth from his treasure things new and old. I quote the following passage from Canon Westcott’s weighty contribution to the discussion of a subject second to none in interest and importance—'The Relation of Christianity to Art:’ 'In the Madonna di San Sisto Raffaelle has rendered the idea of Divine motherhood and Divine sonship in intellible forms. No one can rest in the individual figures. The tremulous fulness of emotion in the face of the Mother, the intense far-reaching gaze of the Child, constrain the beholder to look beyond. For him too the curtain is drawn aside; he feels that there is a fellowship of earth with heaven and of heaven with earth, and understands the meaning of the attendant Saints who express the different aspects of this double communion.’ (Epistles of S. John, p. 358.)


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34 agreeable, and every way excellent people,” said Sophia; “men on whose integrity, and women on whose propriety there is not the slightest blemish, and who are admired for their talents, loved for their goodness, and esteemed for the truth and honour of their whole conduct.”

“Stop—stop,” interrupted Mrs. Derrington, “you are going quite too far. Can you suppose all this is required to get people into society, or to keep them there? The upper circles would be very small if nothing short of perfection could be admitted.”

“What then, dear aunt, are the requisites?” asked Sophia. “Is genius one?”

“Genius? Oh, no, indeed. It is not that sort of thing that brings people into society. It is mostly considered rather a draw back. Mrs. Goldsworth actually shuns people of genius. Indeed, most of my friends rather avoid them. I have no acquaintance whatever with any man or woman of genius.”

“I am sorry to hear it,” said Sophia. “I had hoped while in New York to meet many of those gifted persons whose fame has spread throughout our country, whom I already know by reputation, and whom I have long been desirous of seeing or hearing.”

“Oh, I suppose you mean lions,” said Mrs. Derrington. “I can assure you that I patronize none of them; neither do any of my friends.”

“I thought the lions were the patronizers,” said Sophia, “and that their position gave them the exclusive power of selecting their associates, and deciding on whom to confer the honour of their acquaintance.”

“Sophy—Sophy, you really make me laugh!” exclaimed her aunt. “What strange notions you have picked up, with your garrison education. Do not you know that people of genius seldom live in any sort of style, or keep carriages, or give balls? And they never make fortunes; unless they are foreign musicians or dancers, and I am not sure that the singing and dancing people are classed as geniuses. They are regarded as something much better.”

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 I will only add some beautiful words of Mrs. Jameson, which also I had not seen when my verses were written : 'I have seen my own ideal once, and only once, attained : there, where Raffaelle — inspired if ever painter was inspired — projected on the space before him that wonderful creation which we style the Madonna di San Sisto; for there she stands — the transfigured woman — at once completely human and completely divine, an abstraction of power, purity, and love, poised on the empurpled air, and requiring no other support; looking out with her melancholy, loving mouth, her slightly dilated, sibylline eyes, quite through the universe, to the end and consummation of all things; sad, as if she beheld afar off the visionary sword that was to reach her heart through Him, now resting as enthroned on that heart; yet already exalted through the homage of the redeemed generations who were to salute her as Blessed.' (Legends of the Madonna: Introduction, p. 44.)

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 ago : '" Bethlehem Gate " is the name of a lovely little pictured parable. On the left we see the massacre of innocents, representing the world, in whose cruel habitations the same outrage is ever being enacted, since all sin is in truth the sin of blood-guiltiness, bringing life into jeopardy. On the right the Heavenly Dove is seen leading forth (God's elect children, the Holy Family, the infant Church, to the land of righteousness. The Maiden-Mother, with the Divine Innocent enthroned on her bosom, attended and protected by a backward-looking and a forward-looking angel, and escorted by S. Joseph, passes the gate of the City of David. Egypt beneath her feet becomes the holy land. Thus with all fitting ceremonial is the Church's pilgrimage through the world, through the ages, inaugurated.'

'The Word became Flesh and tabernacled among us'—that is the supreme and august Verity which dominates all the thoughts of the children of the Kingdom. Their eyes are fixed on the Life that the Scripture-record contains rather than on the record itself.


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Bissell v. Penrose/Dissent McLean

Mr. Justice McLEAN dissented.

In my judgment, this case is not within the decision of the case of Stoddard v. Chambers. In that case, the claim was confirmed 'to the said Mordecai Bell or his legal representatives, according to the survey.' But in this case the claim was confirmed 'according to the concession.' Now, until a concession is located, it can give no claim to any specific tract of land, and consequently cannot come within the reservation of any of the acts of Congress. And the main question in the case was, whether there was such a survey or designation of this concession as to bring it within the above acts.

The first Board of Commissioners, who acted on this claim in 1806 and in 1810, rejected it. As appears from their record, the concession only was before the board when they finally acted upon the subject. But a new and more favorable board was constituted in 1832, and it appears from their record, that, on the 9th of October in that year, 'the sons of Vasquez, Benito, Antoine, Hypolite, Joseph, and Pierre Vasquez, claiming 800 arpens each under a concession dated 17th of February, 1800, was presented. Also a plat of survey dated 7th February, 1806, of 800 arpens.' 'Pascal Cerr e, being duly sworn, saith, that the signature to the concession is in the handwriting of Delassus; that the signatures to the survey are in the handwritings of Mackay and Antoine Soulard.'

On the 2d of November, 1833, the board again met, and their record states that 'the sons of Vasquez, each claiming 800 arpens of land under a concession from Charles Dehault Delassus;' and that 'they can see no cause for entertaining the idea that the said concession was not issued at the time it bears date, as intimated in the minutes of the former commissioners.' And they 'are unanimously of opinion, that this claim ought to be confirmed to the said Benito, Antoine, Hypolite, Joseph and Pierre Vasquez, or their legal representatives, according to the concession.'

On the 11th of February, 1806, Benito conveyed to Rudolph Tillier his 'right, title, and interest, claim and pretension and demand, in and to a certain tract of land not yet located or surveyed.' And Tillier says, 'I do hereby assign, transfer, sell, and set over, unto Clement B. Penrose, all my right, title, interest, property, claim, and demand of, in, and to a certain concession purchased of Benito Vasquez and assigned to me on the 11th of February, 1806, and plat of survey made for me, and dated 27th February, 1806, for value received.' This assignment bears no date, but it was acknowledged the 31st of October, 1818.

Frederic R. Conway, a witness for plaintiff, testified that he was one of the late Board of Commissioners that confirmed this claim; that the said original survey of Mackay, given in evidence by plaintiff, was the plat that Tillier claimed by, as he understood it; and that no other survey was exhibited to the commissioners, so far as he remembered, connected with this claim; that the survey was not noted in the tabular statement contained in the proceedings of said board, which omission, he thought, was by the mistake of the clerk.

The following certificates of surveys were given in evidence, one by the plaintiff and the other by the defendant:-'I do certify that the above plat represents 800 arpens of land, French measure, situated in the district of St. Louis, Louisiana territory, and surveyed by me at the request of the proprietor, who claims the same by virtue of a Spanish grant. Given under my hand at St. Louis, the 27th day of February, 1806. Signed, James Mackay. Received for record, St. Louis, the 27th of February, 1806. Signed, Antoine Soulard, Surveyor-General of Louisiana.'

The other certificate is in the same words. These plats and certificates were recorded by the recorder of land titles on the same page. It was proved that one of these surveys covered the land in controversy, and that the other did not. The name of Tillier was written on one of the plats, but by whom, at what time, and under what circumstances, does not appear. From the loose manner in which the recorder's office and the papers connected with it seem to have been kept, and the ready access to them by all parties, it would be a dangerous principle of evidence, to consider the simple indorsement of a name on a plat as identifying the owner of the land. And especially where the surveyor nowhere states for whom the survey was made.

The court instructed the jury, 'that the land included in the survey given in evidence, and which was made for Rudolph Tillier, assignee of Benito Vasquez, on the 27th of February, 1806, by James Mackay, and which was officially re-surveyed in conformity to the act of Congress of the 4th of July, 1836, and which re-survey is numbered 3061, and was approved by Joseph C. Brown on the 29th of March, 1842, was reserved from location and sale at the time McNight and Brady's location, under a New Madrid claim, was made, and therefore the location under said claim is invalid, as against the title of said Vasquez,' & c.

Among the instructions prayed for by the defendant, which the court refused to give, was the following:-5. 'If the jury find from the evidence that Rudolph Tillier, under whom the plaintiff in this case claims the land in question, filed his claim with the recorder of land titles, and, as a part of the evidence of his claim, filed two plats of the land claimed, one of which plats would embrace the land now in the defendant's possession, and the other would not embrace that land, then there is no reservation of the land in the defendant's possession from sale, which would prevent the location of the land in question, under the certificate in favor of John Brooks or his legal representatives.'

The deposition of Conway, one of the commissioners who confirmed this concession, was introduced to supply a defect in the record. He states that the original survey of Mackay, which Tillier claimed by, was before the commissioners, and no other plat, so far as he can remember. Now if this evidence was admissible, it was for the consideration of the jury. It was intended to correct the record, and show that the survey was acted upon by the commissioners, although no entry was made of it by the clerk in the tabular statement. It may well be doubted whether parol evidence was admissible for this purpose, especially after the lapse of some fourteen years. In a matter involving title to real estate, parol evidence cannot be heard to correct the record which the commissioners were required to keep, of their proceedings.

As the evidence was heard, and does not appear to have been overruled or withdrawn from the jury, it was their province to act upon it. But by the instruction given, there was nothing left for the jury to decide. They were instructed that the claim of the plaintiff was reserved from location and sale when the New Madrid location was made, and consequently the latter was void. This ruled the whole case.

If the statement of Conway were not admissible, there was no evidence to show that any survey was before the commissioners at the time they confirmed the concession. And it is certain that no entry was made upon their record to show a sanction of any survey. It does appear that a survey of the concession was before the commissioners who rejected the claim in 1806. And it also appears that on the 9th of October, 1832, 'a plat of survey dated 7th February, 1806, of 800 arpens, was before the new commissioners.' But on the 2d of November, 1833, when the concession was confirmed, no survey appears to have been before them, and they refer to none.

If the two surveys made by Mackay of 800 arpens each, 'for the proprietor,' were admitted to have been made at the instance of Tillier, it leaves the location of the concession uncertain. Both surveys were executed on the same day, and were recorded on the same page. Under Tillier's right, he could survey only 800 arpens; and if he surveyed two tracts each of that quantity it was a fraud upon the public. Under the acts of Congress no tract of land was reserved as a Spanish claim, which was not surveyed or so specifically designated as to show with reasonable certainty its boundaries. There is nothing on the record or in the parol proof to show which of the plats, if either, was made as the instance of Tillier. Both surveys were made 'for the proprietor,' and as they bear the same date, it may be presumed they were made for the same person. But whether this be so or not, they present a state of uncertainty which is fatal to the Spanish claim. The mere name of Tillier, on one of the plats, without explanation, is no proof of its identity. An entry on the record to identify the survey would have been sufficient. In the absence of such evidence, the survey made or approved by Joseph C. Brown in 1842 does not supply the defect. He must have acted arbitrarily, or from circumstances which existed at the time he acted. There was nothing to guide him as to the true survey at the time the New Madrid location was made. And that was the period of time to which the facts must apply, and the reservation of the Spanish claim be shown to have been made. The two surveys then existed and were on the record, and if neither were specially designated as Tillier's claim, there was no location of it within the reservation act. He could not claim both surveys, and as there was nothing on record to guide the New Madrid claimant in his location, he cannot be chargeable with notice.

Under these circumstances, I think the court erred in its instruction to the jury, that the Spanish claim was reserved from sale, and that the New Madrid location was void. I think, for this error, the judgment should be reversed.

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 To them the oracles of God are indeed living, because they discern therein not certain words about Christ, but Christ the Word Himself; reading them by the light of the great Tradition which lives and grows with the life and growth of the Spirit-bearing Church—the consciousness of the real Presence of Christ in her and in her Scriptures alike. It is in truth no unwritten Tradition, for it is inscribed in spiritual characters upon the fleshy tables of the heart by the Holy Ghost Himself, the Finger of God. To His pupils all things are Divine words variously embodied, and the Word made Flesh is the one all-comprehending Mystery, the eternal, all-revealing, and all-sufficing Sacrament. That Word is a Divine Person, Whose Manhood is a living, abiding, ever-energising Mediatorial Agency. That Word, eternally uttered by the Mouth of God, was in the Incarnation uttered (so to speak) in another language, and made audible and intelligible to man. By this language, common to God and man, the thought of God became man's thought, and the thought of man God's thought. In Him, the Mediating Word, they are at one; He is the Atonement. And being the Word, He is the Prayer both of God and man, whose expression is the enduring evidence of that Atonement, the ceaseless occupation and satisfaction of those who in Him are atoned and united. 'A mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one,' is S. Paul's statement of the mystery; and of this characteristic doctrine of Christianity the Psalmist had already caught a glimpse when,


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Mr. Justice WOODBURY.

I feel obliged to dissent from the judgment in this case. It is conceded that the special verdict is defective in form. Instead of stating some of the matter as a fact,-only the evidence of it is given. The most obvious and proper course under such circumstances would seem to be, to send the case back, and give an opportunity to the plaintiff to have that defect corrected, and afterwards, if the case comes up again, to render judgment on the merits upon all the facts, when thus formally set out. This could regularly be done by reversing the judgment below, instead of affirming it, as here. That judgment was rendered erroneously on this same defective verdict, instead of putting it first in proper shape, and then deciding on it as corrected.

After the reversal here, we should, in my opinion, remand the case of the Circuit Court, not to have judgment entered there either way on this imperfect verdict, but to have a venire de novo ordered so as to correct it. Such I understand to be the well-settled practice of this court. As decisive proof that the course now pursued, of refusing to send the case back for correction before final judgment, is not in accordance with what has been done by this court in like cases, Chief Justice Marshall, in ''Chesapeake Ins. Co. v. Stark'', 6 Cranch, 268, observed,-'In this case the jury have found an abandonment, but have not found whether it was made in due time or otherwise. The fact is therefore found defectively, and for that reason a venire facias de novo must be awarded.' 'Judgment reversed, and the cause remanded, with directions to award a venire facias de novo.' Such was deemed the proper course there, rather than at once to give absolute and final judgment, as here, against the plaintiff, because the special verdict was defective. Another objection there was precisely as here, 'because the jury have found the evidences of the authority and time, but not the fact of authority nor the reasonableness of the time.' (p. 271.)

So again, in Livingston v. ''Mar. Ins. Co.'', 6 Cranch, 280, the court made a like order. And another of similar character in Barnes v. Williams, 11 Wheat., 415. We should thus obtain a verdict in due form, with all the facts found positively, and not the mere evidence of some of them submitted. And the judgment below could then be rendered understandingly, as it could also here, if the case was again brought here by either party.

It does not seem promotive of justice to affirm a judgment below, on the ground that the imperfect verdict must at all events stand, and to decide technically on the hypothesis that a certain transaction is not in the case as a fact, and is not to be considered, nor allowed to be corrected and re-stated, though full evidence of it is submitted. And the more especially does it look wrong, where, if it was corrected in conformity with what the evidence proves, the judgment ought, in my view, to be for the plaintiffs.

But it is objected, that the counsel agreed below to waive this exception to the special verdict, and consequently the court there rendered judgment on that agreement and waiver, as well as on the verdict, and that this was a wrong course of proceeding.

Supposing it was wrong, there is no proof that the court acted on the agreement and waiver, but may have deemed it proper to disregard them and decide on the verdict alone. On the contrary, if that court decided on the whole, their decision for the defendant seems to me erroneous, both on the merits and on the course of proceeding, and ought in either court to be reversed instead of affirmed, as it has been on this occasion by the majority of this court. The original plaintiffs should, on the apparent merits, in my apprehension, recover, because no doubt exists, first, that in point of law the note in controversy must be construed by the laws of Pennsylvania, where it was made; and that by those laws it was negotiable. See act of February 27th, 1797, 4 Dall., Laws of Pennsylvania, 102.

It is as little in doubt, that no pretence exists but that the plaintiffs took this note from the second indorsees before it was due, and without any circumstances to excite suspicion or cast a shade over its goodness, and without any notice or knowledge of the badness of its original consideration.

Under such circumstances it is equally clear, that such a bon a fide holder of a note is presumed to have given a valid consideration for it, and on producing it is entitled to a recovery of its amount, unless this presumption is repelled by counter evidence. Story on Prom. Notes, p. 220.

Furthermore, in such case it is no obstacle to a recovery, that a consideration is not shown between the first indorsee and his indorser. 1 Ad. & Ell., 498.

But it is found here that, for some reason not specified in the record, there was fraud in the original consideration. Hence it is contended that the holder must, in such case, prove a consideration given by him; but he is not otherwise affected by the original fraud, when without notice of it. 4 Ad. & Ell., 470; Chit. on Bills, 69.

Granting this for the argument, it appears that he proceeded to show a consideration, and proved that the second indorsee passed the note to him to secure and pay certain debts and liabilities assumed then in his behalf, as would seem to be inferable from the record. It would in that event be obtained in the course of business for a new and original consideration, and thus the transfer stood unimpeached. But if the debts were pre-existing ones, as is contended, they would still constitute a good consideration. However the decisions in different states on this may differ, and may have changed at different periods, this court seems deliberately to have held this doctrine in Swift v. Tyson, 16 Pet., 15, 22.

It will not answer to overturn all these established principles, because some might fancy the equities of the maker, who was defrauded as to the consideration, greater than those of the present holder, who paid a full and valuable consideration for the note, relying, too, on the good faith of the maker, not to send negotiable paper into the market, and running for five years, so as to mislead innocent purchasers, and, for aught which appears, making no attempt to recall it when discovering he was defrauded, and giving no public and wide caution, as is usual, by advertisement or otherwise, against a purchase of it after such discovery.

Under such circumstances, if equities were to weigh, irrespective of the law, which cannot be correct, they seem rather to preponderate in favor of the holder, who has thus been misled and exposed to be wronged by the conduct of the maker. United States v. Bank of the Metropolis, 15 Pet., 398.

Finally, were we compelled to give a decision as to the merits on the special verdict, as it now stands somewhat defective in form, but with an agreement by counsel virtually to waive the defect of form, it would be most just to regard the jury as intending to find for a fact what they find as given in evidence and uncontradicted. This is clearly the substance of this verdict, and in such a view, as already shown, the same result would follow, that the plaintiffs appear in law entitled to recover.


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 in the exercise of a prophetical gift, he speaks of Christ as Prayer.

It is needless to add that the sanctuary of the Eucharist is the school in which this truth is most eloquently taught and effectually learnt.

The following interpretation, which accompanied the poem on its first appearance, is retained for the sake of those who then welcomed it: —

Those who sing songs to children no less than they who tell them stories must be prepared for many questions, some of them difficult to answer. The two questions which recur most frequently are (1) 'Is it true?’ and (2) 'What does it mean?’

Questioned as to my little poem, I reply to the first question without hesitation,—'Yes, it is all true.’ But the second question is more difficult to deal with. If, however, an answer is insisted on, something like this is what I must say: —

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 wonderland can show; lovelier than the loveliest thing said or sung of fairyland. The Gospel and the Creed are a part of that story; and with this our little poem is concerned. It speaks of God's garden—paradise regained—a renewed earth, wherein a trinity in unity, observable in all things, testifies of Him, a shadow cast from above.

Shall we take the verses in order? Verse l. Three fountains (which issue forth from beneath one altar-throne) feed one river (which, strange to say, seen from below, is four-fold), and by this river the whole earth, God's garden, is encircled and fertilised. That garden contains the tree of life, wherein three doves have one nest. Verse 2. But the fuller revelation comes out of human nature itself, when taken into fellowship with God. The elect lady, representative of humanity, is from one point of view, looking at fundamental relations, daughter, spouse, mother; from another, looking at essential characteristics, faith, hope, and love. The place of meeting, that is dawning consciousness, is the fairyland of phenomenal existence.

Verse 3. Out of this fairyland humanity is led forward and upward by the path of sacrifice, until the summit of the cross-crowned mountain of life is gained; and all heads are aureoled by a light which, like that of the Transfiguration, dawns and deepens from within. This cannot be till we have ceased to be self-centred, and have become Christ-centred. Verse 4. All growth is very secret and mysterious, part of the


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 mystery of life. The development of humanity follows the order indicated in the narrative of creation; light must come before vegetation, sunshine before flowers. In the garden of the Incarnation all is recovered; the wilderness blossoms as a rose, and the poor bush of the desert becomes a garden-tree, a plant of renown, unconsumed because permanently enkindled with the fire of a divine life.

Verse 5. Every flower is a little sun, and shines forth, owing its beauty to an effort after conformity to the likeness of its cherisher, not without the succour of gracious dews. Its sunshine ministers to hope. And by faith the old-world homage rendered to wisdom (with which it is really one) is justified and transfigured. And love, being one with purity, looks at us out of the sweet white face of the lily.

Verse 6. All men, like these sister-graces, must join hands and hearts. Thus shall be woven a threefold cord, divinely strong and unbreakable; and the testimony, reiterated by the still small voice of a Divine Whisperer, shall be accepted by all, because realised in all: 'Love makes a unity of three; 'and' God is love. 'Is that what the poem means? 'I think I hear my questioner ask. 'Yes, that is a little of what if means—only a little.'


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Nothing perhaps more clearly demonstrates the Divine instinct that resides in the Church than the construction of her Calendar and the arrangement of her year. Like the Creed, whose truths it teaches and enforces, it grew up gradually as the outcome and embodiment of her devotional life. The Epiphany, or Feast of Manifestation, was one of the first observed of her days of solemn commemoration; and the day came to be prolonged into a season embracing six Sundays. She would have her children understand that in all that He did and said our Lord was manifesting forth His glory, and justifying His great announcement—'I am the Light of the world.' The Four Epiphanies to which the poem refers belong to the Scriptures appointed for the Day itself and the two following Sundays. The first was made to the Wise Men of the East, representing the inspired wisdom of the Gentile world; the second to the Doctors of the Temple, representing the Bible-taught wisdom of the Jews; the third to the Forerunner, the last and greatest of the Prophet-heralds of the Incarnation; the fourth to the Bridegroom and Bride and the wedding guests at Cana of Galilee, representing Humanity, of which the family is the appointed and abiding type.