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Generous Sentiments.
surprized to see him so oddly accoutred , asked him the reason : — " It h In order to shew your Majesty , " said he , " that on one side I am come to p ' ay you my respects as a courtier , and on the other , to defend myseli against all those , who shall attempt to deprive me of what I have conquered by force of arms . " Roger , Count of Pallant , made an offer to King Alphonsus , of killing with his own hand the King of Castile his think of such
en . my ; " never a horrid action , " replied the generous Alphonsus ; " I would never consent to it , were it even to give me the sovereignty of the whole world . " Laurent , Prince Palatine , asked the Emperor Sigismond , " Why , instead of putting to death the enemies he had conquered in battle , he received them among the number of his friends , and heaped uncommon favours on them ? " " Those that are dead lied the
, " rep emperor , " can do no farther harm , and as to the living , you are much in the ri ght to say , that they ought to be killed also— -I am doing of it as fast as . I an . able , for I no sooner receive into favour any of these , than I kill the enemy within them , and there immediately springs up a friend in the place . " Christina Queen of Sweden wrote to the King of Polandafter he had raised the siesre of
, Vienna , capital of Austria , invested by the Turks , to express her sentiments on an action of that noble importance . " I do not envy" ( said she ) " your Majesty ' s kingdom , nor your riches , nor the spoil you have gained , I envy alone the fatigues and the perils your Majesty has undergone ; I envy you the title of Deliverer of Christendom , the pleasure of g iving life aud liberty to so many friends and enemies . "
Anecdotes Of The Late Hugh Kelly.
ANECDOTES OF THE LATE HUGH KELLY .
( Continued from Vol . I . Page 571 . ^ A BOUT the period ofhis publishing , " The Eablers" and " Loui-_ rl sa Mildmay , " he added to his income by becoming the Editor of the Public Ledger , an office which he was very well fitted ' for , and which circumstances rendered
more so . As it is one of the uses of biography , to connect as much of tbe customs and manners of the times as properly belongs to it , we must inform many of our readers , that at this period ( 176 5 ) there were but four Morning Papers published in London , and that , as private scandal and self-importarlce had not as yet flowed in the public of
upon , some the columns of those papers were filled with extracts from our- best modern publications—sketches from . history—theatrical criticisms—moral or humorous essays—poetry , & c . It was the first qualification of an Editor then to be able to execute this business in a creditable manner , in which he was occasionally assisted b y the voluntary contributions of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Generous Sentiments.
surprized to see him so oddly accoutred , asked him the reason : — " It h In order to shew your Majesty , " said he , " that on one side I am come to p ' ay you my respects as a courtier , and on the other , to defend myseli against all those , who shall attempt to deprive me of what I have conquered by force of arms . " Roger , Count of Pallant , made an offer to King Alphonsus , of killing with his own hand the King of Castile his think of such
en . my ; " never a horrid action , " replied the generous Alphonsus ; " I would never consent to it , were it even to give me the sovereignty of the whole world . " Laurent , Prince Palatine , asked the Emperor Sigismond , " Why , instead of putting to death the enemies he had conquered in battle , he received them among the number of his friends , and heaped uncommon favours on them ? " " Those that are dead lied the
, " rep emperor , " can do no farther harm , and as to the living , you are much in the ri ght to say , that they ought to be killed also— -I am doing of it as fast as . I an . able , for I no sooner receive into favour any of these , than I kill the enemy within them , and there immediately springs up a friend in the place . " Christina Queen of Sweden wrote to the King of Polandafter he had raised the siesre of
, Vienna , capital of Austria , invested by the Turks , to express her sentiments on an action of that noble importance . " I do not envy" ( said she ) " your Majesty ' s kingdom , nor your riches , nor the spoil you have gained , I envy alone the fatigues and the perils your Majesty has undergone ; I envy you the title of Deliverer of Christendom , the pleasure of g iving life aud liberty to so many friends and enemies . "
Anecdotes Of The Late Hugh Kelly.
ANECDOTES OF THE LATE HUGH KELLY .
( Continued from Vol . I . Page 571 . ^ A BOUT the period ofhis publishing , " The Eablers" and " Loui-_ rl sa Mildmay , " he added to his income by becoming the Editor of the Public Ledger , an office which he was very well fitted ' for , and which circumstances rendered
more so . As it is one of the uses of biography , to connect as much of tbe customs and manners of the times as properly belongs to it , we must inform many of our readers , that at this period ( 176 5 ) there were but four Morning Papers published in London , and that , as private scandal and self-importarlce had not as yet flowed in the public of
upon , some the columns of those papers were filled with extracts from our- best modern publications—sketches from . history—theatrical criticisms—moral or humorous essays—poetry , & c . It was the first qualification of an Editor then to be able to execute this business in a creditable manner , in which he was occasionally assisted b y the voluntary contributions of