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Anecdotes.
pocket ready sealed , and the marshal made not the least difficulty of inclosing it with his own , and then delivered the packet to his servant . This man proceeded with the utmost expedition ou his journey : but before he got half way to Berlin , he was stopt by an officer of the king ' s guards , who demanded his pacquet , broke it open , and took out the officer ' s letter ; and then ordered the man to go on . with the other letters . As he went from the marshal ' s tentthe officer
, was arrested , and brought the next day to the king , who shewed him his own letter , in which was a plan of the fortification ; with instructions how it might be attacked and taken in a very short space .. He stood some time stupid and silent ; at last burst into tears , and again begged his life . 'Your life , said the king , is safe ; and I might perhaps have pardoned this treasontoobut your treachery to your friend
, , , and making him unwittingly a partner in your crime , I cannot forgive . You must pass the remainder of your days at Spandau ; ' whither he was conducted soon after , and set to work at the tail of a wheelbarrow upon the fortifications .
LORD THURLOW . THIS great man , it is well known , was educated in the university of Cambridge ; and while there , was frequently engaged in altercations with the heads of the college to which he belonged . In a fra- cas with the dean of the college , being too free with his tongue , he was asked—' whether he knew he was talking'to the Dean ? ' 'Yes
, Mr . Dean , ' said Thurlow ; and never afterwards , while he remained at college , saw him without reiterating ' Mr . Dean ! Mr . Dean !" which set them at variance ever after . When Mr . Thurlow was attorney-general , they met by accident ; and the latter addressed his old friend , unthinkingly , with ' how do you do , Mr . Dean ? ' which so hurt him , that he left the room without giving him any answer . Soon
after his lordship was made lord chancellor , he took an opportunity of meeting his quondam friend , and again addressed him with 'How do you do , MR . DEAN ? ' ' Sir , ' replied he angrily , ' I am not now a DEAN- , and therefore do not deserve the title . ' 'But you are a Dean , ' said his lordship , ' and lo satisfy you that you are , read this paper , by loblch you will find you are Dean of . and I amso convinced
, . you will do honour -to the appointment , that I am very sorry any part , of my conduct should have given offence to so good a man . ' This is one among the many proofs , that no man knew how , to do a noble action better than . Lord Thurlow . ' OF BR . THOMAS ,
LATE D 1 SI 10 I' OF KOCHESTER . THE rector of a parish in the bishop ' s diocese being dead , and another clergyman having the , promise of the Jiving , the curate waited on his lordship to beg him to use his influence with the new incumbent , to have him continued in the curacy . Struck with the curate ' s appearance , he asked him how long he had been in his diocese ? and finding , upon further enquiry , he had been a curate of the parish of
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Anecdotes.
pocket ready sealed , and the marshal made not the least difficulty of inclosing it with his own , and then delivered the packet to his servant . This man proceeded with the utmost expedition ou his journey : but before he got half way to Berlin , he was stopt by an officer of the king ' s guards , who demanded his pacquet , broke it open , and took out the officer ' s letter ; and then ordered the man to go on . with the other letters . As he went from the marshal ' s tentthe officer
, was arrested , and brought the next day to the king , who shewed him his own letter , in which was a plan of the fortification ; with instructions how it might be attacked and taken in a very short space .. He stood some time stupid and silent ; at last burst into tears , and again begged his life . 'Your life , said the king , is safe ; and I might perhaps have pardoned this treasontoobut your treachery to your friend
, , , and making him unwittingly a partner in your crime , I cannot forgive . You must pass the remainder of your days at Spandau ; ' whither he was conducted soon after , and set to work at the tail of a wheelbarrow upon the fortifications .
LORD THURLOW . THIS great man , it is well known , was educated in the university of Cambridge ; and while there , was frequently engaged in altercations with the heads of the college to which he belonged . In a fra- cas with the dean of the college , being too free with his tongue , he was asked—' whether he knew he was talking'to the Dean ? ' 'Yes
, Mr . Dean , ' said Thurlow ; and never afterwards , while he remained at college , saw him without reiterating ' Mr . Dean ! Mr . Dean !" which set them at variance ever after . When Mr . Thurlow was attorney-general , they met by accident ; and the latter addressed his old friend , unthinkingly , with ' how do you do , Mr . Dean ? ' which so hurt him , that he left the room without giving him any answer . Soon
after his lordship was made lord chancellor , he took an opportunity of meeting his quondam friend , and again addressed him with 'How do you do , MR . DEAN ? ' ' Sir , ' replied he angrily , ' I am not now a DEAN- , and therefore do not deserve the title . ' 'But you are a Dean , ' said his lordship , ' and lo satisfy you that you are , read this paper , by loblch you will find you are Dean of . and I amso convinced
, . you will do honour -to the appointment , that I am very sorry any part , of my conduct should have given offence to so good a man . ' This is one among the many proofs , that no man knew how , to do a noble action better than . Lord Thurlow . ' OF BR . THOMAS ,
LATE D 1 SI 10 I' OF KOCHESTER . THE rector of a parish in the bishop ' s diocese being dead , and another clergyman having the , promise of the Jiving , the curate waited on his lordship to beg him to use his influence with the new incumbent , to have him continued in the curacy . Struck with the curate ' s appearance , he asked him how long he had been in his diocese ? and finding , upon further enquiry , he had been a curate of the parish of