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The Collector.
his large family 4000 I . three of which were of his own earning . By his wife Mary he had two sons and eight daughters ; of whom onl y four of the latter are living . He died January ist , 1793 . Mr . Fletcher published a mathematical work in Svo . called The Universal Measurer , which good judges have pronounced to be the best collection of mathematical knowledge , comprized in one volume , that has hitherto appeared in our language .
SECRECY . IT was formerl y usual for the Senators of Rome to enter the senatehouse accompanied by their sons , who had taken the prtetexta . When something of superior importance was discussed in the senate , ' and the farther consideration was adjourned to the day following it resolved
was , that no one should divulge the subject of their debare ' till it should be formally decreed . The mother of the young Papirius , who had accompanied his father to the senate-house , enquired of her son what the Senators had been doing ? The youth replied , that he had been enjoined silence , and was not at liberty to say . The woman became more anxious to know : the secretness of the thin
<> v and the silence of the youth , did but inflame her curiosity ; she , therefore , urged him with the more vehement earnestness . The young man , on the importunity of his mother , determined on a humorous and pleasant fallacy : he said it was discussed in the senate , which would be most beneficial to the state , for one man to have two wives ; or one woman to have two husbandsAs soon asshe heard tliisshe
. . , was much agitated ; and leaving her house in great trepidation , hastened to tell the other matrons what she had learned . The next day a troop of matrons went to the senate-house ; and , with tears and intreaties , implored that one woman mi ght he suffered to have two husbands , rather than one man to have two wives . The senators , on entering the house , were astonished , and wondered what this intemof
perate proceeding and petition the women could mean . The young Papiriu ' s , advancing to the midst of the senate , explained the importunity of his mother , his answer , and the matter as it was . The senate , deli ghted with the honour ' and ingenuity of the youth , de-. creed that , from that time , no youth should be suffered to enter the senate with his father , this Papirius alone excepted . He was afterwards honourabl y distinguished by the cognomen of Prajtextatus , oii account of his discretion at such an age .
LOYALTY . THE animated equestrian statue of Charles I . at Charing-Cr . oss Was cast in brass b y Le Sbeur , in the ' year' 16 33 , by the order of that munificent encourager of the arts , Thomas Howard , Earl of Arundel . ' On the king ' s decollation , the Parliament ordered it to be sold and broken to pieces ; but John Rivers , the brazier who bought it , haying more taste than the sellers , and seeing with the prophetic eye of
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The Collector.
his large family 4000 I . three of which were of his own earning . By his wife Mary he had two sons and eight daughters ; of whom onl y four of the latter are living . He died January ist , 1793 . Mr . Fletcher published a mathematical work in Svo . called The Universal Measurer , which good judges have pronounced to be the best collection of mathematical knowledge , comprized in one volume , that has hitherto appeared in our language .
SECRECY . IT was formerl y usual for the Senators of Rome to enter the senatehouse accompanied by their sons , who had taken the prtetexta . When something of superior importance was discussed in the senate , ' and the farther consideration was adjourned to the day following it resolved
was , that no one should divulge the subject of their debare ' till it should be formally decreed . The mother of the young Papirius , who had accompanied his father to the senate-house , enquired of her son what the Senators had been doing ? The youth replied , that he had been enjoined silence , and was not at liberty to say . The woman became more anxious to know : the secretness of the thin
<> v and the silence of the youth , did but inflame her curiosity ; she , therefore , urged him with the more vehement earnestness . The young man , on the importunity of his mother , determined on a humorous and pleasant fallacy : he said it was discussed in the senate , which would be most beneficial to the state , for one man to have two wives ; or one woman to have two husbandsAs soon asshe heard tliisshe
. . , was much agitated ; and leaving her house in great trepidation , hastened to tell the other matrons what she had learned . The next day a troop of matrons went to the senate-house ; and , with tears and intreaties , implored that one woman mi ght he suffered to have two husbands , rather than one man to have two wives . The senators , on entering the house , were astonished , and wondered what this intemof
perate proceeding and petition the women could mean . The young Papiriu ' s , advancing to the midst of the senate , explained the importunity of his mother , his answer , and the matter as it was . The senate , deli ghted with the honour ' and ingenuity of the youth , de-. creed that , from that time , no youth should be suffered to enter the senate with his father , this Papirius alone excepted . He was afterwards honourabl y distinguished by the cognomen of Prajtextatus , oii account of his discretion at such an age .
LOYALTY . THE animated equestrian statue of Charles I . at Charing-Cr . oss Was cast in brass b y Le Sbeur , in the ' year' 16 33 , by the order of that munificent encourager of the arts , Thomas Howard , Earl of Arundel . ' On the king ' s decollation , the Parliament ordered it to be sold and broken to pieces ; but John Rivers , the brazier who bought it , haying more taste than the sellers , and seeing with the prophetic eye of