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Description Of The Island Of Trinidad,
excellence made it be preferred to that of Caraccas . In order to secure it , the merchants used to pay for it before hand . The trees that produced it perished all in 1727 , and have not been replanted since . The monks attributed this disaster to the Colonists having refused to pay the tithes Those who were not blinded by interest or superstition , ascribed it to the north winds , which have too frequently occasioned the same kind of calamity in other parts . Since that period , Trinidad hath not been much more frequented than Cubagua . '
Rise And Fall Of Beards.
RISE AND FALL OF BEARDS .
[ - CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST . ]
T OUIS XIII . mounted the throne of his glorious ancestors without - " — ' a beard . Every one concluded immediately , that the courtiers , seeing their young king with a smooth chin , would look upon their * own as too rough . The conjecture proved light : for they presentl y reduced their beards to whiskers , and a small tuft of hair under the nether lip . The people at first would not follow this dangerous example . The
Duke of Sully never would adopt this effeminate custom . This man , great both as a general and a minister , was likewise so in his retirement : he had the courage to keep his loti g beard , and to appear with it at the court of Louis XIII . where he was called to give his advice in an affair of importance . The young crop-bearded courtiers laughed at tbe sight of his grave look and old fashioned phiz . The duke , to the
nettled at the affront put on his fine beard , sa ^ d king , ' Sir , when your father , of glorious memory , did me the honour to consult me on his great and important affairs , the first thing he did was to send away all the buffoons and stage-dancers of his court . ' The Czar Peter , who had so many claims to the surname of Great , seems to have been but little worth y of it on this occasion . He had
the boldness to lay a fax on the beards of his subjects . He ordered that thenoblemen and gentlemen , tradesmen and artisans ( the priests and peasants excepted ) , should pay 100 roubles to be able to retain their beards ; that the lower class of people should pay a copeck for ¦ the same liberty ; and he established clerks at the gates of the different towns to collect these duties . Such a new and singular impost
troubled the vast empire of Russia . Both reli gion and manners were thought in danger . Complaints were heard from all parts ; they even went so far as to write libels against the sovereign ; but he was inflexible , and at that time powerful . Even the fatal scenes of St . Bartholomew were renewed against these unfortunate beards , ancl the most unlawful violences were publicly exercised . The razor and scissars were every where made use of . A great number , to avoid these cruel . extremities , obeyed with reluctant si ghs . Some of them carefully preserved the sad trimmings of their chins : and , in order
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Description Of The Island Of Trinidad,
excellence made it be preferred to that of Caraccas . In order to secure it , the merchants used to pay for it before hand . The trees that produced it perished all in 1727 , and have not been replanted since . The monks attributed this disaster to the Colonists having refused to pay the tithes Those who were not blinded by interest or superstition , ascribed it to the north winds , which have too frequently occasioned the same kind of calamity in other parts . Since that period , Trinidad hath not been much more frequented than Cubagua . '
Rise And Fall Of Beards.
RISE AND FALL OF BEARDS .
[ - CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST . ]
T OUIS XIII . mounted the throne of his glorious ancestors without - " — ' a beard . Every one concluded immediately , that the courtiers , seeing their young king with a smooth chin , would look upon their * own as too rough . The conjecture proved light : for they presentl y reduced their beards to whiskers , and a small tuft of hair under the nether lip . The people at first would not follow this dangerous example . The
Duke of Sully never would adopt this effeminate custom . This man , great both as a general and a minister , was likewise so in his retirement : he had the courage to keep his loti g beard , and to appear with it at the court of Louis XIII . where he was called to give his advice in an affair of importance . The young crop-bearded courtiers laughed at tbe sight of his grave look and old fashioned phiz . The duke , to the
nettled at the affront put on his fine beard , sa ^ d king , ' Sir , when your father , of glorious memory , did me the honour to consult me on his great and important affairs , the first thing he did was to send away all the buffoons and stage-dancers of his court . ' The Czar Peter , who had so many claims to the surname of Great , seems to have been but little worth y of it on this occasion . He had
the boldness to lay a fax on the beards of his subjects . He ordered that thenoblemen and gentlemen , tradesmen and artisans ( the priests and peasants excepted ) , should pay 100 roubles to be able to retain their beards ; that the lower class of people should pay a copeck for ¦ the same liberty ; and he established clerks at the gates of the different towns to collect these duties . Such a new and singular impost
troubled the vast empire of Russia . Both reli gion and manners were thought in danger . Complaints were heard from all parts ; they even went so far as to write libels against the sovereign ; but he was inflexible , and at that time powerful . Even the fatal scenes of St . Bartholomew were renewed against these unfortunate beards , ancl the most unlawful violences were publicly exercised . The razor and scissars were every where made use of . A great number , to avoid these cruel . extremities , obeyed with reluctant si ghs . Some of them carefully preserved the sad trimmings of their chins : and , in order