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Letter The First.
dilation of the blood , mig ht apply bandages for the purpose here mentioned , is not easily to be explained ; though doubtless these bandages must have acted like a tourniquet , which is now the most effectual remedy for compressing a wounded artery , and thereby stopping an hasmorrags . I cannot conclude this letter without observing , that the phrase of .
" biting the dust , " so often applied to the dy ing warriors ; and what Shakespear ' s Falstaff humorously calls " grinning honour , " is a just , but horrible , p icture of nature in her last agonies . Virgil has di-. versified this phrase in a variety of expressions ; but by the addition of " moriensq ; suo se in njulnere 'versat , " which is so happily expressive of the contorsions and writhings of the body from the extreme
anguish pf a painful wound ; he has in this , as in some other few instances , evidently improved on his great master . Yours , & c . & c . N . B . This letter was written before the death of the late Dr . William Hunter , . with whose friendship the author was honoured , and to whose memory he wishes to pay every tribute of respect .
Anecdotes Of The Last Century.
ANECDOTES OF THE LAST CENTURY .
[ Taken from MSS . ]
TWO bishoprics were at one time vacant , Bath and Wells ; King James being desirous of promoting a Scotchman to one . of them , asked him which he would have , Bath or Wells _ " Bath , bath , an please your Majesty , " replied he ; which in his country dialect meant both , both .. •' ¦ - . - A certain malefactor was condemned to be branded in the hand , but
ere he quitted the bar the judge ordered search to be made whether he had not been marked before ; " No , my lord , " said the fellow , " I was never branded before : " they searched and found the mark . " You are an audacious lying varlet , " said the judge , " what have you to say for yourself now ? " " I cry your honour mercy , " said the fellow , " 1 always thought my shoulders stood behind . "
A baker in Norwich , while his wife lay sick and past recovery , was providing himself . with another whose name was Grace . His wife , after a tedious illness , died . When his , neighbours came to comfort him , and to put him in mind of the loss'he had sustained , "It is very true , my good friends , " says he , " a very heavy loss , indeed ; God grant me patience , and g ive me Grace into the bargain . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Letter The First.
dilation of the blood , mig ht apply bandages for the purpose here mentioned , is not easily to be explained ; though doubtless these bandages must have acted like a tourniquet , which is now the most effectual remedy for compressing a wounded artery , and thereby stopping an hasmorrags . I cannot conclude this letter without observing , that the phrase of .
" biting the dust , " so often applied to the dy ing warriors ; and what Shakespear ' s Falstaff humorously calls " grinning honour , " is a just , but horrible , p icture of nature in her last agonies . Virgil has di-. versified this phrase in a variety of expressions ; but by the addition of " moriensq ; suo se in njulnere 'versat , " which is so happily expressive of the contorsions and writhings of the body from the extreme
anguish pf a painful wound ; he has in this , as in some other few instances , evidently improved on his great master . Yours , & c . & c . N . B . This letter was written before the death of the late Dr . William Hunter , . with whose friendship the author was honoured , and to whose memory he wishes to pay every tribute of respect .
Anecdotes Of The Last Century.
ANECDOTES OF THE LAST CENTURY .
[ Taken from MSS . ]
TWO bishoprics were at one time vacant , Bath and Wells ; King James being desirous of promoting a Scotchman to one . of them , asked him which he would have , Bath or Wells _ " Bath , bath , an please your Majesty , " replied he ; which in his country dialect meant both , both .. •' ¦ - . - A certain malefactor was condemned to be branded in the hand , but
ere he quitted the bar the judge ordered search to be made whether he had not been marked before ; " No , my lord , " said the fellow , " I was never branded before : " they searched and found the mark . " You are an audacious lying varlet , " said the judge , " what have you to say for yourself now ? " " I cry your honour mercy , " said the fellow , " 1 always thought my shoulders stood behind . "
A baker in Norwich , while his wife lay sick and past recovery , was providing himself . with another whose name was Grace . His wife , after a tedious illness , died . When his , neighbours came to comfort him , and to put him in mind of the loss'he had sustained , "It is very true , my good friends , " says he , " a very heavy loss , indeed ; God grant me patience , and g ive me Grace into the bargain . "