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Collectanea.
would yet itself be invisible , and this , too , a hollow tube—that all these varied operations and contrivances should be enclosed within half an inch of length , and two grains of matter , while in the same " small room " the "large heart" of at least thirty distinct insects is contained —is surely enough to crush all thoughts of atheism and materialism . — . Quarterly Review , 1849 .
" WOMAN *—the morning star of our youth , the day star of our manhood , the evening star of our age . " ANTIPATHIES OF REMARKABLE CHARACTERS . —Almost every person who has lived in history has had some particular antipathy . Julius Ca ? sar couldn ' t eat a periwinkle , and Alexander always fainted at the sight of a black-beetle . Chaucer would be unwell for days if he heard the crying of " mackerel ! " and Spencer never saw a leg of mutton
without shivering all over . Boadicea hated red whiskers ; it nearly cost Caractacus his life because he came into her presence one day with a tremenduous pair on . The smell of pickles always sent Cardinal Wolsey into hysterical fits . He called upon Henry the Eigth once while the monarch was lunching off some cold meat , and Wolsey fell under the table as soon as he smelt there was pickled cabbage in the room . Henry , thinking the Cardinal was intoxicated , had him locked
up in the Tower immediately . Cleopatra couldn ' t look at a person with freckles ; Antony had all his soldiers who were at all freckled painted black to please her . Napoleon took a violent hatred against any one who didn ' t take snuff ; it is said the cause of his separation from Josephine was because she would never take a pinch from him . Alfred the Great , it is well known , could not , at any time , bear the taste of suet dumplings . Artaxerxes had such an intense horror of fleasthat
, he would not go to bed without a suit of armour , made like a night-gown , to fit close to his skin . He would lose his reason for days when bitten by one . There was a reward of ten talents , during his reign , for the apprehension of every flea , dead or alive ; and merchants would come far and near to claim the reward . Elizabeth had the strongest antipathy to a sheriff ' s officer ; she would ran away as fast as she could directly she saw one , and continue running for miles , until her guards , who knew
her weakness , stopped her . Old Parr would turn pale if he touched a piece of soap ; this is the reason he never shaved . Cicero had such an antipathy to the Wednesday , that he used to remain in bed all that day ; and Anna Bolena could not hear the word " potato " pronounced without turning violently red , and feeling low-spirited for weeks afterwards . Charles the Second never could go through Temple-bar . It used to take the whole strerigth of Villiers , with Rochester and Nell Gwynn , to push him through it . Cromwell never could pass a tripe-shcp without bursting immediately into tears . —• Cruikshank ' s Comic , Almanac .
" How small a number are there of the comparatively few favoured by capricious fortune , who do not , with an obstinate ingratitude for the benefits bestowed upon them , throw life ' s best and dearest treasures in a vain and often fruitless chase after blessings often existing in imagination ! Even when tangible and attained , they serve only to show their inefficiency for happiness ; and , as if in revenge for this , we often observe but small possessors of the world ' s best treasures enjoying a content and happiness beyond all price , vainly grasped at by fortunes more brilliant favourites . VOL . VII . N N
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Collectanea.
would yet itself be invisible , and this , too , a hollow tube—that all these varied operations and contrivances should be enclosed within half an inch of length , and two grains of matter , while in the same " small room " the "large heart" of at least thirty distinct insects is contained —is surely enough to crush all thoughts of atheism and materialism . — . Quarterly Review , 1849 .
" WOMAN *—the morning star of our youth , the day star of our manhood , the evening star of our age . " ANTIPATHIES OF REMARKABLE CHARACTERS . —Almost every person who has lived in history has had some particular antipathy . Julius Ca ? sar couldn ' t eat a periwinkle , and Alexander always fainted at the sight of a black-beetle . Chaucer would be unwell for days if he heard the crying of " mackerel ! " and Spencer never saw a leg of mutton
without shivering all over . Boadicea hated red whiskers ; it nearly cost Caractacus his life because he came into her presence one day with a tremenduous pair on . The smell of pickles always sent Cardinal Wolsey into hysterical fits . He called upon Henry the Eigth once while the monarch was lunching off some cold meat , and Wolsey fell under the table as soon as he smelt there was pickled cabbage in the room . Henry , thinking the Cardinal was intoxicated , had him locked
up in the Tower immediately . Cleopatra couldn ' t look at a person with freckles ; Antony had all his soldiers who were at all freckled painted black to please her . Napoleon took a violent hatred against any one who didn ' t take snuff ; it is said the cause of his separation from Josephine was because she would never take a pinch from him . Alfred the Great , it is well known , could not , at any time , bear the taste of suet dumplings . Artaxerxes had such an intense horror of fleasthat
, he would not go to bed without a suit of armour , made like a night-gown , to fit close to his skin . He would lose his reason for days when bitten by one . There was a reward of ten talents , during his reign , for the apprehension of every flea , dead or alive ; and merchants would come far and near to claim the reward . Elizabeth had the strongest antipathy to a sheriff ' s officer ; she would ran away as fast as she could directly she saw one , and continue running for miles , until her guards , who knew
her weakness , stopped her . Old Parr would turn pale if he touched a piece of soap ; this is the reason he never shaved . Cicero had such an antipathy to the Wednesday , that he used to remain in bed all that day ; and Anna Bolena could not hear the word " potato " pronounced without turning violently red , and feeling low-spirited for weeks afterwards . Charles the Second never could go through Temple-bar . It used to take the whole strerigth of Villiers , with Rochester and Nell Gwynn , to push him through it . Cromwell never could pass a tripe-shcp without bursting immediately into tears . —• Cruikshank ' s Comic , Almanac .
" How small a number are there of the comparatively few favoured by capricious fortune , who do not , with an obstinate ingratitude for the benefits bestowed upon them , throw life ' s best and dearest treasures in a vain and often fruitless chase after blessings often existing in imagination ! Even when tangible and attained , they serve only to show their inefficiency for happiness ; and , as if in revenge for this , we often observe but small possessors of the world ' s best treasures enjoying a content and happiness beyond all price , vainly grasped at by fortunes more brilliant favourites . VOL . VII . N N