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ceiving them to be objects of derision piece of money, he would run with it 



rather than of enmity," — Malmshury. to a shop for bread, which bread he 



There appears to have been a trade would bring to the coflee-room, and 



in African slaves so early as the year eat it before the person who gave the 



C51, when the King of Ethiopia agreed coin ; as if in order to show he had put 



to provide a number of slaves, by way their money to a proper purpose 



of tribute; and, for that end, first ' -^'' .^ t»i- t. > i..^^ 



brought the negroes of Guinea into his 

 country. 



MISTAKEN CIVILITY. 



A gentleman mistaking a very small 

 lady, — who was picking her way over 

 a dirty channel, — for a very young one, 

 snatched her up in his arms, and land- 

 ed her in safety on the other side, 

 when she indignantly turned up a face 



A gentleman at ]\lr. T.'s related the 

 following : A dog used to be sent by 

 liis master every morning lo a baker's 

 shop, with a penny in liis mouth, to 

 purcliase a roll for breakfast : he had 

 continued <o do this for some time, 

 when, at length, the baker having 

 changed his journeyman, the dog was 

 unheeded, ^exed at tlms « aiting for 

 his breakfast, he barked aloud, and. 



expressive of the anger of fifty winters, picking up the penny, ran to tlie mas- 

 and demanded why he dared to take ter of the shop, who blamed the man 

 such a liberty. "Oh! I humbly beg for attempting to hurt the dog, who 

 your pardon, (said the gentleman,) I resisted having the penny taken from 

 have only one amends to make ;" and him. The fellow took it in dudgeon, 

 he again caught her up, and placed and resolved, next time this comical 

 her where he had first found her. customer appeared, to be funny with 

 BELLS. the dog ; accordingly, the next morn- 

 Certain Italian writers pretend that ing he made a roll hotter than the rest, 

 the Venetians introduced bells at Con- and, when the dog arrived, he proffer- 

 stantinople in the ninth century; but edit to him. The animal, as usual, 

 the earliest instance that we can find seized the bread, but, finding it too 

 in the Byzantine writers is of the year hot to hold, he dropt it: he tried it 

 1040. One thing appears certain, that again, — again it burned him ; at 

 when Jerusalem was surrendered to length, as if guessing at the trick, he 

 the first Arab conquerors, it was one jumpctl on the counter, caught up his 

 article of the conditions imposed on penny, and changed his baker, 

 the Christians, "that they should not A dog, having been run over by a 

 ring, but only toll, their bells." carriage, had his leg broken, and a 



BROOKE, 



The author of " the Tool of Quality," 

 was espoused unhappily,—" paired, 

 but not matched." One day he asked 

 a gentleman if he were married ; who 

 replied he was not. "Then (said 

 Brooke,) let it be the last sad thing 

 you do." — Brooke lost a son in the 

 Ville de Paris in 1782. 



DOGS. 



The late Mr. Tresham informed me, 

 that, while lie resided in Rome, there 



humane surgeon passing, had the ani- 

 mal brought home, set his leg, and, 

 having cured his patient, discharged 

 him, — aware tliat he would return to 

 his old master ; and the dog, whenever 

 he met the surgeon afterwards, never 

 failed to recognize him, by wagging 

 his tail, and other demonstrations of 

 joy. One day a violent barking was 

 heard at the surgeon's door, which 

 was found to be occasioned by this 

 dog, who it appeared was striving to 



was a dog who was in the habit of procure admittance for another dog, 

 frequenting a certain coffee house ; who had just had his leg broken ! 

 and, on any person throwing him a 



ORIGINAL POETRY. 



A PANEGYRIC 



ON THE MOST EMINENT INTELLECTUAL 



PHILOSOPHERS OF ANTIQUITY. 



By THOMAS T.WLOR. 



IN justproportion to the solar ray, 

 Tho' Truth eternal gives the mental Hay, 

 Yet of onr race most ne'er behold its light, 

 Fast bound in Matter's cuve, involv'd iii night; 

 And but a few, emerging from her den, 

 Its brightest spleiidor can distinctly ken. 

 This noble few in (Greece of old were fonnd, 

 Whose names mankind with just applause resoand. 

 See ! like some god descended from the skies, 



Pythag'ras stands, the foremost of the wise; 

 Celestial beauties in his person shine. 

 His manners modest, and his life divine. 

 See ! like some oracle, by Heaven inspir'd, 

 His breast with more than mortal wisdom fir'd, 

 While to his harp he sings his former fate, 

 The soul's transitions, and eternal stale. 

 He far discover'd in the realms of mind, 

 And soar'd from sense with vigor unconfin'd. 

 See! Heraclitusquit his rightful throne. 

 The various follies of mankind to moan; 

 Mark ! how he scorns the multitude impure. 

 And truths sublime describes in words obscure; 

 Attentive listeu to his fav'rite theme, 

 That all things flow like some perpetual stream ; 



And 



