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and the wickedness which doubted his 
justice, cease. From the extremities 
of the earth arrived a man, strong 
enough singly to conquer a revolu- 
tion which had conquered all the 
world. It had beaten down the 
powers of the age, andthe great men 
of all nations ; but, at the presence of 
this hero, it was itself subdued—A 
Domino factum est istud,” &c. 
NOBLE BLOOD ANALYZED. 
A Prussian nobleman, of a very 
ancient family, having been over- 
turned while driving to the lectures of 
his friend Klaproth, he conceived the 
idea of turning this accident to the 
advantage of his favourite art. Ac- 
cordingly, as he and his coachman had 
been both oversct, and both bled, he 
carried the separate porringers to the 
Jaboratory of the professor, who, after 
various experiments, proved that the 
quantity of water was far greater, and 
the contents consequently poorer, in 
his own, than in his coachman’s blood! 
LORD HALLIFAX. 
- This nobleman ‘took part with the 
Duke’ of York in the affair of the 
exclusion ; and on Nov. 17, 1680, op- 
‘posed Shaftesbury, with whom he had 
hitherto acted. “It was matter of sur- 
prise, (observes a member of the 
House of Commons,) that Lord H. 
should appear at the head of an oppo- 
sition to Lord S. when they were both 
wont to draw together; but the busi- 
ness in agitation was against the Lord 
Hallifax’s judgment, and therefore he 
opposed it with vigour; and, being a 
man of the clearest head, firmest wit, 
and fairest eloquence, he made so 
powerful a defence, that he alone, as 
all confessed, influenced the House, 
and persuaded them to throw ont the 
Bill.” Charles. soon after made 
him Lord Privy Seal ; and, in reply to 
an address of the Commons, to. set 
him aside, replied, ‘‘ that he could 
not part with him unless he had dene 
something contrary to law; in which 
case, he was willing that he should be 
prosecuted and punished.” | It was far 
otherwise with James II. who, on 
coming to the throne, thrust him into 
an inferior office, and then dismissed 
him, 
ales GEORGE Iv., 
While Prince of Wales, was exceed- 
ingly fond of Mr. Coke, and paid 
frequent visils to Holkham. His 
Royal Highiiess’ was accustomed’ to 
live in the greatest familiarity with 
the M.P. for Norfolk, whom he usually 
Stephensiana, No. XXIV. 
[Deec. 1, 
accosted with the grateful) salutation 
of “My brother Whig!” ‘His Royal 
Highness was then a subject: Mr. C€. 
continues one, and is still a Whig. 
PIERRE BAYLE. | — 
His’ “ Historical and Critical Dic- 
tionary” was the only work which he 
published in his own name. Its 
author, who had been well acquainted 
with the evils of persecution, became 
an excellent and useful advocate of 
toleration. Exiled from his country, 
in consequence of the revocation of 
the Edict of Nantes; he was invited to 
‘Rotterdam as a Professor of Philo- 
sophy. fe was deprived of his chair, 
however, by the influence of M. Jurieu, 
a Protestant minister, and, like him- 
self, an exile. Bayle had combated 
his predictions, which misled many, 
and gave rise to some excesses. It 
was then that, enjoying all the leisure a 
man of letters could desire, he under- 
took the writing of his Dictionary. 
This gained him much popularity with 
all who were favourable to the pro- 
gress of civil and religious liberty. 
Well informed on all public and poli- 
tical topics, he contended, with ad- 
vantage and success, against those 
sentiments which he deemed adverse 
to the rights of human nature. Bayle 
was the son of a Protestant minister ; 
but, becoming astudent in thé Cellege 
of Jesuits at Toulouse, he turned 
Catholic at the age of twenty-two: 
soon after he returned to the Reformed 
religion. He possessed excellent 
abilities, but was accused by some of 
irreligion and pyrrhonism. 
TRANSLATIONS. 
Translations are the touchstones of 
wit, and that which is true wit in one 
langnage will be equally soin another. 
It is like mercury; which, though it 
may assume different forms, is not lost 
in. any operation you can make it 
undergo. What the Italians call con- 
cettt (conceits), if translated’ into 
English, would be called nonsense. 
The works of the ancients havealways 
undergone this proof. Homer, read 
him in what. Janguage yon will, is 
always the greatest of poets. “Even 
“Don Quixote” did not succeed less in 
French than in Spanish: Molicre 
preserves his true beauties in’ Italian 
and English: as he painted nature, 
the ‘truth and justice’ of his pictures 
will be always acknowledged, if they 
are but rendered properly and ha} pily. 
Kvery translation is a copy; but, to 
copy well, aman should know how to 
paint. 
