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Dangers and Duties of a Christian. 

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D. A. Thomson's Sermons and Sacra- 

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A Text Boole of Popery : comprising 

 a brief history of the Council of Trent, 

 a Translation of its doctrinal Decrees, 

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Ritchie's Lectures on the Epistle to 

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Daily Communings, Spiritual and 

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A Father's llecollections of Three 

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Oriental Customs applied to the Illus- 

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Maitland on the llomans. Ovo. 10s. 6d. 



BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS. 



SIMON BOLIVAR. 



Simon Bolivar, the celebrated Libe- 

 rator of South America, was born in the 

 city of Caraccas, on the 25th of July, 

 1783. His parentage was noble, both his 

 father and mother having been mantua- 

 nos—& title appropriated to families of 

 rich birth. Though, perhaps, a little 

 out of order, we will, before we proceed 

 to sketch the career of this extraordi- 

 nary man, present a portrait of his per- 

 son, mind, and manners, from the pen of 

 the English general, IMiller, in the war 

 of liberation.— " The person of General 

 Bolivar is thin, and somewhat below the 

 middle size. He dresses in good taste, 

 and has an easy military walk. He is a 

 verj' bold rider, and capable of under- 

 going great fatigue. His manners are 

 good, and his address unatiected. It is 

 said that, in his youth, he was handsome 

 (he has now had some years of war, and 

 patriot anxieties, to rob him of that least 

 among many charms). His complexion 

 is sallow ; his hair, originally very black, 

 is now mixed with grey. His eves are 

 dark and penetrating, but generally 

 downcast, or turned askance, when he 

 speaks ; his nose is well formed ; his fore- 

 head high and broad ; the lower part of 

 his face is sharp ; the expression of his 

 countenance is care-worn. His mind is 

 of the most active description. When 

 not stirringly emploj'ed, he is always 

 reading, dictating letters, or conversing. 

 His voice is loud and harsh ; but he 

 speaks eloquently on all subjects. He 

 entertains munificently, but is himself 

 very abstemious. Disinterested in the 

 extreme with regard to pecuniarv af- 

 fairs, he is insatiably covetous of fome. 

 Bolivar invariably speaks of England, 

 her institutions, and hef great men, in 

 terms of admiration. He often dwells 

 with great warmth upon the constancy, 

 fidelty, and sterling merit of the Eng- 

 glish officers who have served in the 

 cause of South American independence, 

 under every varying event of tlie war. 

 As a collateral proof of his predilection 



towards England, he has always had 

 upon his personal staff a number of Bri- 

 tish subjects." 



At the age of fourteen, young Bolivar 

 was sent to Spain to be educated ; and, 

 when he had completed his studies there, 

 he went to Paris, where he is said to 

 have resisted few of the temptations 

 which beset a rich young man in the cir- 

 cles of that gay capital. However, in 

 aU the best societies, he was much no- 

 ticed for his talents, learning, and know- 

 ledge of the world. He contracted an 

 intimacy with Humboldt and Bouplond, 

 travelled with them for some time ; 

 and successively visited England, Italy, 

 Switzerland, and a large part of Ger- 

 nany, to make himself acquainted with 

 their customs, and the character of man. 

 In 1802, just after he had completed his 

 nineteenth year, he returned to JNIadrid, 

 to take leave of his personal friends, pre- 

 viously to his setting off for his native 

 land. There, however, he found his 

 affections were strongly engaged to the 

 lovely daughter of the Marquis de Us- 

 toriz de Cro (or, according to a dif- 

 ferent account, of Don Bernando del 

 Toro, uncle to the present Marquis of 

 that name), that, unable to tear himself 

 from her, the j'oung lady's father yield- 

 ed to the solicitations of the lovers, and 

 consented to their immediate union. The 

 lady has been described as a most beauti- 

 ful and captivating creature, possessing 

 a sweetness and dignity of deportment 

 that attracted every heart. Bolivar bore 

 off his bride to his paternal country, 

 where a noble fortune, his hereditary pa- 

 trimony, awaited him, and a family of 

 attached relatives to bid her welcome. 

 Short, alas ! was the period of his hap- 

 piness. AVithm a twelvemonth, the lady, 

 who was onl}' sixteen at the time of her 

 marriage, died. The bereaved husband 

 was almost frantic with grief; but the 

 oppressors of his countrymen, the Spa- 

 nish viceroys, had rendered their yoke 

 too heavy to be borne ; and, rallying at 

 the general cry, Bolivar " exchanged 

 his mourning weeds tor brazed steel," 



