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manding, and there was something in 

 it, partly derived from the aquiline 

 nose and partly from the shutting of 

 the mouth, which made you think of the 

 imperial eagle. 



"His greeting as he entered, was at 

 once frank and cordial, and showed you 

 the sincere true man. t How kind it is, J 

 he said, with a slight French accent and 

 in a pensive tone, ' to come to see me ; 

 and how wise, too, to leave that crazy 

 city.' He then shook me warmly by 

 the hand. * Do you know, ' he contin- 

 ued, l how I wonder that men can con- 

 sent to swelter and fret their lives away 

 amid those hot bricks and pestilent va- 

 pours, when the woods and fields are all 

 so near I It would kill me soon to be 

 confined in such a prison house ; and 

 when I am forced to make an occasional 

 visit there, it fills me with loathing 

 and sadness. Ah ! how often, when I 

 have been abroad on the mountains, 

 has my heart risen in grateful praise to 



