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John Filby, at the Harrow, in 

 "Water Lane.' " Johnson: "Why, 

 sir, that was because he knew the 

 strange colour would attract crowds 

 to gaze at it, and thus they might 

 hear of him, and see how well he 

 could make a coat even of so absurd 

 a colour." 



Johnson: "I remember once 

 being with Goldsmith in West- 

 minster Abbey. While we sur- 

 veyed the Poets' Corner, I said to 

 him, from Ovid, 

 Forsitan et nostrum nomen miscebitur 



istis. 



When we got to Temple-bar, he 

 stopped me, pointed to the heads 

 upon it, and slily whispered me, 



Forsitan et nostrum nomen miscebitur 

 istis." 



"At the Literary Club," says 

 Boswell, "before Johnson came in, 

 we talked of his Journey to the 

 Western Islands, and of his coming 

 away 'willing to believe the second 

 sight,' which seemed to excite some 

 ridicule. I was then so impressed 

 with the truth of many of the 

 stories which I had been told, that 

 I avowed my conviction, saying, 

 'He is only witting to believe I do 

 believe; the evidence is enough for 

 me, though not for his great mind. 

 What will not fill a quart bottle 

 will fill a pint bottle; I am filled 

 with belief.' 'Are you?' said 

 Colman ; ' then cork it up.' " 



Being by no means pleased with 

 their inn at Bristol, Boswell said, 

 " Let us see now how we should 

 describe it." Johnson was ready 

 with his raillery. "Describe it, 

 sir? Why, it was so bad, that 

 Boswell wished to be in Scotland !" 



CLASSIFICATION OF NOVELS. 



Novels may be arranged accord- 

 ing to the botanical system of 

 Linnaeus. 



Monandria Monogynia is the 

 usual class, most novels having one 

 hero and one heroine. Sir Ckarles 

 Orandison belongs to the Monan- 



dria Digynia. Those in which the 

 families of the two lovers are at 

 variance may be called Dioecious. 

 The Cryptogamia are very nume- 

 rous, so are the Polygamia. Where 

 the lady is in doubt which of her 

 lovers to choose, the tale is to be 

 classed under the Icosandria. Where 

 the party hesitates between love 

 and duty, or avarice and ambition, 

 Didynamia. Many are poisonous, 

 few of any use, and far the greater 

 number are annuals. 



ROMAN CALENDAR. 



Most of those who are acquainted 

 with the Roman manner of compu- 

 tation by Kalends, Ides, and Nones, 

 are ignorant of the reason, which 

 is this : The ancient Romans at 

 first regulated their months accord- 

 ing to the course of the moon, and 

 having observed that it presented 

 three remarkable varieties every 

 month, the first when it is con- 

 cealed in conjunction with the sun ; 

 the second, when it begins to be 

 seen at setting; the third, when 

 opposite to the sun, it is seen fully 

 illuminated by his rays, they 

 called the first day of the month 

 the Kalends, from the Latin word 

 Celare, because for this day the 

 planet was concealed ; or, according 

 to Juba, from the Greek word Ka- 

 lein, because they then assembled the 

 people to announce that the Nones r 

 that is, the fair or market, would 

 take place on the fifth day after. 

 The day when the moon, beginning 

 to re-appear, was in its first quar- 

 ter, they called the Nones, from the 

 Greek NCOS, and the day when it 

 appeared full, the Ides, from the 

 word Eidos, face, because it was 

 then in its beauty, and showed its 

 entire face. From the Ides, till the 

 end of the month, they reckoned 

 14, 13, 12, &c., before the Kalends 

 of the following month ; and from 

 the first day of that month till the 

 Nones, the 2d, 3d, 4th, &c., after the 

 Kalends. 



