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partly in Latin, and partly in Greek ; among other references there 

 is one to Leo Allatius de Melodis Grcecoruin, and a list of terms in 

 Greek, ^srritten in a flowing, easy hand. Biinsen lived for many 

 years in Rome ; first as Secretary to the Prussian Embassy at the 

 Court of Rome, and then as Ambassador. While there he engaged, 

 along with ISTiebuhr, enthusiastically in the study of Roman topo- 

 graphy and antiquities. The Perugian Inscriptions were probably 

 acquired by him while living in Rome. Besides the ancient Etruscan, 

 Latin and Greek inscriptions, there are some added which are seen 

 to be Christian by the phraseology or the adjoined symbols XP, AQ, 

 and the palm-branch. I subjoin one of this class for the sake of its 

 brevity: Secundus et Fortunata vivamus, i.e., Secundus and Fortu- 

 nata, probably man and wife, say as they disappear within the tomb, 

 Let us begone to life ! i.e., the true Life, the Life eternal. If we 

 find anywhere in the letters of Bunsen a reference to Vermiglioni's 

 Inscriptions, this is the identical copy of the work which he had in 

 mind. Bunsen married an English lady, and resided long in Eng' 

 land. A London Spectator of 1850 gives an account of a ludicrous 

 scene in the House of Loi'ds, occasioned by Bunsen's casual presence 

 with some ladies in a gallery which was appropriated to peeresses. 

 For some reason or other the spirit of Lord Brougham was espe- 

 cially stirred at the sight. " A breach of privilege !" he excitedly 

 exclaimed, "there is a gentleman yonder who has no right to be 

 there ; if he does not instantly come down I shall address the House 

 on the subject." This threat he reiterated amidst " roars of laughter 

 both in the House and among the peeresses." The Times of the 

 next day had an editorial on the subject, in which the manner of 

 Lord Brougham, " the sole originator of the unseemly exhibition," 

 is more minutely described. " Imagine Wright at the Adelphi, or 

 Keeley uttering a tissue of coarse drolleries, and giving efiiect to 

 every point by contortions of face and figure, and still the image will 

 fall short of the reality. The quaint figure of the noble and learned 

 Lord, as with his strong Border ' burr ' he delivered his points, must 

 be brought before the imagination." In the same article, the Times 

 took occasion to say : " It is now many years that the Chevalier 

 Bunsen has dwelt among us, and comported himself in a manner in 

 every way worthy of a gentleman and a scholar. Setting aside for a 

 moment his official character, and the respect due to him as the 

 representative of a cultivated and powerful nation in amity with 

 England, one should have supposed that great consideration would 



