BEILBY PORTEUS. 1731-1808. In sober state, Through the sequestered vale of rural life, One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. Princes were privileged To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.2 Death. Line 108. War its thousands slays, Peace its ten thousands. Line 154. Line 178. Teach him how to live, And, oh still harder lesson! how to die." Line 316. GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1732–1799. Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, conscience. Rule from the Copy-book of Washington when a schoolboy To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. Speech to both Houses of Congress, Jan. 8, 1790. is our true policy to steer clear of permanent allianees with any portion of the foreign world. His Farewell Address. ui desiderat pacem præparet bellum (Who would desire peace should be prepared for war). VEGETIUS: Rei Militari 3, Prolog. -- In pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello (In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war. - HORACE: Book ii. satire ii. 426 THURLOW. — DICKINSON — MICKLE. LORD THURLOW. 1732-1806. The accident of an accident. Speech in Reply to the Duke of Grafton. Butler's When I forget my sovereign, may my God forget me.1 JOHN DICKINSON. 1732–1808. Then join in hand, brave Americans all! Our cause is just, our union is perfect. The Liberty Song (1768). Declaration on taking up Arms in 1775,3 W. J. MICKLE. 1734-1788. The dews of summer nights did fall, For there's nae luck about the house, Cumnor Hall. 1 Whereupon Wilkes is reported to have said, somewhat coarsely, but not unhappily it must be allowed, "Forget you! He'll see you d-d first." Burke also exclaimed, "The best thing that could happen to you!"— BROUGHAM: Statesmen of the Time of George 111. (Thurlow.) 2 From the original manuscript draft in Dickinson's handwriting, which has given rise to the belief that he, not Jefferson (as formerly claimed), is the real author of this sentence. 8 Jove, thou regent of the skies.- POPE: The Odyssey, book ii. line 42. Now Cynthia, named fair regent of the night. -GAY: Trivia, book iii. And hail their queen, fair regent of the night. - DARWIN: The Botanic Garden, part i. canto ii, line 90. JOHN LANGHORNE. 1735-1779. Cold on Canadian hills or Minden's plain, The Country Justice. Parti ISAAC BICKERSTAFF. 1735-1787. Hope! thou nurse of young desire. Love in a Village. Act i. Sc. L the He worked and sung from morn till night: No lark more blithe than he. And this the burden of his song Forever used to be, I care for nobody, no, not I, If no one cares for me.8 8c. 2. Ibid. "The Mariner's Wife" is now given" by common consent," says Sarah er, to Jean Adam (1710-1765). This allusion to the dead soldier and his widow on the field of battle made the subject of a print by Bunbury, under which were engraved pathetic lines of Langhorne. Sir Walter Scott has mentioned that the onl time he saw Burns this picture was in the room. Burns shed tears it; and Scott, then a lad of fifteen, was the only person present who could tell him where the lines were to be found.-LOCKHART: Life of Sco, vol. i. chap. iv оте 8 If naebody care for me, I'll care for naebody. BURNS: I hae a Wife o' my Ain. Young fellows will be young fellows. Love in a Village. Act is. Sc. 2. Ay, do despise me! I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised. The Hypocrite. Act v. Sc. 1. JAMES BEATTIE. 1735-1803. Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar? The Minstrel. Book i. Stanza 1. Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Stanza 11. Old age comes on apace to ravage all the clime. Stanza 25.. Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, Fast by a brook or fountain's murmuring wave; Book ii. Stanza 17. At the close of the day when the hamlet is still, The Hermit He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man. By the glare of false science betray'd, Ibid. Ibid. Ibid Ibid. JOHN ADAMS. 1735-1826. Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that those United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States. Letter to Mrs. Adams, July 3, 1776. The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for ever, more. Ibid. PATRICK HENRY. 1736-1799. Cæsar had his Brutus; Charles the First, his Cromand George the Third ["Treason!" cried the If this be well; Speaker]-may profit by their example. treason, make the most of it. I Speech in the Virginia Convention, 1765. Ibid. September, 1774. am not a Virginian, but an American.1 I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judg ing of the future but by the past.2 זי Ibid. March, 1775. was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an Amer can!-WEBSTER: Speech, July 17, 1850. See Burke, page 411. |