Sir Saunders had
been a great traveller, and saw these chairs at Sedan, where they were
first invented. It is remarkable that Capt. Bailey introduced the use of
hackney-coaches in this year; a tolerable ride might then be obtained,
in either of these vehicles for four pence.
_Heroism--Seward_, "the brave Earl of Northumberland," feeling in his
sickness that he drew near his end, quitted his bed and put on his
armour, saying, "That it became not a man to die like a beast," on which
he died standing; an act as singular as it was heroic.
_Epigram on Epigrams._
What is an epigram? a dwarfish whole,
Its body brevity, and wit its soul.
W. H. H.
* * * * *
"THE MOUSE TOWER"
A GERMAN LEGEND.
(_For the Mirror_.)
The bishop of Mentz was a wealthy prince,
Wealthy and proud was he;
He had all that was worth a wish on earth--
But he had not charitie!
He would stretch put his _empty_ hands to _bless_,
Or lift them both to _pray_;
But alack! to lighten man's distress,
They moved no other way.
A famine came! but his heart was still
As hard as his pride was high;
And the starving poor but throng'd his door
To curse him and to die.
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