reveals by pathetic characters the images of our secret agitation.

It is particularly in the eyes that passions are marked, and where they can be" readily discovered. The eye belongs to the soul more than any other organ: it seems to participate in all its motions; it expresses the most lively passions and the most tumultuous sensations as well as the softest and the most refined feelings; it exhibits them in all their force, in all their purity, and infuses into the soul of the spectator the fire and the agitation of that in which they originated. The eye receives and reflects at the same time the light of thought and the glow off sentiment; it is the sense of the understanding and the language of intelligence.BUFFON.

r décèle; signe ;-t se peignent; l'on peut ;- aisément les reconnaître ;-y participer à; émotions; comme ;-b il les rend; et il transmet à ;-d d'où ils partent ;-e en ;— la chaleur du.

BUFFON.

THIS writer has sometimes erreds in his opinions, particularly in his Epochs of nature, which he freely confessed, and saw without displeasure the refutations which appeared. His Natural History is written in the most chaste and elegant style, and with surprising eloquence; it presents a mass, or rather an invaluable treasure, of facts and observations. He ism, perhaps, the most astonishing interpreter of nature that ever" existed.

s'est quelquefois égaré;- ce qu'il reconnut franchement ;i peine, et avec une;- faits;-m Buffon est;-" qui ait jamais.

MAN OWES AN ABSOLUTE SUBMISSION TO

PROVIDENCE.

CEASE then, O man, and call not order-imperfection. Our happiness depends upon that which we blame. Know thy being, thy place: heaven has bestowed upon theep a just, a happy degree of weakness and blindness. Be resigned; assured of being as happy as thou canst be in this sphere, or any other sphere whatsoever; and certain that at the hour of thy birth, as at thats of thy death, thy fate is in the hands of Him who disposeth of all. All nature is but art", which is unknown to thee ; chance, a direction which thou canst not discern3; discord, an harmony thou canst not comprehend; individual misfortune2, a general good; and, in spite of pride, in spite of erring reason, this truth. is evident-Whatever is, is right.-POPE's Essay on Man.

• dépend de;—P t'a donné ;- peux l'être ;- quelque autre sphère que ce soit ; comme à celle ;-entre;-" n'est qu'un art; le hasard est une direction;-y tu ne saurais distinguer; le mal particulier; la raison qui s'égare;-best bien.

FÉNELON.

He preached with success from the age of nineteend, and wrote many works which are admired for the beauty of style; but that which has gained him* the greatest reputation is his Telemachus, where he has displayed all the riches of the French language. No work had everf a greater reputation: its style is simple, lively, natural, and elegant; its fictions are well imagined, the moral sublime, and the political maxims it contains all tend to the happiness of mankind.

• dès l'âge ;—a dix-neuf ans ;—• lui a fait ;—, Aucun ouvrage n'eut jamais ;-8 animé.

The esteem which this Prelate inspired was so great, that the Duke of Marlborough and the allies gave orders that his lands in Flandersi should be protected and exempted from pillage and contributions.

i Flandre; fussent protégées et exemptes.

THE RIGHTS OF HOSPITALITY'.

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MAAN Benzaid, King of Arabia, having made one hundred prisoners in a battle, comdemned them all to be beheaded", one among them throwing himself at the feet of the prince, entreated that he would permit some water to be given him to quench the thirst which tormented him. Maan gave orders to that purpose*. "My comrades," said the young man, are as thirsty as myself", and I entreat your Majesty to grant them the same indulgence"." The king consented, and ordered that eachy prisoner should have some drink. When they had drunk, the young man said to the king: "We are become your Majesty's guests, and you are too generous, my lorda, to cause to be put to death those whom you have admitted to such an honours!" The monarch could not refrain from admiring the subtilty of his wit: and, to shew that the rights of hospitality were sacred with him, he repealed the sentences he hadh pronounced.

1 DE L'HOSPITALITÉ;— ;-m dans;-n à avoir la tête tranchée ;• d'entre eux; -P genoux;-9 le conjura de permettre;- qu'on lui donnât de l'eau ;- des ordres - -teffet;-" moi;- faveur; -xy consentit ;- chaque ;- eût à boire;- seigneur ;b pour faire périr ;- à un pareil honneur;-d s'empêcher de ; elui étaient sacrés ;-f révoqua ;-s l'arrêt ;- qu'il avait.

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FLORIAN.

ALTHOUGH this author is principally known by his novels, his style is so elegant, and the moral in his writings' is so pure, that we do not hesitate in recommending their perusal. He has written some comedies with a great deal of success; his fables are inferior only to those of La Fontaine; his Estelle is a pastoral equal to Galatea; and his Gonzalvo of Cordova" and Numa Pompilius are highly esteemed.

1 soit principalement;-k romans;-1 de ses écrits ;—m à en recommander la lecture ;- n Gonzalve de Cordoue ;- fort.

THE VICIOUS MANP CONVERTED.

Heavenly mercy had conducted a vicious man into a company of wise men', whose morals were pure. He was moved by their virtues, and tried to imitate them, and to rid himself of** his bad habits. He became just, sober, patient, industrious and benevolent". No one could deny his works but they were attributed to bad motives. His good deeds were admired but his person was detested. He was judged by what he had been, and not by what he had become. This injustice grieved him to the heart; he shed tears of bitter sorrows in the bosom of a venerable old man.“O, my son," said he to him, "you are better than your reputation, render thanks to God. Happy is he who can say, 'my enemies censure in me vices which I have not. Of what consequence are' the persecu

P LEVICIEUX;-9 La miséricorde céleste ;- sages ;-, mœursi -touché deu chercha à;-à perdre ;-y laborieux;― bienfaisant;- On ne pouvait :-b œuvres ;- mais on les attribuait ૐ; -d on admirait;- On le jugeait par;-f le pénétrait de douleur d'amertume;- vieillard;—1 ́ tu vaux mieux;-~

rends en grâces ;- Que te font.

tions of men! Have you not, for your consolation, two unerring witnesses of your conduct,-God and your conscience?"

Few ecclesiastics have ever preached the words of God with so much success. Louis the XIVth. once said to him—" When I hear other preachers, I am pleased with them; but, after having heard you, I am displeased with myself." It is impossible to reads his sermons without becoming better; his style is mild and elegant, and the eloquence of his declamation was irresistable.

jamais ;- parole ;- content d'eux; mécontent de;de lire.

REDING'S SPEECH TO HIS SOLDIERS.

THE following speech recorded by Henry Zschokke, chief" magistrate of the city of Basil, in his History of the Invasion of Switzerland,' vies2, in its noble simplicity, with the most eloquent addresses transmitted to us by history.

Immoveable as the rocks on which they stood in battle array,, the Swiss waited courageously for an occasion tod devote themselvese for their country. They wished tof renew, upon the hills of Morgarten, the sacred monument of the valour of their forefathers, and to leave to their posterity, if not freedom, at leasth a memorable example

trapporté ;-u premier ;- Bâle ;- la Suisse ;- égale ;— harangues; que nous ait transmises;-étaient rangés en bataille;-l'occasion de ;-e se dévouer; -f désiraient de;g sinon ;- b du moins.