MISCELLANEOUS.

“ A Cadmean Victory.” — Greek Proverb.

Συμμισγόντων δὲ τῇ ναυμαχίῃ, Καδμείη τις νίκη τοῖσι Φωκαιεῦσι ἐγένετο. - HEROD. I. 166.

A Cadmean victory was one in which the victors suffered as much as their enemies, so called from the victory of the Thebans (then called Cadmeans) over the celebrated Seven, which was avenged shortly afterwards by the descendants of the vanquished, the Epigoni.

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History is Philosophy teaching by examples." Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Art. Rhet. xi. 2 (p. 398, R.), says: παιδεία ἄρα ἐστὶν ἡ ἔντευξις τῶν ἠθῶν· τοῦτο καὶ Θουκυδίδης ἔοικε λέγειν, περὶ ἱστορίας λέγων· ὅτι καὶ ἱστορία φιλοσοφία ἐστὶν ἐκ παραδειγμάτων. He then quotes Thuc. I. 22, where, however, the idea does not seem to be precisely the same.

"Fools that do not know how much more the half is than the whole."

Νήπιοι· οὐδὲ ἴσασιν ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντός.

HESIOD, Works and Days, v. 30.

* See Boling broke, page 297.

"To leave no stone unturned."

Пávта Kinσαι Téтрov.- EURIPIDES, Heraclid. 1002.
Πάντα κινῆσαι πέτρον.

This may be traced to a response of the Delphic Oracle, given to Polycrates, as the best means of finding a treasure buried by Xerxes's general, Mardonius, on the field of Platea. The Oracle replied, Πάντα λίθον κίνει, Turn stone. every Corp. Paræmiogr. Græc. I. p. 146.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.” Sed res docuit id verum esse quod in carminibus Appius ait," Fabrum esse suæ quemque fortunæ."-PseudoSallust. Epist. ad C. Cæsarem de rep. ordin. I. 1.

This Appius Claudius Cæcus was called the earliest known Latin author, and in his censorship, B. C. 312, began the Appian Way from Rome to Capua.

"Cæsar's wife should be above suspicion."

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Cæsar was asked why he had divorced his wife. "Because," said he, I would have the chastity of my wife clear even of suspicion." -- PLUTARCH, Vit. Cæs., c. 10.

"All is lost save honor."

It was from the imperial camp near Pavia that Francis the First, before leaving for Pizzighettone, wrote to his mother the memorable letter, which, thanks to tradition, has become altered to the form of this sublime laconism: "Madame tout est perdu fors l'honneur."

The true expression is, "Madame pour vous faire savoir comme se porte le reste de mon infortune, de toutes choses ne m'est demeuré que l'honneur et la vie qui est sauve." MARTIN, Histoire de France, Tom. VIII.

"When at Rome, do as the Romans do."

St. Augustine was in the habit of dining upon Saturday as upon Sunday; but being puzzled with the dif ferent practices then prevailing, (for they had begun to fast at Rome on Saturday,) consulted St. Ambrose on the subject. Now at Milan they did not fast on Saturday, and the answer of the Milan saint was this: "When I am here, I do not fast on Saturday; when at Rome, I do fast on Saturday."

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Quando hic sum, non jejuno Sabbato : quando Romæ sum, jejuno Sabbato."-St. AUGUSTINE, Epistle xxxvi. to Casulanus.

"When they are at Rome, they do there as they see done.” — BURTON, Anatomy of Melancholy, Pt. iii. Sec. 4, Mem. 2, Subs. 1.

Sir Patrick Spens.

I saw the new moon, late yestreen,
Wi' the old moon in her arms.

Mr. James Dixon, in his volume of Scotch Ballads, printed for the Percy Society, says that Lady Wardlaw is now known to have been the author of Sir Patrick Spens.

From Song No. 7, Ravenscraft's "Deuteromela,” 1609. Nose, nose, nose, nose,

And who gave thee that jolly red nose?

Sinament and Ginger, Nutmegs and Cloves,
And that gave me my jolly red nose.

Begone, dull Care, I prithee begone from me;
Begone, dull Care, thou and I shall never agree.
From Playford's Musical Companion, 1687.

Winefreda.

[Percy's Reliques of Ancient Poetry.] We'll shine in more substantial honors, And to be noble we'll be good.*

And when with envy time transported,
Shall think to rob us of our joys,
You'll in your girls again be courted,
And I'll go wooing in my boys.

Lines Written in the Album of David Krieg.

[Among the collection of Albums in the British Museum.†] Virtus sua gloria.

Think that day lost whose [low] descending sun
Views from thy hand no noble action done.

Your success and happiness

is sincerely wished by

Ja. Bobart, Oxford.

"Howe'er it be, it seems to me,

"T is only noble to be good."

TENNYSON, Lady Clara Vere de Vere.

Nichol's Autographs in the British Museum.

Jacob Bobart was a son of the celebrated botanist of that

From Miscellaneous Works of George Duke of Buckingham, edited by Tom Brown, 1704.

Some has got two commands by land and sea, Which one might safely swear might one be free, They're neither flesh, nor fish, nor good red herring, 50

SIR HENRY SHEERS, Satyr of the Sea Officers.

From the "Prologue written for the Opening of the Playhouse at New South Wales, Jan. 16, 1796.” *

True patriots all; for be it understood,
We left our country for our country's good.

Martyrdom of Mr. John Rogers. His wife with nine small children and one at the

breast.

* Barrington's "New South Wales," p. 152.