Of all that virtue love for virtue loved;
Most power to do most harm, least knowing ill;
For he hath wit to make an ill shape good,
And shape to win grace, tho' he had no wit.
Shakespeare, _Love's Labour's Lost_, act ii. sc. I (1594).
DU'MARIN, the husband of Cym'oent, and father of Marinel.--Spenser,
_Fairy Queen_, in. 4.
DUMAS _(Alexandre_ D.), in 1845, published sixty volumes.
The most skillful copyist, writing 12 hours a day, can with difficulty
do 3,900 letters in an hour, which gives him 46,800 per diem, or 60
pages of a romance. Thus he could copy 5 volumes octavo per month and
60 in a year, supposing that he did not lose one second of time,
but worked without ceasing 12 hours every day thoughout the entire
year.--De Mirecourt, _Dumas Père_ (1867).
DUMB OX _(The)._ St. Thomas Aqui'nas was so called by his
fellow-students at Cologne, from his taciturnity and dreaminess.
Sometimes called "The Great Dumb Ox of Sicily." He was larged-bodied,
fat, with a brown complexion, and a large head partly bald.
Of a truth, it almost makes me laugh
To see men leaving the golden grain,
To gather in piles the pitiful chaff
That old Peter Lombard thrashed with his
brain,
To have it caught up and tossed again
On the horns of the Dumb Ox of Cologne.
Longfellow, _The Golden Legend_.
(Thomas Aquinas was subsequently called "The Angelic Doctor," and the
"Angel of the Schools," 1224-1274.)
DUMBIEDIKES (_The old laird of_), an exacting landlord, taciturn and
obstinate.
The laird of Dumbiedikes had hitherto been moderate in his exactions
... but when a stout, active young fellow appeared ... he began to
think so broad a pair of shoulders might bear an additional burden.
He regulated, indeed, his management of his dependants as carters
do their horses, never failing to clap an additional brace of
hundred-weights on a new and willing horse.--Chap. 8 (1818).
_The young laird of Dumbiedikes_ (3 _syl_.), a bashful young laird, in
love with Jeanie Deans, but Jeanie marries the Presbyterian minister,
Reuben Butler.--Sir W. Scott, _Heart of Midlothian_ (time, George
II.).
DUM'MERAR (_The Rev. Dr._), a friend of Sir Geoffrey Peveril.--Sir W.
Scott, _Peveril of the Peak_ (time, Charles II.).
DUMMY or SUPERNUMERARY. "Celimène," in the _Précieuses Ridicules_,
does not utter a single word, although she enters with other
characters on the stage.
DUMTOUS'TIE (_Mr. Daniel_), a young barrister, and nephew of Lord
Bladderskate.--Sir W. Scott, _Redgauntlet_ (time, George III.).
DUN (_Squire_), the hangman who came between Richard Brandon and Jack
Ketch.
And presently a halter got,
Made of the best strong hempen teer,
And ere a cat could lick his ear,
Had tied him up with as much art
As Dun himself could do for's heart.
Cotton, _Virgil Travestied_, iv. (1677).
DUN COW (_The_), slain by Sir Guy of Warwick on Dunsmore Heath, was
the cow kept by a giant in Mitchel Fold [_middle-fold_], Shropshire.
Its milk was inexhaustible. One day an old woman, who had filled her
pail, wanted to fill her sieve also with its milk, but this so enraged
the cow that it broke away, and wandered to Dunsmore, where it was
killed.
[Illustration] A huge tusk, probably an elephant's, is still shown at
Warwick Castle as one of the horns of this wonderful cow.
DUNBAR AND MARCH _(George, earl of_), who deserted to Henry IV. of
England, because the betrothal of his daughter Elizabeth to the king's
eldest son was broken off by court intrigue.
_Elizabeth Dunbar_, daughter of the earl of Dunbar and March,
betrothed to Prince Robert, duke of Rothsay, eldest son of Robert III.
of Scotland. The earl of Douglas contrived to set aside this betrothal
in favor of his own daughter Elizabeth, who married the prince, and
became duchess of Rothsay.--Sir W. Scott, _Fair Maid of Perth_ (time,
Henry IV.).
DUNCAN "the Meek," king of Scotland, was son of Crynin, and grandson
of Malcolm II., whom he succeeded on the throne, Macbeth was the son
of the younger sister of Duncan's mother, and hence Duncan and Macbeth
were first cousins. Sueno, king of Norway, having invaded Scotland,
the command of the army was entrusted to Macbeth and Banquo, and so
great was their success that only ten men of the invading army were
left alive. After the battle, King Duncan paid a visit to Macbeth
in his castle of Inverness, and was there murdered by his host. The
successor to the throne was Duncan's son Malcolm, but Macbeth usurped
the crown.--Shakespeare, _Macbeth_ (1606).
_Duncan (Captain)_, of Knockdunder, agent at Roseneath to the Duke of
Buckingham.--Sir W. Scott, _Heart of Midlothian_ (time, George II.).
_Duncan (Duroch)_, a follower of Donald Beau Lean.--Sir W. Scott,
_Waverley_ (time, George II.).
DUNCE, wittily or willfully derived from Duns, surnamed "Scotus."
In the Gaelic, _donas [means]_ "bad luck" or in contempt, "a poor
ignorant creature." The Lowland Scotch has _donsie_, "unfortunate,
stupid."--_Notes and Queries_, 225, September 21, 1878.
DUN'CIAD ("_the dunce epic_"), a satire by Alexander Pope--written to
revenge himself upon his literary enemies. The plot is this: Eusden
the poet-laureate being dead, the goddess of Dulness elects Colley
Cibber as his successor. The installation is celebrated by games, the
most important being the "reading of two voluminous works, one in
verse and the other in prose, without nodding." King Cibber is then
taken to the temple of Dulness, and lulled to sleep on the lap of the
goddess. In his dream he sees the triumphs of the empire. Finally the
goddess having established the kingdom on a firm basis, Night and
Chaos are restored, and the poem ends (1728-42).
DUNDAS, _(Starvation)_, Henry Dundas, first Lord Melville. So called
because he introduced into the language the word _starvation_, in a
speech on American affairs (1775).
DUNDER _(Sir David_), of Dunder Hall, near Dover. An hospitable,
conceited, whimsical old gentleman, who forever interrupts a speaker
with "Yes, yes, I know it," or "Be quiet, I know it." He rarely
finishes a sentence, but runs on in this style: "Dover is an odd sort
of a--eh?" "It is a dingy kind of a--humph!" "The ladies will be happy
to--eh?" He is the father of two daughters, Harriet and Kitty, whom he
accidentally detects in the act of eloping with two guests. To prevent
a scandal, he sanctions the marriages, and discovers that the two
lovers, both in family and fortune, are suitable sons-in-law.
_Lady Dunder_, fat, fair, and forty if not more. A country lady, more
fond of making jams and pastry than doing the fine lady. She prefers
cooking to croquet, and making the kettle sing to singing herself.
(See HARRIET and KITTY.)--G. Colman, _Ways and Means_ (1788).
William Dowton [1764-1851] played "Sir Anthony Absolute," "Sir Peter
Teazle," "Sir David Dunder," and "Sir John Falstaff," and looked the
very characters he represented.--W. Donaldson, _Recollections_.
[Illustration] "Sir Anthony Absolute," in _The Rivals_ (Sheridan);
"Sir Peter Teazle," in _The School for Scandal_ (Sheridan).
DUNDREAR'Y _(Lord)_, a good natured, indolent, blundering,
empty-headed swell; the chief character in Tom Taylor's dramatic piece
entitled _Our American Cousin_. He is greatly characterized by his
admiration of "Brother Sam," for his incapacity to follow out the
sequence of any train of thought, and for supposing all are insane who
differ from him.
(Mr. Sothern of the Haymarket created this character by his power of
conception and the genius of his acting.)
DUNIOS _(The count de_), in Sir W. Scott's novel of _Quentin Durward_
(time, Edward IV.).
DUNOIS THE BRAVE, hero of the famous French song, set to music by
Queen Hortense, mother of Napoleon III., and called _Partant pour
Syrie_. His prayer to the Virgin, when he left for Syria, was:
Que j'aime la plus belle,
Et sois le plus vaillant!
He behaved with great valor, and the count whom he followed gave him
his daughter to wife. The guests, on the bridal day, all cried aloud:
Amour à la plus belle!
Honneur an plus vaillant!
Words by M. de Laborde (1809).
DUN'OVER, a poor gentleman introduced by Sir W. Scott in the
introduction of _The Heart of Midlothian_ (time, George II.).
DUNROMMATH, lord of Uthal, one of the Orkneys. He carried off
Oith'ona, daughter of Nuath (who was engaged to be married to Gaul,
son of Morni), and was slain by Gaul in fight.
Gaul advanced in his arms. Dunrommath shrunk behind his people. But
the spear of Gaul pierced the gloomy chief; his sword lopped off his
head as it bended in death.--Ossian, _Oithoha_.
DUNS SCOTUS, called "The Subtle Doctor," said to have been born at
Dunse, in Berwickshire, or Dunstance, in Northumberland (1265-1308).
John Scotus, called _Erigena_ ("Erin-born"), is quite another person
(_-886). Erigena is sometimes called "Scotus the Wise," and lived four
centuries before "The Subtle Doctor."
DUN-SHUNNER _(Augustus)_, a _nom de plnme_ of Professor William
Edmonstoune Aytoun, in _Blackwood's Magazine_ (1813-1865).
DUNS'TAN _(St.)_, patron saint of goldsmiths and jewellers. He was a
smith, and worked up all sorts of metals in his cell near Glastonbury
Church. It was in this cell that, according to legend, Satan had a
gossip with the saint, and Dunstan caught his sable majesty by the
nose with a pair of red-hot forceps.
DUNTHAL'MO, lord of Teutha _(the Tweed)._ He went "in his pride
against Rathmor," chief of Clutha (_the Clyde_), but being overcome,
"his rage arose," and he went "by night with his warriors" and slew
Rathmor in his banquet hall. Touched with pity for his two young sons
(Calthon and Colmar), he took them to his own house and brought them
up. "They bent the bow in his presence, and went forth to his wars."
But observing that their countenances fell, Dunthalmo began to be
suspicious of the young men, and shut them up in two separate caves on
the banks of the Tweed, where neither "the sun penetrated by day nor
the moon by night." Colmal (the daughter of Dunthalmo), disguised as a
young warrior, loosed Calthon from his bonds, and fled with him to the
court of Fingal, to crave aid for the liberation of Colmar. Fingal
sent his son Ossian with 300 men to effect this object, but Dunthalmo,
hearing of their approach, gathered together his strength and slew
Colmar. He also seized Calthon, mourning for his brother, and bound
him to an oak. At daybreak Ossian moved to the fight, slew Dunthalmo,
and having released Calthon, "gave him to the white-bosomed
Colmal."--Ossian, _Calthon and Colmal_.
DUPELEY (_Sir Charles_), a man who prided himself on his discernment
of character, and defied any woman to entangle him in matrimony;
but he mistook Lady Bab Lardoon, a votary of fashion, for an
unsophisticated country maiden, and proposed marriage to her.
"I should like to see the woman," he says,
"that could entangle me ... Shew me a woman
...and at the first glance I will discover the
whole extent of her artifice."--Burgoyne, _The
Maid of the Oaks_, i. I.
DUPRÈ [_Du.Pray_'], a servant of Mr. Darlemont, who assists his master
in abandoning Julio, count of Harancour (his ward) in the streets of
Paris, for the sake of becoming possessor of his ward's property.
Duprè repents and confesses the crime.--Th. Holcroft, _The Deaf and
Dumb_ (1785).
DURAN'DAL, the sword of Orlando, the workmanship of fairies. So
admirable was its temper that it would "cleave the Pyrenees at a
blow."--Ariosto, _Orlando Furioso_ (1516)
DURANDAR'TE (_4 syl_.), a knight who fell at Roncesvallês (_4 syl_.).
Durandartê loved Belerma whom he served for seven years, and was then
slain; but in dying he requested his cousin Montesi'nos to take his
heart to Belerma.
Sweet in manners, fair in favor,
Mild in temper, fierce in fight.
Lewis.
DUR'DEN _(Dame)_, a notable country gentlewoman, who kept five
men-servants "to use the spade and flail," and five women-servants "to
carry the milken-pail." The five men loved the five maids. Their names
were:
Moll and Bet, and Doll and Kate, and Dorothy Draggletail;
John and Dick, and Joe and Jack, and Humphrey with his flail.
_A Well-known Glee_.
(In _Bleak House_, by C. Dickens, Esther Summerson is playfully called
"Dame Durden.")
DURETETE _(Captain)_, a rather heavy gentleman who takes lessons in
gallantry from his friend, young Mirabel. Very bashful with ladies,
and for ever sparring with Bisarre, who teazes him unmercifully
_[Dure-tait, Be-zar']._--G. Farquhar, _The Inconstant_ (1702).
DURINDA'NA, Orlando's sword, given him by his cousin Malagi'gi. This
sword and the horn Olifant were buried at the feet of the hero.
[Illustration] Charlemagne's sword "Joyeuse" was also buried with him,
and "Tizo'na" was buried with the Cid.
DUROTI'GES (4. _syl_.). Below the Hedui (those of Somersetshire) came
the Durotigês, sometimes called Mor'ini. Their capital was Du'rinum
(_Dorchester_), and their territory extended to Vindel'ia (_Portland
Isle_).--Richard of Cireneestre, _Ancient State of Britain_, vi. 15.
The Durotigês on the Dorsetian sand.
Drayton, _Polyolbion_, xvi. (1613).
DURWARD (_Quentin_), hero and title of a novel by Sir W. Scott.
Quentin Durward is the nephew of Ludovic Lesly (surnamed _LeBalafré_).
He enrolls himself in the Scottish guard, a company of archers in
the pay of Louis XI., at Plessis les Tours, and saves the king in a
boar-hunt. When Lèigeis is assaulted by insurgents, Quentin Durward
and the Countess Isabelle de Croye escape on horseback. The countess
publicly refuses to marry the duc d'Orlèans, and ultimately marries
the young Scotchman.
DUSRONNAL, one of the two steeds of Cuthullin, general of the Irish
tribes. The other was "Sulin-Sifadda" (_q. v._).
Before the left side of the car is seen the
snorting horse. The thin-maned, high-headed,
strong-hoofed, fleet, bounding son of the hill.
His name Dusronnal, among the stormy sons of
the sword ... the [_two_] steeds like wreaths of
mist fly over the vales. The wildness of deer is
in their course, the strength of eagles descending
on the prey.--Ossian, _Fingal_ i.
DUTCH SCHOOL of painting, noted for its exactness of detail and
truthfullness to life:--For _Portraits_: Rembrandt, Bol, Flinck, Hals,
and Vanderhelst.
For _Conversation pieces_: Gerhard Douw, Terburg, Metzu, Mieris, and
Netscher.
For _low life_: Ostade Brower and Jan Steen.
For _landscapes_: Ruysdael, Hobbema, Cuyp, Vanderneer (_moonlight
scenes_), Berchem and A. Both.
For _battle scenes_: Wouvermans and Huchtenburg.
For _marine pieces_: Vandevelde and Bakhuizen.
For _still life and flowers_: Kalf, A. van Utrecht, Van Huysum, and De
Heem.
DUTCH HOUSEWIFERY. In his papers upon _Old New York_ (1846), John
Fanning Watson pays a just tribute to Knickerbocker housekeepers.
"The cleanliness of Dutch housewifery was
always extreme. Everything had to submit to
scrubbing and scouring; dirt in no form could
be endured by them, and dear as water was in
the city, where it was generally sold, still it was
in perpetual requisition. It was their honest
pride to see a well-furnished dresser, showing
copper and pewter in shining splendor as if for
ornament rather than for use. In all this they
differed widely from the Germans, a people with
whom they have been erroneously and often
confounded. Roost fowls and ducks are not
more different. As water draws one it repels
the other."
DUTTON (_Mrs. Dolly_), dairy-maid to the Duke of Argyll.--Sir W.
Scott, _Heart of Midlothian_ (time George II.).
DWARF. The following are celebrated dwarfs of real life:--
ANDROMEDA, 2 feet 4 inches. One of Julia's free maids.
ARISTRATOS, the poet. "So small," says Athenaeos, "that no one could
see him."
BEBE (2 _syl_), 2 feet 9 inches. The dwarf of Stanislas, king of
Poland (died 1764). BORUWLASKI (_Count Joseph_), 2 feet 4 inches. Died
aged 98 (1739-1837). He had a brother and a sister both dwarfs.
BUCHINGER (_Matthew_), who had no arms or legs, but _fins_ from the
shoulders. He could draw, write, thread needles, and play the hautboy.
Fac-similes of his writing are preserved among the Harleian MSS. (born
1674-_).
CHUNG, recently exhibited with Chang the giant.
COLO'BRI (_Prince_), of Sleswig, 25 inches; weight, 25 lbs. (1851).
CONOPAS, 2 feet 4 inches. One of the dwarfs of Julia, niece of
Augustus.
COPPERNIN, the dwarf of the princess of Wales, mother of George III.
The last court-dwarf in England.
CRACHAMI (_Caroline_), a Sicilian, born at Palermo, 20 inches. Her
skeleton is preserved in Hunter's Museum (1814-1824).
DECKER or DUCKER (_John_), 2 feet 6 inches. An Englishman (1610).
FARREL (_Owen_), 3 feet 9 inches. Born at Cavan. He was of enormous
strength (died 1742).
FERRY (_Nicholas_), usually called Bébé, contemporary with Boruwlaski.
He was a native of France. Height at death, 2 feet 9 inches (died
1737).
GIBSON (_Richard_) and his wife Anne Shepherd. Neither of them 4 feet.
Gibson was a noted portrait painter, and a page of the back-stairs
in the court of Charles I. The king honored the wedding with his
presence; and they had nine children (1615-1690).
Design or chance makes others wive,
But Nature did this match contrive.
Waller (1642).
HUDSON (_Sir Jeffrey_), 18 inches. He was born at Oakham, in
Rutlandshire (1619--1678).
LUCIUS, 2 feet; weight 17 lbs. The dwarf of the Emperor Augustus.
PHILE'TAS, a poet, so small that "he wore leaden shoes to prevent
being blown away by the wind" (died B.C. 280).
PHILIPS (_Calvin_) weighed less than 2 lbs. His thighs were not
thicker than a man's thumb. He was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts,
in 1791.
RITCHIE (_David_), 3 feet 6 inches. Native of Tweeddale.
SOUVRAY (_Therese_).
STOBEUIN (_C.H._) of Nuremberg was less than 3 feet at the age of 20.
His father, mother, brothers, and sisters were all under the medium
height.
THUMB (_General Tom_). His real name was Charles S. Stratton; 25
inches; weight, 25 lbs. at the age of 25. Born at Bridgeport,
Connecticut, in 1832.
THUMB (_Tom_), 2 feet 4 inches. A Dutch dwarf.
XIT, the royal dwarf of Edward VI.
[Illustration] Nicephorus Calistus tells us of an Egyptian dwarf "not
bigger than a partridge."
_Dwarf_ of Lady Clerimond was named Pac'olet. She had a winged horse,
which carried off Valentine, Orson, and Clerimond from the dungeon
of of Ferragus to the palace of King Pepin; and subsequently carried
Valentine to the palace of Alexander, his father, emperor of
Constantinople. _Valentine and Orson_ (fifteenth century).
_Dwarf_ (_The Black_), a fairy of malignant propensities, and
considered the author of all the mischief of the neighborhood. In
Sir W. Scott's novel so called, this imp is introduced under various
_aliases_, as Sir Edward Mauley, Elshander the recluse, cannie Elshie,
and the Wise Wight of Micklestane Moor.
DWARF ALBERICH, the guardian of the Niebelungen hoard. He is twice
vanquished by Siegfried, who gets possession of his cloak of
invisibility, and makes himself master of the hoard.--_The Niebelungen
Lied_ (1210).
DWARF PETER, an allegorical romance by Ludwick Tieck. The dwarf is a
castle spectre, who advises and aids the family, but all his advice
turns out evil, and all his aid is productive of trouble. The dwarf is
meant for "the law in our members, which wars against the law of our
minds, and brings us into captivity to the law of sin."
DWINING (_Henbane_), a pottingar or apothecary.--Sir W. Scott, _Fair
Maid of Perth_ (time, Henry IV.).
DYING SAYINGS (real or traditional):
ADDISON. See how a Christian dies! _or_ See in what peace a Christian
can die!
ANAXAGORAS. Give the boys a holiday.
[||]AERIA. My Paetus, it is not painful.
[ç] AUGUSTUS. Vos plaudite. (After asking how he had acted his part in
life.)--Cicero.
BEAUFORT (_Cardinal Henry_). I pray you all, pray for me.
BERRY (_Mde. de_). Is not this dying with courage and true greatness?
BRONTE (the brother of the authoresses). While there is life there is
will. (He died standing.)
BYRON. I must sleep now.
[§] CÆSAR (_Julius_). Et tu, Brute! (To Brutus, when he stabbed him.)
[*] CHARLEMAGNE. Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit!
CHARLES I. (of England). Remember! (To William Juxon, archbishop of
Canterbury).
CHARLES II. (of England). Don't let poor Nellie starve! (Nell Gwynne).
CHARLES V. Ah! Jesus!
CHARLES IX. (of France). Nurse, nurse, what murder! what blood! Oh! I
have done wrong. God pardon me! CHARLOTTE (_The Princess_). You make
me drink. Pray, leave me quiet. I find it affects my head.
CHESTERFIELD. Give Day Rolles a chair.
COLUMBUS. Lord, into Thy hands I commend my spirit!
CROME (_John_), O Hobbima, Hobbima, how I do love thee!
CROMWELL. My desire is to make what haste I may to be gone.
[**]DEMONAX (the philosopher). You may go home, the show is
over.--Lucian.
ELDEN (_Lord_). It matters not where I am going, whether the weather
be cold or hot.
FONTENELLE. I suffer nothing, but feel a sort of difficulty in living
longer.
FRANKLIN. A dying man can do nothing easy.
GAINSBOROUGH. We are all going to heaven, and Vandyke is of the
company.
GEORGE IV. Whatty, what is this? It is death, my boy. They have
deceived me. (Said to his page, Sir Wathen Waller).
GIBBON. Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu!
[¶] GOETHE. More light!
GREGORY VII. I have loved justice and hated iniquity, therefore I die
in exile.
[*] GREY (_Lady Jane_). Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit!
GROTIUS. Be serious.
HADYN. God preserve the emperor!
HALLER. The artery ceases to beat.
HAZLITT. I have led a happy life.
HOBBES. Now am I about to take my last voyage--a great leap in the
dark.
[||] HUNTER (_Dr. William_). If I had strength to hold a pen, I would
write down how easy and pleasant a thing it is to die.
IRVING. If I die, I die unto the Lord. Amen.
JAMES V. (of Scotland). It came with a lass, and will go with a lass
(_i.e._ the Scotch crown).
JEFFERSON (of America). I resign my spirit to God, my daughter to my
country.
JOHNSON (_Dr._). God bless you, my dear! (To Miss Morris).
KNOX. Now it is come.
LOUIS I. Huz! huz! Bouquet says: "He turned his face to the wall; and
twice cried, 'Huz! huz!' (_out, out_), and then died."
LOUIS IX. I will enter now into the house of the Lord.
[||] Louis XIV. Why weep ye! Did you think I should live for ever?
(Then after a pause) I thought dying had been harder.
[**] Louis XVII. A king should die standing.
MAHOMET. O, Allah, be it so! Henceforth among the glorious host of
paradise.
MARGARET (of Scotland, wife of Louis XI. of France). Fi de la vie!
qu'on ne m'en parle plus.
MARIE ANTOINETTE. Farewell, my children, for ever. I go to your
father.
[§] MASANIELLO. Ungratetul traitors! (Said to the assassins.)
MATHEWS (_Charles_). I am ready.
MIRABEAU. Let me die to the sounds of delicious music.
MOODY (the actor):
Reason thus with life,
If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing
That none but fools would keep.
Shakespeare.
MOORE (_Sir John_). I hope my country will do me justice.
NAPOLEON I. Mon Dieu! La nation Francaise! Tête d'armée!
NAPOLEON III. Were you at Sedan? (To Dr. Conneau.)
NELSON. I thank God I have done my duty.
NERO. Qualis artifex pereo!
PALMER (the actor). There is another and a better country. (This he
said on the stage, it being a line in the part he was acting. From
_The Stranger_.)
PITT (_William_). O, my country, how I love thee!
PIZARRO. Jesu!
POPE. Friendship itself is but a part of virtue.
[**] RABELAIS. Let down the curtain, the farce is over.
SAND (_George_). Laisez la verdure. (Meaning, "Leave the tomb green,
do not cover it over with bricks or stone." George Sand was Mde.
Dudevant.)
SCHILLER. Many things are growing plain and clear to my understanding.
SCOTT (_Sir Walter_). God bless you all! (To his family.) SIDNEY
(_Algernon_). I know that my Redeemer liveth. I die for the good old
cause.
SOCRATES. Crito, we owe a cock to Æsculapius.
STAEL (_Mde. de_). I have loved God, my father, and liberty.
[¶] TALMA. The worst is, I cannot see.
[*] TASSO. Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit!
THURLOW (_Lord_). I'll be shot if I don't believe I'm dying.
[**] VESPASIAN. A king should die standing.
WEBSTER. I still live!
WILLIAM III. (of England). Can this last long? (To his physician).
WILLIAM OF NASSAU. O God, have mercy upon me, and upon this poor
nation! (This was said as he was shot by Balthasar Gerard, 1584).
WOLFE (_General_). What! do they run already? Then I die happy.