On this page

• Departments (1)
  • 
• Text (4)

  Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

  • 

    Untitled Article

  • 

    Untitled Article

  • 

    Untitled Article

  • 

    PROVERBS.*

• Transcript

  • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

    Untitled Article

    rpHERE is no better collection of proverbs in any language - than this . As introduction it has a very able dissertation on the nature , the origin j and the value of the proverb . This essay is as wise and profound as the wisest and profoundest of the proverbs themselves . Most of the proverbs given are illustrated by parallel proverbs in the provincial dialects of Germany , or in foreign languages . Proverbs are either universal , national ; or local . Those peculiar to a locality are few compared to the proverbs belonging to a nation , and these are few compared to such as are the treasure of the whole human race . To study proverbs well , we should always endeavour to ascertain what are local , what national , what universal . We recommend Dr . Korte ' s book to the scholar , and also to him who is not ashamed to learn how to be nobler and more pious from the lips of the people . We have thrown into the shape of simple rhymes some of the proverbs , and shall endeavour from time to time to draw fruitful truths from Dr . Korte ' s volume . The examples we have selected are from the German , with two exceptions : — Gounsels . : Honour the old , Send the young to school , Question the ¦ wise , . And bear the fool . ¦ V Secrets . ( French . ) The . secret of two is the secret of God . The secret of three soon travels abroad . The Shedder of Blood . , The man who bathes his hand in blood , . Must wash it white in ceaseless tears ; : 2 STo more for him the happy mbod ; Ever for him the anguished years . The Wicked . _ . . Be not so bold , ye Sons of Evil ; Ye may cheat the Hangman , but not the Devil . ¦ . . JUrrdr .: . ¦ . . ; ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ Much have I erred , but more by error known , Than path the straightest ever could have taught ; I left the High Ways wandered forth alone , And climbed the Heights : of Action aud of Thpught . . ¦ ¦¦ .. . ¦ . ¦ Purity . . ¦'"¦ . ¦'¦' . ¦ . Like the wanderer ' s foot on the suptr , lie ever my lot ; i Leaving the trace of the path I go , . ' ¦ . ¦ . Hut staining not . . Waited Voices . Prodigal praise at the dead man's tomb Is the nightingale ' s song in the deaf man ' s room . A Prince's Motto . Better lose land and people both , Than staiu the name With a broken oath . The Melody of Pray or . There is in alt eternity , No music half so sweet As when Man ' s bosom fervently Bounds forth its God to meet . ¦ > Royal JVisdom . The calf is a prince where the ox is a king , But this is not Buch a wonderful thing As that men should be slaves without daring to laugh , Where the king id an ox , and the prince is a calf . Silk and Gold . With gold Jill ' a suck up to the tie , ; The sack is not turned into silk thereby . / Sand and Marble . To-day you scrawl along the Band , To be o ' erwhelmed by the next wave , What yesterday on marble grand You should have striven to engrave . Tho Sine / nr's Guide , He who when singing ' begins tpo high , Quiukly finds hia throat grow dry ; If the donkey commenced iu a lower key , IIo would not force the folks to floe . JSjco ) 'oiso . AH the Arts come by JiJxerpise , Liara learu lies by lying , Through a window an old woman was thrown , To teach her the art of flying . Tho Jlero and tho Coward . More victory gains the bravo mini ' s glance , Than tho coward ' s longest , strongest lance . Apostles . Twelve Apostles Christ ' s standard bore , Those bearing tho Devil ' s tire many a score . JJnty at Homo . Your house anfryour court , if you oweop through and through , You find work for nil your boafe bosoms to dp . Jlanaing . , , Ho will never bo first iu tho ball Who buya new ahooa , and blanks that ; Is all . , ___ ^ _

    Untitled Article

    Jan . 14 , I 860 . ] The Leader and Saturday Analyst . 47

    Untitled Article

    only three more papers remained to be prepared ; and Julian having progressed so far favourably , it was the general opinion throughout the college that lie would prove the successful candidate . At this culminating point in his career , and just as the hour is about to strike which should usher his re-entrance into court , he finds himself suddenly impeded in his further progress by being what is technically termed " screened in . " This is the last bit of spite practised against him by his enemy Brogton . That passionate indignation should for a ' time entirely overcome the poor youth , notwithstanding his philosophical tendencies , Js perfectly natural : that is , so long as this formidable obstacle to the fulfilment of his wishes should continue to exist : but , immediately that Obstacle was removed , and the hour thus fruitlessly expended had been recovered to him by the kindness and indulgence of ¦ the examiner , the object for which he was contending would again absorb his energies , and stifle , for a time at least , his desire of vengeance upon the despicable opponent who had thus unsuccessfully endeavoured to ruin him in the hour of triumph . This , however , is not the opinion of the author . At this crisis , an entire revolution seems to take place in the mind and disposition of his hero , who becomes suddenly so overwhelmed with fury , hatred , and vindictiveness , that he is utterly incapable of concentrating his thoughts upon anything but his injury . He enters the examination court pale and haggard , and instead of taking advantage of the few remaining hours for preparation , he sits brooding over this petty insult , and adding fuel to the wrathful flame that was gathering in his bosom . Subsequently , he horsewhips his opponent—an act unjustifiable in itself , and particularly so in the present instance , as sufficient time had elapsed for reflection , and the recovery of a naturally mild and forgiving disposition . Eventually , Julian fails in obtaining the scholarship . This is the only part of the book which incurs our censure . The peculiar gentleness and docility of young Home ' s character are again restored , and we do riot find him giving vent to any more such , to use the . author's own words , " gusts of the soul " to the end of the volume . Julian , of course , ultimately succeeds in all his wishes , gains the principal honours of the university , and finally becomes a minister of the Church of England , having previously , however , been reconciled to his only female relation , and allied himself with Eva , the sister of his old college friend and companion ^ Edward Kennedy ; who is , perhaps , one of the best conceived characters in the book . . Possessing , originally , a virtuous and ingenuous mind , coupled with abilities of no ordinary worth and description , his career serves to show that man-. requires n surer foundation than the mere unaided instincts of liis own generous heart , for the full resistance of evil in the hour of temptation . Kennedy was high-principled , high-spii ; ited , and , alas ! self-confident ; this single failing proved his downfall , as it has of many a better and greater man before him : in an unguarded moment the weakness of the flesh overcame the workings of a nobler spirit , and he fell . Having once deviated from the straight path of rectitude and honour , little by little , step by step , he sinks , almost unconsciously , into the full vortex of evil passions , and is only saved from the last crowning act of desperation and impiety by the appearance of a miracle . m , % Altogether the book is well and eloquently written . The language is always fluent and figurative , and at times poetical . An instance of tlio latter may be found in the description of the Sehiltborn , in Switzerland . The falliug avalanche , sounding in the distance like so many peals of thunder , the reverberating echoes of the hills , the large prairies , or fields of snow , seeming to the eye to reach to an idmost interminable distance , —all this is brought vividly and graphically before the imagination . The author of " Margaret Maitland " has also contributed a new novel to the new year , in which she has , however , not aimed at any high flight of composition : she had a simple tale to tell , and she has told it simply—too simply , perhaps . The events , or rather " scenes , " for events there are none , follow each other in easy and natural succession , —never startling us with an inconsistency , nor , on the qthev hand , calling our attention to any particular part ns distinguished by its superiority from the general level of the story . Each succeeding chapter is a continuation of the former , written in the same smooth and unpretending : language ; yet currying with it an amount of interest , which , in part , redeems it from the prevailing monotony . Lucy Oofton js an orphan , who , nt tho early ago of eig-htcon , is left entirely dependent upon her relatives . She , however ,, contrary to tho , general rule of young Indies placed in her unhappy position , has nothing to complain of in the house of her cousin , Derwent Crofton , who , together with his wife , bestows upon her every kindness and consideration which her unprotected and bereaved condition could awaken . Lucy Crofton , however , is a heroine in whose disposition there is not to be found the faintest tinge of sontiinentality , and wo are not long in discovering 1 that hpr heart ia equally devoid of all feelings of affection and generosity . After in vnin endeavouring to win the affections of a certain gontlernan , whom she know to have been previously affianced , aho perfidiously enters into an , engagement with Bertie Nugent , a relative of her cousin ' s wife , a youth totally inexperienced in the frauds and deceptions of the world . At the same time , in order to secure herself against nil chances , she keeps up a correspondence wjth another gentleman , th , e hei » of a wealthy proprietor , to whom aho had clandestinely promised her hand before her father « death , and for whoso sake sho finally doaerts thq less wealthy but more highly accomplished Bertie j—thereby proving the infallibility of woman ' s instinct i » relation to those of her own sex , M » v . Oofton , Porwcnt ' s wife , having suspected hor inlvgrity from the tivnt . %

    With such slender materials as these , there cannot , necessarily , be much room for development . But we have no doubt that this little volume will give satisfaction to a particular section of readers , who wish tb obtain , a few hours' wholesome recreation , without undergoing any very great amount of excitement .

    Untitled Article

    * mo fyrio ^ ri'ir dor Vontsohon . Oeaammolt von ©^ WW'J '" lllrtQ ) ( Tho I ' tufvorb * of tho Germans ,. Oollootod by Dr . WUHum octree . / LcJnxitf : I ) 1 . A . lirogkjmus .

    Proverbs.*

    PROVERBS . *

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 14, 1860, page 47, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2329/page/19/