'M. de C***+, very rich, but blinded by a cataract forme I on both his eyes, came to Paris from the remotest part of Languedoc, to consult a surgeon; who told him that it was time for him to perform the operation of couching-, for the success of which he would be answerable. M. de C*m" inquired what would be the expence of the operation: fifty guineas, replied Granjean. — M. de C. remonstrated grievously against the charge, and was disposed to make a bargain, to lower the price: but Granjean was inflexible; and M. de C. hid nothing left but patience, submission, and non-resistance. Some days afterward, the surgeon performed the operation; when, having removed the cataract from the right eye, M. de C. exclaimed with transport, that his sight was perfectly restored. Come then, said Granjean, let us proceed to the other eye. Stay a moment, replied M. de C:—you take fifty guineas for the whole operation; that is, five-and-t wenty for each eye: now as I see quite as well as is necessary, and as I wish to see, I shall content myself with one eye: to recover the other would be a very useless luxury; there are your fve-and-twenly guineas.' With.one more sprightly anecdote, we shall close our extracts; and as it relates to our celebrated countryman Mr. Gibbon, we think that it will not be uninteresting to the reader: * I hear from Lausanne that Mr. Gibbon has been settled there for some time, and is extremely well received, he is, they tell me, grown so prodigiously fat, that he walks with great difficulty: yet' with this figure, and his strange face, Mr Gibbon is infinitely gallant, and is fallen in love with a beautiful woman, Madame de Crou%at. One day, finding himself with her tele a te'te for the first time, and desirous of availing himself of so favourable a moment, he fell suddenly on his knees, and made a declaration of his flame in the most passionate terms. Madame de L'rouzas replied in a manner sufficiently repulsive to discourage every temptation to renew the scene, and Mr. Gibbon appeared embarrassed: but he nevertheless retained his prostrate attitude; and notwithstanding Madame's repeated invitation to re-seat himself on his chair, he was motionless and silent. —" But, sir," repeated Madame de Croutat, "rise, I beseech you." —" Alas, Madame," at length answered this unfortunate lover, *• / am not able." In ttuth, the corpulency of his person totally impeded the possibility of his recovering his legs without assistance. Madame de C. then rang the bell, and desired the servant to help Mr. Gibbon to rise.' Here Mad. De Genus takes leave of the grot Monsieur Gibbon, and directs her satiric pen to another ill-starred lover, whose stature was in the extreme of opposition; and the little man was even more ludicrously punished for an unwelcome declaration, by being placed upon the chimney piece. In revenge for the treatment of this unhappy wight, we shall now put the fair writer herself upon the shelf. INDEX to the Remarkable Passages in this Volume. fcT. B. To find any particular Book, er Pamphlet, see the rfCER SACCHARINUM, Air, considered with relation to Allan, Mr. on improving barren Alien, Mr. on carbonic acid, and American Intercourse Bill, provi- Aneurism, popliteal, successful Annibal, his successes against the Astronomy, elements of, in French Atheist, poetic delineation of, 176. Augsburgh, Prince Bishop of, Aurora BoreaSs, frequent and B Bacon, flitch of. See Dunmow. turned into verse, 256. Scotland, 23. by Mrs. Carter, 238. Bees, memoir on the economy o& Beggar's Petition, translated into French verse, 536. romance, 466. frost in ripening corn, 38. of, 70. < recommended for, 49. 534- Boyle, Richard, Earl of Cork, Brewery, extraordinary cask in Brydon, Mr. a Scotch farmer, Buckingham, Marquis of, presents Butler, Lady Eleanor, and Mist Butter, consumption of, in Lon- Calculi, urinary, obs. on, 48. founded there by Marquis Wei- lesley, 422. h avian haviour of Lord Nelson to- 274' &c"' , . Cambridge, University or, rejected Sir Laac Newton as qne of its representatives in Parliament, 4°°- . ' r • Carbon, on the quantity of, in carbonic acid, 154. Carnatic, Nabob of, behaviour 6t the East India Company, to, 424- , . . Came, Mr. on a tin-mine, ice. Carter, Mrs. Elizabeth, particu- Chapone, Mrs. her metaphysical , nal, 247. Charles I. remarks by Mr. Fox Cbemos, his speech to the gods of Chops, and Shops, anecdote of a Churches, principal, of Paris, ac- Clarissa. See Rk bards en. Clergy, of France, the returned 1 . —, parochial, difference be- Coffee .observations on, as an article Colours, rings of, between two Comets, observations on, 160. Corn, said to be ripened by fr03t, Corneille, the great French trage- Cottage-garden, poetically de- .Crabs, natural history of those Crustacea, various particulars re- Dead-Sea, analysis of the water* Debt, See Imprisonment. De-Wit, tribute to his memory, Diamond, on the nature of, 154. Dirom, General, plan of lime- Don, Mr. on the indigenous Dram drinkirg, its origin, 16S- Drama, tragic observations on a* Drummond, Mr. on the natural Dumouriem,General, kindly treat- Duncan, Dr. on the diseases of Dunmow, account of, and of its Edinburgh, said to be a more Emigrants of France, munificently Entcmostraca, a class of crustace- Ersiine, Mr. characterized as an Establishments, religious, good re- Evangelical Preaching, remarks Eudiometer, account of a new one, Evening, approach of, poetically Euler, on the binomial theorem, Exclusion bill, Mr. Fox's remarks * F Fairy-Kings, memoir on, 150. Fanaticism, in Scotland, anecdotes Fever, question discussed respect- Fiefs, origin of, 514.. Fhddtn, battle of, the foundation Food, liquid and solid, considered Foote, Capt. his statement re- Fortifications recommended, and Fox, Mr. eulogy on, 185. His France, statement of its piesent *??-l33; traveller, when first entering that country, 2 %2. the antient empire of the Franks, 516. Franks, who invaded Gaul in the Gazetteers. See Topography. Gelimer, King of the Vandals, his Genevieve, St. new church of, Gentleman, that term defined by a German Courts, stiff etiquette of, Germany, splendid xra of, and Gibbon, Mr, laughable .ftory of, Gout, farther discussion of the Grasses, fittest for culture in Scot- Gregory VII. successful efforts of H Hay, Mr on the improvement of a moor, 39. Heath, and moors, account of the Hernia, remarks concerning, jr. Herring, particulars relative to the Hertchell, Dr. on the coloured Highland-farmer proper objecta History, remarks on the study of N «1 H«h Holland, Lord, his prefatory ac- Home, Mr. on the stomachs of Knight, Mr- on the economy of Jamaica, comparat i ve produce and Jervis, Sir John. See St. Vin' Jesus, the character of, considered Imprisonment for debt, regulations India, the question of sending Inheritance, law of, among the 45'—454- , . , SCO. Jordan, analysis of the waters Joshua, his speech to the Israel-, Irrigation, memoirs on, 41, 42. Judges, remarks on the num- Jury, trial by, arguments relative Ladies, English, accused of Face- Lady, verses to one, at Bath, Law, proceedings of, various Legends, metrical, extracts from, L'Estrange, Sir Roger, anecdotes Liberty, temperate remarks on, Lime-kilns, plan of, 39 Limtricl, treaty of, remarks on the articles of, 202. of that county, 394. historical particulars rel. to.331. description of a new one, 65. invasion attacked and defended, 82. Louis XIV. obs. on his character Lyndsay, Sir David, account of, Lynn, Mr. his practice in popliteal 5*- M Macartney, Earl of, particulars of Mack, General, Lord Nelson's Malacostraca, a class ot crustace- Malthus, Mr. strictures on bis sys- |