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M. de C****, very rich, but blinded by a cataract formed 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 per form the operation of couching, for the success of which he would be answerable. M. de C**** inquired what would be the expence of the operation: fifty guineas, replied Granjean.-M. de C. remon strated grievously against the charge, and was disposed to make a bargain, to lower the price: but Granjean was inflexible; and M. de C. had 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-twenty 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 five-and-twenty 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 infmitely gallant, and is fallen in love with a beautiful woman, Madame de Crou zas. One day, finding himself with her tête à tête 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 Crouzas 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 Crouzas, "rise, I beseech you.' "Alas, Madame," at length answered this unfortunate lover, "I am not able." In truth, 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 GENLIS takes leave of the gros 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.

N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the
Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.

A

pro-

ACER SACCHARINUM,
account of the mode of
curing sugar from, 26.
Air, considered with relation to
health, 163.
Allan, Mr. on improving barren
ground, 39.

Allen, Mr. on carbonic acid, and

on the diamond, 154.
American Intercourse Bill, provi-
sions of, vindicated by a state-
ment of facts, 347-352. Ac-
count of American importa-
tions from this country, 348.
Aneurism, popliteal, successful

mode of operating for, 51.
Annibal, his successes against the

Romans not attributable to su-

periority in his troops, but to
his own skill, 75.
Astronomy, elements of, in French
verse, 502.

Atheist, poetic delineation of, 176.
Augsburgh, Prince Bishop of,
anecdotes of, 233.
Aurora Borealis, frequent and
beautiful in the Island of St.
John's, 28.

B

Bacon, Aitch of. See Dunmow.
Balaam, his speech to Balak
turned into verse, 256.
Baptism, anecdote relative to, in
Scotland, 23.
Bath, Lord, obs. on his character,
by Mrs. Carter, 238.
APP. REV. VOL. VI.

Bees, memoir on the economy of
152.

Beggar's Petition, translated into
French verse, 536.

Belisarius, his story woven into a
romance, 466.

Bell, Mr. on the influence of
frost in ripening corn, 38.
Birkenhead, Sir John, anecdotes
of, 70.

Bladder, diseases of, the uvaursi
recommended for, 49.
Bossuet compared with Cornellle,
534.

Boyle, Richard, Earl of Cork,

made the subject of a French
Romance, 537-

Brewery, extraordinary cask in
that of Meux and Co. 268.

Brydon, Mr. a Scotch farmer,

celebrated for converting un-
healthy grounds into valuable
pastures, 43.

Buckingham, Marquis of, presents.

2000 copies of the New Test.
to the French emigrants, 249.
Butler, Lady Eleanor, and Mise
Ponsonby, introduced by Mad.
Genlis into a novel, 543.
Butter, consumption of, in Lon-
don, 269.

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Fairy-Rings, memoir on, 150.
Fanaticism, in Scotland, anecdotes

of its still operative spirit, 21.
Fever, question discussed respect-
ing the inflammation of the
brain in that disease, 385. The
practice of bleeding investi
gated, 387.

Fiefs, origin of, 514.
Flodden, battle of, the foundation

of Mr. Scott's tale of Mar-
mion, 1. Extract from an old
ballad-account of, 429.
Food, liquid and solid, considered
in their effects on health, 195
-169.
Foote, Capt. his statement re-
specting the Neapolitan capi-
tulation, broken by Lord Nel-
son, 308-311.

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Gout, farther discussion of the
new cooling system in treating
that disease, 389-393;
Grasses, fittest for culture in Scot

land, essays on, 39. 41.
Gregory VII. successful efforts of
the worldly ambition of that
pontiff, 518,

H

Fortifications recommended, and Hay, Mr on the improvement of

His

censured, for the defence of
this island, 78-82.
Fox, Mr. eulogy on, 185.
rules and principles as an histo-
rian, with extracts from his his.
tory of James II. 188—200.
France, statement of its present
population, and revenue, &c.
127-133
-, impression on an English
traveller, when first entering
that country, 232.
,modern, origin of, from
the antient empire of the
Franks, 516.

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Holland, Lord, his prefatory ac-
Count of Mr. Fox's historical
work, 189.

Home, Mr. on the stomachs of
different animals, 151.

J

Jamaica, comparative produce and
importance of that island, 345-
The independent spirit and love
of liberty of the inhabitants
of, 349. Statistical particulars
relative to, 353-357.
Jervis, Sir John. See St. Vin-

cent.

Jesus, the character of, considered

as perfectly original, 409.
Imprisonment for debt, regulations
concerning, in the new French
code, 455.
India, the question of sending
Missionaries to, amply dis-
cussed, 314-320. Difference
between the college founded at
Calcutta by Lord Wellesley,
and the company's College at
Hertford, 423.
Inheritance, law of, among the
Jews, Greeks, Romans, and
Britons, 450, 451. Argu-
ments and provisions respect-
ing, in the Code Napoleon,

451-454
Institution, Royal, poetically sa-
tirized, 98.

Invasion of Great Britain, re-

marks on, 72-84.
John, I. chap. v. 7. view of the
controversy on that passage,
250.

Jordan, analysis of the waters
of, 155:
Joshua, his speech to the Israel-,
ites versified, 255.
Irrigation, memoirs on, 41, 42.
Judges, remarks on the num-
bers of, in a court of judica-
ture, 86.

Jury, trial by, arguments relative
to, 88.

K

Knight, Mr. on the economy of
bees, 152.

L

Ladies, English, accused of face-
painting, 31.

Lady, verses to one, at Bath,

21.

Law, proceedings of, various
reforms in, discussed, 85-93.
Legends, metrical, extracts from,
383.

L'Estrange, Sir Roger, anecdotes
of, 71.

Liberty, temperate remarks on,

281.

Lime-kilns, plan of, 39.
Limerick, treaty of, remarks on the
articles of, 202.
Lincolnshire, situation and division
of that county, 394.
Lithotomy, obs. relativeto, 52-53.
Liturgy, of the English church,

historical particulars rel. to.331.
Log for ascertaining a ship's rate,
description of a new one, 65.
Lloyd, General, his sentiments on
invasion attacked and defended,
82.

Louis XIV. obs. on his character

by Mrs. Chapone, 241.
Lyndsay, Sir David, account of,

and of his works, 114—124.
Lynn, Mr. his practice in popliteal
aneurism, 51. In lithotomy,

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