The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831

We rejoice to see the site of Burleigh House partly occupied by the above Building. Its object is to afford accommodation for the meetings of Philanthropic Societies—so that whatever may be the olden celebrity of the spot, it is reasonable to expect that its present appropriation will be associated with the most grateful recollections.
Exeter Hall has been erected by subscription, by a public company established for the purpose.
The last wills and testaments of the three greatest men of modern ages are tied up in one sheet of foolscap, and may be seen together at Doctors Commons. In the will of the Bard of Avon is an interlineation in his own handwriting— I give unto my wife my brown best bed, with the furniture. It is proved by William Byrde, 22nd July, 1616.
The will of the Minstrel of Paradise is a nuncupative one taken by his daughter, the great poet being blind.
The will of Napoleon, to whom future ages, in spite of legitimacy, will confirm the epithet le grand, is signed in a bold style of handwriting; the codicil, on the contrary, written shortly before his death, exhibits the then weak state of his body.
The earth displayed its robe of gorgeous hues,
And o'er the tufted violets softly stole
The downy pinions of the fragrant wind,
Which tuned the brook with music; there were clouds
O'er the blue heaven dispersed in various shapes,
And touch'd with most impassive light, whereon