FOOTNOTES:
[1] Malte Brun's Geography, vol. VI., p. 77.
[2] Mr. Duponceau's Report to the Hist. and Lit. Comm. of the American Phil. Soc., p. 11.
[3] Gibbon's Roman Empire, vol. I., p. 387.
[4] Researches into the Origin and Affinity of the Principal Languages of Europe, and Asia, p. 142.
[5] Procopius in Bell. Van., lib. I., c. 2.
[6] Adelung's, Mithridates, vol. I., p. 277.
[7] Wheaton's Hist. of the Northmen, p. 51, et seq.
[8] Speaking of ears. That was an ingenious and kindred elucidation of a passage of Scripture, which was given by a Methodist clergyman, of whom we have somewhere read. 'In those ancient days,' said the divine, 'small crimes were punished by cropping off the ears; so that it rarely happened, that a large concourse of people could assemble, without a considerable proportion of them, and oftentimes more, being deprived of their auricular members. Hence we view, my brethren, the propriety of that frequent remark of our Saviour, when addressing a mixed multitude, 'He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!'' It was the same profound biblical critic, who made St Paul's similitude, touching his late conversion, ('as one born out of due time,') quite level to the comprehension of his hearers, by explaining, that the apostle 'was undoubtedly a seven-months' child!'
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[9] 'Pater Abraham,' mark! You had better examine your Bible 'with especial care' once more. Did not Pharaoh make the children of Israel turn out the regular quantity of brick, whether they had straw, or not? Our modern version, however, may not answer to the Pater's original.
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[10] Literally strohkopf, a straw-head, a dunce.
[11] I am particular in the mention of these pecuniary facts, believing that they will be useful to American readers, who may contemplate going abroad.
[12] We regret to state, that the lady here alluded to has taken her farewell of the American public and that the company has thereby suffered a loss it cannot soon repair.