The artist rejoiced in this liberal payment, as he supposed it, but on opening the bags and ascertaining that they contained copper, and not silver, and that the value was trifling, he became furious, ran to the palace of the Duke, and before his face, broke the statue in pieces. The figure being an image of our Saviour, he was accused of heresy, and consigned to the Inquisition, and that tribunal sentenced him to a severe castigation, which the indignant artist escaped by starving himself to death in prison, previous to the time appointed for the execution of his sentence.
Decline of Families.
Families decline as do empires; each succeeding day some part of life’s ancient honours are lost: the descent that leads to adversity is precipitate and rapid. Children detach themselves from their parents: parents separate themselves from their children. Thus all fades, till the last great scene lets fall the curtain of death and oblivion.
Thought.
Il y a des personnes à qui les défauts sient bien, et d’autres qui sont désagréables avec leurs bonnes qualités.
Confiance.
La confiance fournit plus à la conversation, que l’esprit.