Giovanni Domenico Ruffini, a distinguished Italian littérateur, was born at Genoa, September 6, 1807, and died at Taggia, November 2, 1881. He published: “Lorenzo Benoni” (a romance), “Lavinia,” etc.; also, “Doctor Antonio,” his most famous book.
Le style est l’homme même.[2]
“Discours de Réception,”—Buffon.
George Louis le Clerc, Comte de Buffon, a famous French naturalist, was born at Montbard, September 7, 1707, and died April 16, 1788. His “Natural History,” won for him world-wide fame.
Natura il fece, e poi ruppe la stampa.[3]
“Orlando Furioso,” Canto x, Stanza 84,—Ludovico Ariosto.
Ludovico Ariosto, an illustrious Italian poet, was born at Reggio, September 8, 1474, and died at Ferrara, June 6, 1533. His most famous work is: “Orlando Furioso.”
None but God can satisfy the longings of an immortal soul; that as the heart was made for Him, so He only can fill it.
—Trench.
Richard Chenevix Trench, a noted Anglican archbishop and poet, was born at Dublin on September 9, 1807, and died March 28, 1886. He wrote: “The Story of Justin Martyr, and Other Poems,” “Sabbation,” “Honor Neale, and Other Poems,” “Poems from Eastern Sources,” “The Study of Words,” “English Past and Present,” “A Select Glossary of English Words,” “Notes on the Parables,” “Notes on the Miracles,” etc.