Von Ende, Saxon minister, 344. Von Sachsen, duchess, the court of, 348. Wages, state of, 136. Waldgrave, Miss Jemima, 144, _et seq._ --lady, 151, _et seq. passim_. WALLFLOWER, the, by ®D®, 473. WARD, R. P., MEMOIRS OF, reviewed, 199. Water, sketching of, 188. Water-colour painting, the English school of, 186. Water colours and oil, comparison between, 190. Wealth, classification of the creation of, 117 --not the greatest social good, 673. Whately on social advancement, 673. Wheat, loss on cultivation of, 109. Whig ministry, attempts of the, regarding the income tax, 619. Whigs, state of the, under Fox, 206. WHITE ROSE, the, by ®D®, 472. WHO ROLLED THE POWDER IN? 689. Wightman, Mr Justice, 380, 553. WILD FLOWER GARLAND, a, by ®D® --The daisy, 471 --the white rose, 472 --the sweetbriar, _ib._ --the wallflower, 473. Wilde, sir T., 379, _et seq._, 553, 559. Williams, Ambrose, the trial of, 378, 381 _et seq._ --Mr Justice, 380, 564. Wilson, the landscape painter, 192. Wood carving, mediæval, 217. Working classes, condition of the, 594, _et seq. passim_. Wordsworth on the aim of poetry, 490. Wostitz, general, death of, 529. Wrangel, general, 313. YEAR OF SORROW, the --Ireland. Spring Song, 93 --Autumnal Dirge, 94 --Winter Dirge, 95. Yeschwel, colonel, 339, 341. Zehmin, baron, 345. Zorndorf, the battle of, 531. Zoubow, the brothers, 338, _et seq._ _Printed by William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh._ * * * * * FOOTNOTES: [1] By the pounds Milanese, Giacomo means the Milanese lira. [2] JEREMY TAYLOR--_Of Christian Prudence._ Part II. [3] Ib. [4] This was well known in ancient times. "Corruptas," says Quintilian, "aliquando et vitiosas orationes, quas tamen plerique judiciorum pravitate mirantur, quam multa impropria, obscura, tumida, humilia, sordida, lasciva, effeminata sunt; quæ non laudantur modo a plerisque, sed quod pejus est, _propter hoc ipsum, quod sunt prava laudantur."--Inst. Orat_. ii. 5. [5] _Cinna_, Act ii. s. 1. "Quelle prodigieuse supériorité," says Voltaire in his _Commentaries_ on this passage, "de la belle Poésie sur la prose! Tous les écrivains politiques ont délayé ces pensées, aucun n'a approché de la force, de la profondeur, de la netteté, de la précision de ce discours de Cinna. Tous les corps d'état auraient du assister a cette pièce, pour apprendre à penser et à parler."--VOLTAIRE, _Commentaires sur Corneille_, iii. 308. [6] CORNEILLE, _Attila_, Act ii. s. 5. [7] _Julius Cæsar_, Act iii. s. 2. [8] _Virginia_, Act i. s. 3. [9] _Agricola_, c. 31, 32. [10] SALLUST, _Bell. Cat._ [11] SALLUST, _Bell. Cat._ [12] QUINTILIAN, lib. iv. 2. [13] _De Coronâ, Orat. Græc._ i. 315, 325. [14] THUCYDIDES, ii. § 32, 33. [15] _Paradise Regained_, iv. 268. [16] BURKE'S _Works_, vol. xvi. pages 415, 416, 417, 418, 420.