[90] A dagger is here preserved which, on entering the body, separates into three parts, rendering extraction more dangerous than the primary wound! [91] By the way, the extreme care which the heroes of antiquity, as well as those of the middle-ages, took to cover every part of their bodies with brass and iron plates, does not exhibit any very striking proof of their courage. Why should they not have fought without armour, trusting to activity, bravery, and strength, rather than to coats of mail? In the best days of the Roman legions, they fought without armour. [92] In Saxony, the punishment of death is by decapitation. [93] From the researches of the Rev. Mr. Gleig, Scepticism has invaded the Catholic camp! “But, even in Catholic countries, the cloven-foot of Scepticism is for ever thrusting itself from beneath the priest’s robe; while amongst the Protestants, _to believe God’s word, as it is written, forms the exception to the general rule which Rationalism has established_.”—Vol. I. preface. [94] He might be represented as a person with two shadows. The shade behind (time past) is tolerably distinct—that which is before (time to come) is dim in the extreme, and ill-defined. [95] Russell’s Germany, Vol. I. pp. 123. [96] This trait in Gallic character has never been more clearly discerned, or more cleverly met than by Viscount Palmerston. Palmam qui meruit ferat. [97] Among the perversions of language we may notice the following in the vocabulary of the French fire-eaters. “Offended pride” _means_ detected fraud. [98] Translations from Goethe and Schiller. By J. S. Dwight. Boston, 1839. THE END. LATELY PUBLISHED BY THE SAME AUTHOR. I. CHANGE OF AIR; or the Pursuit of Health and Recreation; illustrating the Beneficial Influence of Bodily Exercise, Change of Scene, Pure Air, and Temporary Relaxation, as Antidotes to the Wear and Tear of Education and Avocation. 8vo. Fourth Edition, price 9s. extra boards. II. AN ESSAY ON INDIGESTION; or Morbid Sensibility of the Stomach and Bowels, as the proximate cause or characteristic condition of Dyspepsia, Nervous Irritability, Mental Despondency, Hypochondriasis, and many other Ailments of Body and Mind, &c. Tenth Edition, price 6s. 6d. III. THE ECONOMY OF HEALTH, or the Stream of Human Life from the Cradle to the Grave; with Reflections, Moral, Physical, and Metaphysical, on the Septennial Phases of Human Existence. Third Edition, price 7s. 6d. _In the Press_, The Sixth Edition of the INFLUENCE OF TROPICAL CLIMATES ON EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONS, &c. Under the Superintendence of Dr. JOHNSON, and J. R. MARTIN, Esq. late Presidency Surgeon of Calcutta. Printed by F. HAYDEN, Little College Street, Westminster. NEW MEDICAL WORKS, PUBLISHED BY S. HIGHLEY, 32, FLEET STREET, OPPOSITE ST. DUNSTAN’S CHURCH. REES ON DISEASES OF CHILDREN.