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sulman anger. See Prince Eugene's Memoirs, p. 24. "The Seraskier received a wound in the thigh; he plucked up his beard by the roots, because he was obliged to quit the field."

Brief time had Conrad now to greet Gulnare. [p. 89. Gulnare, a female name; it means, literally, the flower of the Pomegranate.

gulf of Mexico; it runs through a rich but very flat country, until it reaches within a mile d the Mississippi river, fifteen miles below the city of New-Orleans. The bay has branche almost innumerable, in which persons can concealed from the severest scrutiny. It con municates with three lakes which lie on the southwest side, and these with the lake of t same name, and which lies contiguons to sca, where there is an island formed by the 30 arms of this lake and the sea. The east west points of this island were fortified a year 1811, by a band of pirates, under the mand of one Mr. La Fitte. A large n of these outlaws are of that class of p pulation of the state_of_Louisiana wh from the island of St. Domingo daring t troubles there, and took refuge in the is Cuba: and when the last war between Fr and Spain commenced, they were compelled

Till even the scaffold echoes with their jest! [p. 92. In Sir Thomas More, for instance, on the scaffold, and Anne Boleyn in the Tower, when grasping her neck, she remarked, that it “was too slender to trouble the headsman much." During one part of the French Revolution, it became a fashion to leave some "mot" as a legacy; and the quantity of facetious last words spoken during that period would form a melan-leave that island with the short notice of an choly jest-book of considerable size.

That closed their murder'd sage's latest day!

days. Without ceremony, they entered the ed States, the most of them the State of Late iana, with all the negroes they had passed [p. 93. in Cuba. They were notified by the Gover Socrates drank the hemlock a short time be- of that State of the clause in the constituin fore sunset (the hour of execution), notwithstand-which forbad the importation of slaves; but, a ing the entreaties of his disciples to wait till the sun went down.

The queen of night asserts her silent reign. [p. 94. The twilight in Greece is much shorter than In our own country; the days in winter are longer, but in summer of shorter duration.

The gleaming turret of the gay Kiosk. [p. 94. The Kiosk is a Turkish summer-house; the palm is without the present walls of Athens, not far from the temple of Theseas, between which and the tree the wall intervenes.-Cephisus' stream is indeed scanty, and Ilissus has no stream at all.

His only bends in seeming o'er his beads. [p. 95. The Comboloio, or Mahometan rosary; the beads are in number ninety-nine.

the same time, received the assurance of the Governor that he would obtain, if possible, de approbation of the general Government for thes retaining this property.

Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run.... That frown where gentler ocean seems to smile. The island of Barrataria is situated ahe [p. 93. lat. 29. deg. 15 min. long. 92. 30. and is as m The opening lines of Canto III. have, per-markable for its health as for the superior sa haps, little business here, and were annexed and shellfish with which its waters abound. The to an unpublished (though printed) poem; but chief of this horde, like Charles Moor, hal they were written on the spot in the Spring of mixed with his many vices some virtues. In 1811, and—I scarce know why-the reader must year 1813 this party had, from its turpitude and excuse their appearance here if he can. (See boldness, claimed the attention of the Gover "Curse of Minerva.") of Louisiana; and, to break up the establishe he thought proper to strike at the head e therefore offered a reward of 500 dollars for the head of Mr. La Fitte, who was well k to the inhabitants of the city of New-Or leans, from his immediate connexion, and once having been a fencing-master in that y of great reputation, which art he learn in Buonaparte's army, where he was a Captain The reward which was offered by the GoDE for the head of La Fitte was answered by offer of a reward from the latter of 15.0 the head of the Governor. The Governar f dered out a company to march from the city La Fitte's island, and to burn and destroy & the property, and to bring to the city of New Orleans all his banditti. This company, unde the command of a man who had been the mate associate of this bold Captain, approaches very near to the fortified island, before he sa a man, or heard a sound, until he heard a whistle, not unlike a boatswain's call. This was he found himself surrounded by armed who had emerged from the secret avenues which led into Bayou. Here it was that the moder Charles Moor developed his few noble tras for to this man, who had come to destroy ka life and all that was dear to him, he not spared his life, but offered him that which have made the honest soldier easy for the mainder of his days, which was indignantly t fused. He then, with the approbation captor, returned to the city. This circumstan and some concomitant events, proved that h band of pirates was not to be taken by land Our naval force having always been smal that quarter, exertions for the destruction this illicit establishment could not be expected from them until augmented; for an office the navy, with most of the gun-boats on th station, had to retreat from an overwhe force of La Fitte's. So soon as the angel tion of the navy authorised an attack, on made; the overthrow of this banditti has been

And the cold flowers her colder hand contain`d. [p. 100. In the Levant it is the custom to strew flowers on the bodies of the dead, and in the hands of young persons to place a nosegay.

Link'd with one virtue, and a thousand crimes. [p. 101. That the point of honour which is represented in one instance of Conrad's character has not been carried beyond the bounds of probability may perhaps be in some degree confirmed by the following anecdote of a brother buccaneer in the present year, 1814.

Our readers have all seen the account of the enterprise against the pirates of Barrataria; but few, we believe, were informed of the situation, history, or nature of that establishment. For the information of such as were unacquainted with it we have procured from a friend the following interesting narrative of the main facts, of which he has personal knowledge, and which cannot fail to interest some of our readers.

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e result; and now this almost invulnerable the see. Rumour whispered he retained the vices int and key to New-Orleans is clear of an of his youth, and that a passion for the fair sex emy, it is to be hoped the government will formed an item in the list of his weaknesses; ld it by a strong military force.-From an but so far from being convicted by seventy witmerican Newspaper. nesses, he does not appear to have been directly In Noble's continuation of Granger's Biograph-criminated by one. In short, I look upon these al Dictionary, there is a singular passage aspersions as the effects of mere malice. How his account of archbishop Blackbourne, and is it possible a buccaneer should have been so à in some measure connected with the profes- good a scholar as Blackbourne certainly was? on of the hero of the foregoing poem, I cannot he who had so perfect a knowledge of the clasesist the temptation of extracting it. sics (particularly of the Greek tragedians), as "There is something mysterious in the history to be able to read them with the same ease as id character of Dr. Blackbourne. The former he could Shakespeare, must have taken great but imperfectly known; and report has even pains to acquire the learned languages, and haye serted he was a buccaneer, and that one of his had both leisure and good masters. But he was rethren in that profession having asked, on his undoubtedly educated at Christ-church - College, rrival in England, what had become of his old Oxford. He is allowed to have been a pleasant um, Blackbourne, was answered, he is Arch-man: this, however, was turned against him, by ishop of York. We are informed, that Black- its being said, "he gained more hearts than souls.** ourne was installed sub-dean of Exeter in 1694, hich office he resigned in 1702: but after his Iccessor's, Lewis Barnct's, death, in 1704, he gained it. In the following year he became ean; and, in 1714, held with it the archdeanery f Cornwall. He was consecrated bishop of Exter, February 24, 1716; and translated to York, ovember 28, 1724, as a reward, according to ourt scandal, for uniting George I. to the Duchss of Munster. This, however, appears to ave been an unfounded calumny. As archbishop e behaved with great prudence, and was equally espectable as the guardian of the revenues of

"The only voice that could soothe the passions of the savage (Alphonso 3d) was that of an amiable and virtuous wife, the sole object of his love: the voice of Donna Isabella, the daughter of the duke of Savoy, and the grand-daughter of Philip 2d, King of Spain.-Her dying words sunk deep into his memory; his fierce spirit melted into tears; and after the last embrace Alphonso retired into his chamber to bewail his irreparable loss, and to meditate on the vanity of human life," GIBBON.

NOTE TO LARA.

The event in the latter part of Canto 2d was uggested by the description of the death, or ather burial, of the Duke of Gandia.

alarmed; and one of them informed the Pontiff of the evening excursion of his sons, and that the Duke had not yet made his appearance. This The most interesting and particular account gave the Pope no small anxiety; but he conof this mysterious event is given by Burchard, jectured that the Duke had been attracted by and is in substance as follows: "On the eighth day some courtesan to pass the night with her, and of June the "Cardinal of Valenza, and the Duke not choosing to quit the house in open day, had of Gandia, sons of the Pope, supped with their waited till the following evening to return home. nother, Vanozza, near the church of S. Pietro When, however, the evening arrived, and he ad vincula; several other persons being present found himself disappointed in his expectations, at the entertainment. A late hour approaching, he became deeply afflicted, and began to make and the Cardinal having reminded his brother, inquiries from different persons, whom he ordered that it was time to return to the apostolic palace, to attend him for that purpose. Amongst these they mounted their horses or mules, with only was a man named Giorgio Schiavoni, who, hava few attendants, and proceeded together as far ing discharged some timber from a bark in the as the palace of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, when river, had remained on board the vessel to watch the Duke informed the Cardinal, that before he it, and being interrogated whether he had seen returned home, he had to pay a visit of pleasure. any one thrown into the river, on the night Dismissing therefore all his attendants, except-preceding, he replied, that he saw two men on ing his staffiero, or footman, and a person in a foot, who came down the street, and looked dilimask, who had paid him a visit whilst at supper, gently about to observe whether any person and who, during the space of a month, or there was passing. That seeing no one, they returned, abouts, previous to this time, had called upon and a short time afterwards two others came, him almost daily, at the apostolic palace; he and looked around in the same manner as the took this person behind him on his mule, and former; no person still appearing, they gave a proceeded to the street of the Jews, where he sign to their companions, when a man came, quitted his servant, directing him to remain mounted on a white horse, having behind him a there until a certain hour; when, if he did not dead body, the head and arms of which hung on return, he might repair to the palace. The Duke one side, and the feet on the other side of the then seated the person in the mask behind him, horse; the two persons on foot supporting the and rode, 1 know not whither; but in that night body, to prevent its falling. They thus proceeded he was assassinated, and thrown into the river. towards that part, where the fifth of the city is The servant, after having been dismissed, was usually discharged into the river, and turning also assaulted and mortally wounded; and al- the horse, with his tail towards the water, the though he was attended with great care, yet two persons took the dead body by the arms and such was his situation, that he could give no feet, and with all their strength flung it into intelligible account of what had befallen his the river. The person on horseback then asked In the morning, the Duke not having if they had thrown it in, to which they replied, returned to the palace, his servants began to be Signor, si (yes, Sir). He then looked towards

master.

the river, and seeing a mantle floating on the stream, he inquired what it was that appeared black; to which they answered, it was a mantle; and one of them threw stones upon it, in consequence of which it sunk. The attendants of the Pontiff then inquired from Giorgio, why he had not revealed this to the governor of the city; to which he replied, that he had seen in his time a hundred dead bodies thrown into the river at the same place, without any inquiry being made respecting them, and that he had not, therefore, considered it as a matter of any importance. The fishermen and seamen were then collected, and ordered to search the river; where, on the following evening, they found the body of the Duke, with his habit entire, and thirty ducats in his purse. He was pierced with nine wounds, one of which was in his throat,

the others in his head, hody, and limbe. No sooner was the Pontiff informed of the death of his son, and that he had been thrown, like filth, into the river, than giving way to his grief, h shut himself up in a chamber and wept bitterly. The Cardinal of Segovia, and other attendants on the Pope, went to the door, and after many hours spent in persuasions and exhortations, prevailed upon him to admit them. From the evening of Wednesday, till the following Saur day, the Pope took no food; nor did he sleep from Thursday morning till the same hour a the ensuing day. At length, however, p way to the entreaties of his attendants, he bega to restrain his sorrow, and to consider the asy which his own health might sustain, by s further indulgence of his grief.”—Roscon's lan Tenth, Vol. 1, p. 265.

NOTES TO THE SIEGE OF CORINTH.

The Turcoman hath left his herd. (p. 116. THE life of the Turcomans is wandering and patriarchal: they dwell in tents.

Coumourgi-he whose closing scene. [p. 117. Ali Coumourgi, the favourite of three sultans, and Grand Vizier to Achmet III., after recovering Peloponnesus from the Venetians in one compaign, was mortally wounded in the next, against the Germans, at the battle of Peterwaradin (in the plain of Carlowitz), in Hungary, endeavouring to rally his guards. He died of his wounds next day. His last order was the decapitation of General Breuner, and some other German prisoners; and his last words, "Oh that I could thus serve all the Christian dogs!" a speech and act not unlike one of Caligula. He was a young man of great ambition and unbounded presumption: on being told that Prince Eugene, then opposed to him, "was a great general,“ hé said "I shall become a greater, and at his expense." There shrinks no ebb in that tideless sea. [p. 119. The reader need hardly be reminded that there are no perceptible tides in the Mediterranean. And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter [p. 120. This spectacle I have seen, such as described, beneath the wall of the Seraglio at Constantinople, in the little cavities worn by the Bosphorus in the rock, a narrow terrace of which projects between the wall and the water. I think the fact is also mentioned in Hobhouse's Travels. The bodies were probably those of some refractory Janizaries.

skull.

And each scalp had a single long tuft of hair. [p. 120. This tnft, or long lock, is left from a superstition that Mahomet will draw them into Paradise by it.

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intentional, resemblance in these twelve lines ta a passage in an unpublished poem of Mr. Cat ridge, called "Christabel. “* It was not tJ after these lines were written that I heard the wild and singularly original and beautiful poen recited; and the MS. of that production I neve saw till very recently, by the kindness of Mr. Coleridge himself, who, I hope, is convinced that I have not been a wilful plagiarist. The original idea undoubtedly pertains to Mr. Cale ridge, whose poem has been composed above fourteen years. Let me conclude by a hope tha he will not longer delay the publication of production, of which I can only add my mite of approbation to the applause of far more compe tent judges. ("Christabel" was published in 1816)

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The jackal's troop, in gather'd cry I believe I have taken a poetical license transplant the jackal from Asia. In Greece i never saw nor heard these animals; but ama the ruins of Ephesus I have heard them by un-hundreds. They haunt ruins, and follow armies.

Was it the wind, through some hollow stone.. (p. 121.

I must here acknowledge a close, though

NOTES TO PARISIN A.

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As twilight melts beneath the morn away.
[p. 126.
These fourteen lines were printed as set to
some time since, but belonged to the
em where they now appear, the greater part
which was composed prior to "Lara," and
er compositions since published.

at should have won as haught a crest. [p. 128.
Haught—haughty.—“Away, haught man, thou
insulting me." SHAKSPEARE, Richard II.
Her life began and closed in woe. [p. 130.
"This turned out a calamitous year for the
ople of Ferrara, for there occurred a very
agical event in the court of their sovereign.
r annals, both printed and in manuscript,
ith the exception of the unpolished and negli-
nt work of Sardi, and one other, have given
e following relation of it, from which, how-
er, are rejected many details, and especially
e narrative of Bandelli, who wrote a century
terwards, and who does not accord with the
temporary historians.

down their cheeks, and upon their knees, implored him for mercy: adducing whatever reasons they could suggest for sparing the offenders, besides those motives of honour and decency which might persuade him to conceal from the public so scandalous a deed. But his rage made him inflexible, and, on the instant, he commanded that the sentence should be put in execution. "It was, then, in the prisons of the castle, and exactly in those frightful dungeons which are seen at this day beneath the chamber called the Aurora, at the foot of the Lion's tower, at the top of the street Giovecca, that on the night of the twenty-first of May were beheaded, first, Ugo, and afterwards Parisina. Zoese, he that accused her, conducted the latter under his arın to the place of punishment. She, all along, fancied, that she was to be thrown into a pit, and asked at every step, whether she was yet come to the spot? She was told that her punishment was the axe. She inquired what was become of Ugo, and received for answer, that he was already dead; at the which, sighing grievously, she exclaimed, "Now, then, I wish not myself to live; and being come to the block, she stripped herself with her own hands of all her ornaments, and wrapping a cloth round her head, submitted to the fatal stroke which terminated the cruel scene. The same was done with Rangoni, who, together with the others, according to two calendars in the library of St. Francesco, was buried in the cemetery of that convent. Nothing else is known respecting the women.

"The Marquis kept watch the whole of that dreadful night, and, as he was walking backwards and forwards, inquired of the Captain of the castle if Ugo was dead yet? who answered him, Yes. He then gave himself up to the most desperate lamentations, exclaiming, "Oh! that I too were dead, since I have been hurried on to resolve thus against my own Ugo!" And then gnawing with his teeth a cane which he had in his hand, he passed the rest of the night in sighs and tears, calling frequently upon his own dear Ugo. On the following day, calling to mind that it would be necessary to make public his justification, seeing that the transaction could not be kept secret, he ordered the narrative to be drawn out upon paper, and sent it to all the courts of Italy.

"By the above mentioned Stella dell' Assasno, the Marquis, in the year 1405, had a son fled Ugo, a beautiful and ingenious youth. arisina Malatesta, second wife of Niccolo, like e generality of stepmothers, treated him with ttle kindness, to the infinite regret of the Maris, who regarded him with fond partiality. ne day she asked leave of her husband to unertake a certain journey, to which he consent1, but upon condition that Ugo should bear her mpany; for he hoped by these means to inice her, in the end, to lay aside the obstinate ersion which she had conceived against him. nd indeed this intent was accomplished but o well, since, during the journey, she not only vested herself of all her hatred, but fell into e opposite extreme. After their return, the (arquis had no longer any occasion to renew is former reproofs. It happened one day that servant of the Marquis, named Zoese, or, as me call him, Giorgio, passing before the apartents of Parisina, saw going out from them one f her chambermaids, all terrified and in tears. sking the reason, she told him that her misress, for some slight offence, had been beating er; and, giving vent to her rage, she added, hat she could easily be revenged, if she chose make known the criminal familiarity which absisted between Parisina and her step-son. he servant took note of the words, and related hem to his master. He was astounded thereat, ut scarcely believing his ears, he assured himelf of the fact, alas! too clearly, on the 18th of "The Marquis, in addition to what he had alMay, 1425, by looking through a hole made in the ready done, from some unaccountable burst of eiling of his wife's chamber. Instantly he broke vengeance, commanded that as many of the marnto a furious rage, and arrested both of them, ried women as were well known to him to be ogether with Aldobrandino Rangoni, of Modena, faithless, like his Parasina, should, like her, be jer gentleman, and also, as some say, two of beheaded. Amongst others, Barbarina, or as he women of her chamber, as abettors of this some call her, Laodamia Romei, wife of the inful act. He ordered them to be brought to a court judge, underwent this sentence, at the asty trial, desiring the judges to pronounce sentence, in the accustomed forms, upon the ulprits. This sentence was death. Some there were that bestirred themselves in favour of the delinquents, and, amongst others, Ugoccion Con trario, who was all-powerful with Niccolo, and also his aged and much deserving minister Alberto dal Sale. Both of these, their tears flowing

"On receiving this advice, the Doge of Venice, Francesco Foscari, gave orders, but without publishing his reasons, that stop should be put to the preparations for a tournament, which under the auspices of the Marquis, and at the expense of the city of Padua, was about to take place, in the square of St. Mark, in order to celebrate his advancement to the ducal chair.

usual place of execution, that is to say, in the quarter of St. Giacomo, opposite the present fortress, beyond St. Paul's. It cannot be told how strange appeared this proceeding in a prince, who, considering his own disposition, should, as it seemed, have been in such cases most indulgent. Some, however, there were, who did not fail to commend him." FRIZZI, History of Ferrara.

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NOTES TO THE PRISONER OF CHILLON.

By Bonnivard May none those marks efface! (p. 131. François de Bonnivard, fils de Louis de Bonnivard, originaire de Seyssel et Seigneur de Lunes, naquit en 1496; il fit ses études à Turin. En 1510 Jean Aimé de Bonnivard, son oncle, lui résigna le Prieuré de St. Victor, qui aboutissait aux murs de Genève, et qui formait un bénéfice considérable.

Ce grand homme (Bonnivard mérite ce titre par la force de son àme, la droiture de son cœur, la noblesse de ses intentions, la sagesse de ses conseils, le courage de ses démarches, l'étendue de ses connaissances et la vivacité de son esprit), ce grand homme, qui excitera l'admiration de tous ceux qu'une vertu héroique peut encore émouvoir, inspirera encore la plus vive reconnaissance dans les cœurs des Genevois qui aiment Genève. Bonnivard en fut toujours an des plus fermes appuis pour assurer la liberté de notre République, il ne craignit pas de perdre souvent la sienne; il oublia son repos; il méprisa ses richesses; il ne négligea rien pour affermir le bonheur d'une patrie qu'il honora de son choix: dès ce moment il la chérit comme le plus zélé de ses citoyens; il la servit avec l'intrépidité d'un héros, et il écrivit son histoire avec la naïveté d'un philosophe et la chaleur d'un patriote.

Il dit dans le commencement de son histoire de Genève, que, dès qu'il eut commencé de lire l'histoire des nations, il se sentit entrainé par son gout pour les Républiques, dont il épousa toujours les intérêts: c'est ce goût pour la liberté qui lui fit sans doute adopter Genève pour sa patrie. Bonnivard, encore jeune, s'annonça hautement comme le défenseur de Genève contre le Duc de Savoye et l'Evêque.

En 1519, Bonnivard devint le martyr de sa patrie: le Duc de Savoye étant entré dans Genève avec cinq-cents hommes, Bonnivard craignit le ressentiment du Duc; il voulut se retirer à Fribourg pour en éviter les suites; mais il fut trahi par deux hommes qui l'accompagnaient, et conduit par ordre du Prince à Grolée, où il resta prisonnier pendant deux ans. Bonnivard était malheureux dans ses voyages; comme ses malheurs n'avaient point ralenti son zélé pour Genève, il était toujours un ennemi redoutable pour ceux qui la menaçaient, et par conséquent il devait être exposé à leurs coups. Il fut rencontré en 1530 sur le Jura, par des voleurs, qui le dépouillèrent, et qui le mirent encore entre les mains du Duc de Savoye: ce Prince le fit enfermer dans le Chateau de Chillon, où il resta sans être interrogé jusqu'en 1536; il fut alors délivré par les Bernois, qui s'emparèrent du Pays de Vaud.

Bonnivard, en sortant de sa captivité, eut le plaisir de trouver Genève libre et réformée: la république s'empressa de lui témoigner sa reconnaissance et de le dédommager des maux qu'il avait soufferts; elle le reçut Bourgeois de la ville au mois de Juin 1536; elle lui donna la maison habitée autrefois par le Vicaire-Général, et elle lui assigna une pension de 200 écus d'or tant qu'il séjournerait à Genève.

Il fut admis

dans le Conseil des Deux-Cents en 1537.

Bonnivard fat savant; ses manuscrits qui sont dans la bibliothèque publique, promen qu'il avait bien lu les auteurs classiques las et qu'il avait approfondi la théologie et l'hi Ce grand homme aimait les sciences, et il ad qu'elles pouvaient faire la gloire de Gom aussi il ne négligea rien pour les five an cette ville naissante; en 1551 il donna sa buy thèque au public; elle fut le commences U notre bibliothèque publique; et ces livre en partie les rares et belles éditions de qua zième siècle qu'on voit dans notre calle Enfin, pendant la même année, ce bon pairas institua la République son héritière, à condem qu'elle emploierait ses biens à entretenir ie lége dont on projetait la fondation.

Il parait que Bonnivard mourut en 1570: mas on ne peut l'assurer, parce qu'il y a une lace dans le Nécrologe depuis le mois de Ju 1570 jusqu'en 1571.

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Ludovico Sforza, and others.-The sam asserted of Marie Antoinette's, the wife Louis XVI., though not in quite so short a perd Grief is said to have the same effect: to and not to fear, this change in her's was to be attributed.

From Chillon's snow-white battlement. p The Chateau de Chillon is situated betwee Clarens and Villeneuve, which last is at extremity of the Lake of Geneva. On is t are the entrances of the Rhone, and opp are the heights of Mellerie and the range Alps above Boveret and St. Gingo.

Near it, on a hill behind, is a torrent: bela it, washing its walls, the lake has been father to the depth of 800 feet (French measure); via it are a range of dungeons, in which the ear reformers, and subsequently prisoners of were confined. Across one of the vas beam black with age, on which we were ed that the condemned were formerly exec In the cells are seven pillars, or, rather, e one being half merged in the wall; in these are rings for the fetters and the fettere in the pavement the steps of Bonnivard ha left their traces-he was confined here severa years.

It is by this castle that Rousseau has fe the catastrophe of his Heloise, in the rescue a one of her children by Julie from the water the shock of which, and the illness produced by the immersion, is the cause of her death. The chateau is large, and seen along the lake for a great distance. The walls are white.

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And then there was a little isle. Between the entrances of the Rhone and Vi leneuve, not far from Chillon, is a very smal island; the only one I could perceive, is voyage round and over the lake, within its cat cumference. It contains a few trees (I think above three), and from its singleness and nutive size has a peculiar effect upon the

When the foregoing poem was composed 1 not sufficiently aware of the history of Bea Bonnivard n'a pas fini d'être utile: après vard, or I should have endeavoured to dig avoir travaillé à rendre Genève libre, il réussit the subject by an attempt to celebrate his à la rendre tolérante. Bonnivard engagea le rage and his virtues. Some account of his Conseil à accorder aux Ecclésiastiques et aux will be found in the above note to the S paysans un temps suffisant pour examiner les on Chillon," with which I have been formed propositions qu'on leur faisait; il réussit par sa by the kindness of a citizen of that Rep douceur: on préche toujours le Christianisme which is still proud of the memory of a ell avec succès quand on le prêche avec charité. worthy of the best age of ancient freedom

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