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when inattentive to personal cleanliness, is probably a vulgar prejudice arising from the colour of their hair, resembling that of the fox--_unde_ the term "foxy." A. C. M. Exeter. _Historical Engraving_ (Vol. vii., p. 619).--I am glad I happen to be able to inform E. S. TAYLOR that his engraving, about the restoration of Charles II., is to be found in a book entitled-- "Verhael in forme van Journal, van de Reys ende 't Vertoeven van den seer Doorluchtige ende Machtige Prins Carel de II." &c. "In 's Graven-hage, by Adrian Vlack, M.DC.LX." &c. Folio. The names at the corner of the engraving are apparently "F. T. vliet, jn. P. Phillipe, sculp." J. M. G. _Proverbs quoted by Suetonius_ (Vol. vii., p. 594).--A full explanation of the proverb [Greek: speude bradeos] {87} will be found in the _Adagia_ of Erasmus, under the head "Festina lente," p. 588., edit. 1599. That it was a favourite proverb of the Emperor Augustus is also stated by Gellius, _Noct. Att._ x. 11., and Macrob., Saturn. vi. 8. The verse,-- "[Greek: asphales gar est' ameinon e thrasus stratelates]," is from the _Phoenissae_ of Euripides, v. 599. L. "_Sat cito, si sat bene_" (Vol. v., p. 594; Vol. viii., p. 18.).--Your correspondent C. thinks that F. W. J. is mistaken in calling it a favourite maxim of Lord Eldon. Few persons are more apt to make mistakes than F. W. J. He therefore sends the following extract from Twiss's _Life of Lord C. Eldon_, vol. i. p. 49. They are Lord Eldon's own words, after having narrated the anecdote to which C. refers: "In short, in all that I have had to do in future life, professional and judicial, I have always felt the effect of this early admonition on the pannels of the vehicle which conveyed me from school, 'Sat cito, si sat bene.' It was the impression of this which made me that deliberative judge--as some have said, too deliberative; and reflection on all that is past will not authorise me to deny, that whilst I have been thinking 'Sat cito, si sat bene,' I may not sufficiently have recollected whether 'Sat bene, si sat cito' has had its influence." The anecdote, and this observation upon it, are taken by Twiss from a book of anecdotes in Lord Eldon's own handwriting. F. W. J. _Council of Laodicea, Canon 35._ (Vol. viii., p. 7.).--CLERICUS (D.) will find _Angelos_ in the text, without _Angulos_ in the margin, in any volume which contains the vers
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