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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