o "the silent river"

----quae Liris quieta
Mordet aqua----

which Horace has so exquisitely described, in contrast with

----obliquis laborat
Lympha fugax trepidare rivo.

_Carm._, _lib._ i., _Od._ xxxi., _lib._ ii., _Od._ ii.

Yet let us not forget Collin's lovely little bit of landscape--

"Where slowly winds the stealing wave."]

[Footnote 167: There is a curious proclamation by Q.
Elizabeth, relating to some Sabbath recreations or games,
inserted in Hearne's preface to his edition of _Camden's
Annals_, p. xxviii. It is a little too long to be given
entire; but the reader may here be informed that "shooting
with the standard, shooting with the broad arrow, shooting
at the twelve score prick, shooting at the Turk, leaping for
men, running for men, wrestling, throwing the sledge, and
pitching the bar," were suffered to be exhibited, on several
Sundays, for the benefit of one "John Seconton Powlter,
dwelling within the parish of St. Clements Danes, being a
poor man, having four small children, and fallen to decay."]

I have slightly noticed the comfortable interior of his library.--

LIS. You spoke of a bow-windowed extremity--

PHIL. Yes, in this bow-window--the glass of which was furnished full
two hundred and fifty years ago, and which has recently been put into
a sensible modern frame-work--thereby affording two hours longer light
to the inhabitant--in this bow-window, you will see a great quantity
of stained glass of the different arms of his own, and of his wife's,
family; with other appropriate embellishments.[168] And when the
evening sun-beams throw a chequered light throughout the room, 'tis
pleasant to observe how Orlando enjoys the opening of an Aldine Greek
Classic--the ample-margined leaves of which receive a mellower tint
from the soft lustre that pervades the library. Every book, whether
opened or closed, is benefited by this due portion of light; so that
the eye, in wandering over the numerous shelves, is neither hurt by
morning glare nor evening gloom. Of colours, in his furniture, he is
very sparing: he considers white shelves, picked out with gold, as
heretical--mahogany, wainscot, black, and red, are, what he calls,
orthodox colours. He has a few busts and vases; and as his room is
very lofty, he admits above, in black and gold frames, a few portraits
of emi