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PrcuLIARITIrs OF LITERARY MEN -Johnson
used to bite his nails TO the quick, an lnilmation
OF his dogmatisnI and crustiDess.


Addison was remarkable for the irregulsri,y Of
his pulse, but his heart "was believed TO be IN
the right place and of proper dimensions"


Pope was of frame so feeble that he was &C.
customed to brace himself up with stays padded
with cotton. He occasionally found time also
to lace his enemies.


Hume, the Historian, usually composed while
reclining upon sofa He did not search Tor
fame, but she came 10 visit him.


Menage, while science covered his head with
laurels asked to cover his feet with several pairs
of stockings.


Ben johnson used to si; silent in learned com
pany, sand such in," as Fuller says, mot only
his wine, but their several bumors.n Lake
Shakespeare, he held the Mirror up to nature,
but choose sometimes 10 look into the glass
himself.


Msgliabechi, librarian to the grand duke OF
Tuscany, and very learned man, was fond Of
peltng SPIDERS the webs ofwhich he would not
allow to be molested. He seldom left his books
ate, drank and slept among them; thus imlta-
ting the domestic propensties and industry OF
his strange favorltes.


Rousseau used to knit lace strings when in
company with iliiterate people, for the purpose
of conceaDg The uneasness which their gable
gave him. preferred his lace strings to their
long yarns.


C,wIey boasted with much gaie,y Of the ver-
satillsy Of his passion among many mIstresses,
but wanted even the coufdeuce to address one.
To bis tender fair ones he made no tender.


Steele constantly preached economy to 9th
ers, but forgot to practice it himself. He was
always in debt, and once pulled the nose Of an
acquaintance who hesitates to lend him large
SUN Of money. Certainly curious way of OBJ
tanning draft.


Bloomfield wrote most Of his poem, the "Far-
mer Boy" with chalk upon the top of par Of
bellows--a wind instrument until this time pro-
baby unknown to the choir of the MUSES. IN.
Harea Courier.