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the Norman Chiefs, in all their glory, rare
ly gained in England, the love OF a woman
of the country. This woman was no other
than the daughter of the chief to whom Gill
bert was captive. Br her assistance he
made his escape, and repassed the seabut his
dcliverer unable to live without him, for
sock her fathers house to go in search OF
him. She knew but two words ineligible
to the inhabitants Of the West,-London
and Gilbert. By the aid Of the former, she
embarked for England in vessel carrying
traders and pilgrims; by that of the latter,
running from street to street repeating "Gil-
bert! Gilbert!'' to the astonished crowd that
gathered around her, she found the man
whom she loved. Gilbert a'Becket, after
taking the advice of several Bishops on this
miraculous incident, had his mistress baP-
tized, changed her Saracen name into Ma
tilda, and married her. The singularity of
this marriage made it much talked OF, and
it became the subject of several popular ro-
mances, two of which, still extant lin jamie
sons popular songs) contain very affecting
details. In the year 1119, Gilbert and Ma
tllda, had a son, who was Called homas
Beckett, according, to the mode OF double
names introduced into England by the Nor
mans. Such was the romantic origin OF. a
man destined to run almost a romantic Ca
reer." This anecdote is from 'Thierry's
History of the Conquest of England BY the
Normans, "a valuable and interesting
work, just translated into English in very
able manner.


There is place on the earth where
pure joys are unknown-from which polite
ness is banished, and has given place to
selhshness, contradiction and half-yeiled in
| ,1t,t ,.,lt 81 oft apfi &c ri prf-
ed through associations that are prejudicial
to fidelity and the tenderest affections
t"where remorse and inquietude, like furres
that are never weary of assaiing, torment
the inhabitants. This p lace is the house of a
welded pair who have no matual love, nor
even esteem. There is place on the earth
| to which vice has no entrance--where the
gloomy passions havs no emplre-where
pleasure and innocence live constantly to-
1 gether--where cares and labours are de-
| lightful---where every pain is forgotten IN
reciprocal tenderness-where there IS an
equal enjoyment of the past, the present,
and the future. 1t is the house too, OF
welded pair, but of pair who In wedlock
are lovers still'


We hate some persons because we do not
know them; and we will not know them be-
cause we hate them. Those friendships
that succeed to such aversions are usually
firm, for those qualities must be sterling that
could not only gain our hearts, but conquer
our prejudices. But the misfortune is, that


we carry these prejudices into things far
more serious than our friendship. Thus
there are truths which some men despise,
because they have not examined, and which
they will not examine because they despise.


There is one single instance on record,
where this kind of prejudice was overcome
by mracle-bat the age of miracles is past


while that ofprejudice remains