KINGS-Five Special Cares of.

A king must have a special care of five things, if he would not have his crown to be but to him "unhappy felicity:"-1. That "pretended holiness" be not in the church, for that is twofold iniquity; 2. That "useless equity" sit not in the chancery, for that is "foolish pity;" 3. That "useless iniquity" keep not the exchequer, for that is a cruel robbery; 4. That "faithful rashness" be not his general, for that will bring, but too late, repentance; 5. That "faithless prudence" be not his secretary, for that is a snake beneath the green grass. Bacon.

KINGS-Conduct of.

It is the misfortune of kings, that they scarcely ever do that good that they have a mind to do; and through surprise, and the insinuations of flatterers, they often do that mischief they never intended. Telemachus.

KINGS-Diadems of.

O diadem, thou centre of ambition,
Where all its different lines are reconciled,
As if thou wert the burning-glass of glory.

Dryden.

KINGS-Flattery of.

Hemming.

KINGS.

Cure not the least fit of an ague in us.

We may give poor men riches; confer honours
On undeservers; raise or ruin such

As are beneath us; and with this puff'd-up
Ambition would persuade us to forget

That we are men: but He that sits above us,
And to whom, at our utmost rate, we are

mortals,

Yes, we have lost a father!

KINGS-Impotence of.

Alas! what are we kings?

Massinger.

Why do you gods place us above the rest,
To be served, flatter'd, and adored, till we
Believe we hold within our hands your
thunder;

And when we come to try the power we have,
There's not a leaf shakes at our threatenings?
Beaumont and Fletcher.

What poor things are kings!
What poorer things are nations to obey
Him, whom a petty passion does command!
Fate, why was man made so ridiculous?
Oh, I am mortal! Men but flatter me,

Oh, fate! Why were not kings made more than men?

Or why will people have us to be more?
Alas? we govern others, but ourselves
We cannot rule; as our eyes that do see
All other things, but cannot see themselves.
Fontaine.

KINGS-Instability of.

The love of kings is like the blowing of
Winds, which whistle sometimes gently among
The leaves, and straightway turn the trees
up by

The roots; or fire, which warmeth afar off, And burneth near at hand; or the sea, which makes

Men hoist their sails in a flattering calm,
And to cut their masts in a rough storm.
They

Place affection by times, by policy,

By appointment; if they frown, who dares call

Them inconstant: if bewray secrets, who
Will term them untrue? if they fall to other
Loves, who trembles not, if he calls them
unfaithful?
Johnson.

Unbounded power and height of greatness give To kings that lustre which we think divine; The wise who know 'em, know they are but men;

And seldom found amongst these wilds of time,

A good, a worthy king! Hear me, my Tancred, And I will tell thee in a few plain words, How he deserved that best, that glorious title. 'Tis nought complex, 'tis clear as truth and virtue,

He loved his people, deem'd them all his children;

The good exalted, and depress'd the bad; He spurn'd the flattering crew, with scorn rejected

Their smooth advice, that only means themselves.

Their schemes to aggrandize him into baseness;
Well knowing that a people in their right
And industry protected, living safe
Beneath the sacred shelter of the laws,
Encouraged in their genius, arts, and labours,
And happy each as he himself deserves,
Are ne'er ungrateful. With unsparing hand
They will for him provide; their filial love
And confidence are his unfailing treasury,
And every honest man his faithful guard.
Thomson.

KINGS-Miseries of.

Princes have but their titles for their glories,
An outward honour for an inward toil;
And for unfelt imaginations,

They often feel a world of restless cares:

So that between their title and low name. There's nothing differs but the outward fame. Shakspeare.

KINGS-Obligations of.

KINGS-Stability of.

beams around,

Pleased to be seen while glory's race they run;
Rest is not for the chariot of the sun:
Luxurious kings are to the people lost;
They live like drones upon the public cost.

KINGS-Best Praise of.

If I boast of aught,

Dryden.

home;

I whispered to Fritz (a touring companion) how I had always understood it was the proper thing in this country (Iceland) for travellers departing on a journey to kiss the ladies who had been good enough to entertain them, little imagining he would take me at my word. Guess my horror when I saw him, with an intrepidity I envied, but dared not imitate, first embrace the mamma by way of prelude, and then proceed, in the most natural way possible, to make the same tender advances to the daughter. I was dumb with consternation; the room swam before me; I expected we should next minute be packed, neck and crop,

KISSING.

into the street, and that the young lady would have gone off into hysterics. It turned out, however, that such was the very last thing she was thinking of doing. With a simple frankness that became her more than all the boarding-school graces in the world, her eyes dancing with mischief and good humour, she met bim half way, and pouting out two rosy lips, gave him as hearty a kiss as ever it might be the good fortune of one of us hecreatures to receive. From that moment I determined to conform to the customs of the inhabitants. Lord Dufferin.

A kiss fairly electrifies you; it warms your blood, and sets your heart a-beating like a brass drum, and makes your eyes twinkle like stars in a frosty night. It ain't a thing ever to be forgot. No language can express it, no letters will give the sound. Then, what in natur' is equal to the flavour of it? What an aroma it has! How spiritual it is! It ain't gross, for you can't feed on it; it don't cloy, for the palate ain't required to test its taste. is neither visible, nor tangible, nor portable, nor transferable. It is not a substance, nor a liquid, nor a vapour. It has neither colour nor form; imagination can't conceive it. It can't be imitated or forged. It is confined to no clime or country, but is ubiquitous. It is dis

It

KISSING.

embodied when completed, but is instantly reproduced, and so is immortal. It is as old as the creation, and yet is as young and fresh as ever. It pre-existed, still exists, and always will exist. It pervades all nature. The breeze, as it passes, kisses the rose, and the pendant vine stoops down and hides with its tendrils its blushes, as it kisses the limpid stream that waits in an eddy to meet it, and raises its tiny waves, like anxious lips, to receive it. Depend upon it Eve learned it in Paradise, and was taught its beauties, virtues, and varieties by an angel, there is something so transcendent in it. How it is adapted to all circumstances! There is the kiss of welcome and of parting; the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual one; the kiss of love, of joy, and of sorrow; the seal of promise, and the receipt of fulfilment. Is it strange, therefore, that a woman is invincible, whose armoury consists of kisses, smiles, sighs, and tears?

KISSING-Ecstasy of.

Haliburton.

I swear, I love you with my first virgin fondness;
I live all in you, and I die without you:
At your approach, my heart beats fast within me;
A pleasing trembling thrills through all my
blood,

Whene'er you touch me with your melting hand;
But when you kiss, oh! 'tis not to be spoke!
Gildon

KISSING-not a mere Expression.
Humid seal of soft affections,

Tenderest pledge of future bliss,
Dearest tie of young connections,
Love's first snowdrop, virgin bliss.

Speaking silence, dumb confession,
Passion's birth, and infants' play,
Dove-like fondness, chaste concession,
Glowing dawn of brighter day.

Sorrowing joy, adieu's last action,

When lingering lips no more must join: What words can ever speak affection

So thrilling and sincere as thine! Burns.

KISSING-a Mysterious Virtue.

What's in a kiss? Really, when people come to reflect upon the matter calmly, what can they see in a kiss? The lips pout slightly and touch the cheek softly, and then they just part, and the job is complete. There is a kiss in the abstract! View it in the abstract! -take it as it stands !-look at it philosophically! What is there in it? Millions upon millions of souls have been made happy, while millions upon millions have been plunged into misery and despair by this kissing; and yet, when you look at the character of the thing, it is simply a pouting and parting of the lips. In every grade of society there is kissing. Go where you will, to what country you will, you are perfectly sure to find kissing! There is, however, some mysterious virtue in a kiss, after all. Cockton.

Not yet mature, yet matchless; firm of word, Speaking in deeds, and deedless in his tongue; Not soon provok'd, nor, being provok'd, soon calm'd:

His heart and hand both open, and both free; For what he has, he gives; what thinks, he shows;

Yet gives he not till judgment guide his bounty,

Nor dignifies an impure thought in breath:
Manly as Hector, but more dangerous;
For Hector, in his blaze of wrath, subscribes
To tender objects; but he, in heat of action,
Is more vindictive than jealous love.

Shakspeare.

KNOWLEDGE-Reasons for Acquiring.

Men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputa| tion, and sometimes to enable them to obtain the victory of wit and contradiction, and sometimes for lucre and possession; but seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason for the benefit and use of man, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind, to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort on commanding ground for strife or contention, or a shop for profit and sale, and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. Bacon.