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11. He soon became weary of his residence. He found that he was too far from the objects of his curiosity, and too near to the crowds to which he was himself an object of curiosity. He accordingly removed to Deptford, and was there lodged in the house of John Evelyn, a house which had long been a favorite resort of men of letters, men of taste, and men of science. Here Peter gave himself up to his favorite pursuits. He navigated a yacht 10 every day, up and down the river. His apartment was crowded with models of three-deckers and two-deckers, frigates, sloops, and fire-ships".

12. But Evelyn does not seem to have formed a favorable opinion of his august 12 tenant. tenant. It was, indeed, not in the character of tenant that the Czar was likely to gain the good word of civilized men. With all the high qualities which were peculiar to himself, he had all the filthy habits which were then common among his countrymen. To the end of his life, while disciplining armies, founding schools, framing codes, organizing tribunals, building cities in deserts, joining distant seas by artificial rivers, he lived in his palace like a hog in a sty. Evelyn's house was left in such a state that the Treasury quieted his complaints with a considerable sum of money.

13. Towards the close of March the Czar visited Portsmouth, saw a sham sea-fight at Spithead, watched every movement of the contending fleets with intense interest, and expressed in warm terms his gratitude to the hospitable government which had provided so delightful a spectacle for his amusement and instruction. After passing more than three months in England, he departed in high good humor.

1 ĚP'ỌCн (ĕp'ok, or 'puk). A point | 2 MAR'I-TIME. Relating to the sea; of time made remarkable by some

marine.

event, and from which dates are 3 POR-TENT'. An omen of ill.
sometimes computed.

4 DIP-LO-MATIC. Relating to the art

of conducting negotiations, &c.,
between nations.

5 EM'BAS-SY. One or more persons
sent from one government to an-
other on business of state.

SQUALID (skwŏl'id). Filthy.
SOJOURNED. Dwelt for a time.

9 MŌN-Q-MĀ'NI-A. Insanity upon one particular subject.

10 YACHT (yŏt). A small pleasure vessel.

11 FIRE'-SHIPS. Ships filled with combustibles, to set fire to an enemy's vessels.

8 RËT'I-NUE (-nū). Train of attend-12 ÂU-GUST'. Impressing awe; grand; ants; a suite.

majestic.

LXXXIII. THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.

WEBSTER.

[Daniel Webster, an eminent patriot, lawyer, and statesman, was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, January 18, 1782, and died October 24, 1852. For the last thirty years of his life he was in the public service as a Representative in Congress, or Senator, or Secretary of State. He was a man of great intellectual powers, and of striking and commanding personal appearance. The following extract is taken from an oration delivered at the celebration of the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument in 1843.]

1. THE Bunker Hill Monument is finished! Here it stands! Fortunate in the natural eminence on which it is placed, higher, infinitely higher, in its objects and purpose, it rises over the land, and over the sea; and, visible at their homes to three hundred thousand citizens of Massachusetts, it stands, a memorial' of the past, and a monitor to the present and all succeeding generations.

2. I have spoken of the loftiness of its purpose. If it had been without any other design than the creation of a work of art, the granite of which it is composed would have slept in its native bed. It has a purpose; and that purpose gives it character. That purpose enrobes it with dignity and moral grandeur. That well-known purpose it is which causes us to look up to it with a feeling of awe.

3. It is itself the orator of this occasion. It is not from my lips, it is not from any human lips, that that strain of eloquence is this day to flow, most competent to move and excite the vast multitudes around. The potent speaker

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stands motionless before them. It is a plain shaft. It bears no inscriptions fronting to the rising sun, from which the future antiquarian shall wipe the dust. Nor does the rising sun cause tones of music to issue from its summit. But at the rising of the sun, and at the setting of the sun, in the blaze of noonday, and beneath the milder effulgence of lunar light, it looks, it speaks, it acts, to the full comprehension of every American mind, and the awakening of glowing enthusiasm in every American heart.

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4. Its silent but awful utterance', its deep pathos, as it brings to our contemplation the 17th of June, 1775, and the consequences which have resulted to us, to our country, and to the world from the events of that day, and which we know must continue to rain influence on the destinies of mankind to the end of time, the elevation with which it raises us high above the ordinary feelings of life,surpass all that the study of the closet, or even the inspiration of genius, can produce.

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5. To-day it speaks to us., Its future auditories will be through successive generations of men, as they rise up be fore it, and gather round it. Its speech will be of patriotism and courage; of civil and religious liberty; of free government; of the moral improvement and elevation of mankind, and of the immortal memory of those who, with heroic devotion, have sacrificed their lives for their country.

1 ME-MO'RI-AL.

That which calls to

5 EF-FUL GENnce.
ness; radiance.

Lustre; bright

Act or power

remembrance; a monument.

2 MŎN'I-TOR. That which warns or 6 COM-PRE-HĔN'SION,

admonishes.

PO'TENT. Powerful.

AN-TI-QUÃ'RI-AN. One versed in the remains or records of ancient times. 25 *

of understanding.

7 UT/TER-ANCE. Speech: speaking. 8 ÂU'DI-TO-RIES. Assemblages hearers; audiences.

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LXXXIV.—THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD.

LONGFELLOW.

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a native of Portland, Maine, and was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1825. He was Professor of Modern Languages at Bowdoin College for several years, and held a similar professorship in the University at Cambridge from 1836 to 1854. Mr. Longfellow holds a very high rank among the authors of America, and is one of the most popular of living poets.]

1. THIS is the Arsenal.' From floor to ceiling,

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Like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms; But from their silent pipes no anthem ' pealing Startles the villagers with strange alarms.

2. Ah, what a sound will rise, how wild and dreary, When the Death-Angel touches those swift keys! What loud lament and dismal Miserere3

Will mingle with their awful symphonies1!

3. I hear, even now, the infinite fierce chorus,
The cries of agony, the endless groan,
Which, through the ages that have gone before us,
In long reverberations reach our own.

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4. On helm and harness rings the Saxon hammer,

Through Cimbric* forest roars the Norseman's † song, And loud amid the universal clamor,

O'er distant deserts, sounds the Tartar ‡ gong.

5. I hear the Florentine, who from his palace Wheels out his battle-bell with dreadful din, And Aztec § priests, upon their teocallis ®,

Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin.

* CIM'BRĪ. An ancient people of Denmark.

NÖRSE MEN. Ancient inhabitants of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway TÄR'TA-RY. A name applied to a vast region of Central Asia, and sometimes to a portion of Eastern Europe.

AZ'TECS. The nation of the Aztecas was one of the native tribes or nations inhabiting Mexico previous to the invasion of the Spaniards.

6. The tumult of each sacked and burning village; The shout, that every prayer for mercy drowns; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage,

The wail of famine in beleaguered' towns.

7. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder,

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8. Is it, O Man, with such discordant noises,

With such accurséd instruments as these,

Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices,
And jarrest the celestial harmonies!

9. Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts.

10. The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
And every nation that should lift again
Its hand against its brother, on its forehead
Would wear for evermore the curse of Cain!

11. Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter, and then cease: And, like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations,

I hear once more the voice of Christ

say,

"Peace!"

12. Peace! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies! But beautiful as songs of the Immortals,

The holy melodies of love arise.

1AR'SE-NAL. A place where arms and military stores are kept.

2 ĂN THEM. A piece of sacred music;

a holy song or poem.

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