| Show or of greit rent the duke dake of wellin wellington toll was not I 1 remarkably sedulous oddress ot dress altho ont on grand occasions he made a ce cieus 1 I I 1 t display nhan lie wore bis prin ell cipal at orders and decor decorations lations blazin blazing I 1 on a coat more gorgeous tean the celebrated habit ut eab 1 11 1 which it i vas as said cost az himi 0 0 il ip repairs and damages every ti was put on the buky had a cus tom 0 of f annga we avrit ne c in un uniform which I 1 gave 0 hima binl rather a I 1 slovenly look and a flippant flip pint french duchess once called him le due dac de I 1 Villain tun twi be because causti le lc appeared at i a I 1 full d dress ess pat party ay in ii something less les v than franje ranle lie ile was vas also familiarly mili Milin arly irly called ra ili the army the bau brunn hii bual plain attire and apparent negligence ence of outward outlaid splendor that vani vanity is aninger an inherent en compound or attendant of greatness is 16 a wide position which id ad Qs aits nits bof of I 1 much argument and endless many ishby men inen affect or adopt eccentricities eccentricities of vanity may be the inciting cause lord nelson was ft as fond of evl i g i e kittil in havin boun 11 ghis is horses taken 0 out U t and andjus his j ed lord peterborough Peter borough tho iho light eat and lid rain lain and proud ha had d no eal al ness nesa of this kind once the I 1 populace taking tailing him for foi the dul duke e of marlborough insisted on dragging dra lim through the streets in in triumph agent gentlemen onion said aid he be 1 I can assure I 1 you ou by b two to reasons that I 1 am not the duke or of marlborough gh in ili the ins place I 1 have ha e only fiver fi a guineas in m poliet pocket and in in the second they are arc licar heartily tily at your our service gothrow so throw iii ing his bis purse among them he go out of their hands with loud huza and exclamations richardson Richard SOD 11 i chis anecdotes says the grea sari earl of peterborough Peter borough who had much sense enec much wit and much whim out of his chariot one day on being a dancing master with pearl i colored silk stockings lightly stel stepping over ier the broad stones and nd picking his ivi vay in in extremely dirty dirl ea her and ran after him who toon con took 1001 to his icel beels with his drawn sword in in or jer ier to drive hirn him into the and into abich he be of course followed hirn him self af all singularities may bell aced lorne lome to a certain degree of va lani ni ty ly of winch which prevailing weakness the old leather breeches of frederick tit lie e great the coar coarse se coat and brass buttons of charles XII t the small co cocked aked hat and gray capote of napoleon the blanket and tub of diogenes and even the pious beav beaver erand and modest drab of the quaker may be included arid and samples philosophy itself has no objection to an occasional flourish of trumpets the ancient sages saes t taught a light in the schools and modern ph phi philomae il lomas zas lecture at public ansti tut ions but who i ho shall say that they are not as much mu ch incited bythe by the vanity of showing alfir their acquirements acquire ments as by the desire of instructing their fellow citizen citizens lis evan senaca declared decla I 1 that if knowledge know ledge was nas bestowed on 01 b him im on condition that he should not nol j t impart it lie he would bould i decline the gift |
