. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . fectly sensible and free from much pain orfeelings of distress. He never dropped the smallest expression of impatience,but when he had occasion to speak to the people about him, always did sowith affection and tenderness. When he became very weak it cost him aneffort to speak, and he died in such a happy composure of mind that nothingcould exceed it. David Hume looked upon Life as a booth in Vanity Fair, with all the 115 ii6 A BOOK OF LIFE AND DEATH foolish crowdings and
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . fectly sensible and free from much pain orfeelings of distress. He never dropped the smallest expression of impatience,but when he had occasion to speak to the people about him, always did sowith affection and tenderness. When he became very weak it cost him aneffort to speak, and he died in such a happy composure of mind that nothingcould exceed it. David Hume looked upon Life as a booth in Vanity Fair, with all the 115 ii6 A BOOK OF LIFE AND DEATH foolish crowdings and elbowings, for which indeed it was not worth while toquarrel, as the whole would break up and be at liberty so soon. He diedwith a factitious sort of gaiety, taking leave lightly of that which he held tobe a deception and a lie. He was by principle and habit a Stoic, and hisinfluence has been widely spread among the civilized nations of Europe. Amethodic, clear-minded man, with a certain rugged humour showing throughhis earnestness. Authority: Humes Essays, edited by T. H. Green and T. H. Grose. London,Longmans, hroiii an engraving ^y J- ?^* ^cviu; No. 54 The Death of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Born 1778, aged sixty-six. CE fut en le voyant dans cet etat de deperissement, que M. de Girardinlui offrit une retraite dans sa charmante habitation medecin le pressa daccepter cette offre. II partit pour allervisiter la demeure quon lui destinait, avec le dessin de revenir faire ses derniersarrangements a Paris. Mais tout ce quil vit a Ermenonville lui plut tellement,quil ecrivit aussitot a Therese de venir Iy rejoindre. II avait choisi pour syloger Iun des pavilions qui sent separes du chateau par des fosses remplisdeau. II entreprit aussitot Iherbier complet du pare; et dans ses excursions,il se faisait accompagner par le fils aine de M. de Girardin qui navait alorsque dix ans. Telle etait la vie paisible quil menait dans cet agreable sejourdepuis le 20
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