cutrix, and bequeathed to her the whole of his estate and effects, except one or two hundred pounds to her sister!

Horne Tooke, though a man of liberal sentiments, was so far a despot in his family, that the inmates were afraid sometimes to speak, move, or do any thing which might offend him. On one occasion, Sir Francis Burdett's house being full, O'Connor slept at Tooke's. Next morning, coming into the breakfast-room, and having saluted the family, he sat down at a little round table with Mr. Tooke, where the latter was accustomed to breakfast alone.

His daughters, seeing this, appeared very uneasy, and made signs to the stranger to sit at the large table. "O, no;" said O'Connor, "I am very well here—I shall breakfast with my old friend."

"So you shall, rebel," said Mr. Tooke, bursting into a loud laugh, and enjoying the embarrassment of his daughters: "Girls, bring O'Connor's cup to my table: by G-d! rebel,

you are the only person that has sat down to breakfast with me these eighteen years!”

DROLL SPECIMEN OF COURAGE.

Mr. Tooke was by no means a man of courage; although, from his bold writings, one might fancy him a hero; a champion ready to defend his opinions with sword or pistol, or even with his fist. One would think that the man who, in answer to an attack of Junius, could write such words as the following, must be a person of no ordinary nerve. They were these: "The King, whose actions justify rebellion to his government, deserves death from the hand of every subject; and, should such a should be as free to act as any."

time arrive, I

He made use

of a similar remarkable expression in regard to the unfortunate King James, in reference to the desertion of his army. Still Mr. Tooke knew himself to be entirely destitute of real courage; and he confessed to an intimate friend that he

VOL. II.

I should have made but a bad

was a coward.
soldier," said he, one day, laughing,

been all my life a complete coward: bravery is engendered by a long habit of fearlessness of danger, in a heart naturally bold; I never had much of this sort of stamina; and, during the restless life which I have led, the little portion of courage I possessed, oozed out at my finger ends, from the continual fret and worry in which I have been kept. I will tell you the boldest, the bravest, the most courageous thing I ever did in my whole life. I was at a meeting at Croydon, where, having stood forward to advocate a certain question, I was sharply attacked by a fellow of the name of Phillips; but, however, I gave him such a dressing in reply, that, even whilst I went on tearing him in pieces at every sentence, I was actually afraid that he would horsewhip me when I had done, or send me a challenge to fight him. A pretty thing, by the bye, it would be to see two parsons, with a pair of pistols under their arms, saluting each other, at the early hour of five, on a cold frosty

morning! O, yes, I gave the Reverend Mr. Phillips such a drubbing, that even I myself was surprised at it.”

Did his Reverence take no notice of it then ?"

Not a word, faith! By G-d! he was as great a coward as I was myself! But, let me tell you, Sir, the affair was no less heroic on my part; for I thought him as brave as a lion, and I dare say my words made him think the same of me. I assure you, Sir, it requires no small degree of pluck—when you have not the law at your back—to beard a stout bully-looking fellow to his very teeth; when, perhaps, the next morning he may send a bullet through your brains."

SHALL AND WILL.

An Irish gentleman speaking one day to Mr. Tooke on the propensity of many of his own countrymen, and all Scotchmen, to use the word will instead of shall, and vice-versa, inquired of him what rule ought to be followed to avoid falling into this kind of blunder?

It is merely a matter of taste," answered the grammarian; but, if you wish to make yourself understood by an Englishman, the best rule you can adopt, that I know of, is, when you find yourself inclined to use the word will, say shall; and when shall comes to the tip of your tongue, stop it, and say will."

"But that is a rule of contrary," observed the gentleman. "I wish you would be so good as to give me a reason; for, as I am apt to make this sort of mistake, I should be glad to have something impressed on my mind which would be a kind of beacon to prevent me from cornmitting myself.”

"SHALL is a verb, and may be Englished by must. Take care then of the idea, and look at the power of the nominative.

WILL is also a verb,-and is, simply, to will or desire.

But there may be actions that are indifferent either to compulsion or desire. These are simple futures, and might be expressed by may, or may happen. We want a word for this simple future, and are compelled, in lieu of a bet