But it often happened that the breakfast,
the dinner, and the supper remained untouched by him, so deeply was he
engaged in his calculations and solemn musings. At one time after his
provisions had been neglected for a long season, his family became
uneasy, and resolved to break in upon his retirement; he complained, but
with great mildness, that they had disconcerted his thoughts in a chain
of calculations which had cost him intense application for three days
successively. On an old oak table, where for a long course of years he
used to write, cavities might easily be perceived, worn by the perpetual
rubbing of his arms and elbows.[8]
SWAINE.
[8] Mr. Colton used to say that he wrote his treasurable,
"Lacon: or, many things in a few words," upon a small, rickety
deal table. We perceive from Galignani's _Messenger_, that Mr.
Colton put an end to his existence, a few days since, at
Fontainbleau, it is stated in consequence of the dread of a
surgical operation which it had become necessary that he should
undergo.
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THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF _NEW WORKS_.
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THE CONTRAST.
The title of Lord Mulgrave's clever novel is sufficiently explained by
the hero, Lord Castleton, a man of high refinement, marrying an
unsophisticated, uneducated peasant girl.
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