OF FRENCH SOCIETY. 77 praise." How well has the prince of pagan philosophers, by anticipation, cor- rected this tinsel phrase ! " If thou art not good, thy magnanimity is ridiculous, and worthy of no honour." But how did our sublime Christian sufferer prac- tically improve upon both ! " Seek not the honour which cometh from men, but that which cometh from God." Whether we view this illustrious daugh- ter of the virtuous Southampton taking notes on the public trial of her noble consort, concealing the tender anguish of the wife under the assumed composure ofthe secretary ; - whether webehold her, after his condemnation, prostrate, at the feet of the unfeeling monarch, imploring a short reprieve for her adored husband, while the iron-hearted king heard the petition without emotion, and refused it without regret ; -whether we behold her sublime composure at their final separ- ation, which drew from her dying lord the confession, " the bitterness of death is past ;" whether we behold her heroic E 3
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