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1841 April, to Frank, Philada.
Throughout the letter the author quotes liberally from other writers and sources. A partial list of identifications follows . “greatness sympathises with greatness”: essayist William Hazlitt, “The Indian Judges” “you can’t get a barrel of praties into a bushel basket”: aphorism, origin unknown “some are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them”: William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night “Tantaene animis coelestibus irae?” [In heavenly minds can such resentments dwell?]: Virgil, The Aeneid “Memory is mortal forgiveness divine” [this is perhaps a restatement of “To err is human, to forgive divine”]: Alexander Pope, “Essay on Criticism” The Biblical admonition to “turn the other cheek” may be found in Matthew 5:38-40 . “cold obstruction” [in reference to death]: William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure “Wellerism” [“a form of comparison in which a familiar saying or proverb is identified with what was said by someone in a specified but humorously inapposite situation” : from characters in Charles Dickens, Pickwick Papers (definition from Oxford English Dictionary) “No man is a hero to his valet-de-chambre”: Marshal Catinat or Madame de Corneul The watermark is as follows : J Whitman Turkey Mill 1839 On the last page of the letter, the following text is written in pencil, in another hand, probably that of E.S.C.: 2 letters of Chas. Tabor to Francis R. Cope - 1841 (F.R.C. aged 20 - C.T. about same age - ) C.T. had published in “L’Entreprise”, a seranade written by F.R.C. When advised of the theft F.R.C. sends another poem entitled the “Thief.” For a description of many of the geographic locations mentioned in the letter, see Newport and How to See It (Newport: Davis & Pitman, 1869) . A “fippenny bit” is a corruption of “five-penny bit,” a Spanish coin worth half a real or 6.25 cents. It was called fourpence in New England, fip in Pennsylvania, sixpence in New York, and a picayune in Louisiana. (Webster’s Dictionary)
Taber, Charles, 1822-1887 (author)
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1841-04-01
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HC.MC-1170, Box 2
Cope-Evans Family papers --https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hcmc-1170
hsc0054
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1841 April, to Frank, Philada.
Throughout the letter the author quotes liberally from other writers and sources. A partial list of identifications follows . “greatness sympathises with greatness”: essayist William Hazlitt, “The Indian Judges” “you can’t get a barrel of praties into a bushel basket”: aphorism, origin unknown “some are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them”: William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night “Tantaene animis coelestibus irae?” [In heavenly minds can such resentments dwell?]: Virgil, The Aeneid “Memory is mortal forgiveness divine” [this is perhaps a restatement of “To err is human, to forgive divine”]: Alexander Pope, “Essay on Criticism” The Biblical admonition to “turn the other cheek” may be found in Matthew 5:38-40 . “cold obstruction” [in reference to death]: William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure “Wellerism” [“a form of comparison in which a familiar saying or proverb is identified with what was said by someone in a specified but humorously inapposite situation” : from characters in Charles Dickens, Pickwick Papers (definition from Oxford English Dictionary) “No man is a hero to his valet-de-chambre”: Marshal Catinat or Madame de Corneul The watermark is as follows : J Whitman Turkey Mill 1839 On the last page of the letter, the following text is written in pencil, in another hand, probably that of E.S.C.: 2 letters of Chas. Tabor to Francis R. Cope - 1841 (F.R.C. aged 20 - C.T. about same age - ) C.T. had published in “L’Entreprise”, a seranade written by F.R.C. When advised of the theft F.R.C. sends another poem entitled the “Thief.” For a description of many of the geographic locations mentioned in the letter, see Newport and How to See It (Newport: Davis & Pitman, 1869) . A “fippenny bit” is a corruption of “five-penny bit,” a Spanish coin worth half a real or 6.25 cents. It was called fourpence in New England, fip in Pennsylvania, sixpence in New York, and a picayune in Louisiana. (Webster’s Dictionary)
Taber, Charles, 1822-1887 (author)
text
1841-04-01
reformatted digital
HC.MC-1170, Box 2
Cope-Evans Family papers --https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hcmc-1170
hsc0054