Be craftily abused,
_To show him the indictment they
Most sturdily refused_.

But still that he might understand
The nature of the charge,
_The same was in the Latin tongue
Read out to him at large_.

'Twas thus the law kept rogues at awe,
Gave honest men protection,
And justly famed, by all was named,
Of '_wisdom the perfection_!'

But _now_ the case is different,
The rogues are getting bold--
It was not so, some time ago,
In those good days of old!"

It may be gathered from what has gone before, that Mr. Smith's mind was
one of equal _activity_ and strength. His physical energies might flag,
but never those of his mind. He was always ready to pass from protracted
and intense professional study and exertion, to other kinds of mental
exercise--"from gay to grave, from lively to severe"--either reading
general literature, or amusing himself with slight affairs such as the
foregoing; or, as soon as a little leisure had recruited his spirits,
entering with infinite zest into superior conversation on almost any
topic that could be started. He was for a long time shy and distant to
strangers; but was quite a different person at the tables, and in the
company, of his old friends and companions. There certainly never sate