Page 232. (6). — As he entered in triumph he struck with his sword the gilded gate of the city, and made a mark upon the gate as well as upon his sword, which was called Szezerbiec (pronounced Schtcharbiatz) on account of the mark. The kings of Poland were girded with this sword during the ceremony of their coronation.
Page 255. (c).— Speaking of Ukrainian ladies, I take this opportunity of describing other shades of provincial PoUsh beauties, whose facsimile I have seen among the fair daughters of Great Britain. Generally speaking, Polish ladies do not resemble either French, or German, or English ladies, though, by their manners, complexion, and characters, they form a curious mixture of them, partaking something of the eastern ladies. Poland is also such a large country, that between North Polish ladies and South Polish ladies there may be a slight difference in features. The Marchioness of M (the lady of the gallant Colonel, Marquis of M) aide-de-camp to Prince Louis Napoleon, has somethingJPolish in her manners and features, and can be easily taken for a Gallician lady (Gallicia is in Austrian Poland.) Mrs.
H, the second wife of the banker of that name, at Skipton, Mrs* Richard D, at Knaresborough, and one of the Misses D, from Red How, in the Lake district, present living specimens of Polish ladies, of purely Polish race, of midland Poland. Mrs. Henry G, of Moorland, Lancashire, the wife of a member of Parliament, can be taken as a specimen of a Polish lady, a native of the grand duchy of Posen in Prussian Poland. Mrs. M. T residing in the secluded wilds of the south-eastern borders, is a living specimen of a Mazovian lady. Indeed these ladies are equally distinguished for their personal graces, their fascinating manners, their varied accomplishments, and their estimable qualities.
Speaking so much about Ukrainian ladies, I consider it as a pleasing duty to mention the name of one of the shining stars among them, Countess Delfina Potocka (pronounced Pototska), whose talents, knowledge, eloquence, various accomplishments, united with high birth, wealth, noble feelings, fascinating manners, and virtues, are fully worthy to be described. Prom Poland to the banks of the Rhine, from ♦ he foaming cataracts of the Dnieper to the soft sky of Italy, power- ful princes bow to her, court her smile and approbation, and would be glad to crouch at her feet. Polish grandees and poets paint her in their poetry, and retain for her, after their marriage, a platonic attachment founded on esteem, respect, and friendship. When she sings, and when her fair fingers touch the piano, or slightly teaze and caress the grateful strings of the harp, she pours streams of delight into the human soul: not only men but animals are moved, and even the sorrowful sister of the night, the silent protector of lovers, mournful and solitary, longing for ages in vain for a sweet companion, slightly advances from the tops of time-honoured oaks, looks in at her window, and begs for a kiss — Bobr..»a Zapomniana Sigis.