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... his eye A calm serenity was on his brow- The influence of his mission from on high To plead the Church's cause: in outward show He stood like Paul at Athens, fervently Championing all human fears andint'rests; zounds You never could have thought 'twas ...

Horticultural Show at Cremorne House

... elegans; Mr. Fleming, for cacti in flower; Mr. Redding, for a collection of roses, stove and green-house flowers, cut; Mr. Gaines,for a collection of gerarium blooms; Mr. Glenny, for an enormous specimen of cymabidisnt in flower, the largest in the kingdom, ...

MANNERS AND AMUSEMENTS

... to the races, with which he ex- pressed himself much gratified. — On Wednesdey he visited the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea, and was so pleased with the appearance and manners of the boys belonging to that institution, that his Highness issued an ...

Published: Sunday 19 May 1839
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4587 | Page: 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE AND ART

... ant the wtnder- ing expression of the woman released from death. No. 1,304 shows with what skill a lady can wield the chisel. It is a statue in marble of an Orphan Flower-Girl, by Mary Francis. It has ease and truth in the attitude of form, and a ...

Published: Sunday 16 June 1839
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 6413 | Page: 8 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE AND ART

... the toast to show his perfect ' contempt' of the gen- tleman who had interrupted his song,' and whom he imagined to be a Liberal. Iinding he has it all his own way, he calls to the waiter for his sirth tumbler and a pinch of snuff, to show in what light ...

Published: Sunday 12 January 1840
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 6874 | Page: 8 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE THEATRES

... of Musard. The theatre is fit- ted up very tastefully, under the superintendence of Mr. Frederick Gye, with fountains and flowers, and every night. the place has been crowded, and has been visited by many persons of fashion. ENxr.Lis OPEntA-HousE.-A joint ...

Published: Sunday 14 June 1840
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2767 | Page: 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE AND ART

... to present. The following extract is a good description of a Chelsea pensioner, and rather a curious ac count of the rule for the exclusion of females from Chelsea college :- The Chelsea Pensioner is a man who feels quite above all the -Vanities of ...

Published: Sunday 01 November 1840
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 5401 | Page: 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE

... fears. For thou didst also learn to weep, A mournful vigil thou didst keep Before thou wentest home to sleep.! Would that the flowers of spring, which bleom Upon thy grave, sted their gerfume Alike upon mine early tomr I Would that this world, too dark for ...

Published: Sunday 08 May 1842
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 6771 | Page: 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

COURT AND FASHION

... Royal Highness the Dachess of Kent, as well up her Royal Wighness the DUchess of Gloucester, and the Duchess of Saxe WVeimir, showed excellent taste in sinking their ranks, as far as costume, on this occasion, and in appealing only as ladies of rank of the ...

Published: Sunday 15 May 1842
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4280 | Page: 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA

... will give at least one other concert before their final departure from England. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENs.-The third grand flower show of the present season of the Royal South London Horti- cultural Society was held in these gardens on Tuesday, and in point ...

Published: Sunday 19 June 1842
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4585 | Page: 5 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA

... assembled under her win- dows, testifying their admiration by bravos and eivats, and covering her apartment with bouquets of flowers. This can- tatrice is destined to fill a splendid lyrical career. The Helvetic Society of Music Wifs just celebrated in the ...

Published: Sunday 21 August 1842
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 5883 | Page: 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... (ice! ice ! the freshest and the coolest!) Chocolate, vanilla, coffee, rose ice, and, best of all. flower-blossom ! Who Will taste my delicious ice, flower-blossmu!' These names he had invented himself for the different sorts of ice. 'Yes, my ice has a ...