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MORE WONDERS BY DR. LYNN

... the wits among the spectators, who, in their endeavours to puzzle the magician, ask-but not in vain-for a sunflower, a cauliflower, and-infanduu./-for corn-jlour ? On the occa- sion of a recent visit an individual in the gallery, anxious for the appearance ...

Published: Sunday 04 October 1874
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 867 | Page: 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE CRYSTAL PALACE FLOWER SHOW

... of a long range of tables covered with bouquets of entirely new designe, and the most charming fragraneo. The variegated cauliflower of our opera boxes and concert zooma had disappeared, and in its stead a delicate and correct taste had grouped the flowers ...

The Disgraceful Scene at the Greenwich Theatre

... entertainment, and ctothe complauents appearing on the stage, they were well received, but there was immediately after- wards a cauliflower thrown from near the boxes and dress circle on to the stage, and it narrowly rnissed striking Mr urlstoncontheshoulder, ...

Published: Sunday 08 August 1875
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1098 | Page: 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

COURT AND FASHION

... school for boys is about to be erected. At Hornsey Old Church the decorations were very tasteful, and even more practical, cauliflowers and vegetable marrows figuring among the gifts laid on the altar. The Emperor Napoleon seems to be enjoying himself at ...

Published: Saturday 23 September 1871
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1350 | Page: 19 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

ART

... are as bad as bad coo ke. The moulding here is hideous; tawdry with gilt, and ptrrsting forth with a stalwart growth of cauliflowers and such at decorative fdorescence as found favour in the period of tdeloide Villas. It is melancholy that the decoration ...

NEW NOVELS

... beautiful as she is and fascinating as she can be, and equally at home in the character of an innocent little pet-in her cauliflower colours, white and green-and as the gorgeous princess, imperious in her passion, but capable of very commonplace candour ...

Published: Saturday 19 August 1871
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1533 | Page: 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE HORSE SHOW—SECOND NOTICE

... which Woodward did Justice to. Fancy the excelltent Woodward of the day--let us say Sothern or Buckstone-with a huge cauliflower in the front of his hat ! Well, we are just as big fools now, are we not, Miss Perk? But if you want to read any more of ...

Published: Saturday 18 June 1870
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1797 | Page: 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART

... Discobolus, while two national silver d medals have gone to Miss Whiteman Webb, for a capital if drawing of Spanish onions and cauliflower, and Miss Hi Edith Boyle, whose design for a screen exhibits both great natural taste in conception and unquestionable skill ...

LITERATURE

... radishes, kidney beans, carrots turni:s, sisroels, spinach, celery, brocoli, oucurnherg, adea~le, oniolons, early cabbages, cauliflowers, usparagus. artichoes, ill sort3s o sainds forced.- Straw- berries. raspberries, chersioa, rhubarb, melons, apricots, currants ...

FASHIONS IN HAIR

... attemlpt at concealment is bOcOIU- ing weakter and weaker. And while the femnale head is thus exhibiting a relapse into the cauliflower period, the male sconce is being denuded of its hirsute possessions by a Qustomw for which it is difficult to find a precedent ...

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... Spain, the artichoke from Sicily mad Anda. hisia, cresses from Crete, lettuce from Coos, onions and { arsley from Ecypt, cauliflower from Cyprus, epinach from Asia Minor, asparagus from Asia, shalot from Asoa. ion, beans from India, horseradish from; China ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... mariner. The most remarkahlo feature in Mr. Forrestor's portraiture of Halley is his arow-white, but not at all well.fitting, cauliflower wig. Mr. Fawn, by his really clevercomicacting, makesa capital partof .Solomoa Tudge, and Mr. Plumpton is becomingly bluff ...