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POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS

... POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS. Mr. Oscar Wilde gave excellent reason on Wednesday for not dining with the Thirteen Club--an institution whose object, it appear*, is to 44 discourage belief in the ridiculous superstitions and omens which prevail in all ranks ...

Published: Thursday 22 May 1890
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 400 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MAGAZINES FOE JULY

... s Magazine contains, as usual, complete novel, the title of which is The Picture of Dorian Gray, and its author, Mr. Oscar Wilde. The story is rather obscure, nor is it pleasant one ; it is morbid tone and characterised by the introspective probings ...

FLOODING OF A N% I,,LSH COLLIERY

... walk on the pavement?rapa : Oh, no. We must not obstruct the perambulaton and wheel-harrows. (WAR WILDIR THAN (Par. Oscar Wilde contributes to the July of an a called • The Picture of Dorian Gray,' which of 'shocker,' the affectations of the supetline ...

Published: Saturday 05 July 1890
Newspaper: Somerset Standard
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 603 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

MAGAZINES FOR SEPTEMBER

... Saharas is another topic that is not calculated, practical though it be, to excite the interest of the '. general reader. Oscar Wilde concludes his quaint contribution on The true function and value of criticism, ' with some remarks on the importance ...

A VINDICTIVE LADY

... chiffon sleeves. Miss Merisia Nevili was in red, Mrs. Jopling Rowe in black. Mrs. Oscar Wilde looked very well in white with blue bows on the shouldem,and Mr. Oscar Wilde was much ex ieideice in the stalls with a pink Malmaison In his buttonhole. When ...

Published: Saturday 27 September 1890
Newspaper: Somerset Standard
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 2357 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BRISTOL CORN MARKET. Thursday

... about much like the real thing as a service at Mr. Spurgeon’s is like the Kleusinian Mysteries ; and after that an Arabian Oscar Wilde (only was very lean) shuffled through a drearily aesthetic pas sent on a platform ; and on my way out 1 stumbled into “French ...

Published: Saturday 07 June 1890
Newspaper: West Somerset Free Press
County: Somerset, England
Type: Article | Words: 1585 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

IMMENSE STOCK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

... adventures made H. Rider Haggard? Are the ends gained for which Mrs. Humphrey Ward? What brain trouble has driven poor Oscar Wilde f Some of the crops yielded by Lord Beacons-fleld. How the dish tasted which made Randolph Church-11l ? What fate or fortune ...

Published: Saturday 20 December 1890
Newspaper: Weston Mercury
County: Somerset, England
Type: Article | Words: 1591 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

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... interred with their bones.” s’iamw,” . re ** so little it they don think it worth keeping.” . 'f** & feminine disciple of Oscar Wilde, who, inqunng at Allinson’s, Uegent-street, for furniture covers, wanted ** something with a distinct individuality—but—rather ...

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A YOUNG

... Murray, whose name is associated with the heroines of the late poet's dramatic works, Mr. Stuart Wortley, M.P., and Mr. Oscar Wilde. To Core Skin Dis»a«is.—Sulpboline Lotion drive* away all Eruptions, Pimples, Blotches, Redness, and Disfigurement*, 'eaving ...

Published: Saturday 04 January 1890
Newspaper: West Somerset Free Press
County: Somerset, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1994 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

LOCAL CHIT-CHAT

... Hawkins may have set the be#] fashion, but the last judge who was on thill circuit. Sir Fitmmes Stephen, was a veritable Oscar Wilde. Next year Somerset, Dorset, and Wilts, which are included in District D,” are have their share of the 22 Queen’s premium ...

Published: Friday 02 May 1890
Newspaper: Western Chronicle
County: Somerset, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2565 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE CLEVEDON COURIER SATURD AT 1890 Liebigs Extracts MEAT & MALT WINE List of Names of some of the Medical

... the author has written no other book of the sort and announcement of similar work as from his pen is absolutely untrue Mr Oscar Wilde will contribute to the July number of Lippincott’s Magazine complete novel entitled The Picture of Dorian Gray” which as ...

Published: Saturday 05 July 1890
Newspaper: Clevedon Mercury
County: Somerset, England
Type: Article | Words: 5434 | Page: 3 | Tags: none