... y carried. In the course of the evening Mr. Tucker . was appointed general treasurer for the Precursors in London, and Mr. John Kean secretary. Thanks were then cordially voted to the chairman, who had transacted the business of the evening in a most ...

... Arthur; and, no sooner was this concluded, than the King of France and his nobles again took up arms in order to avenge the cause of the Count of La Marche, whom John robbed of his affianced bride. Then came another war, in con sequence of his tyranny over ...

... time of the explosion. It presented the most frightful and appalling spectacle that could be possibly conceived. The right arm was blown completely Off,, a few inches above the elbow, and lay . a few feet from the body; his legs were broken in several ...

... doomed to be mistaken. The pantomime had nearly concluded, and in the first entrance, as it is technically called, with one arm thrown carelessly around the pillar that supported the proscenium, and the other tenderly enclasped by the hand of the prompter ...