Literary Extracts

... . -, 4 WtertWj Oxtl'i?`?5- -. t . .. t ?? to rb av(l1l ?? i;-lr f.;it t 'lii':ti~'uotI ,! izol ?? A* ,: a I o thie : loi eirsci.a tawlue. (ot li mere mi:l ?? ?? ?? to til(, that NIw-,, y ou0 p eaI , no one listens to the end of your story or remark; so, there is no kind of flattery more irresistible than to fiud that your conversation gathers hearers, more and more; and women are but too quick ...

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE

... SiNGLISl OPERA HOUSE. hehrt season under the management of Mr. BALFE: The o d n Saturday Crening, when he had his benefit IodSmlr BAI. made her first appearance on the English d11 'This lady, since she came to this country with band has lived in the retirement of private life, her thaijnts lhave remained unknown to the public; cI 'he hosbeen a dramatic vocalist from a very early age, 'le t - i ...

SCENES IN THEATRICAL LIFE

... NO. VIII. TTI SLIPS AND THE SALOON. There ii a portion of the theatre as yet unoccupied, ai it., appearalce stro1ngl and strangely contrasts with ?? ti ele Well-tilled sppce below and about it. But ,tot t tb r a consi iderable time does it remain pcrfectly u n- elianuted, tbr about. the period 'When the second or third act (if thle plav is terminated, its visitors begin to drop in oie by one. ...

A LAY OF REAL LIFE

... Who ruined me ere I was born, gold every acre, gross or corD, And-left the next heir all forlorn ? My Grandflther. Who said my mother was no ursoe, And physicked me sa made me worse, Till infasey became a curse ?? My Grandmolher. WVbo left me ;n mny seventh year, A comfort to ray mother dear, And Mr. Pope, the overseer? Mly Father. Who let me starve, to buy her gin, Till all my bonea came ...

LITERARY SCRAPS

... -LIZLARY . SONAPS. DauNKsio.-Drinking is an honest oc'itpatiom, riid injures no one. 'L'oo'k at'tihe low(er animals,'they alwvays3enjrry a fraught moxe than a fecd. - Thq hiorse. snorts with delight .in tis bucket;'the. cat purs. as.she laps; the ductlts lif't.. their heads in g-at\itdc 'to lheav'et d eien forta ?? of miuldy' ~viater 'frofir &i green 'pond . Oh! drinciri is' a blessed' act ...

FASHION AND TABLE-TALK

... FASH IO AND TABLE-TALE. THE QUEEN'S STATE PROCESSION ON THE PRORO- GATION OF PARLIAMENT. (From the Court Circular.) The Queen went in state on Tuesday to the House of Lords, to close the session of Parliament by a speech from the throne. The state procession was formed at Buckingham Palace in the following order:-A carriage drawnby six greys, conveying Colonel Master, Mr. Blackwood, and the ...

LADIES' FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER

... LADIES' FASIIIONS FOR SEPTElfBER. All the toilottes of the momluent are of light delicate colours ; silk dresses arce nurnelonos ; the corsages vary; the skirts are very fall and long, and the sleeves continue mloderate. White is very much bworn, but taf'eta5 glace, organdys tamboured in colours, foulards and anislins with pattern satines, are worn. Cfannezons lnouillonles, with either long or ...

MANNERS AND AMUSEMENTS

... [VIANNERS AND AMUSEN1ETS I COURT AND FASHION. SI NDAY_,1t'r 1ajesty attended divine service at St. *itrgC's Chapel. Her Majesty was accompanied by the p'ohiss oi Kent, Lady Lyttleton, Lady 11. Clive, the Hon. De lisses Pitt and Anson, the Earl of .ilbetarle, Lord GarCneT, and Colonel Buckley. The Princess Victoire and tsle princes Augustus and Leopold of Saxe Coburg, attended by fareness ...

Published: Sunday 08 September 1839
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4358 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE TEMPTRESS!

... THE TEIIPTRESS! +15 rol - [We extract the following vcrses from a noble poem in tile ;RRTAN'4NIA, of Saturdaly, beaaing the above title. The motto is from I velationsJ-. Aiid the womian Nws arrayed in purple *n scalet ceolour, &c. At this period such ipoejnl deserve hu be~st comnmenda(tiotn( a'nd we carn~stly recominenit it to the atenioii of the Protestant coinhillnity, because truth is oqten ...

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST!

... LOVE'S LABO.UR'S LOST!1 The season opens I rare, oh, rare I What a gallant show is there ! Now for gems that flash and sparkde, Now for rays that bid them darkle; Eye-beams darting hither, thither, 'Neath well-set cap and jaunty feuther i Now fur silks and velvets gay, Brave attires of other (lay; Draping forms whose curving mazcs Many an eye-deep lover crazes! Now for palace and pavilion I ...

DREAMS OF A WELL-SPENT LIFE

... Ad'0' ?? A W/?LL-SPENT LIFE. rt Cd gseie sdmnirable qui vlent a bout de toutes choses, Pourberits de Scapin. Reclined on his couch, in that pleasing repose Vbich a Scapin, of sixty. years' growth, only knows, hen, at night, witha conscience at rest, ie can say Ite has done all the mischief he could through the day,-- .Thus, ll'd in a sweet and self-satisfied doze, Wbich extended its influence ...

Literary and Scientific Notices

... A foos r itev trhasidse' sullstiessoon. London: Longmaii & Co. im A work of this kind, according to the statements made by theoar noble chairman, and the Secertary totbe Society for the Diffu- sion of Useful Knowledge, has long been wanting. Theo pre- sent volume is published to supply the deficiency, and, judg i ing from the variecy of copies which it esubretes. wre should say that tie object ...