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Poetry

... . Voctrp- . I 1, [There is a paper in this wveek's Pasnch full of matter that should be known to every one. It is called The Song of the Shirt ; and is the production of a person of genius, if ever there was one. We advise the well-doing and thecomfortable to con. mit that I' Song to heart.-Examiner.3 THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and sad, A Woman ...

Musical Entertainments

... inuoical Entertainmento.. SCOWTISH ENTnTAXXMZNTf. At the Yictoria-rooms, on Monday morning, Mr. Wilson, the P Scottish vocalist, gave, for the first time in public, an entertain- Pi mententitled is Wandering Willie's Wallet. In the framing of Fi this new vehicle for the introduction of national melodies no at A tempt has been made to secure that unity of purpose and com A 7- pleteness of ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... JEwISir TEST OF RELIGION.-TheJews ?? have taken courage and called on me. The name of Sir Moses Montedore, and the rumour of his exertions for the benefit of the Jewish nation, have reached their ears and those of their brethren in Samarcand, Balkh, KIhokand, and Heraut. And Sir Moses Mqnteflore will be surprised to learn that his exertions in behalf of the Jews have drawn the attention of the ...

Poetry

... 0 pactrp=. THEi GOLDSMITiV's DAUGHTER. [TRANSLtATrED FROM UtILANtD.] itr (,fo-linithtlt ' 1 ei0lgt ?? jesvelS stailltS, Ilisdau11411e Icr liv hi koive-- M o1ire thlkit tile ?? of nil the lainsb, llelen1, art tioul to 10c. A stitely knig*ht dotl: enter nOW, frets Ielheealv lyithl wiill sirc- * ake eI d I ?? tor the brow O0 tmy ?? tiette, I desie ' Attit vitoi tile glitteerlig wreatth vats ...

LITERATURE

... LITERATUES. lictures of the French, drawn by themselves; Part XII.- Orr & Co., London. I'he conclusion of a scries of lively sketches of our lively neigh. wous.' The present port contains The Wet Narse, or the 1'itevoudease a la Toilette-a very equivocal character-and k't'h Peer of France, together with a clever and seasonable ietroduction to the whole serics, explaining its design and ...

Exhibition of Arts, Science, and Manufactures

... I Exhibition of Arts, Science, and M1auufactures. 1 The exhibition of works of art, I~ot up by thle MechanisI- Istitttiotll, partly wi th a vioew of diflusin'r uselol knowledge and partly for the purpose of augmenting its funds, was opened on lhursday last, during the evening of which day it was by a very large numbher of the most respectable residents of our city and its neighbourhood. Public ...

Poetry

... . ottru. 'HE LOVE TEST.-By SIR WALTEIR RALEIGIH. DoEs, i1l thy mind, some blooming beauty reign, Whose sironsg idea mingles joy snith pain P When she appmeals before thee does she sipread O'er thy pale fading checks a saudden red ? Press her soft lips or touch her illy hand, Does thiy heart flultter-docs thy breast expand F Frot hcce b a real passion you may prove; wittiout thvae syamptoms ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... IsTERtARY VAUETZEZS. TaE FstcErrX.We caught several of these beetles. They are more tOLEM half ani ijch long, and havC it sharp mtove- able horn on the head: when laid onl the back, they cannot turn over except by pressing this horn against a membrasse upon the front. Behind the eyea are two eound transparent snbstonees, fall of luminoas matter, about as large as the head of a pin, and ...

BRISTOL ART UNION

... BRISTOL ? U?JZON. street, enTnsayat, fo teu purose of formingI janl Art Union~ 'J'be cha~ir was takenl atthrceeo'clock,l,5 tbhe Rer. JOHIN EseteC Mr. reciera, arho oeted als provisionlal secretary, goad thle mli- unstes of the prievious Inleeting, anid announced that, at the kinid itntGerCU~o)II of Qilentin Kennledy, Esq., who had~, on behialf of thoe last snleetinlg, umade thle app~licaltion ...

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... ZtXWSlIL'AYW VJA3UTZES. TiH, DEAD ?? TfvcE LIvNG..- The Jews always buried their dead without the city, except those of the family of .David. No barying places should be tolerated within cities or towns, much less in or about churches or chapels. This custom .is excessively injurious to the inhabitants, and, especially, to tbome who frequent..public worship in such churches and cba- pels. God ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... I.ZT?RA1?.3Z vARIETr!?s. 'Ihe English language consists of about .?8,OOO words, of which oboist 25,000, or nearly live eighths, are of Auglo.Sa'son origin. MoOACrrs;-Iluman nature is so constituted by the Cres- ts,, that nisrality is iso isceessary to the prosperity of mankind as e:cygon te comhnstios, calorie to vegetation, and respiratien to Iianmn life.-Nptii'akrisi. Povisn?v.-lt is nut ...

Poetry

... 'Vottrv2. VERSES'NVIIITTEN iN SICKNESS. An!t wearly the ntoments roll - Whowr Health's bright roiea fade aay- When Pain sibdues the stiffering frame, And strength nhd Joy alike dec;y. As the poor trembling bird, that beats His cage and freedim.sec0ks to gain, His fluttering.pinion drops, and finds That all his efforts are Ill Yal! So-to the darken'd room eonflned- i'1he couch wlhence ease is ...