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... Ap irit of t*e jfredO. The fear of the many, as frequently felt. is a most capricious apprehension. It overlooks real dangers, and dwells upon perils the most chimerical. Such, for instance, Is the notion of a division of the property of the country amongst the population. No body of re- presentatives chosen by a suffrage absolutely universal, and tied down by the strictest system of mere ...

Poetry

... r THE CHARTER. WHEN thrones shall crumble and moulder to dust, And sceptres shall fall from the hands of the great, And all the rlih baubles a Monarch might boast, Shall vanish before the good sense of a state ; When Lords Iproduced by the mandate of Kings), Now proud and dominant, rampant with power, Shall be spoken of only as by-gone things That shall blast this part of creation no more, ...

Poetry

... qpoertij. THE CHARTER. WnrEN thrones shall crumble and moulder to dust, And sceptres shall fall from the hands of the great, And all the rich baubles a Monarch might boast, Shall vanish before the good sense of a state ; When Lords (produced by the mandate of Kings), Now proud and dominant, rampant with power, Shall he spoken of only as by-gone things That shall blast this part of creation no ...

Poetry

... iportr?. MY FIVE-ACRE COTTAGE THAT STANDS NEAR THE GREEN. AT the dawn of the day when old Freedom shall waken, And the changes pass over this woe-betawn scene; Whenthe haunts of dull tyranny all are forsaken, And plenty shall triumph where hunger has been; The choice I would make, could my wishes be granted, To spend all the days o'f my labour serene, And, ah! ;tis a jewel for which I've long ...

Poetry

... THE CHARTISTS' ADDRESS TO IRELAND. By WM. S. TILLIERS SANKEY, M.A. A R- Away with this pouting and sadness. Away with this doubt and suspicion, Sweet Erin, and hear what we say; We wish to improve your condition, And trust 'tis the roadiest way. Blelieve not the folks who would tell you That Chartists but mini to destroy; Oh I no-'tis the fellows who sell you Alone could such pleasure enjoy. ...

Poetry

... ippetirg. THE CHARTISTS' ADDRESS TO IRELAND. BY WU. 5. VILLIERS SANKEY, M.A. AiR- Away with this pouting and sadness. Away with this doubt and suspicion, Sweet Erin, and hear what we say; We wish to improve your condition, And trust Itis the readiest way. Believe not the folks who would tell you That Charbists but aim to destroy; Oh! no-'tis the fellows who sell you Alone could sush pleasure ...

Reviews

... reieb(3. TAIT'S MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY, 1841. Tait goes on in his old way, fully sustaining the character he has so long maintained. His political eaticle this month is a capital sheiv up of the Pal- nerston policy. We extract the lollowin.g passages:- War, say the people of this country-in the name of the comnon sense, eve ask for what are we to go to war? Syria! TurkeyI the integrity of the ...

Reviews

... g3ebirWo. TAIT'S MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY, 1841. Tait goes on in his old way, fully sustaining the character he has so long maintained. His political article this month is & capital shew up of the Pal- raerston policy. We extract the following passages:- War, say the people of this country-in the name of the common sense, we ask for what are we to go to var? Syria! Turkey! the integrity of the ...

THE GOOSE SHOW

... THE GOOSE SHOW. At an cnormous expence, we are enabled to pre Pot our readers with the most valuable keepsake jhey ever pbsoessed, an accurate representation of thi ever-famous, ever to-b4remembcred Goose show, in Marshall's Mill, Leeds, on the 21st of Jpeuary, 1841. Thisenormous exponco arose, not ,5wuah from the exeonting of the design when fur- nished to the engraver by the artist, as ...

Poetry

... '4boetwf. SONNETS, BY JAMES VERNON. TO TE.E MIND. 1.: ¶Thou greatest source of poverty and wealth, Andi spark of Deity, whose b th was blown InW.to 4na'nosntils 0 creston's dawn, - And 'n beeame a living soul. 'Wose health Ji Physicl, time ?? UnMlmpalred: to thee I bow' with revereatlil awes end own Thy get s41pmnaC, heakt most when known ro use tbg energies to unbind and free ThbXs~eived; ...

THE GOOSE SHOW

... THE GOSE SHOW. THE GOOSE SHOW. (n so 00ry1io0 expence, we are enabled to pre- got 0readers with the most ivaluable keepsake tl, eve; possessed, an accurate representation of' t ever-rao, ever to-be remembered Goose- aia Marshall's Mill, Leeds, on the 21st of ;60sargi 1841. This enormous expenee arose, not ,0,,Oh from the executing of ?? design when fur- 0,e to the engraver by the artist, ...

Poetry

... I;pDttcg. SONNETS, BY JAMES VERNON. TO THE MIND. 1. Thou greatest source of poverty and wealth, And spark of Deity, whose breath was blown Into man's nostrils on creation's dawn, And man became a living soul, whose health In Physic's, time leaves unimpaired: to thea I bow with reverential awe, and own Thy great supremacy, but most when known Tro use thy energies to unbind and free The ...