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... two . I ?? we 0. . I SONNET ON A WHEEL CHAIR, .1TsUITOUSLY PRESENTED TO THE WRITEk BY MR. SMITH, TANNER, OF THIS TOWN. O life returning chair, wfth gentle motion, To thee I owe all locomotive~pleasure, For solitude's lone shades of irksome leisure, DeeP buzied me, as 'tweqe, in caves of ocean, Or overgorged me with it changeless lotion; But now the change of scene, and nature's treasure, Is ...

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... arl etr . Iwo ? I? THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS' GRAVE. (Fron the Baptist Herold, Jamaica Payer.) See yonder lone spot where the billow Is leaping In sport1iveness wild o'er its shell-cover'd strand; Where the strong pinion'd bird of putresence Is sweeping -Its wing on the breeze as it wafts to the land. A wanderer rests there from his servitude galling, ishome far away o'er Atlantis's wave; On his ...

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... Be9biegbe THE FLEET PAPERS. [Written for our last, but excluded by press of matter.) Mr. Oastler continues, in this weekly outpouring of his own good feeling and just spirit (despite his Toryism,) to enunciate sentiments and offer advice (the result of great experience and deep investiga. tion) which it will be well for England and her people if the present Government lend a willing ear to, ...

A MELTING STORY

... No other class of men in any country possess that facetious aptness of inflicting a good humoured revenge which seems to be innate with a Green Mountain boy. Impose upon or injure a Vermonter, and he will seem the drollest and best natured fellow you ever knew in all your life, until suddenly he pouuces upon you with some cunningly devised offset for your duplicity; and even while he makes his ...

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... v21beirp. THE GOOD OLD CAUSE. AN ELECTION BALLAD. Hurrah, hurrah, for the good old cause I 'Tis a stirring sound to hear; For it tells of the rights and franchises Which our fathers bought so dear it brings us back to the ancient times, When, like valiaut men, they stood, To sprinkle our infant liberties With the baptism of blood; Whilst mailed baron and mitred priest CtIme riding o'er the lea ...

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... 98etrg. A .. . . .. TEETOTAL CHARTIST SONG. Tulim-MILLERS- We're soldiers fighting for our king. We're sober Chartists, hand in hand, Datermined to be free ; Oar voice is heard through ail the laud, That voice is liberty. Let Tories rage and Whigs assail, No dangers will we dread v But onward with the temperance gale The glorious tidings spread. CHORUS. The Charter let ail people sing; The ...

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... -114ft Irv. ?? ?? -- ?? THE SONS OF THE NORTH. yEs! the day is approaching when tyrants will ee The Lion come forth from his den- When O'Connor, the friend of the people, will be Restored to the millions again. ,nd when be comes forth to the sons of the North, May the God of justice speed him; Then our banners we'll wave for O'Connor the brave, The friend of truth and freedom. O'Connor's a ...

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... UatesdO. LESSONS ON WORDS AND OBJECTS; OR A FIRST PEEP FOR CHILDREN. Arranged for the purpose of Object Teaching. For the use of Private Families or Schools. By JOHrN ELLIS. Leeds Hobson. Manohestor : Heywood. Lon- don; J. Cleave. 1841. We have seldom met with a book more calculated to convey, useful knowledge in the early'tsages of the i developments of the mind, than the unpretending little ...

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... .Mebirb)o. THE FLEET PAPERS. [Wroitten for our last, but exaluded by press of muatter.] Mr. Oastler continues, in this weekly outpouring of his own good feeling and just spirit (despite his Toryisn,) to enunciate sentiments and offer advice (the result of great experience and deep investiga. tion) which it will be' well for England and her people if the present Government lend a Willing ear to ...

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... w~ons. ON THE RELEASE OF MR. O'C6NNOR. The glorious flag of liberty Fleats on the breeze again, There let it ?? free, O'Connor's come again, To lead us on to victory, And break the tyrant's chain. They said a prison's dungeon cell His lion heart would tame; They found he was invincible, O'Connor was the same; His deeds shall after ages tell, And bless his patriot name. They'll bless his name ...

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... 21N)MV. IW ANSWER TO J. C. ELLIOT'S CHARADE. L is your Orst, 'ts essential to life, And it plays in the loveliest smi1es of your wife; I is your second, in light it is seen, With the rich it hath also constantly been. B is your third, which in Melbourne is seen. Better known bythetitle of cook to the Queen. * is your fourth, in Daniel 'tis found, Whose treachery curses the Emerald ground. It ...

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... '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; ...