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... Ilf~erariD xfractS. TOTE SCHOOLIMASTER'S EXPEDIENT.-The able re- view of HaHfura's Lire'ciaf 'sho's3pBurgess, in the Eclectic of tidis month, 'relates the followini' tt'*y df Dr. Juseph ,Wavton, when master of Winchest6r .school :- Wartin was a main of tast, ral''d bad ihb measotastent for poetry ; but, like uost men' of the same celas 'he disliked philology, -and that dislike entailed ...

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... utbighw. PEACE PERMANENT AND UNIVERSAL :, its Practicability, Value, ard Cox sistency with Divine Revelation; a Prize Essay, by H. T. J. MACNAMARA. London: Saunders and Otley, Condait-street, 1841. This is one of the most eloquent and powerful essays upon the subject on which it professes to I treat which has ever issued from the British press. J It was composed in consequence of a circular ...

Poetry

... .JPoZtlp-. WHAT SHOULD A NATION DO? What should a nation do When its wants and woee abound; When the many by the few Are in galling fetters bound; And to-morrow bringsmore ills than to-day? When the simile of Hope is gone. And when Patience, with a groan, As Despondence takes her throne, Hasten away ? When the mania for place Seems as strong as love of life, And no meanness or disgrace, Is ...

Poetry

... ip*etvg. CINES TO WILLIAMS AND BINNS, ON THEIR RETURN FROM PRISON. WELCO E>, ye patriots! ye gems of creation, Undaunted and free, from a prison's lone cell ! ye who have fought for the rights of a nation, And wept at the tale that oppression doth tell ! Wpe tyrants shall know that the gloom of a prison- The chain, 'neath whose weight strengthloesondeth its knee, points not those patriots who ...

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

... lp.sm-1). THE GOOD OLD CAUSE, AN ELECTION BALLAD. Hurrab, hurrah, for the good old cause I 'Tis a stirring sound to hear; For it tells of the rights and franchises Which our fathesibought so dear: It brings us back to the ancient times, When, like valiant men, they stood, To sprinkle our Infant libbrties With the baptism of blood; WhIlst mailed baron and mitred priest Came riding o'er the lea, ...

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... V-16(rivo, ?? The ADVENTURES and SUFFERINGS of JiMES WUUD, a Native of Ipsrich, &c. Londoe:: Sisnpkiis, Marshall, and Co.; Ipswich: Burton. If those who think of emigrating were to read this book, they would be very cautious and con- siderate before doing so. The writer is a working man, who was compelled, as narvoy other men have been, to think of bettering his condition by emigrating. He ...

Poetry

... p1oetrp. ACROSTIC. L ife, what is it ?-toil and woe; I nfernal Whigs have made it so; B lood is on their heads; and weeping E yel bedew the sod, where sleeping R ests a victim. Hark! that cry! T 'is fron a voice that cannot die- 1 outhful, smiling, LIBERTY. JAMES CLARRE. Clayton West, May 19th, 1841. ANSWER TO ELLIOT'S CHARADE. Dly dear friend Elliot, your charade, as you call it, I vill ...

Poetry

... .loortrp'. SONGS F1OR THE MILLIONS. Nio. ?? A song for the dungeon'd patriot, let myriad voices join - t bath not birth, in idle mirth, nor the maddening fames of wvine. It emanates from sympathy, to soothe thelkindred soul, And deth Tejoice, in freedom's voice, which knoweth no controul; it speaks in admiration of the fearless and the brave, The flatterers lies, It doth despise, and the ...

Poetry

... amoarp. IK ACROSTIC. L if e, what is it ?-toil and woe; I nfernal Whigs have made it s0; B lood is on their heads; and weeping E yes bedew the sod, where sleeping R ests a victim. Hark I that cry I T is from a voice that cannot die; Y outhful, smiling, LIBERTY. JAMIES CLARKE. Clayton West, May 19th, 1841. ANSWER TO ELLIOT'S CHARADE. Dly dear friend Elliot, your charade, as you call it, I will ...

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... etiebDv. PEACE PERMANENT AND UNIVERSAL: its Practioability, Value, and Coorsistency with Divine Revelation; a Prize Essay, by H. T. J. MACNAMARA. London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street, 1841. This is one of the most eloquent and powerful essays upon the subject on which it professes 'to I treat which has ever issued from the British press It was composed in consequence of a circular pub- 4 ...

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... urb(tWo. THE FLEET PAPERS. London, Pavey, 47, Holywell-strect. Strand. Nos. 19,20,21,22. For some weeks past we have made ns allusion to the Fleet Papers. It does not follow from hence that they have escaped our notice, for we have pe- rused them with pleasure. Whether attacking Poor Law atrocities, exposing the hideous abominations of the Factory System, or laying bare the flimsy sophistries ...