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LITERARY VARIETIES

... LIZTIR'A7. VAILZETZES. Ibe Moa E FoIa6ETHAN REFINEocEoe. -_SCOtt, in hiS Christian 3n, Life, speaking of sinners going to heaven, said, Thej would he find tliemoslvei like pigs in'a draing-room'' nd Constable; thlie Edinburgh bbo cseller, was asked, at a din- hb ner-party; what wae his opitfalf The Lay of the;a'st Min- ed steel * Opinion I hejeepled .- why I have :solt mre thamn ier two ...

Literature

... 3W t f I it r t T'/s Tory Baronet ;or, Tories, W~higts, and Radicals' Ry QOne wh/o knousi theis'sss3 ols-Beittley, London. A dashing book-, Written to suit the present tamper of the oimes, though certainly neot to flatters the principal actors; for Alhc author, with lausdable impartiality, ensdearaurs to, Ahow that the Whigs are sos g-reat rascals as the Tories, and that the Radi- eel owntawit ...

The Drama

... Tct Dranma. Mrs. I'Cready, who lieters for the public amusement with aln industry wshich should insure success, bas once morne changed lles' tactics. The tragedies of Shakspere, Otway, Home, and Sheil, and the broad atle r acc asusemets by which she sought to attract last .week, hauc been laid aside, and their place supplied by the more faphioanable attractions of opera. Mr. and Mrs. Wood, ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... I~iTmaaR.T va1l.ZiTZs., Ambition in idleness-meanness mixed with pride, 'a de. sire of riches 'without industry,-aversion to trath,-fattery, perfidy, violation of engagements, contempt. of civil, dutioes fear of the pridnc's virtue, hope, .from his weakless,-but above. all, a perpetual ridicule cast upon virtue, are, I think,' th' charac- teristics byswhich most courtiers in all ages ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... 1.ZT1 T: : V A I - I .MTz2zlL3N'X ,§ARXN.MTXlES. ot If promises from main to man have force, why not from in man to woanan n Their very weakness is the charter of their e power, ond tbey should not be injured because they can't re- id trn it.-:Fcrqichrin : e No imporant reform ws ever effected in a period of 55 tronqiuiflityP-d~ri Jo~iner Il'ckistocsh. : Disease is the begitnniug of that ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... 'se R&IT Kwk urzIi'i. I The first requisite in dotversxtien is truth; the second, sense; the third, good-humour; and the fourth, wit. Slaiderersare like fties.,they pass over the good parts of a man1 and indulge an his sores.u :' ' Well, John, which do you think wvas right ? 'Why, hlaster, I think the bald-headed gentleman was wroil-'? Why do you think so, John51 Because, Master, he lost ...

BRISTOL INSTITUTION

... Dr. W. B. Carpenter's 5xvisesacn 1,eetures. LECTURE XXX. Dr. C. couimeesced this lecture with a recapitulation of the general oharacters of Articulated aniimals, and of theirrelations to Alollusveat-rticulatu are the most highlyorganized,as regards their powers of sensation alid locomotion, being mostly adapted for progression onl the earth ; and the greatest part of tbe ex- tensive class of ...

Poetry

... vottrL).. A L E G E N D--BY WM. C. BRYANT. UPoN a rock that, high and slicer, RBse irom the mouintalls's breast, A weary hunter of the deer Had sat him down to rest, And bared, to the soft sunmer air, His hot red browe and sweaty hair. All dim in haze the mountains lay, With dimmer vales between, And rivers glimmer'd on their way By forests, Faintly seen While ever rose a murmauring sound From ...

Poetry

... Jo DE t rp - WE ARE LO\YLY.-B1 R01BERT NICOLL, [FRlOM TAIT'S aMAGAZINE.] x Is ore lowyV-sery llssvly, We tire lowly-very lowly hiisfortune is our crintie Andsvetthefairostflowers, Ceyes, We haive beern troddeit tinter foot, That ly the Wiy.side raise their From all recorded time. Thankl God they still are ours! A yoke UPOR Oer lleeks is laid- Ours is thc strcamle's mellowe A burdern to enidure ...

Poetry

... - votetrv THE SYLPFH OF SPRING.-By W. H. PBIDEAUX. Mo.r.r, smeek, and tender, 1 Voicing an oblation, With eye of glorious sheen,- Morning, noon, aId night; Aobd in crsaten of greedor Tripping tihrougis tile valleys- Ato bed a n cr o eno f d green l, lous .Spurting every glade, V.7Y love and smiling Where tile sunbeam dailies Like a-perfect joy; 'Through the leafing shuade: Grief, of tears ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... qa: I . R V.IET- EB . L w4TZIAIILT VA'LS X- TEB.q BoOE-mAKIxNG.-The Abbe de. marolles was so fond of boak-making that he published the names of all his friendsi and all their acquaintance in a catalogue at his own expense. This gentleman said to one of his companiens,;' MY verses Cast me very little. They oest yoa as much *ae they are wt6rth, re. plied his'friend. AN EXCELLENT SPEEcH. ...

THE LOVES OF LEONARD & MARGARET

... Ta1E 'o7VES' of ZZONARD & MGAXamET -: ReOSEiT SOUTHIEY. T'ticre is no aegument of more antiquity anl elegancy than is the matter of Love; for it seems to be as old as the wvorld, and to bear datc from the first time that man and wsoman weas: therefore in -thisac in the.fineit metal, the freshest wits have in all ages shown their best werormauship. Leonard Bacon hod becn left aa orphan is ...