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THE THEATRE

... THE TREATRE. he Among the many events which characterize the growing ty refinement of the age, maybe instanced the revival of the h Shaksperian drama. To Mr. Macready is due the honour Iw of the first attempt to reform the public taste. Deyoted to I lit his art, lie saw with pain the inglorio usses to which the stage had been degraded; and it is notorious that his bold th ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... :LITERARY VA.ZET4!XBa.. LOVE AND LAw.-The difference betweeniove6:nd law is tbis-in love, the' attachment precedtes tbhe deplaration; in law, the declaration comes before the attacmeont. , AN ArT SIoILH.._-' Governmient. resemb]is9 the, wall which sarrounds our laud,' needful protection-Iut, treriug no harvests, ripening no frdits.- t is the individual,'holi must 'ch'oose whether the enclosure ...

Literature

... f it t ra t rt. Ireland, its Seenertl,Charcter, 6-c., Part V. oy b r. r& Mirs. C. Hall,-How & Parsons, London. 'the 1.resent number contains tho same judicious mixture of amusement and instruction which distinguished the preceding parts, and whlichl has gained for the wvork the character of bein, ne of the most algreeable publications of the day. These are this mouth fewer of Mrs. Hall's ...

Poetry

... IA I ). SONGS OF THE SEA.-No. ii. Torw foeman incomesl but o'er the wave Otir country 's fllig is flying; To meet him go the true and brave, His hostile arts detying. Clear-clear the deck! give welcome meet, And drive tile stave before ye Chase-chase from every wave his fleet And fight for home and glory! The oceav.ibngs are on the main, All full of gallant darinsg ' O'er every sea they roam ...

Poetry

... lattrp. THE HfISTORY OF A LIFE. BY B. COiNWALL, DAY dawn'd. Within a ctirtair'd And near it ofen tines was sen, ?? AgentlebDywiththoughtfulmien. liill'd to fainttess with perfume ' A lady Ily at point of doom. ' IYears fled. Heworeamanlyface And struggled in the world's rough Day closed. A child had seen tie race, SIhe tedi And won at last a lofty place. hotterh th lbady, fair and brightI She ...

BRISTOL MARCH FAIR

... BRUTMOL MARCH PAIR. Our annual spring fairs commenced on Monday last. In the Cattle fair the attendance of dealers was unusualry large, but the show of stock was limited. There were in the mar- ket about 1800 or 1900 head of cattle, and about 200 sheep, a great portion of which changed hands. Fat beef fetched from 60s. to 65s. per cwt.; good store stock also sold well. There was, as far as ...

Poetry

... @ottrp. SONGS OF THE SEA.-No. 6. f A) ! ;tlho watclifire shines afar, O'er the troubled set lwe'go, Dlanger comnes not near us; Free from fear careering: f La! tie ocean's guiding star For swe mark yonbeam, and knowi Brightly bums to cheer Un. Safelywe are steeriog. s Darkly sailing o'er tile deep, Shine, fair comforter of nighti ] WVile the moonis hiding, Peace from thee we borrowv 5wcetly ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... MI1TERARTI-Ty VtAIETiE -,CArreAr. DNa .LucATcON.-A.t first the' expendituref in schooling wae chiefly given from a ldesire to' snakxe the woik- people happy; but we bave found, that, had it all beer' done simply as all investment of capital, it would have bon a highly profitable one. I avexl~d not, as a psecuniary 5spealatien, con. sent to take less tban I e. . for 053 iit of workmen, upw ...

LETERARY VARIETIES

... LETRBAY V-ALZVTZSB I ss. TiuE GENTILITv.-Gentility is neither in birth, wealth, vn manner, nor fashion-but in the mind. A high sense of honour ng -a determination never to take a mean advantage of another- so- an adherence to truth, delicacy, and politeness towards those _ with whom we have dealings-are the essential characteristics he of a gent leman, : . .I nd It is not the greatness of a ...

THE EAGLET

... THE EAGb.lT. ?? Belackwood's Edinburgh 3kagain. Tueglat gold eagle, the pride and the peat of the pariah, sl-od dois,1. und away with something in his talons. Ono snl nden enale Shariek-osid then shouts and outcries, as ii .curh ?? had tambled d owno a con1gregation, at a Sacramenlt! Hannah Lamond's bairn. H-annah Lamond's bilirn was the load fiaot-spreading cry. 1The'eaglesa ta'dn off ...

Poetry

... - qoett). QN THE LOSS OF THE EMIGRANT SHIP, GOVERNOR FENNER. A~oO'In prey, dark ocean! Wrapt in ?? slumbers, 'tbthy yaweirg depths Ia gone, W ithinl their berths reposed. And thy aves, cs w1 ild c~Oisotion, O'er thoese devoted numbers O'er ?he fatal scene roll on; The greedy waters closed. Another tale of sorrowll How fearfYl, yet how brief!- OhA! who may tell tieir feeligs, ?? crowded records ...

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 ...