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Poetry

... 0ttrp. ISONG. SpOCrl tot, but let that melting eye More eloquent than sweetest worn Tell all I wish, or let one sigh Of fond assent, fair mald, be heard, ;llethinls 'tis blest, and far more dear To siewy those eyes so lovely speak Than e'en the gentlest toerms to ear From those soft lips in accents break. So fair mny bopes-so full my bliss, WVhile thus thy beaming looko I see, That, had I more ...

SINGULAR STORY

... SINGULAtR STORY. The Droit furnishes us` with.the following singular story iIn l1S2P, M.S., a Frenchman;arrived in tondon from Para- t guay, where he had passed fifteen years in the service of the I arbitrary and eccentric Dr. Francis. Soon after his arrival if. i S.formed a close intimacy with a fellow-eountryman, who lived li in the samnehotel, to whom he related his whole hIstory, inform- ...

THE DRAMA

... r, 'ltr. J. S. 'Blls, the popular comedian,, conolsded his limited o. engagement at our Theatre on: Monday night, on which coca- e, sionl the performances, whichrnwere for his benefit, included Air. a, Lee Moi'etoa's new and, if report may be relied onl, successfol d comedy of Loadons Assirance.- It may be as well if, before we o0 offer a few. observationo onr the piece, ito pretensions o, ...

Poetry

... laortrP. SACRED LYRICS.-I-MOlaNeG. WnIIE soft the light of morning breaks, And Nature from her slumber waikeso And field and forest, vale and grove Are vocal with the songs of loe- Oh! then, how sweet from sleep to rise And roam beneath the sow blue skies, Ard feel the early zephyr bring Freshness and f'agrance on its wing. Yesl sweet it is to watch the flovwer,,, Unfold its beauty in the ...

Poetry

... 1,oe1tr-. SO LITUDE. I love thee, Solitudc! the morb if wild The forest, glen and mountain's top to me lWere power ra stlot and calin me as a child. The gushing breolt, the.vale, the tossing sea, 'he rolling cataract, the litel tree,- The warbling birds, that p Ilide C iatr their aoeg, The bloating flocks, that g raudol in their glee, Speak amcharm'd language k!Io net to thethrong 'Wltere ...

THE DRAMA

... DR&TCA. A ithcatric.,t u ,mla-,c, like a restaurateur, it cexpected to pro- vide, such CiLAW-S (LS u-ili commnoeod thlomselves to the palates of'0 hi -t it, il to othe wVOrdCI ill catering for the nAmusement of he~sleIis atim lost olhe, if' desirous Of wvinning 1 goldon eiolljiob. 1,,-ous all sors-t 'of petople,' to hit tile ptevailittg taste. Of tqglr, Wi VAT0 proessou.CIng the elod antd ...

Literature

... An teraturCi 'opulaiC qelopitdiaofNatsual Science. Veyetable PJ~siology. Tanner, Brothers, and Hamilton, Adams, & Co., Lohdon'; Wright & Albright, Bristol, Ihe present volume is tlhe fdrst of a series of original element. ary treatises, published under the auspices of the Society for t the'promotion of Popular Instruction, intended to prcsent, c when completed, a Cyclopudit of Natural ...

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 ...

Literature

... IL it eraturic. Ireland, its Scenery, Chaaracter, 4-c., by Mr. 4' Mrs. C. Hall; Part VI.-How' & Pairsona, London. It is with feelings of increasaing satisfaction that ccve mionthly ,renew ourl acquaintance with , Ircland,, as portrayed by Air. andiiMrs.0. Hall. Fewvpublicationssaolhappily blend the useful with the agreeable; and the evident love'which the writers bear to the sister isle, ...

BRISTOL INSTITUTION

... 3.rW*~ Carpelater's lTyusouma L~ectures. LEO5CTR51 XXVI j The animials included under the class Ampilltataaronamonir the feeblest said most harmless of the vertebrated classes, and they have beers included under the general proscription which the prej udice of man. has laid upon the whole of the reptiles, the folly and inljust ice of which has been already paoited out. .Thle icharacter of the ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... I- ITR1.T VA ~ ZETZ1S. t BASTER oNtIrICEN The ,nmost s ptrikiig ipsuinc'e of IShjh 101hziltS pomp und prodigality. was his construction, of the . famlous peacock'th,_rone. It took its name from -apnise k with. 4Ut tail '*reaId (rpieifld in it iiataral colours ini sapphires, eiiimeriads. rries, and'dtheiappropiiatetd, elie); ' shitch forinie.0' Lthe flornantisifa mass of diumondsiaid preccs ...

Literature

... t it £era tit r e. a The Mechanic's Calculator.. By Win. Grier, Civil Engineer. d '- Blackie and Son, Glasgow. t Thepisreenst isa new edition of a publication which has been found ;t exteasively nacfeLl to the better classes of mechan~lcs. Mr.Grior's ob.: . ject, in umdertaking the present wvork, was to assist the youthful and inquiring workman in obtaining a knowledge of the calculations con. ...