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The Fine Arts

... Tbe eine arto. EXTEI:BZTXON Or ICTXRSi.. 27D. Duetch FWtlxiag'boats ilt a Gale off the Dogger Bassk: . T. 1) uN ?? is one of the most ?? marine piees we hove ever scen: in watcercolours we ?? auet with nothing tha could suarpass it. It is, indeed, a maste ly produotion, and in point of fame cannot fail to re-aly Af'.Duncan forthe great amount of labour which it is evident lie mout have ...

LITERATURE

... MIZTRATURM. T/hc ajpproachtg Do..f.l o' I P'oepry and Civil Despotismn in £srOpr.- Philp and Evans, Biristol. In all times of politioal commotion aid chnnge, prophecy has beon the favourite study of rnsids of a particular cast. Tho sangpine and imaginative have endeavoured to find the events ?? over them in the dark mystories of Daniel and of St. John. A heated fanoy has ever roendered the ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... LZTE1aARY VARIETIES. GOLD. -Trust not to the omnipotency of gold, nor say unto di it, thou art my confidence; kiss not thy hand when thou be- PE holdest that terrestrial sun, nor bore thy ear unto its servitude. be A slave unto Manimao makes no servant unto God; covetousness Iu cracks the sinews of faith, numbs the apprehension of anything st above sense, and, only affected with the cortainty ...

Exhibition of Arts, Science, and Manufactures

... I Exhibition of Arts, Science, and M1auufactures. 1 The exhibition of works of art, I~ot up by thle MechanisI- Istitttiotll, partly wi th a vioew of diflusin'r uselol knowledge and partly for the purpose of augmenting its funds, was opened on lhursday last, during the evening of which day it was by a very large numbher of the most respectable residents of our city and its neighbourhood. Public ...

Poetry

... . ottru. 'HE LOVE TEST.-By SIR WALTEIR RALEIGIH. DoEs, i1l thy mind, some blooming beauty reign, Whose sironsg idea mingles joy snith pain P When she appmeals before thee does she sipread O'er thy pale fading checks a saudden red ? Press her soft lips or touch her illy hand, Does thiy heart flultter-docs thy breast expand F Frot hcce b a real passion you may prove; wittiout thvae syamptoms ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... IsTERtARY VAUETZEZS. TaE FstcErrX.We caught several of these beetles. They are more tOLEM half ani ijch long, and havC it sharp mtove- able horn on the head: when laid onl the back, they cannot turn over except by pressing this horn against a membrasse upon the front. Behind the eyea are two eound transparent snbstonees, fall of luminoas matter, about as large as the head of a pin, and ...

BRISTOL ART UNION

... BRISTOL ? U?JZON. street, enTnsayat, fo teu purose of formingI janl Art Union~ 'J'be cha~ir was takenl atthrceeo'clock,l,5 tbhe Rer. JOHIN EseteC Mr. reciera, arho oeted als provisionlal secretary, goad thle mli- unstes of the prievious Inleeting, anid announced that, at the kinid itntGerCU~o)II of Qilentin Kennledy, Esq., who had~, on behialf of thoe last snleetinlg, umade thle app~licaltion ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... I.ZT?RA1?.3Z vARIETr!?s. 'Ihe English language consists of about .?8,OOO words, of which oboist 25,000, or nearly live eighths, are of Auglo.Sa'son origin. MoOACrrs;-Iluman nature is so constituted by the Cres- ts,, that nisrality is iso isceessary to the prosperity of mankind as e:cygon te comhnstios, calorie to vegetation, and respiratien to Iianmn life.-Nptii'akrisi. Povisn?v.-lt is nut ...

Poetry

... 'Vottrv2. VERSES'NVIIITTEN iN SICKNESS. An!t wearly the ntoments roll - Whowr Health's bright roiea fade aay- When Pain sibdues the stiffering frame, And strength nhd Joy alike dec;y. As the poor trembling bird, that beats His cage and freedim.sec0ks to gain, His fluttering.pinion drops, and finds That all his efforts are Ill Yal! So-to the darken'd room eonflned- i'1he couch wlhence ease is ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... LITERARY :VARIETIES. FEverLON O0T CoMrtsncE.-The true way to establish commerce is to receivc all strangers readily; let thoer find in your ports safety, accommodation, perfect freedom; above all, do net attempt to ?? cominmree by directing it according to your owvn motions. Let the prince have iso concern in it. He will be suflicintty enricoed by the riches which commerce will bring to his ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... ZraTEZZr VARZEVINB. Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself what you wish to be.-Thomas-d-Keinupis. QUxErs ELIzABEtE.-Bishop Jewel, in a private letter to his friend Bullinger, 1559, observes, that Queen Elizabeth ret- fuses to be called head of the church, as it was a title that could liot be justly given to any mortal. Ncwsrso.scas, ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... MITMEART VARIUZTES. i To senti an uneducated child into the world (says Paloy), is littlo better than to turn out a aind dog, or a wild beast, into the streets. BENEFIT OF A Fi EE PtESS.-A free press is the parent of much good in a stato. Bat even a licentioas press is a far less evil tban one that is enslaved, because both sides may be heard in the former case, bht not in tite latter. A ...