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... A it tit 'itre . Poemts; by Rolert ANcoll-Tait, Edinburgh. There is a melancholy intcroht attached to this volume. Its author died early. Just as his vigorous mind had gallantly suc- ceeded, in a great measure, in obtaining the mastery over ad- verse circumstancesa-ust as his writings had begun to give the world assurance of a poet-the frail body proved unequal to the demands upon its ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... LIZTZRlARS VARIETZES. IA GOLDErN BULE.-rn reflections on the absent, go) no farther than YOUL would if they were present. I resolve,' says Bishop Beveridge, 1never to speak of a man's virtnes befare hise face, nor of his faults behind his back, A rule, the observ- ance of which would, at one Stroke, banish from society beth fiattery~and defamation. Guurg.-Giiilt, though it may attain ...

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... 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 ...

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... 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 ...

Literature

... Rit ert a tt r. Ainsuwort/h's Magaaizeffor ANovemsser.-Cunningham & Co., ia London. The presont number brings us to the conclusion of The PI Miser's Daughter, which, the ladies Nvill be glad to learn, 1 ends PI happily with a wedding, the bridal party, in all its finery, li being duly set before tbe carious by George Cruikshank, in a la spirited illustration. The Elliston Papors are ...

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... 1.ZiWERIEY VARIETfES. FEMALE MAusoscTxoSI 'There is to Me, says Byron, something very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence even if one is not in love with them. I always feel in better humour with myself sand every _thing else if there is a woman within ken. ?? is a psassage in Tillotson. that Should. be perused hy sit those notorious. for what is called 1drawing ...

Poetry

... motte). ,'ro 4 AV 4 4 -N WVITH thee I 'SC ronamn'd departe d one, In irovheodu's blissful hrosirs, 'When unnoy slus all radiant shone, And eusrth was gay with flowers Yet fair, at stream'd that golden lighit, Smitcld cevery hnisr tirat flew; The flowret's bloom 0 wan 3ot more bright That; Hope's gly visions grew. I 've stra.y'd with thee when cvelrieg sied its soft and pensive shade, llhere, ...

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... 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, ...

Literature

... it e tit, r e. The Poetical fflars of Thnoras C/hatterton. with Notices of his E Life.-Printedlfor W. P.'Grout, Cambridge. These volumes ?? a 'ational and an intensuly local liter. est. II the language of the editor- To gratify that elass of n readers who recogniso, in the stady of tn, the )i)oper anld I most ennobling study of their raco, and who fnlid a delight in I |examining ilitoi the ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... MITESAR&T VARIETIES. . DRUNKENNESS No EXCUSE.-A man may be violent and aroutrageous in his liquor, but wine seldom makes a gentleman a blackguard, or fuistgates a loyal anto to itter sedition. Wine unveils the passions and throws away restraint, but it does not create habits or opinions which did not previously exist in the ?? Walter Scott. SOUND AND LIGHT.-Slr John Herschel says that thunder ...

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... I. TmRARY VARI T1S. MATRM~v aON'IAL SUeLrCS.'On the slightest misunderstand.l WIo, instead of udvisitsg, or quarreling, they becoule sulky, and' 'l eoy their recrimitnations. in silent dignity for ?? toethr. I T'is annoays the .wife dolightfully ;it vexes lidr, asid brigs oat, lin active oporcition, all the peevishness in hear nature. Bat will Site yield? No! Shte will -fret. likewise, und ...

Poetry

... Voetrp. TO AN INFANT PLAYING WITH A ROSE-BUB. FAin child, what dost thou with that fragile flower ?- A beauteous blossom, emblem apt of thee, Phick'd from its parent stem within this rour- Soo00 svil it fade, and dead aad peuisil'd be. SoD too, woull'st thou-torn from thy parents' arms- nkintk iearly, premature decay; Lost to their anxious eyes, thy bedding charrms Would In their absence pine ...