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PHILHARMONIC CONCERT

... PHILHA.RMONIC CONCERT. The, members of thce Paillsarmonic Society gave their first ,concert tfor the season, ait the Victoria Rooms, on Monday even- ing. The principal apartment presented quite a gay and ani- i1satcd appearance, the majority of- the company with which it wras Crowded being ladies, all of whom appeared to have done their beat to show, their, practical contompt for chat oft ...

Poetry

... o?tr?2. A MIDDL2E.AGED LADY'S REPLY To All OFFER. UNF~aJsNDLY surprised and grateful, And much your frienld, and nlow your debtor, And thinking that easpense is hateful, I answer, with all speed, your letter; But, sir, I nover gave you reason To draw the inference yoa have done; I 've flirted with you but a season, And corresponded scARcELY 0one. 'T is true, I took a look of hair, (Which came, ...

Poetry

... THE FIO.TN 10-BY THr; REV. F. AS. FAIER,. A lady a party of ?? made, And she plann'd i her schleme right well; And, early and late, this party lili'd The head of the demoisalle. It rain'd all day, and it rain'd all night, It rain'd when morning broke; It rain'd w hen the maiden wvent tn sleep, And it rain'd when she awoke. Peevish and fretful the maiden grew, WVhen the hoer of neon was gene; ...

Poetry

... 9o etrp. THE HUNTER'S SONG. WsEw the hora of the huntsman is calling away, To the field and the forest, the blithe and the free, Uprising I spring at the summons so gay, And quickly I follow with heart full of glee. Sound-sousd once again! '1 is a truce to all pain, And a cure for the heart-ache, I ween; Away to the meads, Where the merry sport leads, I haste to the joy-giving scene. ?? ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... X.ZTflZARY vArnETflz?. HoNES3 FuornE;-If a mnan has a right to be proud of anything, it is of a good action, done ad it ought to be, without any base interest larking at the bottomn of it.-Ster-ne. LOVE OF Coueeruy.-Ae Abernathy said the parks of London were its lunge, so our mountains, forests, and moor. lands are the lungs of the whole country. It is there we drink ill fromn all things ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... LxwZ]tRART VARIETIES. BrGOTRY.-Claiming a right to set everybody's dial by your own watch.-Johlnson. COBIMEencE.-The medium through which England com- mnanids the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.-Raleifgi. FASHioto.-Gentility running away from vulgarity, and being afraid of being overtaken by it-a pretty sure sign the two are not very far asunder.-Haztitt. HEROIC ACT. ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... LITERART VARIETIES. Wicdiffe's body, thirteen years after nhis death, was disin- terred and burned, and the ashes throwvn into a neighbouring brook. .Speakig of this transaction, Puller says-l Tue brook did convey his ashes into Avon; Avon into Severn; Severn anto the narrow seas; they into the main ocean. And thus, thte ashes elf Wicklife are tho emblems of his doctrine,which is now ...

A SOLDIER'S STORY OF A SKULL

... a 5tO&zmst's STOR.Y or A 5MULZL. A LUlEND). NEcit the village of Abbots Lillinigtols, in Cuuaberland, ill thle yoar 1616, stood at etail 0ehinch of Saxon architecture: oin Cte rigt, f iteovvgrwsspah ?? hureltytssd, on Christrafs evc of tile slame year, yawned1CL ft newlVy-dug, grave. T1hc sunl was:' setting upon Cite trill of that. old, grey towe~(r as at Stranger slowly took ]'is walk of ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... X?ETrflARY VAREETIIIB. Flirtation jot a woman is equivalont to libertinism in a man; it is the manlifostetion of tile saume loose principles, only eestroain- ed by the usage of the world fromd developing itself in a similar SEA SeeseNxES.-Tl1 MIAteodssie ?? states, that a girdle worn. round the body above the hoovels--that is, over the epigastruos-will prevent Sea sickness. it is said to ...

Poetry

... 15octArj. TO THE SNOW-DROP . Hope till hope creates From its oxviw wvreck tile thiiI9 it COnt(iRlUat1CS,-SIRULLEY. THou gentle flower! Emblenm of innocence and purity; Sweet harbinger of Spring! Say Wsert thoea not afraid Alone to rear thy fragile head Amidst stern Winter's snows; And with thy spotless hope Menlace the durance of the tyrant's reign ? From thee-thouggh but a simple tlow'r ...

Literature

... It iteratur C. Ti1e Fuoreig uajd Coloial Qlssas'c* ?? and Co., London. The appearance of t is new periodical is important, both in a literary and political point of view. Tile establishment of a work of such pretensions as another Quarterly, in which much and varied ability is brought to bear ill treating and discussing themes of the first importance, is, of itself, evidence of the on- ward ...

BRISTOL SEPTEMBER FAIR

... BUISTOL, SUUEMTBErR FAIR. I ur arinuai Septembher fai' cooninenced yesterday-the -sheep andi cattle being exhibited es irsual- in the Cattle- nmarket, 'and the horses at Teniple-gate. 'The foli'i on ithG whole was well supplied, but the businless was very dull. Hons815.-There wvas .a better sliow of horses than last Veer, and among the animals exhibited wvere many of an useo. i'el and some of ...