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... ?t'ra, UTI.C,-, 0? ?? The first paper consite of soms SPIrite extrelo. from 6ther correspondence of teeebte nd m tis ?? stanllope--ti, lady, ?? It her from English Polsed e ey r E~ 'It asen Queen Amongst ?? ftl eet isted ?? sa f colliection, of stornes an ncdts 'oiteetcd r wtthth l~er'a of that amusing PerO~e~ -lbt ?? Som ofb the f sketches are Well toltcul5 hi~mrl be~avhing is: byn means ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... .,oTERAiT ' - - Si It is in ,p~olitiesas in religion,. nong rmninto, such extrecines as! renegadoes, or so'ridiculously overact their parts. The passions,: ony these~occsions,: take Xiiciir,;fol1' dvxg, Ean, d ,reaet like a p~en'du-. Iusn.whoseoscillatiois on one side, ,will always c regulated by 'the len'itli oftlie ar6it haS subiended on the~other.-lacon. LAsT I6V~otcObjs OatOBI RUSrElL Oe ...

Poetry

... poetrY., I THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND BOOK OF LTUCBETItUS, Suave maril magnoe turiantitus aquora entis. SWEET on tbe shore, from care and danger free, To wateh the raning of the angry sea; Soe tbe worn ship upon the billows tost- Now high upborne, now in the surges lost. Not that ive any joy or pleasure knowv From witnessing another's grief und wo; But, being ourselves beyond the tempest's ...

The Drama

... Eiji zDrama. la days ' laig syne Bristol was esteened as a uursery of the drama, and masny an actor, who has shone as a brightestar in the theatrical horbzon, first smelt the lamp, or at least passed the greater part of his noviciate, on the boards of our i theatre. If we were to carry back our reminiscences to the t palny days of the histrionic art, we might refbr to a long string of ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... II.ZTER.Am vaul is3. DErcOcRAcy.-What form of government, or whatkitats, ever hi effected so much, in the same space. of time, for hmnanityias. -tt Athens and its democracy, during the brief period of their men- tt dian glory-? Pericles, Phidias, rolyghotus, Sophocles, Socrates, cc Plato, and Demosthenes, were the childiren of democracy mnd as truly great mnst the public spirit of that nation ...

Poetry

... Roetttp.4 MIS-SPENT TIME;-DY Smt AutmRY DE VVEBE. TnERE is no remedy for tire mis spent; No healing for the waste of idloness; Whose very languor is D. punilmlaent Honviei tha' active souls can feel or guess. 0, lours of idleness and discoutent,_ Not now to be redeem'd l ye sting not less Because I know this span of life was lent For lofty duties-not for selfishness,- Not to be wiled away in ...

Literature

... WLttcvatlure. 77ie Comic Adlban; a Book for eveiV Table-Orr and Co., London, ii In richness of binding, clearness of typography, and gemeral 0 fnish and appearance, this may fairly enough be termed another Book of Beauty, whilst its laughter-provoking contents fully justify its title of the Comic Album. Its exuberant mirth, and rich, grotesque humour, is a rare contrast to the proverbial ...

Poetry

... Voctrp. 3M9DI''ATIONS ON THE P'OOR LAY.. B3Y A CONSERVATIVE P':Et. WIJY should I support mny neighbour On my goods-agailnst ioy will ? Can 'It he live by honest labour1- Call 't he beg,-or can 't he steal? Poor-rates make such sad confusion I- I, for osy part--cannot see Dow Join Thomsofn's destitution Gives him any claim on mne! Soith may n't own a somgle penny,- Alust I then mny pound ...

The Drama

... l Ie Dvrama. fr. and Mrs. Charles Kean commenced a short engage- iaent at our Theatre oui Monday, in Shakspero's admirable play of Mlelh adoe about Neothlig, in which they sustainod the oharacters of Benedict and Beatrice. The lady (who, it may be scarcely necessary to mention, long enjoyed *a high re- putation in the theatrical world as Miss Ellen Tree) acquit- tod herself admirably; her ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... ZI.TERARY VARIETIES. Mankind may be divided into three classes-those who learn from tile experience of others they are happy men-those who tearn from their own experience: they are wise men-and lastly, those who learn neither from their own nor from 6ither people's experience they are fools. Too TnuE.-.' Of all professions, says Goldsmith, I do not know a more useful or a more hosoourable one ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... ImITERARY TARIETIES. What maintains one vice will bring up two children.- Franklin. Whenever you see persecution, there is more than a pro- bability that truth lies on the persecuted side.-Latinier. The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached upon it.-.-Savie. Laws are like grapes, that being too much pressed, yield a hard and unwholesome ...

Poetry

... 3octrtt. GRIEF FOR DEATH. WHY mourn we when the hand of death Severs our friends, with olay-cold grasp,- And the low-eblbing, fleeting breath Threatens to foil Affection's clasp; WVbon those we love and fain would save Lie cold and mouldering in the grave ? Should we not rather joy to know That they are free from grief and care, And that the langs of earthly wVo- Of bitter Want and grim ...