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... Duxi: OF WELLINGTON.-No Man so little beloved was ever o well obeyed: and there is not a mnail in Eagland, of either party, citizen or soldier, who would not rather me than see him disgraced. His firmness, his moderation, his probity, place him more opposite to Napoleon then he stood in Itle field of Water- loo. These arc his lefty lines of 'forres Vedres, which no enemy dares assail ...

Literature

... ?? Deairigs wvith tie Fires of' Domailol and Soni. By Cus'srles Dickeni. No. XIV.-Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, London. Carker ' the manager shows Ihis teeth more than ever in the present number, whiio lie winds his artful meshes round the ill-fated Dombey, the haughty Edith, and the gentle Florence. Amongst the subordinates there ire some ehauges. The traitor IBob the Grinder is in ...

Poetry

... 1~Ott~r~.v HO LI DAY S.-BY RALn WALl9 EMERSON. Fnom Fail to Sprlng the rrsset acorn, Fruit beMoveO of maid and boy, Lent itself, beneath the fbrest, To be the children's toy. Pluck it now; In vain: then canst not Its root ha pilorced yon shady mounda, Toy no longer, it Ims duties; It is anchor'd In the ground. Year hy year the rose-llp'd maiden, Ialow of young an old, W.as irolic ounhint de ...

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... Genius will alvays work its way through, as the poet said When lie saw a hole in the elbow of his coat. SLEEP has often been mentioned as tile image of death -so like it, says Sir Thomas Browu, that I dare not truet it without :, vprayers. Their resemblance is Indeed apparent and strikiig; they both, when they seize the body, leave the soul at liberty, and wise is he that remembers of both, ...

Poetry

... p O t I . DEFENCE OF THlE BAS-BLEU, [A REPLY TO TIHE SONNET O(F E. S. C., INSERTED IN ou0 LAST.) AND owit'Y are ire, bile, sparkling eyes denied IThIe ciriling of their kindred stars?-tho right Of Ierarilnlg aill tho loveliness of Night, Wherein (lot11 most deep ?? reside? Wihy shoeiuid riot Algebl it divide her brain Wittt, crohet? IIOUSO llectisots without mistakes Will tuet he rouind. Is ...

Poetry

... jDartr)). TUE VILLAGE SPRING. TnE stii Is yet bright, ald the evening is still, CO-io 0lo-n to the oring at the it;ot ot tile till, Thato btilt'lei fhrlh ever n enuotnst supply- -Not bii Winter oerflowing, ili Sttunmer el' zdry. JUlt close bv the roadl, i0 vo olU e thatt ureep. bnilt Where ate ditck leavii ttil thitlles ,antd irras growving ranlk? )lo you ?? tho'so tough 3totlei. tind tho ...

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... SELF LovE is at once thle moet delicate and qeost tenacious of our sentiments; a me nothing will wound it, but nothing on earth will kill it. PAYING TIE DEBT o0 NATunE.-NO; it is not paying a debt, it is rather like bringing a note to a bank, to obtain solid gold in exchange for it. jinl this case you.bring this cumbrous body, which is nothing worthl, and which you could not wishi to retain ...

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... | Vo~eNI-No man ever spoke contemptuously of women with- out having a bad heart as well as bad head. A CONsOLATORY PEcEcDeNT.-All degrees of nations begin with living in pigsties. The king or the priest first gets out of' them; then the noble, then the pauper, in proportion as each class becomes more and more opulent. Better tastes arise frout better circumstances; and the luxury of one period ...

FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY

... Materials of light colours arc confined to in-door dresses; Fekinecs, with alternate satin and silk stripers, or stripes cspou. indes, brocldes, &c., poults do soie, plain velvets, ottomans, or ninWglds, are fashionable for high dresses; rediugotes, cavalieres, Vitehouras, for carriage, visiting, or promenade dresses; gi6p, lace, and fur, form at this moment thle usual trimmings, except. ing ...

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... AteTiTErTOTAL SLrETCIrr,-Tf fyoncontinue to drink cold water much longer, my boy, your timbers will perish of the dry-rot as sure as yon are born. You look as yaller ad a pond-lily now; and it is all owing to living like them, on bad water. Man was never made to drink water, or natur would have put him onR all fours, with his mouth near the running streams, like all ani- mals intended to use ...

Poetry

... jRoctr-P. _ A MOONLIT STROLL. IN the merrv moonflioht, when vows are ligh!t- IN-he, the pieaqatlt breeze sweet love tales heareth- When thle ?? s ?? high speak poesie, 'T ts thee tile young heart dareth I IT is thea that the tremulous whispers tell Tile heil ried story of Love's strong spell; Tile time of thc eloelenrt glance and sigh, Wills hmidden lips ?? Bind reply. Rultling hetweern the ...

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... 1I resolve, Says Blishop Beveridge, 1 never to speak of' a man's virtues before his fasts; nor- of his faults behind hits back; a ole rule! thle observation of which wocld, at one Stiroke, banish flattery and defamation from the earth. TnE RUST oF LirE -If ?eoplo live without an object, tliey stand as it wereon theouts s~of active life, whieh givesstreogti to thle iitward occupation, even ...