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LITERATURE

... afford their poor neighbours the benefit of their culinary erudition. The enthusiasm with which the chef makes his ladies speak of new inventions in their favorite art is truly edifying. As a specimen, we may give the following anecdote respecting the ...

LITERATURE

... the / transformed into lea, &e. Cer- inly such blunders are les repens bot cn a Pa less so. The au « The hy instance, when speak ing of the i calls them les hautes Volailles, meani ay, of has thet of poultry ; and the passage in which this gross blunder ...

FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER

... gance, such as the Brabauconne, the Gauloise, the Iman, the - Persaune, the Perle, and the Javanaise. We must not forget to . speak in high terms also of the Mignonne sortie de bal. We must make one genernd renark, which is, that great afulness is given this ...

POETRY

... clouded with the mists P (f dull mortality; Long, spectral figures, mocking, point at me: Strange figaros laugh and jeer,- They speak: I cannot understand; Slowly they beckon me and disappear. Esseneo of all that hath been or shall be! Who may disown thy sway ...

POETRY

... knew what next was coming, And with her foot upon the floor was drumming! I didn't know how to begin, or where- I couldn't speak-the words wero always cloking; I scarce could move-I seemed tied to the chair- I hardly breathed-'twas awfully provoking The ...

ORIGINAL POETRY

... ignorant past, Young labour wan passive and weak, And in spite of his temples and pyramids vast, None deignled of lis mecrits to speak; For thc sword of tho slayer was then of more worth Than thic tool of an nrtizan's trade, When destruction nlone could inherit ...

UNION AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION AT DUMFRIES

... were first-class animals. We being unable to in ly high terms of commendation of the Ayrshire stock. It is not Fogret easy to speak too favourably of the of which we have never seen & . There was a very good show of ne and Dumfries have long been good breeding ...

AN ITALIAN LANDSCAPE

... might look and sea Uptisirigs from a guileless heart, O'erflowis with love for me. - Wanted-a lip, whose kindest smile Would speak for me alone; A voice-whose richest melody, Would breathe affection's tone. Wanted-a true, religious soul To pious purpose ...

A WOMAN'S QUESTION

... me so. Is there within thy heart a need That mine cannot fulfil? One chord that any other hand Could better wake or still? Speak now-lest at some future day my whole life wither and decay. Lives there within thy nature hid The demon-spirit Change. Shedding ...

FROM INDIA

... tendi; li pleve,,, oht fri,'e'?s, if iI is were ail, Aml~ hplefeil farawetl griefs fitlol tilis wof'a plcace ThLe;; migit wve speak loll aeep, and yet be catir. G'al keep ItIse, sa' 0110 ;lf the, thise teirs of fame, Godl ldess h arl;erest lilIl! O'Sr very ...

SURVEY OF THE SURREY MUSIC HALL

... only parts of the In premises that had given way were the southwestern and ?? north-eastern staircases; or, more correctly speaking, thie iron be balustrades. These were formed of twisted iron pillars an inch and a half in diameter, covered by a massive ...

LITERATURE

... we speak of essences, when we speak of existences absolutely; we call those same essences-or at least what we know of them-qualities when we speak of the forms under which we know them, and these qualities, again, we call powers, whoen we speak of them ...