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LITERATURE

... beside us. We have dipped into its pages with much pleasure, and we trust not without instruction. We do-not now propose to speak of it at length,-first, because on a former occasion we expressed our opinion on ?? somewhat in detail, and next, because we ...

POETRY

... own grace and purity. E Not always does it fare so well t Where teinpe-tA4 rge ar d riot; t Yet even there the little bell Speaks ont-'Tsvill soon be quiet ! c Though elsedls look black and pour down rain, y Tbe sunsineii brighter Comes 1Igain. d And ...

POETRY

... day (To ahowv howv I ti-ansaco') I spent onl hour w ith W~idowv Gray, inl confidential crack And nowv, says I, I'll hcur ye speak, Th'at shiar,,er's price to fix I elesred for three pun IUcreO next week I'm one of the Thirty-Sis. Nest day I sent old fIlarry ...

MR SIMS REEVES AT THE THEATREROYAL

... opening, and in the stirring incidents in which he is afterwarde involved. If this may be said of his acting, we may justly speak in terms of still greater commendation of his singing. Mr BLeeves was in fine voice, and the music of the part was delivered ...

HAWICK TUP FAIR

... many instances they did not bring the prices that the sales in the ring did. There was a fair show, and the stock, generally speaking, was in good condition. The Cheviots would be about one- third less than last year; and the bred sheep would be, upon inferior ...

LITERATURE

... Ingoldsby. Its quaint letterpress is a goodc 1. in itself, to use a political catch-phrase ; but it c al is difficult to speak too highly of the illustra- tions that embellish every page. Occasionally Mr E rnest M. Jessop falls short of the high standard ...

LITERATURE

... LIT ERAT U RE. 27he Waveriey Nowls Library Edition Vol. 1. Waverley. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black. WE shall not take upon us to speak of those novels now-a-days. To chronicle the appearance of a new edition is all that is re- cluisite; for when we are, informed ...

Original Poetry

... wearied, faint and wan, He struggled in the van, And cheered, with dying voice, his comrades to the strife. Weep ?? ! he who speaks Hath tears upon his cheeks, He knew the good great heart, with love in every throb, He knows a widow mourns, And to her children ...

POETRY

... every way. o As for the more important matter, the literary ability displayed in the contents, we shall not take upon us to speak, for we have s scarcely yet found leisure to look into them; but we think we t may very safely recommend a publication that ...

GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... weather thronghout the day t was entirely favourable, beingr warm and sum-i ,nerlikc. There were, however, no special ?? to speak of from other parts ; while I I cur own citizens, though for most part now on holiday, are' evidently setting their faces to- ...

OPENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE

... received on Saturday wit every P natrk of approbation by a crowded house e In the case of an opening night it is customary i1 to speak with indulgence of the manner in which o the performance is gone through, all unaccus- d d tomed as the actors are to concerted ...

HIGHLAND SOCIETY'S SHOW

... opportu- nity of especially examining the exhibition of implements. In making this recommendation we know that we are only speaking the sentiments of the intelligent Secretary of the Society, who has all along urged that the farm servants of Scotland should ...