... family, who have so long shared his trials and F privations, le is doubly sensitive oh any injustice or harsh Btreatment. In speaking thus, my object is not to impute . any blame to the various boards of guardians; the gentle- F muen who compose themii discharge ...

... work above the dredging- engines, mostly about Woolwich; there the cleanest ballast is to be got. The Trinity Company they speak most highly of; indeed the Corporation is universally spoken of as excellent masters. The men say they have nothing to complain ...

... selves called upon at this particular moment to in- augurate the second half of the nineteenth century. Without wishing to speak ungratefully of the year 1849, we must own tkat it would make but a poor and unsatisfactory last term in a series. It notably ...

... and POssessing, as taey do, a common langtage, they are easily distiaguiehible from each other. The former amre, generally speaking, thicker set, and shorter Excursions in Southern Africa, itoluding a History of the Cape Colony, an Aceount of the Native ...

... would make, were es the matter more distinctly pressed upon their ly attention, is a point on which we do not wish ti- to speak with needless emphasis or particu- he larity. But we may at least express our clear con- ve viction, that the loss of the ...

... of the subjects on which the writer has furnished matter for Xwise men to turn to account. He speaks, in page 18, of the growing need of making good speaking, musically and collo- quially, form a necessary part of education ; page 29, of the frightful ...

... notice for the richness of its materials (ponceau violet), and the splendour of the jewels with which it was adorned. Whilst speaking of dresses, it is, perhaps, necessary to say that all persons present spoke with admiration of that of the fair bride, which ...

... shocked by e hearing women of the lower classes, when speaking of a neighlbour's child, make use of such expressions as- Oh, depend upon it, the child '1I not live ; it's in the burial club. When speaking to the parents of a child who may be unwell, it is ...

... rent. Such alienation, therefore, could in no conceivable way benefit the tenant-farmers; and yet we constantly hear them speak of tithe as a burden. All who are conversant with rural affairs know well that the landlords made a most excel- lent bargain ...

... are almost univer- g sally worked upon the buttie system. The buttie a is a sort of middleman or contractor. Generally a speaking, he has been a working man himself, and d still preserves the appearance, dress, and style of a living of his original condition ...

... observed hini to reach the gangway by the help of the main bits and the third gun. I did not speak to the prisoner on that occasion I heard the prisoner speak, and his tone of voice wias that of a drunken man. It was a clear light night, but I forget whether ...

... will find homnre de lettres appended to the name of every man -peer or deputy, statesman or publicist-who has ever (so to speak) professed letters; and throughout the greater part of the Conti- nent, the profession of letters is a recognized title to ...