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... the busies and mat thikly-poulatedof ?? suburbs. In ?? Preed-sreet Isthe terinus ofthe Grat Western railway, Iii opened for short distances in June 1038, and to Bristol in Jane E( 1841. The basin of the kaeddington canal isin convenient prol-0 laitly. Thes ...

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE

... the platform. and, at thle conclusion of the national anthem, proceed at their bead to her Majesty, to whom be will read a short repart of the proceedings SPY of the commission up to that time, which lie wviii then deliver to Ho her Majesty, with a Catalogue ...

THE OPENING OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... assistants, were, besides a few policemen and a stray red.coated Sapper, the only occupants of the building. 'Daring the'short hour of calm and quiet which succeeded,' we made a hurried survey of the interior, to ascertain how far things were in order ...

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... In its favour; so we held our peace and submitted, What use was there in depriving the wor- thy man 01 the best half of his story, or in disturbing sebto au-, 'thentic and profitable traditions ? Besides which, there wvere a score or two of ill-condittoned ...

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... and the great expense whilih the employment of a staff of talented engravers must involve, it is quite clear that nothing short of a very large sale of his new work can repay Mr. Cassell for the outlay the enterprise requires. Ackland's Guide to ths Sights ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... of -How to maire Homse Unfteadlszi. A MANe OF ONEc IDEA.-When you spoke of my upsetting a rdecanter, I wee reminded of a story, which I Mean to tell YOU now. A gentleman who carved a goose was inexpert; and thinking only of thestubborn jonts that wouldtnot ...

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... World, as the author terms them. The next item in the list of the contents is a continuation oi the locally interesting Story of the year 1770t elucidatory of the life and character of the wondrous Chatterton, of whom our arebmeological visitors of ...

LITERATURE

... Temple, I was turtied back from a short cot I wanted to make and edvised to continue my route in another direction, as a barri- cade was forming in my path. I had never heard of barricades, since so familiar in. French story, and was some time before I could ...

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... were a victim. and not a follower; but I soon d1- *teoted my error-toy education taught me at le~ast so mach' r' Scenes and Stories from the Spanish Stage-No. 4; Calderon's Constlant Prince, is, a long and pro~sy paper, In spite of the mass of original ...

THORNBURY HORTICULTURAL SHOW

... selected music being first-rate. The I fruits, flowers, and plants were arrangad in the pump-room-- and though the quantity fell short of the expectations which -had been raised, ties quality of the collections of Messrs. Veitch,T of Exeter; R. S. Holtord, Esq ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... eir per- :sonal appearance; the Mountain rose up, and the Mountain sat down, lists were shaken, and shouts hurst forth ; in short,it was altogether a scans difficult to conaeive and quite impossible to .describe. At last my eyes reposed upon a most gen ...

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... great regret tlatet he could never hear thatr peculiar dialect without hisl risibility being affected. N When telllttg this story afterwardsato a comutittes of the Heuse ofComtmOrts, Dir. Chalmers saild, ` t'eriseos It May Iren nece.sa. to ei-f plalit the ...