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LITERATURE

... up with _ illuminated borders and golden letters, we thinlc it not likely ever to be rivalled much less excelled. When we speak of the illustratiorns to this poem we may mention that the text occupies 320 pages, aed, so profusely are thee woodeuts scattered ...

LITERATURE

... By James Simpson, Esq., Advocate. William Blackwood & Sons, Ediniburgh asid Jondoi. 1853. WE have oftein heard our seniors speak of the avidity withl wohichi they devoured Slicipsoim's narrative of his visit to Flan- ders and the Field of Wmaterloo. Full ...

POPULAR ENTERTAINMENTS

... of' Uncle T1omn' Caibini Ii s been iiigbitly played to deliglhted audiences. It is nlot often that it is lis sor psui' to speak of' a new play cci 11being 'it the oasis timl sretl loilili languiage, positions, t and teachinigs, hot wv.etoo safely itO ...

LITERATURE

... the Welsh principality which as et yet his little or no connection with, or interest in, the busy outer world-which still speaks the Celtic tongue, and no other-which cannot read, and yet is in a certain degree intelli- gent, and which derives an extension ...

LITERATURE

... renovation will:perhaps show us that beyond and without the measures of Henry the Eighth, there was something, every- thing so to speak, for therein was the essence of the Reforma- tion that which makes it a divine and imperishable work. In short, the progress ...

LOOSE MEMORANDA ON GLASGOW SUBJECTS

... ofthle ancietlt buildings of' thio Back Coiwloen tote exist, excelpt part it' Siir Jamies's ]lust purchltase, of whichl trwill Speak by) afutl toy. TIhe 'Magistrates of GIlasgowe, utirvitig iii thle yelar 1772 Isirhmeliisi l'iosa 1luteluesola' Hospuital thle ...

LEAVES FROM THE NOTE-BOOK OF A NATURALIST

... alligirlta, allcl ahigalrtos, derives it ?? tlcs Spaiishi ?? cc lizard.Ic (c) 1hut 1inte. Sirt liacls Sloiiti, in liis Jaiimaica, speaking of tlue tl shoals bliivecil PIrt IttyOal cciaii Pacssage Fort, imd of tics cocis, star- d fishucs, illuul echillic tudei ...

LITERATURE

... wild and troubled times, implores him to take possession of her estates, and permit her to retire to a cloister. Generally speaking, the little picture is a very able one; but still it strikes us that there is a touch of the quiz in the expression of the ...

LITERATURE

... hrangiirg from it. ra But this request was refirsed.ea g 66Fra Sylvestro, was tire first to ascend tire ladder'. HeI did acr not speak, but tears were seen in iris eyes. When lirp had tier mounted serfricrietly high, tire executioner hravinrg tied the rope tier ...

POPULAR AMUSEMENTS

... be qealitied to shioas brilliantly iiithel Lsttwrec-oot as k h dose as the motley preacher in the circle but if' wc cannot speak of 1 our onwe knowledge, we mlaly be perutitted to qesto the folowil- I ing ?? para-graph froi: tbe Plbild/sel liut S1'11, ...

POPULAR ENTERTAINMENTS

... call have no proper idca how rwonderfully they encelain the senses. . Persons whose mninds and mecuorics are saturated so teo speak with the grandeur, the shiplicity, the truth, and the for-s6arehiiuig plhilosopihy of tile great Irainatist, may, perhlias ...

AMUSEMENTS v. DRINK

... literary critic to beard the Jnlolge ino lois cl'lilnCe. Of thcs last-niolloed wvorks, we0 may adhold tbat literary ruiooor speaks io lhiglest praise.-Athenmunli. MANCIIEST'ER MINEN AT 'I'lRlEll 13B(O ,S, What, now, is tilC kinld of realling foavoured by' ...