Poetry

... l3outrU. A IJ T U AI N. TrIE bud of Spring is softly seen Full bursting through the icy sheen That Winter left upon the green- Its last departing tear; But, oh! the bough of russet brown, Unbent to Winter's coming frown, Where gentle airs blow leaflets down, To me is far more denil. I love the shadow onl the path, The moonbeams on the olden rtath; To me the Auituimin ever hath A magic of its ...

Fashion and Varieties

... ifasbion antr Yarictico. 'I'TIE COURT. I aVINI)soe, THURSIAY.-Thi Roval linner party ves-- teiday iniclulded the Royal visitors of her Majesty, the Belgian and Auisti'ian Ministers, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Count de Lamnoy, Colonel de Moerlerke, Baron Prisse, M. Ricken, &c. The Queen and Prince, with the Roval visitors, went to London this morning by a special t'rain of the Great ...

A NIGHT UPON MONT BLANC

... A NtGHIT ITON MOST BLAN]C. Al INt till L i ?? - . - . . 11oarSUD BY AfslhDING ALBERT SXITIIS LZOCTUZI. Night fell uppon the mountain, And m11oonlight glory shone, Not as on dale, and fountain, lint dazzling snows aloue. A chain of ventitures weary, Asceahing on their way, pausing, 'uidst features drea.y, Till dawn should lend its grq. On high. amidst the aznre, Sharply defin'd the sky, The ...

THEATRES, &c

... ?? fmhury-lane.g Mr. E. di Smith is on, of the boldest and most go ahead lessees that Drury-lane has ever possessed. For rapidity and energy equal to that which he displays, we mnust go to America for a parallel. Last week ties boards ivere eutrodn by a tragedian who once again evoked and kept alive the interest of the playgoers of the Old So, whi are fl of vivid reminiscences of the palmy ...

Published: Sunday 30 October 1853
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2225 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE IRISH TOURIST'S TICKET

... ITHE IRISH TOURIST'S TICKET In this age, which, in the absence of a better appIUltiOn: might not inaptly be termed the Age Of Ilustration, it was not unnatural that the idea should occur to some one of pre- senting to the British public, through the medium of a lecture and panoramic effects, a more vivid and truthful notion of the lovely scenery of Ireland, than by that same dear, ingenuous ...

Published: Sunday 30 October 1853
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 745 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

AMUSEMENTS IN LIVERPOOL

... AMUSEMENTS TN TYVZAPIQQL (roaso OUR OWN CosImSPOXDET5j. Tasars RovAL..-Mr. Farren bade adieu to his Livvrpool admirers ei Friday, as Sir Peter Teazle, in which he was wel supported, parti. ceularly by Mrs. Phillips and Miss F. Baker, and Messrs. Loraine and Villiers. Ifacbeth was produced for the first time on the same oecasion -it ivas highly successful. During the week we have had Secret ...

Published: Sunday 09 October 1853
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 702 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC GOSSIP

... MUSICAL ANDf DRAMATIC GOSSIP Visitors from continental States, more particularly the denizens of the more favoured lands of song would give the Londoners but small credit for musical taste, when dis- covering the absolute dearth of musical entertainment in the Metropolis at present. Not one of the host of Artistes who witch the ears of myriads during the Season is now to be beard, and ...

LITERATURE

... LITZRATURE. I TUEB UcIVaIZSTrMAacAZsc. (Dublin. J. MifoOZsan.) Here we have an entire number of the Un'ivers without one word of politics, and with a very pleasing variety of contri- butions both in prose and poetry instead thereof! I ii the first place the muse of the University, which rarely fails in her poetic caleniar, is profuse this month in her effasious for the season, and supplies a ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... THE GREAT hXHIBITION. I Number of persons who viaited the Exhibition yesterday, 12,214. The receipts at the doors yesterday were much bettert han topon soy day 6ince the Queen's visit. The generosity of T. ll. Grebhane Esq, who paid for ail the widows of St. Thomas's Widow House and all the children of St. Thomas's schools, cannot be too highly commended; besides paying for their adneseion he ...

FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER

... Tur following are the principal points of taste for the influx of tle present season :-Tlhe colour dark chestnut, hut suitable to the advancing season, seems to be the fashion, as was green in the spring. Bonnets, espe- cialiv, of this colour, are in great demand, and suit nearly all toilettes or dresses; for instance, a bonnet chestnut colour and straw, or chestnut and black lace, harmonises ...

Literature

... ittraturt. LOtus X VII. His Life-hiS Suffiering-his Death : the Capntivity of the Rs,st Poanils in the Tesspte. BysA. ?? one. Trans- lated and Editedi 6y W. Hazlitt, Esq. 2 Vols.-Vizatelly & Co., c 130, Fleet-street, London. d These volumes are devoted to a detailed narrative of the most I mournful episode to be found in the whole range of history.t They describe at length the captivity and ...

THE HARPURHEY LITERARY INSTITUTE

... t , 7 .g. : . _ , T . in Arrangements baving recently been made to establish a 3ral literary institute, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Her- SI M purhecy, to be held in the various 'rooms of the Church a School, II publio meeting w as held in~the schoolroom on Mon- rfi ofe day evening last, to inaugurate the institution. There was .a IN an ueos attendance. On' the platform were.,the Lord ...