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LITERATURE

... waking its. I remember it nowv-still, Cloudless, and starlit, wai. I remember a confused parley at the door, and ainge voices speaking in nauftled, awe-stricken whispers. teuhlmer heavy footsteps tramping up the stairs-rough, 'cc nwloacing uten; and oli, my ...

LITERATURE

... Politi- cal Essays are ably written, but they contain a con- siderable mass of matter that is obsolete, and, com- paratively speaking, devoid of interest. They go far to prove, however, how consistently opposed Sir Henry was to the policyof annexation, although ...

LITERATURE

... justice to the crowd of worthy people who present them- selves to the notice of the reader of these pages. There are, so to speak, two heroes in Under- currents, whose histories, though they themselves s are brought into contact occasionally in the course ...

SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW

... standing the many thousands who have passed through the show during the four days, the arrangements have been, generally speaking!, so excellent that the general convenien-e of the public has been secured. It is only an aet of justice to say that the ...

LITERATURE

... treated hihn with insolence, Lord Grenville was speaking; Lord Thurlow rose from the woolsack, and ad- dresserd the louse, ' Is it your lordships' pleasure to ad- journ?' Lord Grcnville continued to speak, marely waving hlis hand. Lord Thurlow repeated ...

FINE ARTS

... on the altar of the Virgin. The faces-young, guileless, full of beauty, but full of heroism, with a tinge of sadness which speaks of world-sorrows which can find nt solace but in devotion to heaven-are a whole epic in themselves. Mr. Wallis closes his ...

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA

... gainsay, and an important dramatic twork of his composition was consequently awaited with more than ordinary interest. It speaks well for the policy of the administration, that an untried composer should be afforded an opportunity of testing his ability ...

THE CORNHILL MAGAZINE

... should have bestowed upon personages who, hierarchically, are, I daresay, his superiors. 1 The pretty littlecity stands, so to speak, at the end of tho world-of the world of to-day, the world of rapid motion, and rushing railways, and the commerce and intercourse ...

HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS

... novelty, the Nympjh of tfie Lrlebuerq ; or, I the viykit and the Naiads. Of the first it would be a work of supererogation to speak ; it has already fally esta- blished itself in the favour of the play-going public, and, judging from the unabated interest ...

MR. GILBERT SCOTT ON WESTMINSTER ABBEY

... chamber was brought to its present form and its security increased after that event. Of the contents of the Pyx Chapel I will speak presently. The s bays of the early work beyond the cross passage to the little cloister are simply waggon-vaulted, as is that ...

LITERATURE

... upon the IS- child, and he must abide the, punishment. ten He paused beside Mrs. Heathcote, and twrice he essayed es to speak before he could articulate a sound; but the words eeU came at last, cold, slow, and measured, like the plashing of water upon ...

LITERATURE

... Tom Brown's vigorous and nervous pen is cold and pulseless as it toulches on the theme. Of Mr. Winwood Reades novel we would speak indulgently, both for the sake of his name and be- cause he is a young man, Od therefore we will just shortly say of his production ...