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LITERATURE

... eloquent writer. Bet he believes every- SI thing. We sympathiso with him to this extent certainly, r that lie is above the common short and easy method of re- hi jocting whatever appears improbable as positively false, and tc adopting the maxim that all men are ...

Literary Notices

... Govqenment empioy..They hae reached so theiet 'postion, and are 'ju! ?? of-the highest salary attainable rin their depertncan, short of those of the-er- ininenelt chicf of thei elfiee. .. .. ?? 'What the Civil Service requires is a more clearly defined social ...

LITERATURE

... to their belief, either knows eco or preacises 1 the gospel ; the rest being all 1dumb dogs or the dead moseliels. In short, things have come to such a paso that there are scarcely any real Christians to he feunne. The mei people are careless, and ...

POETRY

... THE CRrMEA.-Mr Russell, T. the Times' Special Correspondent, states, on tics authorit the of Lord Clyde himself, hint the story about tics veteran Coiel leader of ties Ifiglelaud brigade at also battle of the Alma belt cring east, We'll hse none, but ...

LITERATURE

... however, many fine passages in this tale, and that we may tempt our readers to look into the book for themselves, we will give a short outline of the principal incidents. for the title furnishes no clue to its contents. In the first chapter, two young Oxonians ...

GLASGOW MUSICAL FESTIVAL

... appro- priate to the, martial character of the music, and aito-' gether it formed a befitting introduction to the warlike story thatw ras about to be musiciallynarrated. The first chorus, Woe toIsrael, gave a very favourable impression - of the composer's ...

THEATRE-ROYAL

... heart;- and tells us- that, There can he a- tie which sorrow does, but strengthen, and which even guilt itself-if it stops short of base contamina- tion-cannot seVer. In Beiverley, Mr. Se-an afforded a fine. display of- that tragic power which can oul-y ...

THE THEATRE—MR.AND MRS.CHARLES KEAN

... recover breath in the pit. All down Doadop Street, and a long way up Argyll Street, there was a coatidous array of carriages -in short, all bustle, bustle, around'the theatre avenues' and all excitement had expectiticn within its hciassic pals. That-expectat ...

THE THEATRE—MR AND MRS KEAN

... breath In the pit. All down Dunlop Street, and a long way up Argyll Street, there a wa3 a continuous array of carriages-in short, all hbustle a: bustle, around the theatre avenues, and all excitement and ex- pectation within its classic pale. That e ...

LITERATURE

... If the drunlkard believes this, which God forbid, what dsill he conclude? That, as he is without hope, he had better have a short lifC, and a merry one, and die with harness on his back- . Certainly there is William Danesbusry, who becomes a teetotaller ...

LITERATURE

... inttrcourse, many letters passed between them, and by near.s of those written by Macaulay, 1r. Black allows him to tell his own story-addiug only those connecting links necessary to the completeness and 6ohesion of the narrative These letters, written for an ...

THEATRE-ROYAL

... dramatic art, was followed by an Anglo-Italian Opera Company of great excellence; Mr. Webster followed in melodrama, and the short career of Madlie. Iiccolomini was a complete triumph. Last night Mr. Glover crowned the whole with one of the most magnificent ...