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THE BETTER TIMES TO BE

... future time, will take the shape You chance to give it-shape it fair or foul- Speak to it in your actions; it will hear. Few words live long; but great deeds are the tongues That speak to every age and all mankind. 'The poet is the prophet of the good- Time ...

Literary Notices

... one ingre- dient to raise the words above the flat level of prose. We have now said our worst, and will allow the volume to speak for itself. The writer has kindly sketched his own portrait: we pre- sent it to the reader:- Like a goat or antelope, I can ...

FASHIONS FOR JANUARY

... freshening up dressesa which way;. i- ave, been~a lit'te damaged at the ottos, now 0: they;. are~ worn so lonlg. They also speak of'. t put.tng~a breadth of a ?? down the,' Y sides, of the dressesi. ?? O0 Dresses are made as-3;ull as ever, and set isa ...

POETRY

... own grace and purity. E Not always does it fare so well t Where teinpe-tA4 rge ar d riot; t Yet even there the little bell Speaks ont-'Tsvill soon be quiet ! c Though elsedls look black and pour down rain, y Tbe sunsineii brighter Comes 1Igain. d And ...

Literary Notices

... that to the above It Altioted old stanza of the Freneb our Volunteer P . IRiftes are now in a situation to return a reply. a Speaking to those across the Channel who so absurdly misapply it, and changing their French . into English, with what power of retort ...

Literary Notices

... window , harmnonise With the words that shape his in- spiration. We 'thank him for his utterance, and hope he will 'soon' speak to us again. He is3 lcky also in having such careful pablishers to do the prose part of his work:. TIE GALLE1x7TOF o NATUs ...

LITERATURE

... constitute a gentleman. The Mam in the Club Window treats his subject in a peculiarly piquant style, occasionally inclined to speak of - the habits of good society, not as they are actually received, but as they ought to be, according to his particular notion; ...

LITERATURE

... hut thes people of thso North are not of ha des thin impressible order, and, thank Providence, they are, Si enl- generally speaking, nanch too healthy to shew any pa-eclvilty Wi t~he to preternatural ecstacy, one of the preconditions of which Bi for seams ...

PICKINGS FROM PUNCH

... that their priests a-pilantd, the Pope interfe-red cue fonly. Wsvd it to save life? W~as itto restrain brutality? ~hy, weare speak- ing of Pius IX. An Austrian officer had slougnaes re a boy of Seventeen, and o there was a rule that hov Conss be eighteen ...

LITERATURE

... depart without a word of expostulation, and'even of reproof? Could he receive him with g. bland smile and insincere accolade; speak to him of the unmeaning topics of the hour, or of the. cold politics of the world? impossible I It would have been at variance ...

THE MUSICAL FESTIVAL

... simply a disgrace to the city, which, in this matter,-mustbe`- h held to represent the country, of which it is, commercially speaking, the capitaL. 'Do the Glasgow Pu lknow how the Festivals are sup- r ported in England-? We fear not, otherwise it would have ...

Literary Notices

... waited upon tme to know, if I would preach to them. Never did I say yes 'more gifdly; for never had I been so anxious 'to speak' nmsy mind. A con- gregation of nearly 300 persons assembled at half-past ten o'clock, and X took my stand be- tween the ladies' ...