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LITERATURE

... of Sir Charles Stewart, who became third Marquess of Londonderry, on the death of his gifted brother, we have not space to speak at length. That he Swas a brave and deshing soldier, a fluent and ?? writer, and that, upon his retirement from diplomatic ...

LITERATURE

... the middie classes of Belgiunm, whose ways and modes vary little from those of the came order in our own country, Generally speaking, the sympathies'of British readers ane' like the conscience of the Rateliff of the Heazt of Mid-Lothian, XUI to win at through ...

LITERATURE

... who are apirsgto to the noble profession, certain precepts which e,,vt erer to be kept in view. The primary, and, if may so speak, the sine qua -non, is a conscientious zea to relieve the sufferinge of humanity, to which gm all other considerations must ...

THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE

... none of them chanced to be there, it's clear they know nothing about it, Toroddle, toroddle, torolL What Adam in Eden might speak, Conld not be the tongue of his mother; It may have been Gaelic or Greek; It must have been samethlnz or other. It may have ...

PAISLEY

... speakers were the Chairman, Mr. James Hay, Wz. Watera. ton, Mr. Wateob, Mr. J. Wallace, Mr. Wingate, and Mr. MotherwelL The speaking was interspersed with some excellent singing, and the evening was spent in a very pleasant manner. A ball concluded the ...

THEATRE-ROYAL

... NXap° leon, incidents of the revolutions, portraits of great generS% public festivals in honour of their present rulers-all speaking of a natlon delighting in the flutter and excitement et t0o0 eventsitD which they areseitberactore. or personally iatere ...

LITERATURE

... e oE sliace en in plainclothes. Except h rom tbe woL^F 0e to him n it he though t difftrrently act, eucep; a8 be ihtither speak, nor write, nor night hid adi-u to o around h im pleased: if he did, he I lety. H ews 6art c~ourt to Co~r~esy, sometimes even ...

LITERATURE

... stormy sees of the North. The Norwegian histories re- represent the Battle of Large as a rather small affair, corm- paratively speaking, In which, too, they claim to have had the best of it. We give the following narrative in the words of the Norwegian historian:- ...

LEAVES FROM THE CLUB BOOKS

... sgd to become when they speak of niggers, and deals out to them the terms limmers, thieve, robbers, cut- throats, masterful vagrants, and so forth, with great vola- bility. Of some of their chiefs, renowned in history, he speaks as mere robber-leaders; ...

PRINCE'S THEATRE—STUDENTS' AMATEUR PERFORMANCE

... giants of the days of old; Fray, therefore, aid our feeble Imitation With eome emall eort of imagination. While thug I speak, behind that awful vell, Bold hearta are beattng fast, in coats of mail, And ' warlike knighte .feel weighty apprshenslors ...

LITERATURE

... first I observe, that when other Important duties a are neglected for the purpose of engaging in what are called, strictly speaking, relgious meeti s, such a case Seems to me to come clearly under the probibition of the texS. Of thie, however, in ordinary ...

PRIVATE FRENCH THEATRICALS IN GLASGOW

... that have been made, and are daily making, to this department of dramatic literature. Let it not be supposed, when we thus speak, that we imagine that anything at all approximatiog to the poignant satire and sparkling wit of the Tattuffe, the Misanthrope ...