NATIONAL MUSIC

... either as a scientific man or as ar antifluarin, but to speak of those of its characterihtics and bhltiie, which had enchained him and commianded his admiratioa as a lover of music. And, in speaking of it t:lu, he should not rely so much on tradition as ...

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... sink? : Up I preach the r-yal brotherhood- The bri therhoedef lovel I .- a;; Rlng out the lasguago-of -the good That angels speak above I lse this the burden of the song, 'Tis Love mases human herts grow strong! NIaVOUs' ORATORs.-According to traditions ...

DR COLENSOS BOOK

... His whole soul revolted against the notion, ?? the Great and Blessed God, the iAlerci. ful Father of all naulkind, would speak of a servant or mnaid as inere I money,' and allow a horrible crime Ito go unpunished, because the victim of the brutal usage ...

LINES

... Albert I she'll think of thee. 'Twas she who wreathed those drooping flowers And placed them o'er thy bier, And every spot that speaks of thee Calls forth the bitter tear. Now no more round her sinking form Thy arms of love are thrown, But she is left to struggle ...

REVIEWS

... pleasing contrast to many of its class that we have seen. Its great characteristic is the breadth of expression, if we may so speak, per- vading its pages. The subject is an interesting one. The gifted author commences with a chaste sketch of Dr. Livingstone'8 ...

POETRY

... POETRY. OVERI A knight came prancing on his way, And across the path a lady lay: Stoop a little and hear me speak: Then, You are strong. and I am weak: Ride over me, now, and kili me. He opened wide his gay blue eyes, Like one ocermastered by surprise: ...

Poetry

... Which timid love pours on her sleeping loved. Thy thrilling hush speaks calm-calmer not of death, The breathlessness of veriest life, when moved By the still fervour of a bliss intense, It speaks not-stirs not, charmed, so rapt the passionate Above - that ...

ROYAL HIBERNIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS

... evening, but Ue have heard that the inspector awarded more medals than the academy had at first in- tended to apportion, which speaks well for the perfor- mance and induetry of the studeutz. TIIE GREAT EXHIBIITION. Although the number yesterday was lower by ...

VARIETIES

... took before speaking. The laulanuim perhaps hurt his ci nstitution more than the port wine, which t he drank by tie bottle; the wine might be necessary to sustain the physical spirits lowered by the laudanum. Mr Fox was nervous before speaking; so, I have ...

POETRY

... lies the winter snow, And the winter winds are wearily sighing; Toll ye the ohuroh-bell sad and slow, And tread softly and speak low, For the old year lies a-dying. Old year, you must not die; You came to us So readily, You lived with us so steadily, Old ...

ENGLISHMEN, AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITON

... regret to add that the offenders are not always drunk, nor are they confined to the lower orders. English gentlemen, as a body, speak the truth; they also boast of being able to hear it ; but of this I have my doubts: and as so much has been said and written ...

SCHOOLS OF ART AND THE TEACHING OF DESIGN

... schools why it is that their profession as artists has proved to them so lamentable a delusion. The Great Exhi~ltion will speak out plainly. It will declare that their best designs have been obtained by English pro. ducers either from English artists ...