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... refined caste of thought, who have studied both inl books and in the recesses of their own mind the subjects of which they speak; and hence it is easy discern- ing in their deliverances a certain mental elaboration, which, to say the least, is not at all ...

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... voted much of his time and contributed much of his money. of And it is impossible to refer to his' contributions without ca- speaking of his charities. They were very extensive, but ere thev were entirely unostentatious. Indeed, he shrank with bat extreme ...

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... pen. dipped in gall, and his bitterness is directed, not . a dead or helpless enemy, but to the mighty Powers that !, d. He speake what plainly enough he believes to he the simple truth regarding the Emperor of the French and his most trusted counsellors; ...

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... _ ssages. and cit~ii t~b hic ?? tacee stbafflilig J the vigilance e'f the French at Borne. He us~ed to say that be couldk speak Silt Enropeans dialect, asad to boast tltv when be once 7nit a ?? ;ei taut as ivellnj nit us tranage tongst iea. himself, they ...

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... pihuacle of perfection, wonder at our vaunts of civihisatioss, as we wonder at the -boastful way in which the classic Buchanan speaks of the refinement of his age? Or must all modern, like all ineient civihisation, have a period of progress of cullmination ...

HOUSEKEEPING IN INDIA

... Commnission of five per cent. This agent is a native baboo- evec a sleek gentleman dressed in white muslin, who usually tat speaks and wr-ites English after a cer-tain fashionl-sufficient coi [or the object in hand. In a fesv days the purchaser u-ill ties ...

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... unity which the world pre- I senits ! In tie north and the south, in the east and the svest, you find men of all nations, speaking different languages, | observing different modes of worshmip of all ranks and coi- ditions, of all trades and professions ...

FINE ARTS

... in different parts of the king iuli. ae i it h 1 r-. itiy sold ill Liverpool for 1700 6giniea. It it ro - on canvas which speak to every 1-rt 1 a t-T, wI') a ?? seen it, wve feel persuaded, wvill e t. tala I ?? sons it produced, and those who ha:-: n ...

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... of o The Graduated Series of Reading Lesson Books, &e, t London: Green, Longman & Roberts. 1863. IT would be difficult to speak in terms of too high praise of d these reaily admuirable books. Though less elaborate and t less comprehensive than the Graduated ...

BANQUET IN THE MUSIC HALL

... with the Volunteers; but if it is an honour on ordinary tr occasions to have one's name so associated, believe me that I re speak in all sincerity when I say that to me personally nothing h could have given greater pleasure, I could have wished in for no ...

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... faith ?? constanev fromn ;ak age. non ti the present day, The celebrated Atbbe Boyerl althoui-ih an urthitiodx ('atholic, in speaking of ti'e Vauido-s, saas if all modern races, there is not one v'licb offers ruore aiialogyv with the ancient Jewish people ...

PRINCE'S THEATRE

... the Jconic Deains of Scott. With the exception of a few We ex count of brief sentences at the outset, Miss Eburne did not speak a terist~ to single word in a natural tone of voice. It was a 1crying which Xy shims, and a hysterical choking affection ...