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LITERARY EXTRACTS*

... whenever I have seen the experiment tried, the operator was always tired before the toad.- Archbiskop ?? Conmmon Place Book. WHIGS AND TouRse.-I have come to the discovery that I am a divine-right Tory. That name, at least, is often applied, and I can't ...

THACKERAY'S SONGS AND BALLADS

... Peg of Limavaddy. Beauty is not rare In the land of Paddy, Fair beyond compare Is Peg of Limavaddy. Citizen or squire, Tory, Whig, or Radi- cal, would all desire E Peg of Limavaddy. k Had0 Homer's fire, Or that of Sergeant Taddy, Meetly I'd admire Peg of ...

SCENE IN A BELFAST THEATRE

... and wvith very little delay the ethor performances weore gone on with and concluded without further Interruption.-Eclfast Whig. GHOSTS ON THE WOLDS-For several days past the inhabitants of the wold villago of Daggleby have been occupied by reports of ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... Marlborougb, you had better speak of that to Lord Townshend, whom I have brought with me. He is a very honest man, but he is a Whig, and he watches me closely ; and don't be surprised if in his presence I express myself as an obstinate and prejudiced Englishman ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... there were no disturbing questions, the political complexion of a newspaper was designated by the general name of Federalist, Whig Democrat, and Independent. Then followed the American and Republian, and close upon these the offspring of the slavery agitation ...