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WIT AND HUMOUR

... speeches for which he was noted, •aid to Henry Clay, You speak, sir, for the present generation, but I speak for posterity.—Yes, replied the great Kentuckian, 44 and it seems you are resolved to speak till your audience arrives. The Difference.— 14 Define ...

WIT AND HUMOUR

... occupation Iks late Daniel Brown ; yearly rental, £40. Good dm! who wants to live with ghost? DIOSTN-CRAZT. —An American paper, speaking of Mtic recently consigned to the asylum, stated t his disease is termed intellectual insanity. Uifs so, we should prefer ...

ARTISTIC AND LITERARY

... posts and pillars ; and in some of its forms is describ- , ed as artificial porphyry. At the present moment-it is difficult to speak with ' entire pieciaion, but-we are authorised to say that Dickens has left The Mystery of Edwin Drood' in an advanced state ...

WIT AND HUMOUR

... The l-uture of the Church of England. regnd to that future little clairvoyance much to relied wa* manifested by any of the speak■ rs ; J** Mr Antonio Urady said something remarkable, n^obssived that 44 the Church had driven out thi now only the Church ...

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... becomes more nwre frisky and more and morei nquisitiw. lt mistake not to reserved in the presence of children; ordinary people speak and act (especially servants) if they were not there. Before they can talk, we fancy item blind and deaf; when they talk, believe ...

OBITUARY NOTICES. Leotard, the gymnast, has just died at Toulouse, in France. The death is announced of Dr. ..

... genuineness of documents, he used to show his skill in this way, rather to the confusion of the professional witnesses called to speak to the handwriting. His brother is General Sir George Pollock, who distinguished himself in India ; and Baron Martin is son-in-law ...

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS

... but it is, we believe true, that at VVoerth one small Bavarian town lost the whole of its youth, an entire generation, so to speak, and not house was without its mourners. Nor is the immense increase in the area of bodily suffering the only evil consequence ...

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... SELECT HEADINGS. Good Advice. -Shan «•* »! speaking. Deal tenderly with the absent ; say Miing to inflict a wound on their reputation. Thev r. iy I>© wrong and wicked, yet your knowledge of it not oblige you to disclose their character, exo«-;»- to save ...

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... incidents, fitted to quell the turbulent motions of corrupt affections under dismal outward appearances.—Boston. War. —What, speaking in quite unofficial language, is the net-purport and upshot of war ? To my knowledge, for example, there dwell and toil in ...

ARTISTIC AND LITERARY

... Theatre, has been produced at Wood's Museum, New York. Princess Elizabeth is supported by Mrs Scott Siddons. The New York press speaks highly of the beauty of the interpretation, but complains the sing-song tones employed by the actress. The barbarism which ...

WIT AND HUMOUR

... players, most of thenu Tkstimonialised. —Not content with adding to the dictionary the word 44 interviewed, the Americans now speak of those who have received a testimonial having been testimonialiaed. Nature Could not Afford It.—A young gentleman, who has ...