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GRAND REVIEW OF THE FRENCH TROOPS

... wonderful gravity. PARls, Thursday Night.-The troops excited no en- thusiasm in the spectators, but on this subject I will speak mere fully in a letter, and enter into explanations, I never was at a review where the troops were so little cheered, and yet ...

MY FIRST DINNER PARTY

... mingling in good society to ntke o yn a very pas- sable youniglatly. But, pu-ty, hold upyear headwutlenyou enter the roomn, anti speak ~out bravely whbouyouilace spolesetoto And, above all things, remember what I told you of lbs son, and dont lse e pperwit th ...

THE READER

... his own. He was a good husband, an affectionate father, a true friend. Of his friend's good qualities, mental and moral, he speaks else- where in even higher termi; and the personal traits that he gives us are well calculated to enforce his belief. It is ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 1871
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1896 | Page: 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERARY

... All the questions, in fact, connected with astronomy, and the sciences most closely related to astronomy, that have, so to speak, been specially before the public within the last few years, are here expounded in clear, simple, and generally accurate ...

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS,

... and ifrequnet applause greets lbs camedy during its Progress. Ths perform- anrces have cotictuded with tels force of Who Speake Rival P in which Mr Rennell, M~r iloseysett, Miss Giffnrd, snd Miss Hfastiags have appeared. ST. GEsORon'S I-lAtL-Vance again ...

Published: Sunday 02 July 1871
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 14814 | Page: 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... engenders a habit of sompeting with each other in our appearanee before the world, regardless of the fact that, generally speaking, our money has not ins' eased in proportion to our tetes. If a census could be taken of the families rho lived .within their ...

LITERATURE

... -able. The Rev. J. Ox. Wood has-an interesting and useful article on' Oun Hatialess beptileg, part of -whioh-we quote. Speaking of the popular terror of - ven ?? notinearly s terrilble as-is -gereraily supposed. -True It possesses -venomous- fangs, ...

THE WELSH CHORAL UNION

... poetry, except that it had been given for higher ends than pleasure only,' and as far as possible she should let the poets speak for thmenselvos, for she believed that any effort to render the poets more familiar would be prized by all who have our national ...

Published: Sunday 02 July 1871
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1306 | Page: 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LIFE OF GEORGE WHITEFIELD.*

... personal reputation and aggrandize- ment. His faults, like his virtues, were conspicuous, but they did not lean this way, and it speaks infinitely well for him that at the time when he was followed by thousands in his own country he was ready to leave them for ...

LITERATURE

... all contemptible, and may be guided by the grossest flattery. Kings are worse; and perhaips the class of mankind of whom he speaks with the sincerest respect are the Jesuits, for the very reason that he fully accepts the popular view of their character ...

ARTISTIC AND LITERARY

... that Fleming' had not now got tre suit of elothes he lidworn OR atne MOiniNg of the murder; that h per- sistently avoided speaking of the crime himself, Aan seemed nervous when thle subject was spoken of by others in his presence ; that his sleep as; ...

HERO TREVELYAN.*

... gravity. Yes, she is like something buzzing about your head. You may sneer if you please, Miss Trevelyan, but I am only speaking the truth. I sneer ? And Hero looked most inunocently amazed. I am not sneering; I am wholly going along with you. ...