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LITERATURE

... Parliamniit, who haes been returnedc or, somne borough Heaverl' alone, knouvs why, who never serves on conimittees,,and who never speaks icc the House, temains unnoticed by the Goverumelnt, ant, So car as politicel advancement is concerned, might as well neve ...

Literature

... row. Forying their Own Chains is a story of American mining life, eminently readable. The characters are vigorously drawn, speaking and acting naturally; and the plot turns upos tihe fortunes of a Mr. aent, the unscrupulous owner of some coal mines. The ...

NAVAL GOSSIP.*

... with either of the belligerents; but you ought to interpose your forces between them and coerce them into peace, with your speaking-trumpet, if the thing is possible-with your guns, if you cannot manage it otherwise. It is almost impossible to understand ...

Literary Extracts

... No; they shall wave while I live. He afterwards became de- lirious with mental and bodily suffering, and when- ever able to speak during the remaindinrg four days of his life, would exclaim, Don't give up the ship! But the ship was already in the hands ...

MICHEL STROGOFF.*

... then, each for himself and God. . . . God for me ! Ultimately this charming pair shake hands, and agree to remain on speaking terms till they are at the seat of war, when, as larry takes care to remind Alcides, they are to be enemies. At dinner ...

GWEN WYNN:

... then seeing what led him to suspect, that not only had the plant been destroyed, bat all the turf on the grave disturbed! He speaks of his astonishment at this, with his perplexity. Then goes on to give account of the evening spent with Joseph Preece in ...

LITERATURE

... Mrs. Jennings has thought it unnecessary to preface her memoir of Rabel with any introduction or apology. Nor, strictly speaking, is any required; if famous books and famous actions are recognised as a sufficient plea for biographical record, more noteworthy ...

BLACK SPIRITS AND WHITE

... followed ; but no sound. You hear me, and you can answer me. Do so. She made a visible effort to speak, but again without result. Speak, I say ! You can speak. Do you hear me? Yes, was breathed forth in a low, hissing whisper. There was an instant's ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1876
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 7123 | Page: 14 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERARY NOTICES

... 1842; but as be was thus highly complimented on one of these two visits, and not us I shall have occasion from this time to speak of many as favours shewn to the great composer by Royalty, I wilt ear weave the account of this visit in now. Her Majesty-who ...

THE RELATIONS OF POETS, PAINTERS, AND MUSICIANS

... remembered, was a little further from thfe oi- ginal. Withi the poet this was not the case. As to the musician-and IeU would not speak of rosin- mongers, hucksters of music, mnd that tribl, but of greilt composers--tho great musicihn camie uncommiiionily neur ...

CURRENT LITERATURE

... ihpensable book of reference. St( Most students of German have probably suffered oen from the immense proportions, and, so to speak, to CiGmerian darkness and complexity of some of th the larger German dictionaries. Beginners, an rnd even senior readers, ...

BOUDOIR BALLADS.*

... must have been charm- ing, or Mr Stony would not have caught so much graceful inspiration from the subject. Daisy's Dimples speak for themselves. Blankton Weir is a waterside lyric, more ambitious than most that we find here. It will commend itself to ...

Published: Sunday 05 November 1876
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 595 | Page: 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture