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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES

... abounding in sublime Nor music. The members have, by previous rehearsals and Dr. performances, rubbed off the rough edges, so to speak of thal their representation, so that we may anticipate a grand concert for the commencement of the Harmonic's season. este ...

LOUIS BLANC'S LETTERS ON RECENT ENGLISH HISTORY

... force of Bright, the brilliancy and subtlety of Gladstone, the sarcasm of Disraeli, nor the vigorous reasoning of Cobden; he speaks with hesitation, as if his ideas were in search of a word. But what is the best thing to be said in a given situation, and ...

COMMON MEN

... and We find a bit to spare. V. You ask me what we think about In rainy weather, when We sit and pass the drink about, And speak but now and then: Sure, all may spend their leisure in The manner that they will, And poor men find a pleasure in Just simply ...

JONATHAN HARTOP, ESQ., OR, THE YORKSHIRE NESTOR

... and then seizing Clifton by the wrist, exclaimed: I know him now. The miserable wretch 'Twas the rook you have heard me speak of, who would have fleeced me at the tavern in Cheapside, and who followed me home to Leicester Fields when I was accompanied ...

Poetry, Original and Selected

... that King Solomon So many years was rearing, 7as builded on my working plans, From base to topmost gearing. He ceased to speak a moment here, A smile his hairy face on: Old man, I cried, who may you be? Said he, The Oldest Mason. Then turned ...

FOUR NOVELS

... earnest; but as far as novel-writing is concerned her work is not com- mendable. Religious metaphysics have been, artistically speaking, the ruin of her: she has been taken grievously with the manner of the aesthetic German. Of such things as style, narrative ...

STRAY LEAVES

... Goody Two-Shoes, or Jupiter Tonans, by Tom Thumb. Another points out that the Professor has fallen into a little mistake in speak- ing of the mausoleum to Burns in Dumfries, by referring to an inscription on it in tawdry Latin, the fact being that there ...

Alison Moncrieff:

... remark. Not knowing very well what to say under these circumstances, and feeling that to stand and look at each other without speaking as ridiculous, she said, I suppose you have seen Mr. Pettigrew ? Seen him! Oh yes, and he reminded me very much of a ...

Published: Saturday 02 August 1879
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 5971 | Page: 14 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... Turks; Th7 Turks in India By HENRY GEORGE KEENE, M. )AS judge of Agra. '(London : W. H. Allen and Co. 1879) but, strictly speaking, the author of the work before us is perfectly correct in the desinationl he has adopted. We are too much in the habit, at ...

THE EXAMINER OF PLAYS

... well rendered, most of the performers being under obvious delusions on the subject of poetic rhythm and blank verse, not to speak of the use of the aspirate. All this has not prevented the fine old plays from being truly delightful, and from forming a ...

FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE AT LYTHAM

... : Rev. Gregory Smart, painting Ittr of Lytham, from Wartoni; Rev. R. S. and Mrs. Stoney, referi Queen Anne tea table; Mr. Speak, handkerchief box. and proes glove box; Hfarciet Scansel, cream cheese plate ; Eliza 'OHetQ Smith, pair of ehmma vases; Mrs ...

LORD HARTINGTON AT DARWEN

... was given to hislordship. Short speeches were made by Sir U. Kay-Shittleworth, M.P., Mr. Briggs, h.P., and B. Part, Esq. Speaking at a meeting of tie North-east Lanca- shire Liberal association on Thursday night, Lord Hartington said be should be happy ...