SPEAKING POTTERY

... SPEAKING POTTERY AN interesting an.] important characteristic of the pot-house pottery of a hundred and fifty years ago was the literature which adorned it. In the taverns and alehouses of the eighteenth century it was the custom to decorate the mugs ...

Published: Saturday 28 June 1890
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1284 | Page: 24 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

SEQUAH SPEAKS

... I C;SEQUAH SPEAKS. I | rnder this esiking headingwe pblisb stead vet. tisent to-day which is likely to attract consider- able attention in this city and neighbourhood. Modern ingenuity and experience have proved almadantly that whatever appeals to the ...

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

... should be performed by amateurs. Recently we have had to speak of a representation of Much Ado About Nothing at St. George's Hall, and now the amateurs in a play of still greater difficulty. We can speak, upon the whole, with commendation of Ye Tabard Pilgryms ...

Published: Saturday 18 January 1890
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1040 | Page: 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Literature

... It is not good to speak evil of all whom we know bad ; it is worse to judge evil of any who may prove good. To speak ill upon know. t ledge Shows a want of charity; to speak ill upon suR- picion shows a went of honesty. I will not speak so bad as I know ...

STRANGE MESSAGES FROM THE NEXT WORLD

... for the Queen, speaks of her Spiritual powers, and gives information as to the Prince's associates and occupations in the inner life. Other Royal communicators are Mary, Queen of Scots, Victor Emanuel, the Tzar, &c. They all speak most instructively ...

THE READER

... roots. Of the four rates, the Tshi- speaking peoples are the least civilised, ai Il the Ga-speaking peoples slightly more advanced, while among the Ewe-speaking peoples we can see the crude conceptions or the Tshi-speaking tribes considerably modified, and ...

Published: Saturday 13 December 1890
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2343 | Page: 17 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MADAME LEROUX

... whether it is possible for me to speak with you ; and, if it is possible, I will. You know R. Tell him this, and tell him I catn see him no more, nor read more of his letters. If I can bear to speak to any one, I can bear to speak to you. If he wishes to move ...

Published: Saturday 21 June 1890
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 6207 | Page: 13 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE PORTUGUESE IN AFRICA.*

... and degraded race of European origin in existence. The poor, gentle Mashonas, of whom our author speaks in the highest terms, seem to be placed, so to speak, between the devil and the deep sea. Lobengula keeps them in fear of their lives, on the one hand; ...

TO MUSIC

... Whiea to ate seemed so near. There, in this sacred edifice, The weary heart finds rest; 19lest muse, it is the magic spell Speaks peace, within the breast. Ab, Music, words canne'er enplain How tueh thou art to me; Naught gives me such a jo) ous pain, ...

THE WIFE'S COMMANDMENTS

... Eastertide, To keep her with new hats supplied. A sacred duty thou shalt deem To treat her daily to ice cream. Thou shalt not speak in temper rash It she desires some extra cash. Thou shalt not come borne full at night, With lame excuses for thy plight ...

MABON AND HIS CRITICS

... nton, are 5 sufficiently amusing to warrant tbeir re-produc- v ion.- a There's z Member of our Parlisment who yearns to I speak his mind In an a nam=lar laogumae of a very aeniest kind, 1 He bellves, as I am told, that he is called upon to teach r All ...

THE VILLAGE PRIEST

... the seal of confession by taking Jean at his own valuation, by accepting Armand's theory that Jean is speaking the truth? The priest frequently speaks of his obligation to observe the seal as arising from a vow, or a sacred promise. The conception of the ...

Published: Saturday 05 July 1890
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1516 | Page: 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture