... strolling minstrels did find their way into Persia; they were called Luri, and are described by Firdusi in terms which might equally well apply to a band of English Romanies. The word ' Luri' is still used in Persia for strolling minstrels or vagabonds; ...

... the want, the care, the sin, The faithless coldness of the times Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes, Bat ring the fuller minstrel in. Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite - Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring ...

... soliloquy, it is only eight years before I shall have a beau, and, oh, I dread it.' In attempting to carve a fowl one day, an American settler found considerable difficulty in separating its joints, and exclaimed against the man who had sold him an old hen ...

... AND HUMOUR. 'is that ?? tame?' asked a farmer of an American dlealer in domestic quadrupeds. 'lEe's tame enough in front,' answered the dea er; 'but he's aawfully wild Remonstrance by an Italian minstrel on board an ex-- cursion boat to passenger who declines ...