... had fallen upon society and upon many of the clergy of the Church England He did not admire the backboneless nerveless jelly-fish of the day He looked round that platform asked where were all the clergymen of Birmingham ?— (applause) It true this layman’s ...

... which they founld themselves. oere tio came his great simile-that of the jellyfish. He {t b did not like, and lie did not admire, the backbone- I we less, nerveless jellyfish ef the day. Thel ha hu another fing at the bishops-who seem to be the mE ...

... principle occurred in Dublin night able for manner its result namely occurrence of evening were being through fresh-water jelly-fish or in the warm streets considerable surprise excited by infor-waters in which the Bogia imparted by the boy vendors the ...

... introduction of a few epigrams and to the humorous comparison of his late colleagues to jelly-fish. Why the members of the Government alone should be likened to jelly-fish scarcely appears. There can be little political backbone amongst tho noble lords who ...

... incomprehensible English alone. gave his grace of Argyll illustration of the curious phenomenon in natural history that jelly-fishes sometimes have backbones. His grace, after yesterday’s episode, can no longer reproach his late colleagues with being of ...

... not turn Mr. Gladstone and his Cabinet one hair’s breadth from the position they had taken up. They have been compared jelly-fishes, but the figure is all abroad when come to examine the stern, calm justice which lias actuated their conduct both in Ireland ...

... tho Electors of Ncchella must havo found out by this timo that their candidate possesses tho samo sort consistency os the jelly-fish, and is not remarkable for tho vertebrate character of his political creed. It is nothing to Dr. Hicionbotiiam’s discredit ...

... less they taught of Chbe dhry boues of theology thie better; but, at the saine time, it vould inot do to have a sort of jelly-fish Chiristianity. if their scho- Cc lars were to quit theimn like nen, and be strong, they must be IVe1l-grounded in Scriptural ...

... doubt, who said, Wihy did tire great Liberal party dine at the Aquarium'i T'be answer gibven was becaase they are all jelly-fishes. (Lauighter.) Ti was not complimentary, but it, might pars among conversational remarks. Tlbs dionier V/es remarkable for ...

... recent visit to Rome. Baron de Worms eharacterised the Gladstone Adininistra- ?? as without cohesion, and likeried it to a jellyfish float- ing about in the tide, anol hound to come to grief. Hle expressed the opinion that affairs in South Africa were assuming ...

... with a ma:trine blue band. He seemed content only to lie at her feet in the hot sands among the sea-crabs and spiderlike jelly-fish. He did not talk much — not so much as a lover contemplating • serious step in life would talk when the mash of the sea ...

... to be called, acid with reasols criocgh-was occe I. ice whose Icresenre formality could no more live thaci a f stranded jellyfish in sunleight. His good hurmour was con- tagioue, acid Sydiney looked wsithc something akin to awe r acid wonudei, as. if ...