[to Vip Edito8 07 The " Spectator.”]
SIR, —Perhaps some of your readers can tell me where the stone is placed which contains the names of a certain man and his wife, underneath which is written the text " Their......
[to The Editor On The " Spectator, " ] Sib,—the Other Day,
before a large party in a country-house, intent only on making an early start agreeable for his depart- ing guest, a genial host observed : "I am very sorry to find that no one......
Books.
THE EVIL EYE.* Mn. ELwoitrtry is well known as a high authority on all that concerns the West-country dialects. He has written several. valuable essays on the local history and......
[to The Editor Or The " Spictatop:]
Sin,—In my Balliol days it was said that a very absent-minded undergraduate, going for a walk with Jowett, complained of feeling weak and unwell. Jowett asked him what he had......
Poetry.
LAUDABIINT ALII. (AFTER HORACE.) LET others praise, as fancy wills, Berlin beneath her trees, Or Rome upon her seven bills, Or Venice by her seas ; Stamboul by double tides......
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