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  2. SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN ENGLAND

    THE new year has auspiciously commenced its career with the birth of a prince, in celebration of which event the bells have been gaily ringing in all directions, while newspaper writers have been vieing with ...

    Article : 6,946 words
  3. THE PORTFOLIO.

    O never say a careless word Hath not the power to pain! The shaft may ope some hidden wound, That closes not again. ...

    Article : 479 words
  4. THE THRUSH AND THE CATERPILLAR.

    "CRUEL bird! barbarous abuser of superior strength! What! is there not enough to gratify thee on earth— its precious fruits, so sweet, so abundant—are they not sufficient, but thou must destroy life to appease ...

    Article : 229 words
  5. NOT A PIN TO CHOOSE.

    "I WOULDN'T he a fish," said a gull, as he ducked down fur a small fly, that lay on a well-filled net in a boat, and carried it off in his bill. "Wast with, sharks and such gentry in the water, and nets and ...

    Article : 206 words
  6. KNOW YOUR FRIENDS.

    "OH, here come the swallows!" said the spring flowers; "that is delightful!" They smiled at one another, and looked upward joyously, an the birds wheeled their flight in the bright sky. ...

    Article : 232 words
  7. HOW DROVER GOT A. DINNER.

    "PRAY, ma'am, may I inquire what affects you?" said Drover to the black cat, that sat on the step of a back kitchen door;" you look melancholy." Pu[?]s turned her head away and made no answer. ...

    Article : 1,284 words
  8. HOW TO KNOW A GOOSE.

    " MOTHER! mother!" cried a young rook, returning hurriedly from its first flight, "I'm eo frightened; I've teen such a eight!" "What sight, my son?" asked the old rook. ...

    Article : 124 words
  9. THE THREE COLOURS.

    THERE was a feud—red, blue, and yellow stood in open defiance, each of the other two. "Acknowledge me chief!" slid red. "I am ever the emblem of charity. All that is warm and ...

    Article : 201 words
  10. SOMETHING FOR BOTH SIDES.

    " How we are admired!" said the waters of a rushing cascade to the rocks over which they fell, at many standers by exclaimed at their beauty. " Whom do you mean by we !" asked the rocks. ...

    Article : 258 words
  11. "MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING."

    A DONKEY stood in a meditative attitude, with his white nose over the palings, switching away the flies with his tail. "What ate you thinking about Ned?" said the ...

    Article : 263 words
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