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  2. PICKINGS FROM OUR PORTFOLIO. SLEEP.

    Sleep is death's younger brother, and so like him that I never trust him without my prayers.-—Sir T Brown. ...

    Article : 24 words
  3. THE OLD CLOCK:

    Not long since, two stylish-looking persons put up for the night at an hotel in Richmond. On the morrow, after ordering their bill, they sent for the landlord, who was not long in waiting on his aristocratic guests. ...

    Article : 1,217 words
  4. NATURE OF SLEEP.

    It is not uncommon to hear persons attribute the sleeping of "guilty creatures" to hardness of heart or recklessness. This is an error, referable to ignorance of the nature of sleep, and of the fact "that all degrees of ...

    Article : 106 words
  5. HOW THE BODY SLEEPS.

    M. Cabanlas, a French physiologist, asserts that the human body falls asleep by degrees, portion by portion, and not all at once; first, the sense of sight, then of smelling, &c., &c. A legislative friend at our elbow says, that ...

    Article : 76 words
  6. LOVE AND DEATH.

    Oh, strong at the eagle, O! mild as the dove! How like, and how unlike, O Death and O Love! ...

    Article : 172 words
  7. TO SLEEP.

    Smile as I bow me to thy shrine, O Steep! Balm of all weariness, solace of all ill! Veil up my senses; not that I may kill Scorpions of conscience neath thy shadows deep— ...

    Article : 115 words
  8. HOW TO PROCURE SLEEP AT WILL.

    Let the sleep-seeker turn on his right side, place his head comfortably on the pillow, so that it exactly occupies the angle a line drawn from the head to the shoulder would form, and then slightly closing his lips, take rather ...

    Article : 364 words
  9. DREAMS.

    Early on the morning of Thurtell's execution the gaoler's son entered his cell, and finding him in a profound sleep, retired, but returned with his father, who awoke the criminal. " How do you find yourself this morning?" said ...

    Article : 88 words
  10. A WISH.

    I will not wish thee grandenr, I will not with thee wealth, Only a contented mind, Peace, competence, and health; ...

    Article : 43 words
  11. THE FIVE TOASTS.

    (The Norwegians have a song called Ger Fem Skooler (The Vive Toasts), with which they generally close their festive entertainments, using the violin energetically between the verses. Of this song the following is a ...

    Article : 229 words
  12. LYING IN BED AWAKE.

    Nothing can be more prejudicial to tender constitutions or studious and contemplative persons, than lying long in bed after one is distinctly awake, or has slept a due and reasonable time, it necessarily thickens the juices, ...

    Article : 214 words
  13. THOUGHTS IN BED.

    Happy is the man who can say, "peace-giving bed." For, oh, what a rack to the spirit of man may be found in goose-down! You are in bed, peace-giving bed, you say; it is deep night, and in that solemn pause you ...

    Article : 128 words
  14. LOVE OF COUNTRY.

    The affections which bind a man to the place of his birth are essential in his nature, and follow the same law as that which governs every innate feeling. They are implanted in his bosom along with life, and are modified ...

    Article : 191 words
  15. DEATH AND SLEEP.

    The angel of Sleep and the angel of Death traversed the earth in brotherly union. It was evening. They reposed on a bill not far from the abodes of men. A mournful silence reigned around, and the evening chime in ...

    Article : 336 words
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