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  2. Femininities.

    THE London fashion papers to band are full of the costumes worn during the summer which has passed away in England and is coming to us here: and, as our fashions like our seasons ...

    Article : 2,193 words
  3. The Significance of Noses.

    SOME philosopher has said that he never wanted to look into a person's eyes to judge his or not character, because the expression can be changed and is deceptive. He preferred to ...

    Article : 294 words
  4. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    BALD of head and red in the face. I'm only a baby weak and small; A bundle of flannel and [?] and lace; But don't. I beg, into error fall. ...

    Article : 83 words
  5. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men-HUDIBRAN "WHAT kind of sauce will you have with your steak?" asked a waiter of a diner In a restaurant ...

    Article : 1,003 words
  6. The John Bull Joke.

    THE average English joke has its peculiarities. A sort of mellow distance; a kind of chastened reluctance. A coy and timid, yet trusting, though evanescent, intangibility, which softly ...

    Article : 262 words
  7. The Old Maypole.

    ON Thursday, the 14th of January. 1841, Charles Dickens wrote to his friend, Catter mole the artist: "I saw the old inn this morning. Words cannot ...

    Article : 1,417 words
  8. The Glory of an "Ancestor".

    BUT the day before yesterday they buried you, then yesterday they buried your son, and to-day his son was buried, and you are a great great grandfather. And, oh, to hear them talk ...

    Article : 260 words
  9. Josh Billings Interviewed.

    "JOSH BILLINGS" is spending the summer at Saratoga. He has with him his daughter, Mrs. Jose V. Santana, with her husband and children from Caracas, Venezuela, and he is as ...

    Article : 491 words
  10. He Wasn't Very Recent.

    THE hard lines on the schoolmaster's face gradually became obliterated, and the stern features slowly began to relax. His head dropped lower and lower, until it struck against ...

    Article : 574 words
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