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  2. SELECT POETRY.

    THE village-green is clear and dight Under the starlight sky; Joy in the cottage reigns to night, And brightens every eye : ...

    Article : 631 words
  3. ACCOUNT OF A STONE-EATER.

    THE beginning of May, 1760, was brought to Avignon, a true lithophagus or stone-eater. He not only swallowed flints of an inch and a half long, a full inch ...

    Article : 389 words
  4. FANCIS BATTALIA.

    IN 1641, Hollar etched a print of Francis Batalia, an Italian, who is said to have eaten half a peck of stones a day. Respecting this individual, Dr. Bulwer, in his ...

    Article : 154 words
  5. CLUBS.

    The silent Club. -- There was at Amadan a celebrated academy. Its first rule was framed in these words: -- "The members of this academy shall ...

    Article : 364 words
  6. AMUSING ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

    BARBERS are distinguished by peculiarities appertaining to no other class of men. They have caste, and are a race of themselves. The members of this ancient and ...

    Article : 2,511 words
  7. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A STONE-EATER.

    I W[?]S born by the side of a rocky cave, in the Peak of Derbyshire; before I was born, my mother dreamed I should be an ostrich. I very early showed a disposition ...

    Article : 634 words
  8. DRINKING.

    Lime applied to trees makes them put forth leaves and flourish, and produce fruit early, but then it kills them. Wine cheers and stimulates men, and makes ...

    Article : 43 words
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