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  2. VARIETIES.

    " From grave to gay, from lively to severe." Fawcett, the comedian, who had chambers in the Temple, having called a ticket-porter to carry a message, asked his name. He said it was ...

    Article : 2,732 words
  3. SCENES IN SYDNEY.

    To what extraordinary reflections and retospections do these give rise? Scarcely fifty years ago the site of this beautiful city was the home of the savage, while the ...

    Article : 1,070 words
  4. THE LATE DANIEL O'CONNELL'S CHIEF MOURNERS IN SYDNEY.

    IT is as instructive as amusing to observe and philosophise upon the prevailing absurdities of the day, the most recent of which is to be seen in the number of gents, who, fancying that they ...

    Article : 395 words
  5. MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

    Pippin.—This word is derived, by Dr. Johnson, from puppynghe (Dutch); but it is surely more reasonable is suppose it, with other etymologists, from Pepin, the king of the country ...

    Article : 829 words
  6. FACETIAE.

    Sir Thomas More and Erasmus.—Among his other eminent acquaintance. Sir Thomas More was particularly attached to Erasmus. He had long corresponded before they became ...

    Article : 1,236 words
  7. FLORAL DREAMING.

    As Horticultural and Flower shows are creating a great sensation in Sydney, perhaps you will be kind enough to insert for the benefit of the curious in such matters what fortune or misfortune ...

    Article : 318 words
  8. SPORTING SKETCHES.

    A LAMENT FOR THE COACH AND THE ROAD. —Alas, for the coaches and the coachmen; for the box and the ribbons, and the trotting tits; for the idle, pleasant, good-humoured, critical ...

    Article : 845 words
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