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Page 8
... it is mere bookmaking , and highly unjust to the memory of Mr . Torrens to
publich a few extracts , which , in their isolated condition it is impossible to
appreciate , or indeed to understand . For the best things in the collection are the
sporting ...
... it is mere bookmaking , and highly unjust to the memory of Mr . Torrens to
publich a few extracts , which , in their isolated condition it is impossible to
appreciate , or indeed to understand . For the best things in the collection are the
sporting ...
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Subjects which have been presented to and discussed by the whole population
of Great Britain for five days of the week , form the text of Punch ' s laughing
homilies on the sixth . llere we have no Times nor any thing like a Times . The
topics ...
Subjects which have been presented to and discussed by the whole population
of Great Britain for five days of the week , form the text of Punch ' s laughing
homilies on the sixth . llere we have no Times nor any thing like a Times . The
topics ...
Page 11
But the whole thing is disfigured by excessive caricature : “ the Royals ” are
exaggerated into perfect idiots and mere dandies ; too frequently the clumsy
device is adopted of helping out a poor drawing by poor letter press , and the
point of a ...
But the whole thing is disfigured by excessive caricature : “ the Royals ” are
exaggerated into perfect idiots and mere dandies ; too frequently the clumsy
device is adopted of helping out a poor drawing by poor letter press , and the
point of a ...
Page 13
... compared with the magic exercised every day by two or three quiet gentlemen
in the neighbourhood of Blackfriar ' s bridge , on the faculties of the British public ;
with their prodigious and complete success in making the thing which is not ...
... compared with the magic exercised every day by two or three quiet gentlemen
in the neighbourhood of Blackfriar ' s bridge , on the faculties of the British public ;
with their prodigious and complete success in making the thing which is not ...
Page 14
Even in this respect , however , the deficiency which exists in journals — not from
their own fault , but from the nature of things — there is a prospect of
improvement . The proceedings of the Legislative Council will furnish as fair a
text for ...
Even in this respect , however , the deficiency which exists in journals — not from
their own fault , but from the nature of things — there is a prospect of
improvement . The proceedings of the Legislative Council will furnish as fair a
text for ...
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Page 389 - ... certain it is, that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up, in the communicating and discoursing with another; he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words ; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
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