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Physiognomical Sketches.
room?— -Off marched his reverence—Wha— -what—what , whispers the taylor to me iu the greatest perplexity , will he want ? Why , says I , he will ask you of course what you are now writing . An' a wh— 'wha—what rnuti I say ? Tell him you are writing a book on natural philosophy , but that you have not done it , or else he will be asking to look at it . Wia I will—nat ' ral fee—fe— -fe—
-feel-o-filly 0 what said ye ? Natural philosophy . O ay—natral filly-soffy . He went , and I overheard the curious conference . And pray , my dear friend , cried the author , wagging his hand lovingly—what kind of work now engages your attention ? Naturally feel-a-sophy—replied poor snip . O , an excellent subject i'faith . Can you gratify me with a sight of it ? Nayanswered the otherI ha ' n ' t yet dun ' t .
, , When yon have , will you permit me to revise it ? " Aye ye shall an ' welcome . The poor fellow having got to the end of his lesson , very prudently observed they'd better gang back , which motion the clergyman accepted . Well , Sir , whose is the bottle ? asked the stranger . 1 then confessed he had deviated a little in the last circumstance . 'Tis true , said Ihe has had an eager thirst after learningbut his
, , friends think it a thread-bare calling , have been very averse to it , and brought him up to one in which they thought he might cut out a better livelihood , but it is' much against his inclination . It is enough . Fetch the bottle and we'll crack it .
Curious Method Of Protecting Corn.
CURIOUS METHOD OF PROTECTING CORN .
A GENTLEMAN farmer in South Wales , to prevent the . crows from eating the corn after it was sown , has tried the following , expedient with the most complete success . lie took a cat and tied her fiist by . the leg to a stake in the middle of the field ; no sooner was this done than the cat began crying , and so continued for two or three days ( being well fed ni ght and morning ) , and not a crow has been seen on the field since .
On Compassion.
ON COMPASSION .
Suck , little wretch , whilst yet thy mother lives , Suck the last drop her fainting bosom gives : She dies ; her tenderness outlasts her breath , And her fond love is provident in death . WEBB , T ^ HE exquisite and pathetic little picture of maternal tenderness exhibited in the motto of this is livel
essay a y proof of that intensity of feeling which binds our race in gentleness together . The Same . sweet sensations that glow through the closer ties of society , which pant in the bosom of the husband and the father " , pervade likewise the whole mass of being ; and , though weaker in proportion to the distance of propinquity , yet cannot helie called wietchedwho VOL . V . R
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Physiognomical Sketches.
room?— -Off marched his reverence—Wha— -what—what , whispers the taylor to me iu the greatest perplexity , will he want ? Why , says I , he will ask you of course what you are now writing . An' a wh— 'wha—what rnuti I say ? Tell him you are writing a book on natural philosophy , but that you have not done it , or else he will be asking to look at it . Wia I will—nat ' ral fee—fe— -fe—
-feel-o-filly 0 what said ye ? Natural philosophy . O ay—natral filly-soffy . He went , and I overheard the curious conference . And pray , my dear friend , cried the author , wagging his hand lovingly—what kind of work now engages your attention ? Naturally feel-a-sophy—replied poor snip . O , an excellent subject i'faith . Can you gratify me with a sight of it ? Nayanswered the otherI ha ' n ' t yet dun ' t .
, , When yon have , will you permit me to revise it ? " Aye ye shall an ' welcome . The poor fellow having got to the end of his lesson , very prudently observed they'd better gang back , which motion the clergyman accepted . Well , Sir , whose is the bottle ? asked the stranger . 1 then confessed he had deviated a little in the last circumstance . 'Tis true , said Ihe has had an eager thirst after learningbut his
, , friends think it a thread-bare calling , have been very averse to it , and brought him up to one in which they thought he might cut out a better livelihood , but it is' much against his inclination . It is enough . Fetch the bottle and we'll crack it .
Curious Method Of Protecting Corn.
CURIOUS METHOD OF PROTECTING CORN .
A GENTLEMAN farmer in South Wales , to prevent the . crows from eating the corn after it was sown , has tried the following , expedient with the most complete success . lie took a cat and tied her fiist by . the leg to a stake in the middle of the field ; no sooner was this done than the cat began crying , and so continued for two or three days ( being well fed ni ght and morning ) , and not a crow has been seen on the field since .
On Compassion.
ON COMPASSION .
Suck , little wretch , whilst yet thy mother lives , Suck the last drop her fainting bosom gives : She dies ; her tenderness outlasts her breath , And her fond love is provident in death . WEBB , T ^ HE exquisite and pathetic little picture of maternal tenderness exhibited in the motto of this is livel
essay a y proof of that intensity of feeling which binds our race in gentleness together . The Same . sweet sensations that glow through the closer ties of society , which pant in the bosom of the husband and the father " , pervade likewise the whole mass of being ; and , though weaker in proportion to the distance of propinquity , yet cannot helie called wietchedwho VOL . V . R