English literature -- Periodicals
The unblushing individual who inflated the first bubble prospectus in the early days of Railway scheming must regard, if he be still in existence (and we have good reason to believe that he lives, a prosperous gentleman), with superlative amazement the last Report of Her Majes...
The unblushing individual who inflated the first bubble prospectus in the early days of Railway scheming must regard, if he be still in existence (and we have good reason to bel...
2. Part 2After a while, there was an arrival of fresh water from a pipe, the flow of which stirred up the anger of some decomposing growth which lined the sides and bottom of the cistern...
3. Part 3The institution was originated in 1680, by Dr. J. Baptiste de la Lulli, Canon of Rheims, lingered on till 1804, but was revived and brought to its present condition of efficacy...
4. Part 4“Tell us,” the children to their grandsire said, “Some wondrous story! tell us of the wars, Or one of those old ballads that you know About the seven famous champions, St. Georg...
5. Part 5Having informed us that camels are to be had very cheaply at Suez—say a dollar each camel for fifty miles’ distance—and that the water is very brackish, he suddenly adds, with c...
6. Part 6It may very easily be believed that this was thought and said, as it is a common practice with the world when anything extraordinary is performed for the first time; and though...
7. Part 7The way in which the rural population, great and small, were protected against one another, may be well illustrated by an extract from the third of James the First, chapter four...