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A fountain set round with a rim of old, mossy stones, and paved in its bed with a sort of mosaic-work of variously-colored pebbles.

HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES.

They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps.

LOVE'S LABOR LOST.

In this pudding is not put one thing alone, but one thing with other things together.

LORD LYTTELTON.

It is a regular omnibus: there is something in it to everybody's taste. Those who like fat can have it; so can they who like lean; as well as those who prefer sugar, and those who choose pepper.

MYSTERIES OF PARIS.

Read, and fear not thine own understanding: this book will create a clear one in thee; and when thou hast considered thy purchase, thou wilt call the price of it a charity to thyself.

SHIRLEY.

In winter you may reade them ad ignem, by the fireside, and in summer ad umbram, under some shadie tree; and therewith passe away the tedious howres.

SALTONSTALL.

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Cento, 400.

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bassador, 44.

ECCLESIASTICE, 108.

Bascom, eloquence of, 110.

Lord Bishop, the, 111.

Preachers of Cromwell's time, 112.

Sermon on malt, 109.

Short sermons, 108.

ECHO VERSE, 163.

Acoustics, extraordinary facts in,
170.

Bonaparte and echo, 167.
Echo answering, 169.

and the lover, 165.

on woman, 166.
Echoes, remarkable, 169.
Glutton and echo, 168.
Gospel echo, 164.
Pasquinade, 164.
Song by Addison, 164.

EMBLEMATIC POETRY, 63.

Cross, the, 65.

Crucifixion, curious piece of anti-
quity on, 66.

Cypher, ingenious, 67.

Essay to Miss Catharine Jay, 68.

Hindu triplet, 64.

Language of flowers, 67.

Oxford joke, 68.

Rhomboidal dirge, 65.

Typographical, 68.

Wine-glass, the, 64.

FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS FROM UN-

FAMILIAR SOURCES, Page 367.

HIBERNIANA, 158.

Books, fly-leaf inscriptions in, 419.

English inns in olden time, 416.

Francke's discovery, 423.

Golden mottoes, 423.

Motto on a clock, 422.

Posies from wedding-rings, 423.

Ring finger, the, 425.

Tavern-signs, 412.

Watch-paper inscription, 422.

Wedding-ring, Lady Grey's, 425.

LIFE AND DEATH, 508.

Bodies, preserved, 518.

Bone not described by modern

anatomists, 514.
Charter, rhyming, 512.
Common heritage, the, 525.
Corpses, folly of embalming, 521.
Definitions, rhyming, 512.
Dying words of distinguished per-
sons, 515.

LORD'S PRAYER, THE, 102.
Acrostical paraphrase, 195.
Booth's rendition, 107.
Gothic version, 102.
Metrical versions, 103.
Spirit of the prayer, 103.
The prayer illustrated, 104.
Thy and us, 103.
MACCARONI, 51.

Parting address to a friend, 54.
Polyglot inscription, 54.

Miss Bailey, 54.

Treatise of wine, 51.

MEMORIA TECHNICA, 192.
Books of the Old Testament, 192.
New Testament, 192.
Days in each month, 194.
English sovereigns, 193.
Metrical grammar, 194.

Presidents of the United States, 193.
Shakspeare's plays, 193.

MISCELLANEOUS FACTS FOR THE

CURIOUS, 259.

Aerolites, 291.

Alligators swallowing stones, 261.
America's discoverers, fate of, 293.
Amount of gold in the world, 266.
Antipathies, 315.
Antiquities, 271.

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