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      Cantoiii.—The Supper

      Your natures , arid mend them , and make out your call To be men's best companions , be such , once for all . And remember , that nobody , woman or man , Ever charm d Who thought Had one face the next ages , since writing began , by shrewd dealing sound fame to arrive at , in print , and another in private .

      " Unaffectedness , Gentleness , Lovingness . —This Be your motto . And now give your teacher a kiss . " He said : and the whole house appearing to rise , Rooms and all , in a rapture of love , tow'rds the skies , He did really , by some divine privilege of his , Give and take , all at once , an ubiquitous kiss ; Which exalted us all so , and rapt us so far , We undoubtedly touch'd at some exquisite star ;

      Very likely the morning-star , Venus ' s own , For the odour proclaim'd it some violet zone : And to prove ' twas no dream , any more than the bedding Which Prince Camaralzaman had , or Bedreddin , I woke , just as they did , at home , about seven , _Fhe momentMiss Landon was saying , " Good Heaven !'

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      A Traveller , Accommodated With A Robber

      A TRAVELLER , ACCOMMODATED WITH A ROBBER

      A Traveller , Accommodated With A Robber

      [ Extract of' a Letter , dated Gibraltar , Feb . 3 , 1837 . 1

      " The first red tints of morning were beginning to break from behind the snowy ridge of the Sierra I followed my guide through the long , narrow , and rugged streets of Granada . ( Pray make the most of this involuntary rhyme . It would have suggested a letter in rhyme to Swift . ) My con-Nevada , when

      ductor ' s figure , in the doubtful twilight , with his high conical hat , and long gun hung from his saddle , looked quite picturesque , and realized the figures one has so often seen in books . He sat his horse in truly gallant style .

      A Traveller , Accommodated With A Robber

      Indeed , whatever be the condition of a Spaniard , his seat on horseback is one of the most dignified and easy attitudes that can be conceived . The highpeaked saddle helps to maintain him in this—but there is still a

      native dignity and cavalier manner , which remind one of the chivalry of the days of old . You have a respect for him on first acquaintance , such as you might feel for an embodied ghost of the times of Cervantes . The

      shops were beginning to be opened one by one , ana stalls to be set in order for the sale of

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1837, page 57, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_01071837/page/55/