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    Specimen t fJfymch-EngUsh. 4$H

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    SPECIMEN OF FRENCH-ENaLISH; OR, CONSIDER...

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    Cemeteries.

    at , the tqmb j ^ issijreui x > ur wishes , t / T ^ aam ap ^ ared in i % e cexiirQ 6 f the stone , iK 6 ugii \ yitl ^ oiit a stop . Another visit to the

    cemetery caused a search for the place which had given rise to so many reflections . It was not to be found—no slab cbnspipuous for simplicity of form and , brevity of inscription greeted the eye ; we wandered this way and that—up one

    gravel walk and down another —threading the spaces between the monuments , crossing and re-crossing the green ; at length , by an association of ideas , we recollected the precise spot where the isolated

    Cemeteries.

    name had appe ^ red ^ what canr W smf Thi ^ M ^ ^ 6 $ 65 fei . The My " w $ js I % h 0 ^ inscription was ruiW ibnipleted ^ proving a previous mei * te ctinv-r men ^ iaeht . TVuth obliges iis , ? , as candid writer ^ al ways say , , to confess this , and to knockc our sentiment 6 ir "the head withi an ugly fact ; butiiJot the certainty of securing a reputationi equal to that of tjie most renowned of jokers would temjpt ; our pein to place at the foot of ' this article the name and the inscription which now follow the onqe interesting " Carbr line . " Echion .

    Specimen T Fjfymch-Engush. 4$H

    Specimen t fJfymch-EngUsh . 4 $ H

    Specimen Of French-Enalish; Or, Consider...

    SPECIMEN OF FRENCH-ENaLISH ; OR , CONSIDERATIONS ON A BIRD .

    Specimen Of French-Enalish; Or, Consider...

    [ Translated into English by a young French lady who is studying the language 1 . There is something irresistibly ludicrous in these early attempts to translate into a foreign tongue ; and the young lady in question will be as much amused with her specimen b y and by , as any of our readers . ]

    I coBrsiuERED lately from my gardien ^ pavilion , % little bird which , ^^ tren ^ eiy gay , came to fall qn 1 fo $ ^( Jge pt a flower-pot under a blosspined orange-tree . IJnaeqjU ^ jjited j tjiat he was spied in t ^ t SQii tviiJe , "lie abandoned fiimsejf tW dl the s ^ iitiifneti , ts which the foqoce & ce , the safety / and the , frifliiende of the fine natilire $ , n ^ a \ kie atf the gen ^ ibk beings . H & shaded hfe wings to the Viviflddl benms of mn of thfe tticiMng , Beizing a littl ^ small ¦ : ¦ ^ s / . ; ¦ . •! . / " . , , . ; : •; - ' , / ,. , - ' ^ '' ¦ ¦ ¦' - ' ' ' '¦ ¦ ' . { ' ' ' ' - ' \ ' 1 i ¦ ¦ ¦' . i -- ¦ . ' o '' ! :

    worm which came to pass ,, junipr ing of joy of au edge of the pot to th $ other , ! ^ nd , ^ qnupl ^^ ut himself in anotner bird of it sort , whiich pecked in a , qfuicksand , arid which could be ^ 6 Tifiis Mnd , or his dhild , or Ifej " Wiikti . Afeolit five ittirtuteS * atftoi heWm atvay tif thstt ^( inipa ^ sof ct g ^ rdfe ri too strait ^ ih distttnce without limits' of : the natiiue fbrf to fill uj ) the true * destination * f <^ r to 'live among innumerable joys \ of ati innocent lif 0 . j . ; , ? , % ? ¦ . " ; . ¦ •' ., ¦ \ :. i i' ;

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1837, page 4221, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_01121837/page/53/