... largely at the guaranteed auctions tells its own tale. ,The Strad of 1720, of which at the recent sale Mr. St. George speaks so contemptuously, was bought for £3lO by Mr. Murray Smith. I trust I shall be absolved from impoliteness when I say that ...

... had spoken of his history of Caesar. Well, your history is never spoken of amongst the learned. Learned people never do speak of me, rejoined Dumas. Yet a history of Caesar ought to have made some stir. Mine made none. People read it; that was ...

... but no French nursery maid or governess. His father had determined that he should not learn French in infancy and should speak it as a foreigner. This rule he made because he could never forgive France for setting up in' 1859 to go to war for an idea ...

... bitter cold, leaden skies, and sunrises to be taken on trust. We had no skating in Dublin and its neighbourhood —none to speak of, at least—but everything to make the blood run cold and nothing to warm its current. The fact that our lives are little ...

... there of Brahma and of Liszt are no objection to so fresh and bright a piece of work, which is inspired with fantasy, and speaks the soul of the Tzigane. (By the way, the Tziganes are called Chiganes by the players, which does not sound well to my ...

... refuting the categorical statements that have appeared in TRUTH on the evidence of perfectly respectable and credible witnesses speaking from their own experience. A recent experience of the King's Norton Guardians bears out this point. Some months ago they ...

... colour-sergeant, and remained so unt►l about 1877, when, alas for me he was made regimental quartermaster sergeant. I cannot speak too highly of Farrell's excellent abilities and qualifications, and I do hope that your bringing the case to notice will have ...

... delightful. Manteuffel, in his letters to Thiers, unconsciously writes himself down an innocently pedantic person, and mentally speaking, as well as in other respects, a dear old dandy. Thiers appears splendidly and pathetically patriotic, and magnificently ...

... fortunate in being advanced at a hound to the position of Savoy prima donna. She has a very good singing though rather a harsh-speaking voice, and she is an excellent vocalist, while she also seems to show great promise as an actress, although she naturally ...

... inadequate ; what was inoffensive and comfortable has become exasperatingly ill-adapted to our needs. It would really not be speaking too strongly to say that in some extreme cases the very springs of artistic truth and fitness have been poisoned by certain ...

... on the evidence of perfectly respectable and and for this reason, if for no other, it would never have credible witnesses speaking from their own experience. occurred to me to suggest that the C. and G. was angling for A recent experience of the King's ...

... Lady Lochs. The people who are pushing them at 3s. would not be so anxious to unload if the mine had any prospects worth speaking of. Rona —Lace Diamonds are worth keeping for a rise to about 4i Leave the concern alone. ft is a bucket-shop. Contract. ...