THE ILLS OF LIFE.--There are three modes of bearing the ills of life: by indifference, which is the most common; by philosophy, which is the most ostentatious; and by religion, which is the most effectual.
AN OBSERVATION ON ROGUES.--After long experience of the world, I affirm, before God, I never knew a rogue who was not unhappy.--_Junius._
1. L i P 2. A ristotl E (a) 3. M a r t y R 4. B l o c K 5. E l I 6. R e s i N (b) 7. T h ur lo W 8. S coevo l A (c) 9. I ndicato R (d) 10. M e r a B (e) 11. N a z E 12. E clipti C 13. L o K (f)
(a). His adage was "Amicus Plato, amicus Socrates, magis tamen amica veritas." From his custom of delivering instruction whilst walking, his disciples were styled "Peripatetics."
(d). Indicator Major, the great honeybird of South Africa.
The Poems are written by the Author of "John Halifax Gentleman," Sarah Doudney, Helen Marion Burnside, F. E. Weatherly, Annie Matheson, Anne Beale, Mrs. G. Linnæus Banks, the Rev. W. Cowan, Sydney Grey, Edward Oxenford, Isabella Fyvie Mayo, Clara Thwaites, Harriet L. Childe-Pemberton, the Dowager Lady Barrow, and others.
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