ORLD. A LITERARY* CURIOSITY.

For this remarkable compilation it is

claimed thut each line is a quotation

from some standard American or English

ftuthor, and represents the result of

years of labonous search among the

voluminous writings of thirty-eight

poets.:— Why all this toil for triumphs

of an hour? — Llfe^s°,ol'short summer,

man's a flower,— Dr. By turns we catch

the vital breath dud die. The cradle and

the tomb, alas so nigh. To be' ?s '

better far than not to be.— Sewell.

Though all men's lives may seem a

tragedy. But light* cares spread .when

mighty griefs are dumb. — Daniel. The

bottom is but shallow whence thej ?come.

— Scott. . , . ,, Your fate is but the

common fate of all.— Longfellow. , . ,

Unmingled joys to no man here befal.—

Southwell. . Nature to each allots its

prouer sphere.— Fortune*1 makes folly

hor particular care. ? Churchill. ,

Custom does not often reason oven ule.—

Ro-« AndC' throw a cruel sunshine on a

fool.— Live well how, long or short

permit to heftTheyC'who forgive most

shall be most forgiven. — 13ailey. . ^

Sin .may be clasped so close we cannot

so Vile intercourse with virtue has no

place. Then °keeP% each passion down,

however dear., — ' Thompson. ., , Tiiou

pendulum betwixt a smile und teai .—

Her^sensual snares let faithless

pleasure lay. With craft^vnd skill to

ruin and betray .— Soar noT too high to

fall, but stoop to We/ mastorsSgrow of

all that wo despise.— Oh.'thon renounce

that impious self-esteem) — Ric'esahave

wings and arandeur is a dream.

ThinkCnotP ambition wide because it's

brave. a^he'S'Tglory lead but to the

grav..WhiS'is' ambition? 'tis a glorious

cheat. -Only \lestriiction to the brave

and great. WhatV alTthe gaudy glitter of

a crown?The wav^o? bliss lies not on

beds of down.— Ho w 'long8 we live not

years but actions toll. Thai man^Hvc.^

twice who lives the first life