LITERARY CURIOSITY. A lady ocoupied a

whole year in searching 'or, and fitting

the following thirty-oîght .¡hos from

English and American poets. Hie whole

roads as if written at one time and by

one author LIFE. ' Why all this toil for

triumphs of an houri ? ?' -Young.,

Life's a short summer ; man is but a.

flower, , -Dr. Johnson. . 3y turns wo

catoh tho fatal broath and die.: ;

-Pope. THo oradle and tho tomb, alas I

so nigh. -Prior. .To be is better than

not to bo. '..',.' -Sewell. fChough all

man's life may seem a tragedy. -Spencer.

Mut light cares speak when mighty griefs

arc dumb. -Daniel. Tho botfom ia but

shallow whence they como. -Sir Walter

Scott. '.Your fate but tho common fato

of all, ! -Dongjellow. Unminglod joys

here do no man befall. -Southwell.

STaturo to each allots its proper

sphoro. .'?i, :.:!'? -Congreve. Fortune

makes follies her peculiar care;

-Churchill. Custom docs often reason

overrule. , , . '--Rochester. And throw

a cruel sunshine on a fool, eta-:

-Armstrong. , ^IJve well-how long or

Bhort permit ; to *."'' heaven. ¡

-Milton. ' They who forgive most Bhall

bo most for given. "'" -Bailey. > Sin

may bo olasped so close we o'annot Bee

ita.face. R ;»,' <-; .?: :-French. Vile

intercourse where virtue has no placo.

-Somerville. Then keep luoh passion

down, however dear. -Thompson. Thou

pondulum betwixt a smile and a tear, !

'.;...:'.. , ...?. -Byron. ? Hor sensual

snaros let faithless pleasures lay. -'

:' "?".'.?' ' . -Sniolltt. With craft

and skill to ruin and betray. ' . ', " :

;:>:'. -Crabbe. Soar not too high to

fall, but stoop to riso. -Massinger. Wo

masters grow of all that wo despise. i .

;i ? ' -Crowley. Oh, then, renounce that

impious solf-OBtccm. . , ? . ,'..":

-Beattie. Riches have wings, and

grandeur is a dream. -Cowper. Think not

ambition wiso becauso 'tis brave., : -

i-Sir Walter Davenant. Tho paths of

glory lead but to the gravo. , . '

-Gray. What is ambition t 'Tis a

glorious cheat. . - Willie. Only

destruction to tho brave and greit. -

-Addison. ' What's all tho gaudy.glitter

of a crown? ....... -Dryden. The way to

blias Hes^not on beds of down. .-Francis

Quartes. How long wo livo, not years,

bub aotiona .toll. ., . -Watkins. That

man lives twioo who lives tho first life

well. ; , -Herrick. Make thou,' while

yet ye may, your' God your friend.

Herrtck. Whom Christians worship, yet

not oompte bond.. ?-?:<< !-ff,¡'\ Tho

trast that given guard, and to yourself

bo just. ! ' "..:?"'.? '.'?1 /-Dana.

For, live how wo may, yet die we must. ,

. , j : : :. . -Shakspare. KNEW WHAT SUB

WANOJED.-Mrs; M'Gihty: "I want tobuy

some soap:. Shopman: "Do you wish lt for

.toilet parpóse»?" Mr«. M'Glnty :

"'An'indado an Ol doant I -Ol want lt to

wash my faoo and, hands wid." ».,.?.<, .

' " WHAT a very original child little,

Aleok : Forbes is." " YOB. I.wish

hl*;hther wpnld: have;him copyrighted.

Ono like,-that,Is