LITERARY CURIOSITY. A lady ocoupied a

whole year in searching 'or, and fitting

the following thirty-eight . ines from

English and American poets. The whole

reads aBif written at ; one time and by

one author — . LIFE. f Why ail this toil

for triumphs of an hour ? — Young.

Life's a short summer ; man is but

a.flowejv — Dr. Johnson.' -5y turns we

catoh the fatal breath and die. The

cradle and the tomb, alas 1 so nigh. —

Prior. .To be is better than not to be.

— Sewell. 'Chough all man's life may

seem a tragedy. — Spencer. But light

cares speak when mighty griefs are dumb.

— Daniel. Jhe botfSom is but shallow

whence they come. — Sir Waller Scott.

Your fate but the common fate of all. —

Longfellow. Unmingled joys here do no

man befall. — Southwell. Mature to each

allots its proper sphere. — Oongreve.

Fortune makes follies her peculiar care.

— Churchill. Custom does often reason

overrule. — Rochester. And throw a cruel

sunshine on a fool. — Armstrong. Live

well — how long or short permit, to

heaven. — Milton. They who forgive most

shall be moat forgiven. —Bailey.Sin Sin

may be clasped so oloie we oannot see

its face. — French. Yile intercourse

where virtue has no place. — Somerville.

Then keep such pasBion down, however

dear. — Thompson. Thou pendulum betwixt

a smile and a tear. —Byron. Her sensual

snares let faithless pleasures lay. —

Smollet. With craft and skill to ruin

and betray. — Crahbe. Soar not too high

to fall, but stoop to rise. —

Sfassinger. We masters grow of all that

we despise. — Crowley. Oh, then,

renounce that impious self-esteem. —

Beattie. Riohes have wings, and grandeur

is a dream. — Oowper. Think not ambition

wise beoause 'tis brave. — Sir Walter

Daveiiant. The paths of glory lead but

to the grave. —Cray. What is ambition T

'Tis a glorious cheat. — Willie. Only

destruotioB to the brave and greit. —

Addison. What's all the gaudy glitter of

a crown ? ; —Dryden. The way to bliss

lies not on beds of down. — Francis

Quarles. How long we live, not years,

but actions tell. — Watkins. That man

lives twioe who lives the first life

well. — Herrick. Uake. then, while yet

ye may, your God your friend. Herrick.

Whom Christians worship, yet not comp

ehend. — Hill, The trot that given

guard, and to yourself be just. —Dana.

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

—Shaksparc. Khew what She Wajjt&d. —

Mrs. M'Ginty : ' I' want to buy some

soap:' Shopman : ' Do you wish it for

toilet purposes!' Mrs. M'Ginty: ' An'

indade an' Oj doant I 01 want it to wash

my face and hands wld.' ' W hat a very

original ohild little Aleck Forbes 1», V

' Yes. I wish his father would have him

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