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He establishes intimate relations with his reader, Mr. Muir with his listener. He is more fond of an interchange of ideas than is Mr. Muir; is not the least inclined to banter or to get the better of one; is so averse to witnessing discomfiture that even when forced into an argument, he is loath to push it to the bitter end.

Burges, who was sitting as the clerk to the magistrates, went to him and whispered something in his ear; after which all private conversation between the mayor and others ceased, and the hearing was ordered to come on. I shall not detain the reader by giving an account of the evidence which then transpired.

For to the grave reader words too are grave; and the ornamental word, the figure, the accessory form or colour or reference, is rarely content to die to thought precisely at the right moment, but will inevitably linger awhile, stirring a long "brain-wave" behind it of perhaps quite alien associations.

A pair of canaries sang for her in their respective corners; the finest fruits were always for her; and as she was a great reader, new books were continually brought in; but nothing seemed to have power to put a smile of satisfaction on her thin, wasted face. Poor Catalina! It was certainly true I didn't love her very much.

Let the reader consider whether these words are not highly generalized; yet these are all pure Japanese words, and reveal the development of the Japanese mind before it was in the least influenced by Chinese thought. Evidently it will not do to assert the entire lack of the power of generalization to the Japanese mind.

It needs no length of words to inform thee, my intelligent reader, be thou man or woman but more especially woman of the consequences following each other, as wave follows wave in a tide, that resulted from the interview with which my last chapter closed.

They allow the Cursory Remarks to be excellent as a composition, but declare that it is perfectly devoid of truth. This he has used with the utmost virulence through the whole of his publication, artfully supposing, that if he could bring Mr. Ramsay's reputation into dispute, his work would fall of course, as of no authenticity. I submit this simple question to the reader.

But the various constructions and censures which passed upon them, have made it necessary to give the reader the following transcript: "The King being willing to contribute all that is in his power, to the re-establishing of the general peace. His Majesty declares,

Nor must the later incident, the giving him a copy of the creed she had formulated the Creed of Nine Words be omitted in the consideration. Now indeed the reader can comprehend the Princess, and the emotions with which she beheld the scene at her feet.

That alcohol is not a food in any sense, has been fully shown; and now, Our reply to this question will be brief. The reader has, already, the declaration of the International Medical Congress, that, as a medicine, the range of alcohol is limited and doubtful, and that its self-prescription by the laity should be utterly discountenanced by the profession.