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hough no blame could attach to him, there was something in all appearance so disreputable in the untoward accident by which, under his auspices, a scientific object had been treated in so vulgar a manner, that Hartley did not quickly recover from the mortification. * * * * * THE COMEDY OF LIFE. The world is the stage; men are the actors; the events of life form the piece; fortune distributes the parts; religion governs the performance; philosophers are the spectators; the opulent occupy the boxes; the powerful the amphitheatre; and the pit is for the unfortunate; the disappointed snuff the candles; folly composes the music; and time draws the curtain. * * * * * DUKE OF GRAFTON. The late duke, when hunting, was thrown into a ditch, at the same time a young curate called out, "_Lie still, my lord_," leaped over him, and continued the chase. Such apparent want of feeling, might be presumed, was properly resented. But on being helped out by his attendants, his grace said, "_that man shall have the first good living that falls to my disposal, had he stopped to have taken care of me I would never have given him any thing:_" his grace being delighted with an ardour similar to his own, or with a spirit that would not stoop to flatter. C.C. * * * * * Be ignorance thy choice when knowledge leads to woe. * * * * * _LIMBIRD'S EDITIONS._ CHEAP and POPULAR WORKS published at the MIRROR OFFICE in the Strand, near Somerset House. The ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS, Embellished with nearly 150 Engravings. In 6 Parts, 1s. each. The TALES of the GENII. Price 2s. The MICROCOSM. By the Right Hon. G. CANNING. &c. 4 Parts, 6d. each. PLUTARCH'S LIVES, with Fifty Portraits, 12 Parts, 1s. each. COWPER'S POEMS, with 12 Engravings, 12 Numbers, 3d. each. COOK'S VOYAGES, 28 Numbers, 3d. each. The CABINET of CURIOSITIES: or, WONDERS of the WORLD DISPLAYED. 27 Nos. 2d. each. BEAUTIES of SCOTT. 2 vols. price 7s. boards. The ARCANA of SCIENCE for 1828. Price 4s. 6d. *** Any of the above Works can be purchased in Parts. GOLDSMITH'S ESSAYS. Price 8d. DR. FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS. Price 1s. 2d. BACON'S ESSAYS Price 8d. SALMAGUNDI. Price 1s. 8d. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, by Various *** END OF THI
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