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Title: The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction, No. 496
Vol. 17, No. 496, June 27, 1831

Author: Various

Release Date: September 6, 2004 [EBook #13382]

Language: English

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.

Vol. 17, No. 496.] SATURDAY, June 27, 1831. [PRICE 2d.

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[Illustration: BARON BROUGHAM & VAUX.

Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain,

&c. &c.]

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THE

MIRROR

OF

LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT,

AND

INSTRUCTION:

CONTAINING

ORIGINAL ESSAYS;

HISTORICAL NARRATIVES; BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS; SKETCHES OF SOCIETY;
TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS; NOVELS AND TALES; ANECDOTES;

SELECT EXTRACTS

FROM

NEW AND EXPENSIVE WORKS;

_POETRY, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED;_

THE SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS;

DISCOVERIES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES;

_USEFUL DOMESTIC HINTS;_

&C. &C. &C.

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VOL. XVII.

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LONDON:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. LIMBIRD, 143, STRAND,

(_NEAR SOMERSET HOUSE._)

1831.

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PREFACE.

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Each of our semi-anniversaries calls for a variation in our thankful
expressions to the public for their continued patronage. Yet we are
prone to confess ourselves puzzled to ring the changes even on so
pleasurable a theme as gratitude--although it is equally delightful
to the donor and receiver. We will, however, persevere, to keep
our friendship with the public in constant repair, and to gain new
friends; for it is in the course of a periodical work as elsewhere
in the world: "if a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances
through life, he will soon find himself left alone." There is,
moreover, something agreeable in writing a preface: