_--His Highness Leo. XII., the present Pope's predecessor,
was, according to the visual mode of reckoning, the two hundred and
fifty-second since Peter the Apostle. Of these 208 were natives of
Italy, 14 were Frenchmen, 11 Greeks, 8 Syrians and Dalmatians, 5
Germans, 3 Spaniards, 2 North Africans, and 1 Englishman.
W.G.C.
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In the churchyard of Arthuret, a village in Cumberland, are interred,
the remains of poor Archy Armstrong, jester or fool to Charles I.; and
by an accident suitable to his profession, the day of his funeral was
the first of April.
SWAINE.
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_Imperial Extravagance._--Asses' milk is said to be a great
beautifier and preserver of the skin. Poppaea, wife of the Emperor Nero,
used it for that purpose, having four or five hundred asses constantly
in her retinue, to furnish her every morning with a fresh bath.
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ANNUALS FOR 1833.
With the present Number, a SUPPLEMENT,
CONTAINING THE
Spirit of the Annuals for 1833:
With a large Engraving, and Three Comic Cuts.
St. Goar _Picturesque Annual._
The Enchantress _Book of Beauty._
The Flybekins _Comic Offering._
What's in a Name? _Ditto ditto._
Song, by Miss Mitford _Ditto ditto._
History of the Holy Cross, by Lord Mahon _Amulet._
Trials of Grace Huntley, by Mrs. S.C. Hall _Ditto._
The Armada _Friendship's Offering._
The Tornado _Ditto ditto._
* * * * *
_Printed and published by J. LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, (near Somerset
House,) London; sold by G.G. BENNIS, 55, Rue Neuve, St. Augustin, Paris;
CHARLES JUGEL, Francfort; and by all Newsmen and Booksellers._
***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT,
AND INSTRUCTION, VOL. 20, NO. 581, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1832***
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