P.T.W.

N.B.  They no doubt manfully asserted their colloquial
rights.

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FASTING.

From a very old work, “Noble Numbers."

  Is this a feast to keep,
    The larder leane,
    And clean,
  From fat of veales and sheep?

  Is it to quit the dish
    Of flesh yet still
    To fill
  The platter high with fish?

  Is it to fast an hour,
    Or, ragged to go
    Or show
  A downcast look or snore?

  No, ’tis a fast to dole
    Thy sheaf of wheat
    And meat
  Unto the hungry soul.

  It is to fast from strife,
    From old debate
    And hate;
  To circumcise thy life.

  To show a heart grief rent,
    To starve thy sin,
    Not bin;
  And that’s to keep thy Lent.

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ANNUAL OF SCIENCE.

This Day is published, price 5s.

ARCANA of SCIENCE, and ANNUAL REGISTER of the USEFUL ARTS for 1831.

Comprising POPULAR INVENTIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, and DISCOVERIES Abridged from the Transactions of Public Societies and Scientific Journals of the past year.  With several Engravings.

“One of the best and cheapest books of the day.”—­Mag.  Nat.  Hist.

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