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pas! 
nirntnl furniture, in wliiih we, uere 
foriiinc, wiiiild <i,lli:lil. 'l"lit: tables in o 
tallii ii", p,iiliini>, luiiiiiiiir.-, .mil (IraNving-rimins .sliiiuUI 
tr.'iin — nil, ijot [;r":iii — Iml smile, witli Miit.ilily-boiinil 
Miliiniis (if Naliir.il lli>ti'rj, mi the o|i<-mii;; dl' .my 
one ii( whieli, Udiilil siiild. iily t^'"" belmo 113 foiiie 
rieli :iiiil r.iie, .■«iiiie bri-jlil iiiiil beaiilediis, some 
wuiKlerliil aiiil \\ilil, smiie strange and laiiia.-lie, 8oiiie 
flerre ami tniible, mine imiuite i>r inii;lity piodiicliiin 
111' tbe jjieat iiiuilier— Natiiie. \Vlial a ireasiire, (or 
Instance, diirliii; a rainy ImeniKni in the rinmliy, is 
sntli a iiloriuiisly ilhinnnaied work as this of Mr. 8elby. 
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nlusl inr.Kiiirieeni ornillioloi;ical illnstialions of llic 
Freneh scliool. Mr. Selliy lias Ion;: and deservedly 
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lilacliwood'a Magazine. 
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