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of that hard and anxious week? Or, accepting 

 the eulogy in a simpler sense, did she feed the 

 party hourly from an egg-spoon ? We know that 

 she enhanced the home-like effect, and the rest 

 is silence. 



The impassioned : " Lord keep my memory 

 green. — Wellesley Robinson." (First commen- 

 tator) " Whoever is this fellow .^ " (Second do.) 

 " God knows." 



The serious and almost religious : — 



" With plenty here the board is spread, 

 And, e'er our onward path we tread, 

 We feed from the' abundant store 

 And sound it's praises more and more." 



The influence of Tate and Brady is evident from 

 the mechanical addition of the apostrophe after 

 " the," which is reproduced in its integrity, in 

 common with all expression marks and feats of 

 English grammar throughout the collection. 



The excessively gentle yet condescending : 

 "J. Brown. I am pleased with Cambria's lovely 

 vales." 



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