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...Globe.ON Tuesday Boston gladly welcomed back her old favorite at this theatre. She is as charming as ever, and in better voice. Her troupe, with the exception of the celebrated M. Duschene, are mostly new to Boston. M. Juteau and Mlle. Roland have already become established favorites...
Complaints are also made of the disappearance of back numbers of papers and magazines, taken, perhaps, by some thoughtless persons. This practice causes great annoyance to the members of the Association, and it is sincerely to be hoped that hereafter it will be discontinued...
...young feller," "Seems to know considerable"; and, from the good old ladies, "Why, he's perlite's a basket o' chips." And then, when you went to ride with that cousin of yours, though we all know the horse took his own time when you were off on the back roads, how you straightened up as you drove down into the village, and reasoned with that horse (illustrating liberally with cuts) to so good purpose that he tore through the main street of the village at a rate that brought half the population to the doors to see your skilful...
...school in this same country town, upon whom he calls. See him when, before he enters in front of the assembled school, he stops and furtively brushes his beaver, and dusts off his boots. Ah! he has the disease. See him mount the platform and sit down, composedly throwing back the lappel of his coat. See him coolly adjust his eye-glasses (at home he only needs them for reading), and gaze around the room. You would certainly suppose him one of the great men of the land. One of the small boys thinks he is the governor. He rather...
...blunder through fear of jesting at his expense. But it is the power which it gives one to turn the laugh upon the attacking party, to parry the pointed allusion and to return one equally or more forcible, the facility with which it enables us to flash back a repartee or retort, that especially recommends, instead of condemns, roughing. My intention is not to defend it in all its forms, but only as it bears in this one direction. He who adopts a profession which is likely to lead him to address public meetings, or may place...