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So we were both considerably elated, and deeming the occasion one for a celebration of some sort, we decided on the theatre. Accordingly, at eight o'clock we swung down the aisle to our seats, and, adjusting our respective eyeglasses, began to take in the situation.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BALD-HEAD; OR, A WARNING TO FRESHMEN. | 6/3/1881 | See Source »

"Why! how can I?" said Evangeline in her charming, coquettish way. "Who is she?" De Smythe's rapture was overflowing. "Look upon it," he said, "and you will behold her loveliest of faces," and rushing down the steps he ran for a West End car.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A COUNTERFEIT PRESENTMENT. | 6/3/1881 | See Source »

[This mournful ballad was sung by a goody, who said that it had been handed down among the goodies from generation to generation.]

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOR PROFESSOR CHILD'S COLLECTION. | 6/3/1881 | See Source »

WHEN, like a stately maid, the moon goes down,

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SONNET. | 5/19/1881 | See Source »

Breakfast was then served, when he are the whole of a roll, a large round of roast, two sausages, and three new-laid eggs, which he washed down with two great cups of breakfast tea.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAST HOURS OF A SINGLE GENTLEMAN. | 5/19/1881 | See Source »