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During the present year there have been added, besides numerous recent books, the works of Marryat, Henry Kingsley, George Meredith, Goldsmith, Edward Everett Hale, Hood, Lever, Gaborian, Burke, Chateaubriand, Cowper, Raleigh, Christopher North, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Stirling Maxwell, Besant, DeFoe, and Balzac...
...apparatus. This new invention which is a good deal like a sliding rowing seat in appearance, is intended to impel boats, carriages and bicycles by means of arm and leg power. The operator sits on a sliding seat, puts his feet in a sliding boot rest, and grasps a lever in each hand. With a simultaneous use of both legs and body he can send the machine ahead at a great rate of speed, with little expenditure of force. The machine can be used by local muscles or by all at once, and is thus a better developer than even...
Whether Mr. Buckle be right or wrong in affirming that the progress of the race has been purely intellectual and not moral, it is certain that the imagination and conscience of men are stronger motives of action, and lead to greater results than any mere intellectual convictions. The lever of the great English Rebellion was the Conscience of England, and though Lord Bacon has said that all revolutions begin in the belly, this is in no wise true of such as bring about enduring political changes. So during our own Revolution, though the quarrel certainly began about a point...
Miss Rosina Vokes' annual engagement in Boston began last night at the Tremont with a triple bill, consisting of the new lever de rideau "Percy Pendragon," "A Double Lesson," and "My Lord in Livery." In "Percy Pendragon" Felix Morris has an excellent opportunity for the exercise of his great ability in character delineation. "A Double Lesson" and "My Lord in Livery" are brimming over with merriment, and Miss Vokes has lost none of her inimitable charm...
...pairs of fine opera glasses FOR THIS DAY ONLY. Also for stock, a guaranteed extra plated cuff button with the latest improvement in lever...