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NOTiES OF THE MONTH.
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m § ni $ f ehhvkcter and high d ^ gTee of genuine poetry it ddhtains , fitoM ^ specimens of Whifch we shall take ah early opporluhlty 6 f ttensferring to otif pages . € &nttibtitidns to Modern History 9 from the British MuteUm ttkd State Paper Office . By F . Van Raumer . QueeH EHiafiM atid MWy Queen of Scots . 1 vol . C . Knight .
Collections from hitherto unexplored records must be received with gratitude , since we are enabled by such means to reap the fruits of long and patient labour , with small cost and trouble * M . Von Raumer ' s work would be more valuable if it
were written in a spirit of perfect impartiality ; but he is t 0 o apt to assume the position of a panegyrist of Queen Elizabeth . We do riot see that he has adduced new and decisive proof of Mary ' s guilt ; but he has elicited some highly interesting pkrtieulars concerning her , to which we shall allude on a future occasion .
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^ 1 . Peeks' Grace at Dinner . —This candid owner and frank c § hfessor of all the best Scotch qualities added to his own , has recently been raking up the poetical odds and ends of his readings of Walter Scott ,
Blackwood , Hogg , and Cunningham , in order to fillip the national ears Wtne Glasgow folks till their voices uttered a rhyming echo tb all his other ' measures . If his sing-song " grace " and " faithful steed " have ^ ne nothing else , they have at least inspired & Pegasus in various quarters . Wbfc Constitutional humorously compliments him , as
being" The finest of speakers , the deepest of drinkers At fountains that quench the thirst of the thinkers !" And the Morning Chronicle chaunts forth a capital paraphrastic jditty , to the tune of' I ' ve been roaming / We regret we have no time to 'AfleV our mite in this way . Could wa do so , we tnink we should choose the passage in his speech where he says , — " What had this meetefcg' to benefit by corruption ?—this meeting which has assembled for one object —to mark its esteem for me—and to Extract public good fey spreadift $ the spirit which animates > us / ' * Taking the rectified spirits of iWyiim , balsam of hoax , and extract of public good , as our text , we w&ulcl ftifi have given a few stanzas commencing
with" Where the leech sucks , there suck I ; In a Glasgow Speech I lie , " &c . 2 . A New Joke . —The Morning Post , of Jan . 24 th , excites the risiblfc toltfed of jits readers % the following excellent oii&ihal joke WWftmtlnMted to its Editor :-- " A story has heen told us & £ an old lady tajfeAn ihatt be jnaMtoim * a > t Bristol ^ who happening to fall aeleep during
Noties Of The Month.
NOTiES OF THE MONTH .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 1, 1837, page 126, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1828/page/79/
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