. Death's doings: consisting of numerous original compositions, in verse and prose, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of thirty copperplates . den descent into adeep dell. The lady shuddered violently as she sawthis; but Sir Henry, in an attempt to re-assure her,said: ^* There is nothing here to fear, although it must 3G0 deaths doings. be confessed this pit looks ugly enough. You knowI am an approved good charioteer, and, see, yonderwe shall have the fence again. Cheer up, my love. He had no sooner said these words than a largebird darted out
. Death's doings: consisting of numerous original compositions, in verse and prose, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of thirty copperplates . den descent into adeep dell. The lady shuddered violently as she sawthis; but Sir Henry, in an attempt to re-assure her,said: ^* There is nothing here to fear, although it must 3G0 deaths doings. be confessed this pit looks ugly enough. You knowI am an approved good charioteer, and, see, yonderwe shall have the fence again. Cheer up, my love. He had no sooner said these words than a largebird darted out from the opposite hedge with a rush-ing noise across the eyes of the horses, who, takingfright thereat, pulled difl^rent ways, and grew ut-terly unmanageable. The lady had only time toshriek out, See the horses! the dream, the dream !—when the carriage rolled on one side, and then wasprecipitated over the edge of the steep. Some peasants, who accidentally strayed into thatunfrequented place the same evening, found the car-riage among briers and underwood, at the bottom ofthe dell, the horses mangled and dying, and the hus-band and wife folded in each others arms, dead andcold ! C. DEATHS MEGISTER. 361DEATH (A DEALER), TO HIS LONDON CORRESPONDENT. Per post, sir, received your last invoice and letter,No consignment of yours ever suited me better:The burnt bones (for flour) far exceeded my the coculus indicus beer was delicious. Well, Im glad that at last we have hit on a planOf destroying that long-living monster, poor man:With a long-neckd green bottle Ill finish a a duke with a pate d, la perigord;But to kill a poor wretch is a diflferent the creatures will live, though I stare in theirface. Thanks to you, though, the times will be speedily the poor be got rid of without being halterd :For ale and beer drinkers theres nothing so proper asYour extracts of coculus, quassia, and copperas— 362 deaths doings. Calld ale, from the hundr
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