Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . up,as it were, the snowy beauty of Greece in the coal-smoke atmosphere of London ; in a word, my lord—but as yet tis a profound secret—it is to paint StPauls ! To give it a virgin outside—to make it sotruly respectable. Lord Skin. A gigantic effort ! Sir P. The fancy fair will be on a most comprehensiveand philantliropic scale. Every alderman takes a stall;and to give you an idea of the enthusiasm of
Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . up,as it were, the snowy beauty of Greece in the coal-smoke atmosphere of London ; in a word, my lord—but as yet tis a profound secret—it is to paint StPauls ! To give it a virgin outside—to make it sotruly respectable. Lord Skin. A gigantic effort ! Sir P. The fancy fair will be on a most comprehensiveand philantliropic scale. Every alderman takes a stall;and to give you an idea of the enthusiasm of the city— but this also is a secret—the Lady Mayoress has beenup three nights making pincushions. Lord Skin. But you dont want me to take a stall—to sell pincushions ? Sir P. Certainly not, my lord. And yet your phil-anthropic speeches in the House, my lord, convinceme that, to obtain a certain good, you would sellanything. Lord Skin. Well, well; command me in any way;benevolence is my foible. (from Bubbles of the Day—.t drama.) Brilliant Speculative Smoke. We are about to start a company totake on lease Mount Vesuvius for the manufacture DOUGLAS WILLIAM JERROLD. From the Portrait by Sir Macnee, P. , in theNational Portrait Gallery. Sir P. A stupendous speculation ! I should say that,when its countless advantages are duly numbered, it willbe found a certain wheel of fortune to the enlightenedcapitalist. Smoke. Now, sir, if you would but take the chair atthe first meeting—(^«fl« to Chatham: We shall make-it all right about the shares)—if you would but speak,for two or three hours on the social improvement con-ferred by the lucifer-match, with the monopoly ofsulphur secured to the company—a monopoly which,will suffer no man, woman, or child to strike a lightwithout our permission. C/iatliam. Truly, sir, in such a cause, to such anauditory—I fear my eloquence. Smol;e. Sir, if you would speak well anywhere
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