"Oban is proving an attractive centre, for Lord ----, Lady ---- and
many others have departed thence during the last day or so."--_Daily
Paper._
We think it only kind to suppress the names.
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"All new demands for capital, whether for private or public purposes,
had been met out of the sayings of the people."--_Daily Paper._
Mr. Punch may perhaps be permitted to mention that he has himself given
currency to a number of capital stories.
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"It is to be hoped that, now that their unhappy country is in the
throes of the most ghastly terror of her history, the irreconcilable
elements in the Irish nation will see an all-compelling reason for
exercising the demon of strife.--_Indian Paper._
Unfortunately they seem to be doing so only too freely.
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