An acre of land in Melbourne is better than two miles in the bush.
Not enough at the Aquarium pays better than a feast.
You may start a train punctually from the terminus, but you can't get it
to keep its time _en route_.
You can't make an English purse out of an Irish Land Bill.
A Tea Duty will annoy for ever.
It is the early Tram-man who holds the morning meeting.
Look after the wire-fences for the horses and the hounds will take care
of themselves.
A man may go nine times to Holloway for contempt, and after the tenth
visit come before the Official Receiver and be broke.
A School Board is soon parted from its money.
Give a dog a muzzle and you needn't chain him.
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"NOTHING WHEN YOU'RE ROOSE'D TO IT,"--We've heard plenty about _diner a
la Roose_, and the _Here and There and Everywhere and Fare of London
Life_, but now we are to have _Fasting a la Roose_. Vide article in May
number of _New Review_ on Fasting, by Dr. ROBINSON CRUSOE,--beg
pardon,--should have said Dr. ROBSON ROOSE O. Article not variation on
ROOSE O'S Dream, but thoroughly practical.
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