["It is not the patent, obvious results of the inner working
of mind on which the modern novelist dwells, it is on that
inner working itself."--_Daily Chronicle_.]
That odd barrel-organ, the human mind,
I love to explore; 'tis the analyst's lune;
But if I can only contrive to find
How the pipes will grunt, and the handle will grind,
I don't care a fig for the _tune_!
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"HIT ONE OF YOUR OWN SIZE."--About the ups or downs of the Alexandra
Palace, Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE shouldn't have a row with a LITTLER,
specially when the LITTLER, who if he, with his friends, take over the
lease of the Alexandra themselves, will then be a Lessor, is pretty
sure to get the best of the discussion.
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BY A THOUGHTFUL PHILOSOPHER.--Any remedy against London fogs must
involve a grate change.
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[Illustration: A GREAT DRAWBACK.
_Dougal_ (_with all his native contempt for the Londoner_). "AYE, MON,
AN' HE'S NO A BAD SHOT?"
_Davie_. "'DEED AN' HE'S A VERRA _GUID_ SHOT."
_Dougal_. "HECH! IT'S AN AWFU' PEETIE HE'S A LONDONER!"]
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