… ih [dOsy* . '&W OLD PRICES REMAINS. INTRODUCTORY AND RETROSPECTIVE. Business First—(almost Too Good to be true.) Perhaps there exists in our…
… ih [dOsy* . '&W OLD PRICES REMAINS. INTRODUCTORY AND RETROSPECTIVE. Business First—(almost Too Good to be true.) Perhaps there exists in our metropolis no more striking proof of the progressive character of now-a-day commerce than the. disclosures which I am about to make. By a fabulous outlay (the bulk of our first profits!) we have secured the whole of Queer Street, which will speedily be converted, regardless of expense, into one great…
… 434 Old Price's Remains. the ligamentum nuchae. The accompaniment of a note, with the good old-fashioned wish of " Health to wear 'em and…
… 434 Old Price's Remains. the ligamentum nuchae. The accompaniment of a note, with the good old-fashioned wish of " Health to wear 'em and strength to tear "em," acquired a peculiar significance from the facility of the latter process. You would all exclaim, How like dear Devinez ! if you knew the Old Pet half as well as I do. One of the most charming sights in London, always excepting a certain royal carriage…
… Introductory. 435 ously fallen away in the intervening decad, zve might still say very handsome things of him, as of another evergreen old friend.—N°…
… Introductory. 435 ously fallen away in the intervening decad, zve might still say very handsome things of him, as of another evergreen old friend.—N° III. p. 126. Coachmen and cabbies are requested to pay particular attention to the directions for entrance and exit: the crowd of carriages having exceeded anything ever seen (in Lon¬ don at least) especially since the formation of the Train, Steam-boat, and Omnibus-Missing Prevention Society (limited), shares in which have…
… 436 Old Price's Remains. rested in the rest," I would just say that, if each reader likes the part he or she does feel…
… 436 Old Price's Remains. rested in the rest," I would just say that, if each reader likes the part he or she does feel interested in, I ought to be thankful. But it is truly gratifying to hear so many pronounce the Graviora, upon which I have always be¬ stowed most pains, to be the part best executed, whilst they also take more or less interest in the other parts. Meanwhile I should be…
… Introductory. 437 thoughts one would be glad to recal! Nay, we might be tempted to waste time in vain wishes, but for the great…
… Introductory. 437 thoughts one would be glad to recal! Nay, we might be tempted to waste time in vain wishes, but for the great TRUTH that " all things work together for good, to those that love God." At any rate, self-abhorrence, Job, 42, vi., a vety needful lesson, may be learnt from the worst passages of our " antecedents," though others could derive no good from them. Examination Paper.—Jan. 1st, 1864. (Scholarship.)…
… 438 Old Prices Remains. stan. g—A circle, revolving, forms a solid. Q. E. D. 10—Better done by the Ordnance folk ; and poor Jones'…
… 438 Old Prices Remains. stan. g—A circle, revolving, forms a solid. Q. E. D. 10—Better done by the Ordnance folk ; and poor Jones' isthmus vanishes ! II—I fear it would cost the Old Gentleman a sigh. '•• Pull away my hearties" would be the ciy; and from poor Montmorenci oh% ypiiffTa. 12—Two bodies may really revolve after each other round the same centre, keeping the respectful distance of the diameter ; but, tound…
… Natural History and Phenomena. 439 he must needs be, " arborescent." (Compare dendritic or arborescent manganese, iron, &c; we name things better whiles in…
… Natural History and Phenomena. 439 he must needs be, " arborescent." (Compare dendritic or arborescent manganese, iron, &c; we name things better whiles in rocks than in the mud.) The branchiae or breath¬ ing organs, so absurdly called " papillae," are, in this case, all branched, something after the fashion (though they are, with most other things, exactly like nothing but themselves,) of a roebuck's antlers: whereby it was, on its first discovery, called…
… 44Q Old Prieds Remains. sensorium or cerebral centre would perhaps equally des¬ cribe the functions of hearing, feeling, and smelling; and there are, probably,…
… 44Q Old Prieds Remains. sensorium or cerebral centre would perhaps equally des¬ cribe the functions of hearing, feeling, and smelling; and there are, probably, creatures in existence which do the work of all five senses with one very simple apparatus, or even a generally diffused nervous tissue, or,—" quo musa tendis ?" Besides, I have more to say on such matters when I shall revive an old discussion with a muckle-missed friend*—-Whether "naked-eyed" Medusae…
… Natural History and Phenomena. 441 sing this sudden flight of a snail was never repeated. It was an aired; \eyopevov in my pages of…
… Natural History and Phenomena. 441 sing this sudden flight of a snail was never repeated. It was an aired; \eyopevov in my pages of the Book of Nature, and I think I should have been less surprised had I seen a seal dance a hornpipe. One more Sea-slug, and I have done. Ancula (late Miranda) cristata, with her opaline or milk-white body and orange-tipped plumes, is a creature as beautiful for its size as…
… 442 Old Price's Remains. what he had the audacity to consider an impertinent inter¬ ruption. Who should come gliding behind him (whether actually on…
… 442 Old Price's Remains. what he had the audacity to consider an impertinent inter¬ ruption. Who should come gliding behind him (whether actually on his shell or some very near-standing object I do not now remember,) but Miranda, stretching her super¬ fine opaline neck sidewise, so as to peer into his " ugly mug." The Hermit, not choosing to be stared at even by such a face, first bestowed upon it such an unloving…
… Natural History and Phenomena. 443 knowledge of the parties made it, for a good while, a most ludicrous exhibition of character, such as those…
… Natural History and Phenomena. 443 knowledge of the parties made it, for a good while, a most ludicrous exhibition of character, such as those who never kept a marine menagerie, and some who do keep a very pretty aquarium, can hardly have any conception of. " Nullos his mallem ludos spectasse."—Hor. Sky Facts and Fancies. Born and bred on a spot which, whatever may be its '• sidereal aspect," commands a view of the…
… 444 Old Price's Remains. who passed unheeding by the Watergate one summer's evening, when every one else seemed rivetted to the spot, and the…
… 444 Old Price's Remains. who passed unheeding by the Watergate one summer's evening, when every one else seemed rivetted to the spot, and the walls were lined with gazers at such an exhibition of barred purple, red, and gold as I never beheld either before or after. I have no recollection of observing sky and clouds with anything more than varied delight, or the pleasure inseparable from " sunny," cloudy, rainy, windy, snowy, or…
