Summer Recollections from Dublin University Magazine
The poem recalls summer dreams that comfort in winter hours and a wistful return of youth. It contrasts warm recollections with parting hearts and lingering hope, describing dew, blossoms, and muted light as signs of memories that endure as ages pass.
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Dublin University Magazine
The Medicated Axe and Sam Crookshank’s New Labor
An old tale follows Sam Crookshank who fancies gentility yet suffers dyspepsia. He pursues a newspaper cure using a medicated axe, endures blisters and toil, and gradually gains health and a new industrious character in the countryside.
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Tle
Ile
Sam Crookshank
Sam
Jack Whippletree
Constellation
Remarkable Irish Caverns Inspire Awe and Wonder
The discovery near Caer in Tipperary reveals a vast cavern system with a 800 yard passage and a mile circumference hall supported by crystal pillars. A central petrification, seven by two feet, resembles a lit candleabras while other chambers rival European marvels in grandeur. The description extols nature’s mastery over stone and mocks human architecture.
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Phidias
Parthenon
Adrian
Europe
Caer
Tipperary
Ireland
Mons
Bourne Fort
Clerical Dispute Ends in Speech Duel in Pulpit
A Protestant minister and itinerant preacher in England settled a dispute by each reading the other's proposed text. The Methodist opened with the Israelites in the wilderness clothes never aging, aimed at the tailor preacher, while the clergyman offered Balaam’s ass speaking, which left the latter speechless and unwilling to repeat the verse.
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Ingland
Egypt
Canaan
Balaotm
Starry heavens and moral law inhabit my thoughts
The speaker reflects that two things dominate consciousness: the vast starry heavens above and the inner moral law within. This juxtaposition emphasizes wonder and duty as guiding forces in life. The line expresses a lifelong preoccupation with awe and conscience shaping choices.
U S Catholic Miscellany Announces Lifting of Meat Abstinence
The U S Catholic Miscellany reports a decree suspending the Saturday meat abstinence for ten years in U S dioceses where it existed. It also abrogates the Lenten discipline on St Mark festival and Rogation days within the same ecclesiastical province. The Provincial Council at Balimore is expected to discuss the matter on its upcoming assembly.
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U. S
Caution to the Ladies Ends in Humorous Embarrassment
A humorous town notice describes a Sunday chapel incident where a woman felt movement in her sleeve frame. She paused, remained seated through the service, and upon returning home found a creature hidden in her sleeve-stiffener. The report notes the creature was to stay for winter but caused stomach discomfort for the man involved.
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Worthampton Cvier
Married pair shown love before clash but quarrel in private
A married couple publicly display deep affection and mutual respect before private arguments erupt. In moments alone they quarrel intensely, resembling cats and dogs despite their earlier harmony. The scene highlights contrasting public calm and private strife.
Rights of Woman Petition Stirs House of Commons
A petition by unmarried Mary Smith Stammore York urged equal rights for women. She asked for jury service and parliamentary representation, prompting laughter and discussion as Cobbett noted possible awkward clashes of jurors. The petition was laid on the table for future discussion on female qualifications.
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England
Mary Smith
Stammore
York
House of Commons
Mogland
Cobbett
Disputed Breeches Cause Domestic Duel at Door
A husband and wife argue over who should wear the breeches. A visitor asks to speak with the master of the house. The man delays, saying Po will answer since the case remains doubtful, while the wife continues to press for control.
Politeness in Children and Inner Manners
An essay contends politeness springs from inner heart rather than mere forms. It argues true civility comes from benevolent character, not strict rules, and that daily example at home shapes a child's manners more than rote lessons.
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Nother
Eivery Day
Opium production and uses described in colonial text
The piece explains opium from unripe poppy seed vessels in Asia Minor, the collection process, and conversion into laudanum. It also notes a honey plant, and describes Carolina can dle-barry trees used for candle making, with a Nova Scotia style summary from Boston Journal.
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Asia Minor
Singular Properties of the Figure Nine
The text explains that multiplying nine by itself or by any digit yields products whose digits sum to nine. It outlines how multipliers’ digits also sum to nine, and that products of nine with various digits reproduce a single nonzero digit pattern, with tens place zero.
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Ning
First Daily Newspaper Fueled Philadelphia Growth
The text notes printing began in Pennsylvania around 1686 and by 1719 Philadelphia hosted the first newspaper the American or Mercury. It tracks growth to 1810 with 66 papers, 1824 with 110 papers, many in the city, and highlights Philadelphia as home to America's first daily newspaper.
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Pennsylvania
William Penn
Philadelphia
City
Germantown
Lancaster
America
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