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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1855
Page
1
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A reader reflects on Shakespeare's lasting influence amid praise for Montgomery Cowper and Southey, naming instances of poetry and moral virtue. The piece weighs literary merit, laments sensationalism, and calls for pure hearts and spiritual guidance in verse.
A jumbled column rails at disorder in homes and yards, praising tidy door-silts and flowers as signs of order. It lampoons a New Bedford fancy party as reported by The New York Times and mocks a Attleboro escapee who reached Canada, amid miscellaneous town anecdotes.
In this fragment from Francis A. Carl the narrator recalls leaving Brittany for Paris in pursuit of glory and lands a Ducal patronage. A mysterious stranger reveals a pact granting sixty years of life for twenty five lost to ambition, forcing a choice between fame and a quiet life at home.
An unidentified visitor pressed the door-keeper at the Senate chamber asking if he was privileged. The guard asked for country or court, and the visitor claimed to be a governor or foreign minister. The door keeper warned that the government currently has relations with that foreign power.
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