Thackeray figures and Pendennis in Victorian fiction
A survey of Thackeray’s character creation and its roots in his life. The piece traces Major Pendennis and his circle, Blanche Amory and Laura, Colonel Altamont, and the Clavering clan, detailing ambition, marriage plots, debts, and moral choices across Pendennis and its social world.
King holds supreme power within constitutional limits
The Montreal Herald notes that while the king in theory could veto bills, dissolve parliament, appoint officials, declare war, make treaties, and more, he remains bound by an unwritten common sense and long usage. Ultimately the king reigns by the will of the people and could be deposed by Parliament.
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Montreal Herald
Boy Says Mother Parked Him With Grandma While She Went to Card Party
A neighbor asked Edward if he was living with his grandmother. He replied that his mother parked him with grandma while she attended a card party, leaving Edward in her mother's care.
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We Buy for Immediate Cash Diamonds and Jewelry
A man distributing cards to car owners explains drivers need money to run their cars. The card offers immediate cash for diamonds jewelry and precious stones. The source attributes the idea to the New York Globe and includes a Portuguese proverb about barking dogs and a remark on girls with pretty faces.
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New York Globe
Peculiar Type of Orator Returns to the Rostrum
The speaker enters the rostrum with a striking appearance and a harsh opening note. He singles out various groups including Chau tauqua lecturers painters singers and messengers and then bows grimly and exits, drawing audience reactions of gasp or giggle.
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Kansas City Star
Odious Comparison and the Road to Hell Quip
A humorous stretch of road becomes a gauge of endurance as Private Red Song vents about a road “paved with good intentions” and Private Long counters that it is outdone by a longer ordeal. The piece ends with a proverb about the wise man and a quip on Dutch burghomasters.
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