"Yo estaba, &c." I was a younker doing a little bit of the shepherd.
"Vagabunda, &c." A vagabond black female dog. "Sus, &c." Its shining
roofs, white as my sheep. "Rejas." Windows.
"Por los gallos, &e." For the cocks and hens, with their heads
wrapped in cloaks, live in cellars.
"Dificil, &c." The road proved strange and difficult. No muleteer
had travelled it before.
"Arroyas sin puentes, &c." Rivers without bridges.
"Comi, &c." I dined on the saddles cooked by the heat of the sun. I
supped upon their cushions, sodden, &c.
"Ricos hombres, &c." Noblemen and beautiful ladies, who guided
milk-white llamas with fresh green boughs.
"Quando, &c." When we were going to bed the King said, "We love
thee," and then followed in the language of the nursery rhyme,
"Let's take a cup," said Greedy. "We'll sup before we go."
"Su semblante, &c." His conceited look and white dress garnished
with towels.
"Peor esta, &c." I am out of the frying-pan into the fire.
"Hombres, &c." Men of colossal figure put me into the street.
"Y llevaron, &c." And carried me off at once.
"Por falto, &c." For want of strength.
"Y sueños, &c." Dreams are only dreams.
[Footnote 2:] The town stands between two volcanos: one of fire, the
other of water.
* * * * *
A HIT AT TWO HOUSES.
There is this difference between the great tragedian at the Olympic and
the great burlesque actor at the Princess's:--That whereas MR. ROBSON
elevates burlesque into tragedy, MR. CHARLES KEAN lowers tragedy into
burlesque.
* * * * *
BEARISH IMPUDENCE.
The seizure of the Principalities by the Russian bear was an act of
aggression which must be allowed to be unblushingly bear-faced.
* * * * *
PITY.--We have a great pity for a man who is ruining himself, but very
little for the man who is ruined.
* * * * *
SABBATARIAN TEMPERANCE MEETING AT GLASGOW.
[Illustration: A]
A Numerous and highly influenced meeting took place last evening at
Glasgow, to protest against the proposed opening of the Crystal Palace
on Sundays, as being likely to lead to that of other instructive
exhibitions, tending to seduce the people from the spirituous observance
of the Sabbath.
It is notorious that the sobriety of Scotland, generally, is
particularly exemplified in the statistics of drunkenness at Glasgow.
The assembly of Sabbatarians was held in the building appropriately
denominated the National Temperance Hall. There were about a thousand
persons present, though a gentleman on the platform declared that he saw
twice as many.
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