Wisdom while you wait : $b Being a foretaste of the glories of the 'Insidecompletuar Britanniaware' ...Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
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Wisdom while you wait : $b Being a foretaste of the glories of the 'Insidecompletuar Britanniaware' ...
Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
Encyclopaedia Britannica -- Humor; English wit and humor
=Leo XXXIII.=--... Conspicuous in many ways as was this venerable
pontiff, his true vocation came to him, as it often does, late in life.
Not until he was in his tenth decade was his unparalleled suitability
for stage representation brought to light. This piece of good fortune
synchronised with the discovery by the Italian investigator and
dramatist of genius, Mr. Hall Caine, that His Holiness had a _liaison_
in early youth with Mrs. Leo Hunter, the fruit of which was the
Honourable Bosseye, the inspired Demagogue.
[_The New Volumes also contain Articles on TASTE, TACT, and THE NEW
ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL._]
Superb Plate from the Article =London= in the New
Volumes of the INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE.
[Illustration: THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
VIEW IN KENSINGTON GARDENS.]
Superb Plate from the Article =Luther= in the New
Volumes of the INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE.
[Illustration: BAROMETER-CLOCK FROM LUTHER’S HOUSE.
CANDLE LIGHTED BY LATIMER AND RIDLEY.
THE POPE AS HE APPEARED TO LUTHER.
FONT WHERE LUTHER WAS CHRISTENED.
LUTHER’S BATH PACKED FOR TRAVELLING.]
THE GREATEST VICTIM OF PANAMA.
_From the Special Article (39 pages) by H. G. S. A. O. DE BLOWITZ,
Ph.D._:
=Lesseps.=--... At his advanced age he went with his youngest child
to Panama to see with his own eyes the field of his new enterprise.
He there beheld the Culebra and the Chagres; he saw the mountain and
the stream, those two greatest obstacles of nature that sought to bar
his route. He paid no heed to them, but began the struggle against
the Culebra and the Chagres. It was against them that was broken his
invincible will, sweeping away in the defeat the work of Panama, his
own fortune, his fame, and almost an atom of his honour. But this atom,
only grazed by calumny, has already been restored to him by posterity,
for he died poor, having been the first to suffer by the disaster to
his illusions....
[_The New Volumes also contain Articles on STYLE, THE ATOMIC THEORY,
and THE MIGHTY ATOM._]
=Locked Safe, The.= _See_ MADAME HUMBERT.
A FRENCH LAKE.
_From the Special Article (21 pages) by M. CAMILLE PELLETAN. Translated
by Mr. EDMUND GOSSE_:
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