HUMBLE, OR UMBLE PIE.
The shanks and feet of a buck being called umbles, were formerly made into a pie for the retainers or feudal servants. Hence arose the old saying of "You shall eat humble pie."
HALBERT H.
Says Tom, "Your lass look'd like a winter's day,
When last I saw her with the Misses Flirty."
"Indeed, you're merry, but tell me pray?"
"Why, then," quoth Tom, "she was both short and dirty."
W.G—y.
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From the time of Alcibiades to the reign of Mahommed II., Constantinople has undergone twenty-four sieges.
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Indisposition has as yet prevented our witnessing the representation of Rienzi; but we have been told by our play-going friends that every scene is listened to with marked attention, and that many passages are judiciously applauded. We are glad to hear this, because it is strong encouragement for other dramatists, and leads us to hope that tragedy-writing may still be revived among us, and that with greater success than has attended many recent efforts.
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The passage between commas is omitted in the representation, but we know not why.
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The portion of this sum paid for the literary department would form a curious item in the records of genius, especially in contrast with Milton's five pounds for his Paradise Lost.
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