The young are fond of novelty.

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So easily are we impressed by numbers, that even a dozen wheelbarrows in succession seem quite imposing.

Richter.


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A CLEVER "TURN."

Lord Elibank, the Scotch peer, was told that Dr. Johnson, in his dictionary, had defined oats to be food for horses in England, and for men in Scotland. "Ay," said his lordship, "and where else can you find such horses and such men?"