The music of the melody has floated through the air,
And died off like the premium upon a railway share.
A BUNDLE OF DEFINITIONS.
The Seat of Pain.—A seat in the front row of the dress circle of the Adelphi Theatre, judging from first impressions, which they say last the longest, is decidedly the Seat of Pain.
A pew in a fashionable church is a religious ordinary, held every Sunday, price one shilling!
The weathercock, after all, points to the highest moral truth, for it shows man that it is a vane thing to a-spire.
The Horse Guards are the Bright Pokers of the army. They are kept up exclusively for show, most highly polished, but never intended to go into the thick of the fire.
Sons treat their governors like oysters: they never cease "sticking" them till they have made them "shell out."
The Press of England and the Press of France are both noted for their convictions—but the first are moral convictions, and the second legal ones.
Abd-el-Kader and a Turkey carpet are very much alike. They never come out so strongly, their designs are never so apparent, and their colours never have so much effect, as after a thorough good beating.