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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 20, No. 583, December 29, 1832 by Various
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This Engraving will be received by the attentive inquirer, as an
interesting specimen of the sepulchral architecture of olden times;
and, judging from the mutilated remains, its original beauty would
have reminded us of the remark of an antiquarian writer,--that he
never saw a fine monument out of England.

[Illustration: (_Monument of a Crusader, in Winchester Cathedral_.)]

[6] A tunick, or frock of armour, with wide sleeves, reaching a
little below the elbow, terminating with a broad, gilt border,
and having a hood, not separate. Its first introduction in armour
is referred to the time of William II.

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THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

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CHOICE APHORISMS.

(_From_ 144, _in Fraser's Magazine_.)


It is perfectly possible to make champagne from gooseberries, equal to
that yielded by the grape. _Exampli gratiĆ¢_: Lord Haddington, who
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