these things ought not so to be.

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A CONVINCING PROOF.

Miss D. had the misfortune to become what the language of our neighbours
delicately expresses by the compound word _fille-mère_, and wished to
bestow, or rather to force, the honours of paternity on the prince. The
subject of dispute having been brought into his presence, he glanced at
the child's raven air, and coolly observed, "to convince me that this girl
is mine, you must prove that black is white."--_Cabinet Library--Life
and Reign of George IV._

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ASTRONOMY.

A facetious fellow, after reading the Report of the Astronomical Society
for the past year, (which is very favourable) observed, "Well! Astronomy
is looking up."

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THE PENNANT.

The following shows the derivation of pennant at the head of the