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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 20, No. 566, September 15, 1832 by Various
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literary dispute we do little more than "bite our thumb." It is
hoped our correspondent will rightly understand us; and so now,
like Mr. Peake's bashful man in the farce, we offer our apology
for having apologized. By the way, in the, newspapers is
advertised a pamphlet, containing an apology for its
publication.--ED, M.

[9] It is a pity that when Voltaire wrote this clever paper, Gas and
Steam were not in vogue to add to the "astonishments" of Tullia.
This would also most miraculously have assisted Madame de Genlis,
in that no less clever exposition of the wonders of nature and
art, the story of Alphonso and Thelismon.


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THE YEAR OF WATERLOO.

[In continuation of our extracts from the very amusing _Private
Correspondence of a Woman of Fashion_ are the following incidents of
this memorable era.]

Return of Napoleon.--At half-past nine o'clock the secretary
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