Fitzsmall, who drinks with knights and lords,
To steal a share of notoriety,
Will tell you, in important words,
He _mixes_ in the best society.

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ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PRODUCE.

We find, by the _Times_ of Saturday, the British _teasel_ crops in the
parish of Melksham have fallen entirely to the ground, and from their
appearance denote a complete failure. Another paragraph in the same paper
speaks quite as discouragingly of the appearance of the American _Teazle_
at the Haymarket.

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NURSERY EDUCATION REPORT.--No. 2.

THE ROYAL RHYTHMICAL ALPHABET,

_To be said or sung by the Infant Princess._

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A stands for ARISTOCRACY, a thing I should admire;

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