In the present state of our knowledge, therefore, the Asiatic
languages amount to 153; the European to 53; the African to 114; the
Polynesian to 117; and the American to 423.
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_Epitaph in the Church-yard of Iselton Cum Fenby, in Lincolnshire_.
Here lies the bodie of old Will Loveland,
He's put to bed at length with a shovel, and
Eas'd of expenses for raiment and food,
Which all his life tyme he would fain have eseyewed:
He grudg'd his housekeeping--his children's support,
And laid in his meates of the cagge mag sorte,
No fyshe or fowle touch'd he, when 'twas dearly bought,
But a green taile or herrings, a score for a groate.
No friend to the needy,
His wealth gather'd speedy,
And he never did naught but evil;
He liv'd like a hogg,
And dyed like a dogg,
And now he rides post to the devil.
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LENDING BOOKS.
Doctor Gerhard, of Jena, used to write in his books a Latin inscription,
thus translated:--"I belong to Gerhard's library; take care neither to
soil nor tear me; neither keep me in your possession out of the library
more than one month. Do not steal me."
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TO THE PUBLIC.
_With the present Number of the_ Mirror _is published a_ SUPPLEMENTARY
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