Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 533, February 11, 1832
CASCADE AT VIRGINIA WATER
LACONICS, &c
HAMET AND RASCHID
A FRAGMENT
USEFUL DOMESTIC HINTS
SHAVINGS
FEATHERS
TO TAKE INK OUT OF PAPER, AND STAINS OUT OF CLOTH, SILKS, &C
THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS
LADIES AND DWARFS
LE JARDIN DES PLANTES
RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS
ANCIENT NAVY OF ENGLAND
ENGLISH PUNISHMENTS IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES II
PORTRAIT OF CHRIST
BRIGHTON IN 1743
FINE ARTS
LARGE PAINTED WINDOW OF THE CRUCIFIXION
SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS
THE TWA BURDIES. BY THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD
ELLISTON AND THE ASS' HEAD
NOTES OF A READER
THE BOOK OF INSTRUCTION
CHEAP MEDICINE
HERBERT'S COUNTRY PARSON, &c
THE NEW BATH GUIDE
THE OUTLINE OF ENGLISH HISTORY,
SNATCHES
THE GATHERER
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This has been described as "perhaps the most striking imitation we have of the great works of nature:" at all events, it has less of the mimicry of art than similar works on a smaller scale.
Virginia Water will be recollected as the largest sheet of artificial water in the kingdom, with the exception of that at Blenheim. Near the high Southampton road it forms the above cascade, descending into a glen romantically shaded with plantations of birch, willow, and acacia:
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The only result an inquirer after truth can derive from metaphysics will be to find himself silenced for the present; they rarely convince, and for the most part mislead.
All the discoveries made within the last century were ridiculed and treated with contempt by our forefathers; yet we are equally prejudiced and hostile to all those improvements proposed to us, which will in all probability be adopted by our children.