The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 533, February 11, 1832

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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.

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