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# On Mr. Milton's Paradise Lost

When I beheld the poet blind, yet bold, In slender book his vast design unfold, Messiah crowned, God's reconciled decree, Rebelling Angels, the Forbidden Tree, Heaven, Hell, Earth, Chaos, all; the argument Held me a while, misdoubting his intent That he would ruin (for I saw him strong) The sacred truth to fable and old song, (So Sampson groped the temple's posts in spite) The world o'erwhelming to revenge his sight.
Yet as I read, soon growing less severe, I liked his project, the success did fear; Through that wide field how he his way should find O'er which lame faith leads understanding blind; Lest he perplexed the things he would explain, And what was easy he should render vain.
Or if a work so infinite he spanned, Jealous I was that some less skilful hand (Such as disquiet always what is well, And by ill imitating would excel) Might hence presume the whole creation's day To change in scenes, and show it in a play. Pardon me, Mighty Poet, nor despise My causeless, yet not impious, surmise. But I am now convinced that none will dare Within thy labors to pretend a share. Thou hast not missed one thought that could be fit, And all that was improper dost omit: So that no room is here for writers left, But to detect their ignorance or theft. That majesty which through thy work doth reign Draws the devout, deterring the profane. And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee, inviolate. At once delight and horror on us seize, Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease; And above human flight dost soar aloft, With plume so strong, so equal, and so soft. The bird named from that paradise you sing So never flags, but always keeps on wing.
Where couldst thou words of such a compass find? Whence furnish such a vast expanse of mind? Just heaven thee, like Tiresias, to requite, Rewards with prophecy the loss of sight.
Well mightst thou scorn thy readers to allure With tinkling rhyme, of thine own sense secure; While the Town-Bayes writes all the while and spells, And like a pack-horse tires without his bells. Their fancies like our bushy points appear, The poets tag them; we for fashion wear. I too, transported by the mode, offend, And while I meant to praise thee must commend. The verse created like thy theme sublime, In number, weight, and measure, needs not rhyme.
# On Monsieur's Departure

ON MONSIEUR’S DEPARTURE
I grieve and dare not show my discontent,
I love and yet am forced to seem to hate,
I do, yet dare not say I ever meant,
I seem stark mute but inwardly do prate.
 I am and not, I freeze and yet am burned,
 Since from myself another self I turned.
My care is like my shadow in the sun,
Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it,
Stands and lies by me, doth what I have done.
His too familiar care doth make me rue it.
 No means I find to rid him from my breast,
 Till by the end of things it be supprest.
Some gentler passion slide into my mind,
For I am soft and made of melting snow;
Or be more cruel, love, and so be kind.
Let me or float or sink, be high or low.
 Or let me live with some more sweet content,
 Or die and so forget what love ere meant.
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# On My First Sonne

Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy, My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy; Seven years th' wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. O, could I lose all father now. For why Will man lament the state he should envy? To have so soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage, And, if no other misery, yet age? Rest in soft peace, and, asked, say here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry; For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such As what he loves may never like too much.
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# Ningpo to Shanghai in 1857/The Western Teen-muk-san to the Tai-ye-wan-ling

​After leaving the old Monastery the roughly laid path takes up and away to the southward and westward—the huge mountain being literally skirted round for a distance of about seven miles, when, with the cave crowned peak bearing East, the road runs down a precipitous flight of steps to the N. N. W , ascending as sharply to an arched Ding on a road side opposite. In some parts of the road, before it branches off as descirbed, the side of the mountain is so nearly perpendicular that travelling in a chair is out of the question to any one keeping his eyes open. And here (singular circumstance for the province of Che-kiang,) the hand of man has nought to do with the growth of the straggling brush wood and wild grass, left to luxuriate, die, and grown again without interference. About five miles from the Monastery, at a point ​where the mountain top bears about E.S.E., a path will be seen entering from the road, which, if followed, leads to the summit by an easier way apparently than that entering nearer the Monastery.
From the arched Ding to Tai-ye-wan-ling, the boundary of the Districts Utsien and Haoufung in Che-Kiang, and the border of Ning-kwoh in An-whuy, the distance, up a tiresome ascent in a N. N. W. ly direction, is some five lē. From this point to Ning-kwok-foo, the chief city of the province of Anwhui, the distance is said to be 220 le westerly—the nearest Custom House Pass being Tsien-suen-ling (25).
# Ningpo to Shanghai in 1857/The Dung-ling to the Nan-kae-ling

​Farther down the pass, a beautiful place among the hills, is the hospitable village of Le-shuet-sun of 300 families, and a short distance up the glen is the Ka-yuen-sze a small monastery of five priests. Umbrageously sheltered, it is a dwelling which in the greatest of heats of summer possesses a delicious coolness. The Superior, by the name of Che-yuen, is remarkably attentive to foreigners. Pumice stone, said to have been procured from neighbouring hills, is exhibited here, from which it may be inferred that the region is volcanic.
A mile from the Ka-yuen-sze is the Nae-kae-ling, a pass, marking the boundary between the Yu-hong and Ling-haen districts, and a lē and a half beyond it, is Nieu-kwo-deo, the residence of two or three families—Ning-kwo-deo, a lē further on in a westerly direction, is another dwelling place of three or four families. The roads in this quarter are nicely laid out with rough pebbles.
# Niobe

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* "Niobe", an epigram by John Donne
* "Niobe", a poem by E. A. Bowring first published in Once a Week magazine, 19 January 1861.
# Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 4/Last week (June 22, 1861)

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# Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 4/Last week (June 1, 1861)

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# Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 4/Last week (June 8, 1861)

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# Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 4/Last week (June 15, 1861)

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# Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 5/Ana (October 26, 1861)

The first paragraph was contributed by Edward Henry Michelsen; the contributor of the others is unknown.
ANA.
Serfdom and Emancipation in Russia.—There are amongst the Russian nobility some who possess from 70,000 to upwards of 100,000 serfs. Count Schermetyeff is considered the richest nobleman in Russia. He possesses 120,000 serfs, amongst whom are several whose wealth amounts to millions. His annual income is estimated at 1½ million silver roubles (250,000l.). Every serf pays to his master from 10 to 15 roubles annually, so that the annual income of a possessor of 100,000 serfs cannot be less than 400,000l., independent of the income he derives from forests, mills, fabrics, &c. The total number of serfs now in Russia is upwards of 23,000,000, and taking the value of each serf at only 300 roubles (50l.), the loss sustained by the owners, by the emancipation, is certainly not less than 1,150.000,000l.! or half as much as the National Debt of this country. Taking the interest at 5 per cent., the loss of annual income to the nobility cannot be less than 67,000,000l., or more than double the interest we pay for the National Debt. M.
A Reverse of Fortune.—During the confinement of the last Earl of Cromartie in the Tower his nephew, although taking no part in the rebellion, was imprisoned with him, and on his uncle’s discharge was permitted to leave with him. The earl and countess (earl and countess no longer now) resolved to reside in London, at least for some time, and as simple Mr. and Mrs. Mackenzie fought earnestly against their misfortunes. Their nephew and his two daughters had also to struggle bravely for daily bread. In the end, George III. restored some portion of the attainted property to the earl’s daughter, on whose neck was plainly visible the mark of a blood-red axe, and admitted his nephew into the Charterhouse. But the earl’s two great-nieces had to fight the battle of life alone, and obtained a precarious living by making shirts and mending linen for their friends, and taking care of sets of chambers for gentlemen of the law. In Cannon Street there is a house that looks out upon a little railed-in grave-yard, and there these patient, suffering ladies resided for some time, nobly fulfilling the duties of their fallen station, and dying at length honoured and lamented by all who knew them.
“Ready, Aye Ready!”—We all remember that when, during the Indian mutiny, it was thought necessary to despatch Sir Colin Campbell to Calcutta to assume the command of the forces, the gallant old general gained great credit for having demanded only twelve hours to prepare for his departure. In this, however, he was outdone by the late Earl Cathcart, who when asked by Lord Hill, the then General Commanding-in-Chief, what time he would require to prepare himself for active service, and proceed to Canada with despatches, replied, as he rose to take his departure, after a moment’s hesitation, “Half-an-hour, my lord; but if necessary I will be quite ready in twenty minutes.”
# Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 5/Ana (October 19, 1861)

The magazine's account books record a payment to John Wykeham Archer, presumably for the contribution of "Easterling Money;" the second anecdote was probably contributed by Edward Jesse.
ANA.
Easterling Money.—A manuscript in the Cottonian Collection, “Faustina,” E. V., art. x., fol. 52 a, written by Arthur Argade, derives the term “sterling” money as follows:—“I suppose the name by meanes of Easterlings from vs, being Germaynes brought up in the mynes of sylver and copper there, were vsed here in England for the reducynge and refynynge the diuesyte of coynes into a perfect standard. As in the beginning of the Quene’s Mat. raigne they were brought hyther by Alderman Lodge (wth whom I was famylyarlye acquaynted) by her Ma$^{t’s.}$ order for the refynynge of o base coignes. And this he toulde me, that the mooste of them in meltynge fell syke to death wth the saoure, so they were advised to drynke in a dead man’s skull for theyre recure. Whereupon he, wth others who had thoversyght of that worke, procured a warrent from the counsaille to take off the heades vppon London Bridge, and make cuppes thereof, whereof they dranke and found some reliefe althoughe the moost of them dyed.”
When Lord Erskine was admitted a freeman of the Fishmongers’ Company, I partook of the inauguration dinner, and, of course, he made a speech on the occasion. On coming home, he said to me, “I spoke ill to-day, and stammered and hesitated in the opening.” I said, “You certainly floundered, but I thought you did so in compliment to the fishmongers.”—M. J.
# Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 5/Ana (November 30, 1861)

The second paragraph, and probably first as well, were contributed by Edward Henry Michelsen.
ANA.
Can a Clergyman Marry Himself?—This question came recently in due legal form before one of the courts, if we remember right, in Ireland, and was strictly ruled in the negative, the judge deciding not by precedent but by common sense. Had they known it, however, they might have called in a precedent to their aid. The same appeal was once made to the late Bishop Majendie of Bangor, by a young clergyman, a popular preacher, who had become enamoured of a singer, a lady more than twice his own age, and scarcely his equal in position—in a word, such a person that his friends, one and all, declined to tie the wedding knot for him. In his difficulty the clerical Adonis went to the Bishop, and asked him “whether, if all his friends refused, he could marry himself?” “Young man, can you bury yourself?” was the bishop’s instant reply, in his deep, sepulchral voice, as he rose hastily and left the apartment.
Russian Discipline.—Having found a German friend in the head-physician of the military hospital at Riga, I accompanied him one morning on his visit thither. On the way he told me how difficult it was to elicit from the men the real seat of their complaints, as every ailing in the upper part of the body, whether in the head, back, or stomach, they call pain in the heart; and those in the lower parts of the body pain in the leg. Having arrived at the hospital, all the patients that were able to do so arrayed themselves in a row, dumb and stiff as if on military parade. “How do you feel to-day, old man,” asked the doctor, of the first. “My heart pains,” was the expected timid reply. “Tongue out,” said the doctor, and out it was. Turning to the next, the same question, same reply, and same tongue operation. More than thirty in the row underwent the same medical inquiries and process. I was about leaving, when my friend told me to look round. To my utter astonishment I saw the whole lot still standing in military attitude, with their tongues wide out. We looked on for a while, when the doctor loudly gave the word, “Tongues in,” and all the articulating organs vanished in an instant. My risible faculties were so excited by the ludicrous scene, that it was some moments after we were in the open street ere I could, rather reproachingly, ask my friend how he could play such a trick on the poor fellows. “You must not judge,” said he, “by exceptions. I merely wanted to show you to what extent the blind spirit of discipline prevails among the Russian troops. Nor are the fellows,” added he, “the worse for the joke; on the contrary, they believe that the cure is greatly promoted by keeping the tongue out in the presence of the doctor, the longer the better.”—M.
# Order 29: Amendment To Law Of Estate Lease

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COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY ORDER NUMBER 29
AMENDMENT TO LAW OF ESTATE LEASE
Pursuant to my authority as Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), under the laws and usages of war, and consistent with relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions, including Resolution 1483 (2003),
Noting that Law No. (56) of 2000 amended the Law of Estate Lease No. (87) of 1979 to give greater rights to residential landlords to terminate leases beginning in October of 2003,
Understanding that the current economic conditions created by the former regime limit the ability of many Iraqi people to pay rent in a timely manner or incur significant increases in rental rates,
Concerned that widespread eviction of tenants will have a destabilizing effect on the security and well-being of Iraqi citizens, Realizing that landlords can enforce rent collection through Iraqi courts, Desiring to balance the rights and obligations between landlords and tenants in a fair manner,
I hereby promulgate the following:
Section 1
Extension of Current Leases
Article 15 of Law No. (56) of 2000, Amendment to the Law of Estate Lease No. (87) of 1979, is amended as follows:
 (a) Article 15, Paragraph 2 is amended to provide that the right specified in Article 4, Paragraph 5 of the Law of Estate Lease to request an assessment of the property for the purpose of adjusting the rental rate shall not be exercisable before 16 October 2004.
 (b) Article 15, Paragraph 3(A) (56) of 2000 is amended to provide that leases in existence for 12 or more years shall not be terminated, at the instance of the landlord, in the absence of other reasons authorized by law, before 16 October 2004.
CP A/ORD/7 September 2003/29
Section 2
Limitation of Eviction Remedy
1) The remedy of eviction under Article 17, Paragraph 1 of the Law of Estate Lease, as amended by Article 10 of Law No. (56) of 2000, allowing landlords to evict tenants who fail to pay rent when due, is suspended for failures to pay the rent due for any period during the months of April to December 2003 inclusive.
2) Tenants remain obligated to pay rent as it becomes due. Tenants who fail to pay rent when due violate their contractual obligations. These obligations may be enforced by recourse to the courts for the collection of sltch debts
Section 3
Entry into Force
This Order shall enter into force on the date of signature.
CP A/ORD/7 September 2003/29 2 L. Paul Bremer, Administrator Coalition Provisional Authority
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# Order 34: Amendment To Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2

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COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY ORDER NUMBER 34
AMENDMENT TO COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY
ORDER NUMBER 2 (CP A/ORD/23 May 2003/02)
Pursuant to my authority as Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA),
and under the law and usages of war, and consistent with relevant U.N. Security Council
resolutions, including Resolution 1483 (2003),
Recognizing the previous functions of the Board of Supreme Audit, pursuant to the
Board of Supreme Audit Law (Law No.6, (1990)) in providing auditing services needed
to monitor governmental financial transactions, and
Noting that internal audits are a critical component of a transparent financial management
program,
I hereby promulgate the following:
Section 1
Continuance of Board of Supreme Audit
Notwithstanding any provision of CPA Order Number 2, Dissolution of Entities
(CP A/ORD/23 May 2003/02) to the contrary, the Board of Supreme Audit shall not be
considered a "Dissolved Entity," as defined in CPA Order Number 2, and shall continue
to exist and perform the functions that it performed as of April 16, 2003.
Section 2
Entry into Force
This Order shall enter into force on the date of signature.
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L. Paul Bremer, Administrator
Coalition Provisional Authority
CP A/ORD/13 Sep 2003/34
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# Oranges and Lemons

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Also London Bells: traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the City of London. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as No 13190.
* "London Bells" in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book by Nurse Lovechild (1744)
* "London Bells" in Tommy Thumb's Song Book by Nurse Lovechild (1815 edition).
* "Oranges and Lemons" in Dorsetshire Children's Games, &c by John Symonds Udal (The Folk-Lore Journal, 1889)
* "Oranges and Lemons" in The Baby's Opera (1900)
* "Oranges and Lemons" in A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes by Sabine Baring-Gould (1895).
# Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 9/Ana (October 24, 1863)

ANA.
Ancient Inheritances.—The interesting and often-quoted statement made some time since by Lord Palmerston, respecting the uninterrupted descent for nearly eight centuries, from father to son, of a small estate in his own neighbourhood in the new forest, relates, as is well-known, to the family of Purkis, the lime-burner, who picked up the body of William Rufus, and carried it in his humble cart to Winchester to receive the last sad rites. But we can place upon record a case of still longer descent of a small property among persons in no way allied to rank and fortune, and who have never risen above the condition of yeomen; while, we believe, they have never fallen below it. At Ambrose’s Barn, on the borders of the parish of Thorpe, near Chertsey, still resides a farmer of the name of Wapshot, whose ancestors have lived, without a break, upon the same spot, ever since the reign of Alfred the Great, by whom the farm was granted to Reginald Wapshot. There are several families among our untitled gentry—the county aristocracy, who can trace their names and possessions in a direct male descent back to the Saxon times; but below that rank we are not aware of a more striking instance of permanence among change than the past history of the Wapshots.
Scottish Pluck.—The late Earl of Buchan, brother of Lord Chancellor Erskine, himself an accomplished scholar and man of letters, came into possession of his title whilst quite a young man. At that period it was the practice, as no doubt it had been from the time of the Union, for the ministry of the day, at each new election, to forward to every Scottish peer a list of the names of sixteen of his fellow peers who should be chosen to represent the nobles of Scotland in the House of Lords; and for nearly a century the descendants of some of the most illustrious members of the Scottish Peerage had tamely submitted. The Earl of Buchan regarded this submission as an insult to his order; and being a man of strong feelings and apt to use great plainness of speech, he took an early opportunity of declaring in public, that any Secretary of State who should insult him with such an application, should wash out the affront with his blood. Duels were at that date in the height of fashion; and doubtless this was one reason why the practice was at once discontinued, the ministers being obliged thenceforth to find out some other less offensive way of exercising their influence over the elections of the Scotch Representative Peers. Lord Buchan was an eccentric being, and after having asserted and secured this amount of freedom for his brethren, he took no further part in the matter, and to the end of his long life never again troubled himself to give his vote in the elections at Holyrood.