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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, No. 288, Supplementary Number
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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.
VOL. 10, No. 288.] SUPPLEMENTARY NUMBER. [PRICE 2d.
The Return of a Victorious Armament to a Greek City.
[Illustration: The Return of a Victorious Armament to a Greek City.]
Our readers have annually anticipated a high treat from this splendid intellectual banquet, served up by some of the master[1] spirits of the age.
[1] We hope this epithet will not be considered ungallant--for, to say the truth, the _ladies_ have contributed the best poetical portion of the feast. This display of female talent has increased in brilliancy year after year: and the _Lords_ should look to it.
We doubt whether the comparison is refined enough for the fair authoresses; but our fancy has led us to class their contributions to the present feast as follow:--
_Hock--Champagne_, (_Still and Sparkling_.)
with a due proportion of _vin ordinaire_. This comparison may be pleasant enough as after-dinner chat, but we fear our readers will think it like cooks circulating the Bills of Fare on the morning of Lord Mayor's Day; and lest we should incur their displeasure, we shall proceed with our select _course_: but we are mere disposers.