The clock on the mantel-piece, a little travelling timepiece, ticked in a hurried way as if anxious to get on.

Everything is reduced to such perfect system in its operations, that the necessity for individual opinion is almost superseded, and even private consciences are laid upon the shelf,just as people lay by an antiquated timepiece that no winding-up or shaking can persuade into marking the hours,for have they not the clock on the Government railroad station opposite, which they can at any time consult by stepping to the window?

His first glance was to the sun, and after consulting the celestial timepiece he hunched over to the fire and fell-to ravenously on the meat.

The chimney-piece was set out with a large gilt timepiece, and candelabra in Dresden china.

A handsome timepiece and a quartette of begilt candelabra decked the white marble mantelpiece, and were duplicated in the large pier glass.

When he does not do this, he is only an imperfect timepiece.

On the marble mantel is a very intricate French timepiece, and over it an exquisite silver-framed mirror.

" High within Time's temple hoar Doth this mystic timepiece stand, And when'er twelve moons have vanished The clock is wound by unseen hand;

Loosening the waistcoat of his evening livery, he freed the heavy silver watchchain from its buttonhole, drew from its pocket an old-fashioned silver watch of that obese style which first earned the portable timepiece its nickname of "turnip," and opening its back inserted a key attached to the other end of the chain.

And she brought her indictment against a raucous timepiece which was wont to lead up to its striking with a long, preliminary clack-and-whirr, alleging that twice, when she had quit her sculping early because the clay was obdurate and wouldn't come right, and had gone for a walk to clear her vision, the clock had accosted her in these unjustifiable terms: "Clacketty-whirr-rr-rr! Back-to-yer-worr-rr-rrk!

On one of the buildings I observed one of the most remarkable, largest, and most complete timepieces I had yet seen; and I had on this occasion an opportunity of examining it closely.

3.] The revolving parts of the clock being nicely balanced, a pretty accurate timepiece, I should think, would be the result.

The chimney-piece of sculptured marble, with an ormolu frieze, holds some choice antique porcelain vases and a valuable Roman timepiece.