Braham, John, 71, 371.

on Braham, 71. on negroes, 71.

his admiration of Braham, 371.

On the other hand, Braham would no longer be indebted to Moore for his songs, Bishop would write, compose, and sing his own operas, and all our vocalists enter, like Dryden's king and two fiddlers, solus!

But to atone for these vulgarisms, who that has heard the syren strains of Stephens or Paton, or the Anglo-Italian style of Braham, but has envied them the pleasurable monopoly of delighting thousands, and sending them home with the favourite air still echoing in their ears, and lulling them to soft slumbers!

DRINK used by actors, orators, etc. BRAHAM, bottled porter.

" "Bless me, how Braham is improved!" cried a man with spectacles, behind me; "he acts now better than he sings!" "Is it not strange," said Asmodeus, "how long the germ of a quality may remain latent in the human mind, and how completely you mortals are the creatures of culture?

It was not till his old age that Braham took lessons in acting; some three times a week has he of late wended his way down, to the comedian of Chapel-street, to learn energy and counterfeit warmth; and the best of it is, that the spectators will have it that an actor feels all he acts; as if human nature, wicked as it is, could feel Richard the Third every other night.

When some one remonstrated with Braham for his florid and vulgar style of singing, he replied, it was the people and not he who was at fault.

A duchess?" "No; a stock-broker's wife, Mrs. Braham.

When the victoria got clear of the crowd at the corner, Mrs. Braham leaned forward a moment and whispered a word to her coachman.

"An interviewin this officewith Mrs. Braham.

Braham?" said the lawyer, affecting to search the caverns of professional memory.

I have a better card to play than Mrs. Braham.

Shall we say twelve o'clock to-morrow?" The lawyer called on Mrs. Braham, and after an agitated and tearful interview, persuaded her to keep the appointment.

" The meeting took place in the lawyer's private room, and Mrs. Braham was so overcome that she nearly fainted.

" "Hope!" said Mrs. Braham.

" Leonard then left all his property, real and personal, and all that should ever accrue to him, to Augustus Braham, son of Jonathan Braham, and left Lucy Braham sole executrix and trustee.

" Leonard then left all his property, real and personal, and all that should ever accrue to him, to Augustus Braham, son of Jonathan Braham, and left Lucy Braham sole executrix and trustee.

" Leonard then left all his property, real and personal, and all that should ever accrue to him, to Augustus Braham, son of Jonathan Braham, and left Lucy Braham sole executrix and trustee.

Monckton then wired to Mrs. Braham's lawyer demanding an immediate interview with that lady; he specified the hour.

She cried and trembled, and became hysterical, and vowed she would never go near Leonard Monckton again; he had never loved her, had never been a friend to her as Jonathan Braham had.

The lawyer returned to his place, and when Monckton called next day he told him he was sorry to say Mr. Braham was ill and in trouble, and the lady couldn't meet him.

Braham was utterly ruined, and besides that had done something or other he did not care to name; he was off to America, leaving her what money she could find in the house and the furniture, which he advised her to sell at once before others claimed it; in short, the man was wild with fear, and at present thought but little of anybody but himself.

"No," said he, "keep your own counsel, don't let him know you are deserted and ruined; make a favor of coming, but come: and a word in your earhe can do more for you than Braham can, or will ever do again.