Surely a strange visitor to these shores!

No men were allowed in the Convent, except the doctors of course, and visitors at stated hours.

Lafayette, Marquis de, interest of American visitors in things relating to.

Visitors from America were shocked to find no Kindergartens in England, but only large classes of poor little automatons sitting erect with "hands behind" or worse still "hands on heads," and moving only to the word of command.

A very pleasant evening was spent there, quite a number of the officers calling to make the acquaintance of the new officer, who entertained the visitors with an amusing account of the ride from the dépôt.

"When our indefatigable Visitor of prisons was in Russia, he beheld, in public, the punishment of the knoot severely administered by a strong and stern executioner.

The Catholic, a priest, I have known as an Atheneum visitor for some time.

More grunts, and room made for the visitor on the sleeping-bench next the post that supported one of the lamps, a clay saucer half-full of seal-oil, in which a burning wick of twisted moss gave forth a powerful odour, a fair amount of smoke, and a faint light.

Showing his visitor into this ingeniously condensed establishment, he induces the pigs to retire to a corner, and then dons his hat.

" "Yes, I thought I remembered your writing to me about some such doings; and do you think you can enjoy a month with such visitors as that?" "Oh, yes, papa, because they won't upset my house; and, really, they're the dearest people.

We find again that she outrages the public by the presence of decent and civil ushers, who neither insult the male spectators by their surly impudence, nor annoy the lady visitor by coloring her train with tobacco juice.

"I SEE BY YOUR CIRCULAR THAT VISITORS OF DISTINCTION HAVE FREE ACCESS TO YOUR READING-ROOM, AND AS I HAVE CONTRIBUTED A STORY TO THE 'WAYERLY MAGAZINE,'" etc. Nottmuch, (having obtained access to the reading-room.)

Her keen eyes gleamed at her visitor through her spectacles, though her fingers never stopped for a moment.

Such messengers were frequent visitors during Gerbert's prosperous career.

He faced his visitors without emotion.

" 1850 "The Report to the Board of Visitors opens with the following paragraph: 'In recording the proceedings at the Royal Observatory during the last year, I have less of novelty to communicate to the Visitors than in the Reports of several years past.

We had many visitors after breakfast, all much excited, wondering what the next step would beif the Chambers would be dissolved, the marshal trying to impose a cabinet of the Right or perhaps form another moderate liberal cabinet without Jules Simon, but retaining some of his ministers.

"We've already had one visitor before you," said the Boy, looking wonderfully pleased at the prospect the priest had opened out.

By the kindness of the Lady of Huntly provision was made for the visitors within the precincts of the old castle, military tents being erected for the purpose.

One cow, from her impartial method of hoisting visitors out of her pasture, was labelled "The General Hooker.

The mansion was occupied by a Mrs. Hailstone, whose duty it was to show visitors over the house and explain everything as she went along, ghost stories as well; and being a remarkably affable lady, with a great gift of language, we had a very intelligent and edifying lecture in every room we passed through, now upon ornithology, now chronology, next on pisciculture and the habits of stuffed pike and other fish.

The following passage is quoted from the Address of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors at the Special Meeting of Nov. 10th, 1843: "The most important object in the institution and maintenance of the Royal Observatory has always been the Observations of the Moon.

the Astronomer Royal printed an Address to the Individual Members of the Board of Visitors on the subject of a large new Equatoreal for the Observatory.

And now it seemed to her that she was much more familiar with the looks of the people, and could distinguish between those who belonged to the city and those who were visitors like herself; and also could tell which they were who had entered into the mysteries of the kingdom, and which were, like herself, only acquainted with the beginning of days.

The work was continued steadily through 1883, and on Mar. 24th, 1884, he made application through the Board of Visitors to the Admiralty to print the work: after the usual enquiries as to the expense this was acceded to, and copy was sent to the printers as soon as it was ready.