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Mr. Disraeli's "melancholy Ocean."

A V. DISRAELI'S suggested explanation of the gloom of the 1_ Irish and of their love of excitement, —that "they live beside a melancholy ocean,"—was received at the time it was......

Letters To The Editor.

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