The time was, when every musical young gentleman breathed forth his wishes in dulcet strains to be carried back to Old Virginia's shore, or related to the history and most wonderful exploits of that good old colored individual, Uncle Nedward; but we suppose this superannuated colored person has been superseded by the still more popular Uncle Tom, of Mrs. Stowe celebrity.

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In her right hand Minerva bore a beaming lance, and in her left a buckler, called the Egis. The Egis of Minerva had embossed upon it the head of Medusa.

She led them along a path edged with round, whitewashed stones and equally rounded basils of a clamorous green.