Edinburgh Journal, No. 462, by Various

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Title: Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852

Author: Various

Editor: William Chambers Robert Chambers

Release Date: January 17, 2008 [EBook #24343]

Language: English

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CHAMBERS' EDINBURGH JOURNAL

CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS, EDITORS OF 'CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE,' 'CHAMBERS'S EDUCATIONAL COURSE,' &c.

No. 462. NEW SERIES. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1852. PRICE 1-1/2d.

THE MANAGING PARTNER.

She is neither your partner, nor ours, nor anybody else's in particular. She is in general business, of which matrimony is only a department. How she came to be concerned in so many concerns, is a mystery of nature, like the origin of the Poet--or rather of black Topsy. The latter, you know, was not born at all, she never had no father nor mother, she was not made by nobody--she growed; and so it is with the managing partner, who was a managing partner from her infancy. It is handed down by tradition that she screamed lusti

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