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DEATH S DOINGS.

in the destruction of the human species. Hencehe carries on his operation in courts, in camps, inthe palace of the monarch, and in the cottage of thevillager. But it is in civilized life, and amidscenes of leisure and retirement (where his pre-sence is least suspected) that his power is mostlyfelt: indeed, a laugh is no unfrequent disguise thathis victims put on, and his place of concealmentis often a bed of roses.

Hatchment.