. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . ere was hot flipin abundance, and ginger and cider for thosewho liked it. Tom Crotchet, the fiddler, wascalled, young and old went to dancing, andthe merriest nijrht that ever was known was o that in which young Bob Merrv, who had »/ C? */ been lost or the mountain, was found, having REJOICING. 31 been two days and two nights in the cave oite Old Sarah the hermitess. I could not share in this mirth; I felt toosober and solemn for hilarity. The whole •P id venture had sunk deep intc my mind, though I did not immediately understand its
. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . ere was hot flipin abundance, and ginger and cider for thosewho liked it. Tom Crotchet, the fiddler, wascalled, young and old went to dancing, andthe merriest nijrht that ever was known was o that in which young Bob Merrv, who had »/ C? */ been lost or the mountain, was found, having REJOICING. 31 been two days and two nights in the cave oite Old Sarah the hermitess. I could not share in this mirth; I felt toosober and solemn for hilarity. The whole •P id venture had sunk deep intc my mind, though I did not immediately understand its •> full effect upon my character, I had beenmade in some degree aware oi that weaknesswhich springs from being always dependentupon others ; and a wholesome lesson hadbeen taught me, in finding my life saved byan old woman, whom a few hours before Ihad treated with rudeness, impertinence, andscorn. I could not but feel humbled, bydiscovering that she had more generous mo-tives of action, a loftier and more noble soul,than I with all mv I HAPTER ) UNCLES INFLUENCE—FORTY YEAJ*& AGO THE TAVERN -THE HOLIDAY. WHEN I was fifteen years of age I hadmade little progress in education. I couldindeed read and write, and I knew some-thing of arithmetic, but my advance beyondthis was inconsiderable. I will tell you thereason of this. In the first place, my uncle had no veryhigh estimation of what he called larnni; hewas himself a man of action, and believedthat books render people dull and stupid,rather than efficient in the business of life. He kept the village inn, which in thosedays of rum and punch was an institutionof great power and authority. It was com-mon, at the period of which I speak, for theChurch and inn to stand side by side in thetowns; and if one day in the week sobriety andtemperance were preached in (lie former, lii^d THE INNKEEPER. 33 drinking and licentiousness were deeplypractised in the latter during the other tavern, therefore, not o
Size: 1831px × 1365px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, bookidwitboughtorl, bookyear1844
