. Thackerayana;. rst father, much worse in hisbreeches. He is the Christians example, and the old mansrelapse ; the one imitates his pureness, and the other falls into hissimplicity. Could he put off his body with his little coat, he hadgot eternity without a burden, and exchanged but one heaven foranother. An Upstart Knight. An upstart country knight is a holidayclown, and differs only in the stuff ofhis clothes, not the stuff of himself,for he bare the kings sword beforehe had arms to wield it; yet beingonce laid oer the shoulder with aknighthood, he finds the herald hisfriend. His father wa
. Thackerayana;. rst father, much worse in hisbreeches. He is the Christians example, and the old mansrelapse ; the one imitates his pureness, and the other falls into hissimplicity. Could he put off his body with his little coat, he hadgot eternity without a burden, and exchanged but one heaven foranother. An Upstart Knight. An upstart country knight is a holidayclown, and differs only in the stuff ofhis clothes, not the stuff of himself,for he bare the kings sword beforehe had arms to wield it; yet beingonce laid oer the shoulder with aknighthood, he finds the herald hisfriend. His father was a man ofgood stock, though but a tanner orusurer; he purchased the land, andhis son the title. He has doffed offthe name of a country lout, but thelook not so easy, and his face stillbears a relish of churn milk. He isguarded with more gold lace than allthe gentlemen of the country, yet hisbody makes his clothes still out of fashion. His housekeepingis seen much in the distinct families of dogs, and serving-men. EARLES M1CR0C0SM0GRAPHY. 187 attendant on their kennels, and the deepness of their throats isthe depth of his discourse. A justice of peace he is to domineer in his parish, and do hisneighbour wrong with more right. He will be drunk with hishunters for company, and stain his gentility with drippings of is fearful of being sheriff of the shire by instinct, and dreadsthe assize week as much as the prisoner. In sum, hes but a clod of his own earth, or his land is thedung-hill, and he the cock that crows over it ; and commonly hisrace is quickly run, and his childrens children, though they scapehanging, return to the place from whence they came. A Plain Country-Fellow. A plain country-fellow is one that manures his ground well,but lets himself lie fallow and untilled. He has reason enough todo his business, and not enough to be idle and seems to have the punishment of Nebuchadnezzar, for hisconversation is among beasts, and his talons none of the shor
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