. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. aristocrat spoke of brass far-dens, and was unable to spell the simplestwords, as the following specimen willshow:—Sir Pitt Crawley begs MissSharp and baggidge may be hear on Tuse-day, as I leaf . . to-morrow erly. Thewhole baronetage, peerage, and common-age of England did not contain a morecunning, mean, foolish, disreputable oldrogue than Sir Pitt Crawley. He died at Sir Roger de Cover ley coming from Church Chas. R. Leslii, Artist /N the Spedaior, /iddison d&scribes a Sunday he fpent in the countrywith his old friend Sir Roger
. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. aristocrat spoke of brass far-dens, and was unable to spell the simplestwords, as the following specimen willshow:—Sir Pitt Crawley begs MissSharp and baggidge may be hear on Tuse-day, as I leaf . . to-morrow erly. Thewhole baronetage, peerage, and common-age of England did not contain a morecunning, mean, foolish, disreputable oldrogue than Sir Pitt Crawley. He died at Sir Roger de Cover ley coming from Church Chas. R. Leslii, Artist /N the Spedaior, /iddison d&scribes a Sunday he fpent in the countrywith his old friend Sir Roger de Coverley. They go to churchtogether :As soon as the sermon is finished, tiobody presumes to stir till Sir Rogeris gone out of the church. The knight walks down between a double row oflis tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side, and every now and theninquires how such an ones wife, or mother, or son, or father do, whom hedoes not see at church; which is understood as a secret reprimand to theperson that is absent. Addisons CEAWLEY 269 CEAWLEY the age of fourscore, lamented and be-loved, regretted and honored, if we canbelieve bis monumental tablet. Lady Crawley. Sir Pitts first wifewas a confounded quarrelsome, high-bredjade. So he chose for his second wifethe daughter of Mr. Dawson, iron-monger,of Mudbury, who gave up her sweetheart,Peter Butt, for the gilded vanity of Craw-leyism. This ironmongers daughter had pink cheeks and a white skin, but nodistinctive character, no opinions, no occu-pation, no amusements, no vigor of mind,no temper; she was a mere female ma-chine. Being a blonde, she wore draggledsea-green or slatternly sky-blue dresses,went about slip-shod and in curl-papersall day till dinner-time. She died andleft Sir Pitt for the second time a widower, to-morrow to fresh woods and pasturesnew. Mr. Pitt Crawley, eldest son of Sir Pitt,and at the death of his father inheritor ofthe title and estates. Mr. Pitt was a mostproper gentleman. He woul
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