Autumn leaves . in-doors norout-doors, in the parlor nor the chamber. Hebreakfasts, dines, and sups in its company, and, itis said, sleeps with his hand upon the ivory. Is ita talisman ? We suppose it must be, for he pressedit against his chin, his lips, his cheek, his forehead, 90 AUTUMN LEAVES. his nose, as if to absorb its hidden virtue at everypore. Look out for the gentleman with the slender need to fear, least of all to shun him, for he iscourteous, a man of honor and position. But he israther queer, is nt he ? For one, however, we havea liking for oddities, provided they are i
Autumn leaves . in-doors norout-doors, in the parlor nor the chamber. Hebreakfasts, dines, and sups in its company, and, itis said, sleeps with his hand upon the ivory. Is ita talisman ? We suppose it must be, for he pressedit against his chin, his lips, his cheek, his forehead, 90 AUTUMN LEAVES. his nose, as if to absorb its hidden virtue at everypore. Look out for the gentleman with the slender need to fear, least of all to shun him, for he iscourteous, a man of honor and position. But he israther queer, is nt he ? For one, however, we havea liking for oddities, provided they are smack of mystery, excite curiosity, and addvariety to life; and variety, the copy-book says, ischarming. Consequently we have a fancy for old Dr. DavidPotter, who used to preach with a cane in his handto mark the emphasis in his forcible way ; whileDr. John B. Smith could not go on in his sermonwithout carrying occasionally a little bit of paperto his short-sighted eyes, though it was POOR RICHARD DENOUNCED. T is wonderful and almost incredible whatan extent of influence is exerted in hisproper sphere by every individual andagency in Great Britain to promote the vital inter-est of the nation — the supply of all creation withtheir manufactures. Their trading and industrialclasses are everlastingly holding forth the doc-trine that Eno;land has a kind of natural rio;ht tosupply all the universe with every useful and orna-mental ware, and that it is everybodys duty to ap-ply to her workshops for everj^thing they want. Itis a matter of course that they should preach thisdoctrine in foreign parts, as well as at home. Theywould but half perform their work if they shouldproduce the manufactures without sending out withthem the arguments whereby their exclusive title tomake them for the nations should be defended. But a belief in the creed runs in the blood ofevery native of the Island. It would be a sufficientevidence that a man was not an Englishman, ifs
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