. The English humorists of the eighteenth century; . gle !—but it treats you asyou merit in the main. If you serve it, it is not unthankful; ifyou please, it is pleased ; if you cringe to it, it detects you, andscorns you if you are mean ; it returns your cheerfulness with \its good-humor; it deals not ungenerously with your weakness ;iit recognizes most kindly your merits ; it gives you a fair place \and fair play. To any one of those men of whom we havespoken was it in the main A king might refuseGoldsmith a pension, as a publisher might keep his master-piece and the delight of
. The English humorists of the eighteenth century; . gle !—but it treats you asyou merit in the main. If you serve it, it is not unthankful; ifyou please, it is pleased ; if you cringe to it, it detects you, andscorns you if you are mean ; it returns your cheerfulness with \its good-humor; it deals not ungenerously with your weakness ;iit recognizes most kindly your merits ; it gives you a fair place \and fair play. To any one of those men of whom we havespoken was it in the main A king might refuseGoldsmith a pension, as a publisher might keep his master-piece and the delight of all the world in his desk for twoyears; but it was mistake, and not ill-will. Noble andillustrious names of Swift, and Pope, and Addison! dear andhonored memory of Goldsmith and Fielding! kind friends,teachers, benefactors! who shall say that our country, whichcontinues to bring such an unceasing tribute of applause, admi-ration, love, sympathy, does not do honor to the literary callingin the honor which it bestows upon you I ENOCH HORGAKS SONS I. SAPOLIO OIBAKS WINDOWS,MARBLE, KNIVBaPOLISHESTIN-WARB,I£ON,SX£;feo. U SOBMEB M e-:BATTi3g SQ,cr-AJBH .A-DSTD CTPHica-iia? :pi_A-iq-os. The demands now made by an educated musical public are soexacting, tliat very few piano-forte manufacturers can produce instru-ments that will stand the test which merit requires. SoHMER & Co., as manufacturers, rank among this chosen few,who are acknowledged to be makers of standard instruments. Inthese days when many manufacturers urge the low price of theirwares, rather than their superior quality, as an inducement to pur-chase, it may not be amiss to suggest that, in a piano, quality andprice are too inseparably joined, to expect the one without the other. Every piano ought to be judged as to the quality of its tone, itstouch, and its workmanship; if any one of these is wanting in excel-lence, however good the others may be, the instrument will be imper-fect. It is the combination of all
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