. The works of William Makepeace Thackeray . and I remember when theypassed for very small wine, and now how high and mighty theyhave become. Wliat do you say to Tomkinss sermons ? Ordinairetrying to go down as orthodox port, and very meagre ordinaire too !To Hopkinss historical works ?—to Pumkinss poetry 1 Ordinaire,ordinaire again—thin, feeble, overrated ; and so down the wholelist. And when we have done discussing our men friends, have wenot all the women ? Do these not advance absurd pretensions ?Do these never give themselves airs? With feeble brains, dontthey often set up to be esprits f
. The works of William Makepeace Thackeray . and I remember when theypassed for very small wine, and now how high and mighty theyhave become. Wliat do you say to Tomkinss sermons ? Ordinairetrying to go down as orthodox port, and very meagre ordinaire too !To Hopkinss historical works ?—to Pumkinss poetry 1 Ordinaire,ordinaire again—thin, feeble, overrated ; and so down the wholelist. And when we have done discussing our men friends, have wenot all the women ? Do these not advance absurd pretensions ?Do these never give themselves airs? With feeble brains, dontthey often set up to be esprits foHs ? Dont they pretend to bewomen of fashion, and cut their betters 1 Dont they try and passoff their ordinary-looking girls as beauties of the first order 1 Everyman in his circle knows women who give themselves airs, and towhom we can apply the port-wine simile. Come, my friends. Here is enough of ordinaire and port forto-day. My bottle has run out. Will anybody have any more?Let us go upstairs, and get a cup of tea from the nVEEDLEDUMSKI AND TWEEDLEDEESTEIN OGKES 309 OGRES I DARESAY the reader has remarked that the upright andindependent vowel, which stands in the vowel list between Eand 0, has formed the subject of the main part of these does that vowel feel this morning?—fresh, good-humoured,and lively? The Roundabout lines, wliioh fall from this pen, arecorrespondingly brisk and cheerful. Has anything, on the contrary,disagreed with the vowel? Has its rest been disturbed, or wasyesterdays dinner too good, or yesterdays wine not good enough 1Under such circumstances, a darkling misanthropic tinge, no doubt,is cast upon the paper. The jokes, if attempted, are elaborate anddreary. The bitter temper breaks out. That sneering manner isadopted, which you know, and which exhibits itself so especiallywhen the writer is speaking about w^omen. A moody carelessnesscomes over him. He sees no good in any body or thing: and treatsgentlemen, ladies, history, a
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