. Thackerayana;. was but two steps from his parlour-window, insisting that he should examine them before he would speak one word with him. Adams, whose natural complacence was beyond any artifice, was obliged to comply before he was suffered to explain himself, and laying hold of one of their tails, the wanton beast gave such a sudden spring that he threw poor Adams all along in the mire. Trulliber, instead of assisting him to get up, burst into laughter, and, entering the stye, said to Adams, with some contempt, Why, dost not know how to handle a hog? To those writers whose heroes are of thei
. Thackerayana;. was but two steps from his parlour-window, insisting that he should examine them before he would speak one word with him. Adams, whose natural complacence was beyond any artifice, was obliged to comply before he was suffered to explain himself, and laying hold of one of their tails, the wanton beast gave such a sudden spring that he threw poor Adams all along in the mire. Trulliber, instead of assisting him to get up, burst into laughter, and, entering the stye, said to Adams, with some contempt, Why, dost not know how to handle a hog? To those writers whose heroes are of their owncreation, and whose brains are the chaos whence alltheir materials are collected—one may apply thesaying of Balzac regarding Aristotle, that they area second nature, for they have no communica-tion with the first, by which authors of an in-ferior class, who cannot stand alone, are obliged to support them-selves as with crutches; but these of whom I am now speaking. 8o THA CKERA YANA. seem to be possessed of those stilts which the excellent Voltairetells us, in his letters, carry the genius far off, but with an irregularpace. Indeed, far out of the sight of the reader— Beyond the realm of chaos and old night. The pedlar, introduced in these adventures, while relating toJoseph Andrews and Parson Adams the early history of Fanny(then returned from Lady Boobys), proceeded thus : Though I
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