. Punch . A prodigal son might melt the parental heart, or rather theparental purse,bya tableau of filial destitution andparental generosity;. while an offer ofmarriage could be curtly and courteously conveyedthrough a picture of one evidently under the influence of the softerpassion, surrounded by those deed-boxes and money-bags which aremore eloquent than all the dictionaries, and in comparison withwhich the rich verbosity of Johnson would be the merest Walker.

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