. Thackerayana;. of the family on theparticulars of their journey in detail, I found they had perfectlysettled their respective opinions of travelling in general. Theladies had formed their conclusion that it was monstrous pleasant,and the gentleman his that it was monstrous dear. THE MIRROR: 421 The Mirror.—VoL II. No. 50. A correspondent is addressing the Mirror on the ill effectsof listlessness, indolence, and an aversion to profitable writer describes his visit to a barrister without practice, who,having been left a small competence, had relinquished his pro-fession to engage
. Thackerayana;. of the family on theparticulars of their journey in detail, I found they had perfectlysettled their respective opinions of travelling in general. Theladies had formed their conclusion that it was monstrous pleasant,and the gentleman his that it was monstrous dear. THE MIRROR: 421 The Mirror.—VoL II. No. 50. A correspondent is addressing the Mirror on the ill effectsof listlessness, indolence, and an aversion to profitable writer describes his visit to a barrister without practice, who,having been left a small competence, had relinquished his pro-fession to engage in literary pursuits. Mr. Mordant, the literary recluse, on his friends arrival, was dis-covered cultivating his kitchen garden. The visitor is conductedthrough the grounds, which have been laid out in accordancewith the owners taste. Near a village, on our way homewards, we met a set of coun-trymen engaged at cricket, and soon after a marriage company,dancing the brides dance upon the green. My friend^ with a. degree of gaiety and alacrity which I had never Before seen himdisplay, not only engaged himself, but compelled me likewise toengage in the exercise of the one and the merriment of the a field before his door an old horse, blind at one eye, came upto us at his call, and ate the remainder of the grains from hishand from which he had previouslv fed a flock of tame pigeons. Our conversation for that evening, relating chiefly to thesituation of our common friends, memory of former scenes-, andother subjects as friends naturally converse about after a longabsence, afforded me little opportunity of gratifying my morning I arose at my wonted early hour, and stepping intohis study found it unoccupied. Upon examining a heap ofbooks and papers that lay confusedly mingled on the table andthe floor, I was surprised to find that by much the greater part ofthem, instead of metaphysics and morals (the branches connectedwith his scheme of writing), treated of B
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