. Thackerayana;. A Man of Letters. Early efforts at Drawing EARLY REMINISCENCES. 5 his school days, displaying taste for the healthy sarcasm, whichafterwards became one of his distinctive qualities, at the expenseof the prosaic compositions set down as school verses. In one ofhis class books, Thucydides, with his autograph, Charter House,1827/ is scribbled two verses in which the tender passion istreated somewhat realistically :— Love s like a mutton chop, Soon it grows cold ;All its attractions hop Ere it grows s like the cholic sure,Both painful to endure ;Brandy s for both a cure,

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. Thackerayana;. A Man of Letters. Early efforts at Drawing EARLY REMINISCENCES. 5 his school days, displaying taste for the healthy sarcasm, whichafterwards became one of his distinctive qualities, at the expenseof the prosaic compositions set down as school verses. In one ofhis class books, Thucydides, with his autograph, Charter House,1827/ is scribbled two verses in which the tender passion istreated somewhat realistically :— Love s like a mutton chop, Soon it grows cold ;All its attractions hop Ere it grows s like the cholic sure,Both painful to endure ;Brandy s for both a cure, So Ive been told. When for some fair the swain Burns with desireIn Hymens fatal chain, Eager to try her,He weds as soon as he can,And jumps—unhappy man—Out of the frying pan Into the fire. As to the humorists pencil, even throughout these early days, itmust have been an unfailing source of delight, not only to the ownerbut to the companions of his form. Draw us some pictures, theboys would say, and straightwaydown popped a c

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