O Botley, once, with Mr. FINNERTY, whose name I can never pr
Shasteen Richoux <ethicise <at> cygnum.ie>
2009-08-24 17:36:50 GMT
_Grampian Hills_?' 'Oh,' said I, 'they are in Scotland; poor, barren,
beggarly places, covered with heath and rushes, ten times as barren as
Sherril Heath.' 'But,' said he, 'how could that little boy's father feed
_his flocks_ there, then?' I was ready to tumble off the horse with
laughing. 284. I do not know any thing much more distressing to the
spectators than exhibitions of this sort. Every one feels, not for the
child, for it is insensible to the uneasiness it excites, but for the
parents, whose amiable fondness displays itself in this ridiculous
manner. Upon these occasions, no one knows what to say, or whither to
direct his looks. The parents, and especially the fond mother, looks
sharply round for the so-evidently merited applause, as an actor of the
name of MUNDEN, whom I recollect thirty years ago, used, when he had
treated us to a witty shrug of his shoulders, or twist of his chin, to
turn his face up to the gallery for the clap. If I had to declare on my
oath which have been the most disagreeable moments of my life, I verily
believe, that, after due consideration, I should fix upon those, in
which parents, whom I have respected, have made me endure exhibitions
like these; for, this is your choice, to be _insincere_, or to _give
offence_. 285. And, as towards the child, it is to be _unjust_, thus to
teach it to set a high value on trifling, not to say mischievous,
attainments; to make it, whether it be in its natural disposition or
not, vain and conceited. The plaudits which it receives, in such cases,
puffs it up in its own thoughts, sends it out into the world stuffed
with pride and insolence, which must and will be extracted out of it by
one means or another; and
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