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English
1823
You know I always liked you;" or a louder "Please, sir, speak to Jimmy Boggles. He's a jogging my elbow." The stage hero, however, evidently regards these meanderings as gems of brilliant thought, fresh from the philosophic mine. YOU KNOW I ALWAYS LIKED YOU OR ALLOWED A PLEASE SIR SPEAK TO JIMMY BOGGLES HE'S A JOGGLING MY ELBOW THE STAGE HERO HOWEVER EVIDENTLY REGARDS THESE MEANTS AS GEMS OF BRILLIANT THOUGHT FRESH FROM THE PHILOSOPHIC MINE
y sponging upon good-natured old Irish women and generous but weak-minded young artisans who have left their native village to follow him and enjoy the advantage of his company and conversation. And so he drags out his life during the middle of the piece, raving at fortune, raging at humanity, and whining about his miseries until the last act. Then he gets back those "estates" of his into his possession once again, and can go back to the village and make more moral speeches and be happy. Moral speeches are undoubtedly his leading article, and of these, it must be owned, he has an inexhaustible stock. He is as chock-full of noble sentiments as a bladder is of wind. They are weak and watery sentiments of the sixpenny tea-meeting order. We have a dim notion that we have heard them before. The sound of them always conjures up to our mind the vision of a dull long room, full of oppressive silence, broken only by the scratching of steel pens and an occasional whispered "Give us a suck, Bill. TAIN EXISTENCE SPONGING UPON THE GOOD NATURED OLD IRISHWOMEN AND GENERALLY BUT WEAK MINDED YOUNG ARTISANS WHO HAVE LEFT THEIR NATIVE VILLAGE TO FOLLOW HIM AND ENJOY THE ADVANTAGE OF HIS COMPANY AND CONVERSATION AND SO HE DRAGS OUT HIS LIFE DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE PEACE RAVING AT FORTUNE RAGING AT HUMANITY AND WHINING ABOUT HIS MISERIES UNTIL THE LAST ACT THEN HE GETS BACK THOSE ESTATES OF HIS INTO HIS POSSESSION ONCE AGAIN AND CAN GO BACK TO THE VILLAGE AND MAKE MORE MORAL SPEECHES AND BE HAPPY MORAL SPEECHES ARE UNDOUBTEDLY HIS LEADING ARTICLE AND OF THESE IT MUST BE OWNED HE HAS AN INEXHAUSTIBLE STOCK HE IS AS CHOCK FULL OF NOBLE SENTIMENTS AS A BLADDER IS A WIND THEY ARE WEAK AND WATERY SENTIMENTS OF THE SIXPENNY TEA MEETING ORDER WE HAVE A DIM NOTION THAT WE HAVE HEARD THEM BEFORE THE SOUND OF THEM ALWAYS CONJURES UP TO OUR MIND THE VILLAIN OF A DULL LONG ROOM FULL OF OPPRESSIVE SILENCE BROKEN ONLY IN THE SCRATCHING OF STEEL PENS AND OF THE OCCASIONAL WHISPERED GIVE US A SUCK BILL
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